Lots of spikes and valleys evident in these numbers, I know. That's mostly because I used to throw all my extra cash at the mortgage company, but then realized my investments were earning higher returns. There's also a refinance in there, along with some other junk I've noted.
For 2009: $32,470 in total expenses, $9,117 w/o mortgage payments, $906 for electric, $480 for Internet, $297 for water/sewer.
For 2010: $22,341 in total expenses, $9,690 w/o mortgage payments, $951 for electric, $240 for Internet (turned it off for a while), $383 for water/sewer.
For 2011: $39,653 in total expenses (paid $15k for a new Mazda), $8,312 w/o mortgage payments and the car, $961 for electric, $545 for Internet, $437 for water/sewer.
For 2012: $68,721 in total expenses (bought my land for $38k), $8,909 w/o mortgage payments and the land, $839 for electric, $550 for Internet, $356 for water/sewer.
For 2013: $26,631 in total expenses, $10,309 w/o mortgage payments (had to get some heating and cooling work done this year), $1,005 for electric, $615 for Internet, $225 for water/sewer.