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  • kissjenn
    kissjenn Posts: 2,358 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    You're going great guns, well done.

    I'm off to go ebay digging - I hate stopping and starting so will photograph a batch of stuff and list them later.

    We do a lot of geocaching with small boy. Very cheap day out and the kids love it, you do need a GPS though. Its free to do and surprising how much is pretty much on your doorstep. www.geocaching.com
    :A Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust :A
  • Raini
    Raini Posts: 471 Forumite
    100 Posts
    Hello PT, I've been lurking on the boards for a while. Just wanted to say how motivated you always sound & even if the money is dire at the moment you just keep going :T
    Trying to follow your example & kick myself up the butt!! :D
    Mortgage: Jun 08 £155300~Repayment Made: £4300~Remaining: Mar 10 £151000
    DFW Nerd 1190
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    Sorry to hear that things are a bit crap at the moment but things can only get better..so hang on in there.
  • Is it Wednesday already? I think I missed a day when I was asleep; at least that’s how it feels :o

    DS wasn’t well yesterday so didn’t manage to get as much done as I wanted, poor thing had a bug and was being sick left right and center; only thing is it doesn’t seem to have fazed him and this morning he’s as bright as a button again :rotfl:

    I need to log on to Music Magpie today and accept their offer for the c.d’s, I can’t seriously afford for us to ignore that money this month.

    Also, have heard from Amazon and they are sending me a payment through for £3.25, not much but it’s going in the savings account. I have managed to put a few more bits on Amazon and hoping that they’ll sell too.

    I have checked the bank online today and have figured out that once this weeks shopping comes out we have about £100 left…this is not good! :mad: I’m not going to place an order next week, we only really need some veg and fruit and milk, which I can get from the market and Tesco’s.

    Both kids have their friends around this morning, so that’ll keep them quiet for a bit; the house on the other hand will be completely trashed :rolleyes:

    So on to my plan for today:
    • Tidy house once kids have gone home
    • Collect box for c.d’s from friend
    • Recycling centre to get rid of cardboard
    • Wash up
    • Make today a NSD…no matter what!
    Right off to get motivated as the kids will be here at 9 and we aren’t dressed yet and I want to get a few things done before hand.

    Have a good day everyone.
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    hope you've had a good day today and that you enjoy your day out tomorrow.
  • Hello to everyone who takes the time to lurk and even post on here :hello:

    So it’s Thursday today and one step closer to weekend, according to the weather reports it is supposed to be nice and sunny all weekend.

    The kids and I are off to London this morning to see DH at site, I can’t remember which trains we need to get…so have dropped DH an e-mail.

    Have rediscovered DooYoo thanks to hypno and am planning to restart the reviews again on there, my aim at the moment is to get 8 done a month so we’ll see.

    Had a dream last night that all my e-bay stuff had sold, but woke this morning to see that they hadn’t but one does have a watcher however.

    Shopping is being delivered this afternoon, so we’ve got to get back in time for that.

    Catch you all later.
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    Hope you have a lovely day.
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,137 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hi Tea hope the london trip went well and that you have a goood day!
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £169.8K Equity 37.1%
    2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 11/2/26 (but owed £1.4K) so £2.9K
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £34.8K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.3K) = 40.6/£127.5K target 31.8% 16/11/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 62.7K or 49.2%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5.2K updated 16/1/26
  • It’s Friday…or at least I think it is…I was convinced when I woke up this morning that it was Saturday…I haven’t done that since I was working.

    My e-bay items have now got 2 watchers, so fingers crossed they will sell; nothing more on Amazon has sold though.

    Uploaded my first DooYoo review in years yesterday and I am up to 1110 points already, I’ve caught the bug again and am already starting on my next one. Thanks to those on here that have taken the time to rate it and my old ones :D

    Today will be a NSD as the only place we are going is to the park, we are meeting some friends there and I must remember to take the sun cream for the kids :)

    Shopping was delivered yesterday was going to place an order for next week but I am not going to, if we do need anything then I will nip to Tesco’s during the week, next order I want to do is the big shop on the 15th June, I got DS’s party bags to sort then…just hope that what we have will last in the meantime.

    Kids are playing havoc so I guess I’d better get them sorted out, catch you all later.
  • MissKJ
    MissKJ Posts: 780 Forumite
    Hello Purpletea, just had a quick shufty at your diary, well done for getting back to the MSE way, I must have a look at signing for this Dooyoo thing. Only problem is, I mostly only buy Smartprice:o. But I suppose if you know you are going to get money out of reviewing, you can buy the odd "luxury" item, which would be very nice:rolleyes:.
    unsecured Debts at [strike]August 2007 £79,984[/strike] September £79,579 [STRIKE]Snowballing date July 2013[/STRIKE].

    May 2009, £76,772 unsecured debts

    DMP started Dec 2008, End date at start 2133!
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