Shredding Party!!!!
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86575)
United States
November 21, 2019 8:51pm CST
There are things that happen when you pay the house off. One of them is that the junk mail (ahem, "business bulk mail") asking if you want to refinance mysteriously disappears.
The other is that all of those old contracts need to go. And, in today's world, you can't just shove three pounds of paper into the recycling bin. No, it has to be fed to the shredder.
So, tonight, with Joe Walsh blaring in the background (his 72nd birthday was yesterday, and how'd he get so old??????), I had a shredding party.
CHOMP! There went the second mortgage. CHOMP!! There went the paperwork for the refinance from (mumbling) years ago. CHOMP!!! All the things that said I owed money are gone.
What remains? The deed, and a letter from the credit union saying the lien on the house has been removed and the house is solely mine, free and clear. (Well, "free" as much as the annual property taxes and homeowners insurance allow....
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Eventually the shredder got tired of eating, meaning other things that've been around the house for 20+ years will need to be shredded later. But the shredding party was a lot of fun, and one of the joys of home ownership after 30 years of mortgage!
A little appropriate John Hiatt song:
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Eventually the shredder got tired of eating, meaning other things that've been around the house for 20+ years will need to be shredded later. But the shredding party was a lot of fun, and one of the joys of home ownership after 30 years of mortgage!
A little appropriate John Hiatt song:
From a Hiatt bootleg DVD called "Dusty Old Tapes".
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Nov 19
I have to admit being a little disappointed that this wasn't a snowboarding article. 
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@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
23 Nov 19
I shredded enough paper to make some fake snow......
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
23 Nov 19
that sounds like a lot of fun. I think we are going to move before we have a shredding party.
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@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
23 Nov 19
Bummer. I should move to a more favorable climate, but instead I’m remodeling.....
@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
22 Nov 19
Oh, it did. The best feeling was when I got the deed release notice in the mail, though. It's like that's THE proof, more than the fact that nobody's knocking on my door when I don't make a payment. 
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@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
22 Nov 19
What, like I called John Hiatt and said, “hey, could you slip a line about an Eagles reunion in one of your songs?”???????
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
22 Nov 19
Congratulations. Making that final payment is always a reason to celebrate.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
22 Nov 19
Haha...that calls for the celebration
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@kasmakarim (1932)
• Indonesia
22 Nov 19
Finally you can fully have your home Glad to heard that...
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@Butterfingers (66603)
• India
22 Nov 19
I like shredding the useless papers it's a great relief
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