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I'll confess i was aware (from another website) of the odds of miscarrying given the week number and having seen the heart beating away like a maniac....
am glad I still get another scan though, before we move.
dinner was lush and i think I stand a good chance of being able to keep it today as wellhappy days
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Right feeling much better today, sstill have some gagging moments but i think thats the joy of owning a dog unfortunately!
I'm sending out letters to all my creditors to ask them to freeze my accounts and accept £1 token payments until I've sorted out where I stand with benefits etc.
Filled in the online debt rememdy with CCCS online, and this was the suggestion so we'll see what happens with them.....
Need to sort out all the rubbish in the house as well as tomorrow is our last collection before we move out.Wealth is not measured by currency0 -
Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better hun and well done for writing those letters, fingers crossed they will all accept the token payments :TProud to be dealing with my debts - DFW No: 712
03/09/09 - DEBT FREE AT LAST
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Hi - cafcgirl - stay positive!
Hope the CCCS and dmp thing goes wellAchieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
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 £5K updated 10/10/250 -
only just got out of bed..... oppsWealth is not measured by currency0
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Hope you enjoyed your day in bed, I'd love to be able to sleep for a good few hours without being disturbed, make the most of it once baby arrives you will never get a good nights sleep again!!! I'm always having disturbed sleep when one of them fidgets, cries out, is ill etc.
How is the sickness?Sealed Pot Challenge #0160 -
still loitering..... the bin in the kitchen really stinks of something, I've no idea what it is, its not even a third full but I cant open the lid because it just makes me heave so badly.....
Problem ive got is there is nothing i really want to eat.... like nothing appeals to me...
I only stayed in bed watching t.v because for the past 3 nights ive woken up at about 3am and cannot get back into a decent sleep, so much so that ive even ended up counting the number of cars that drive past the house......its a real killer and im really out of sync.....
im starting to feel a bit fed up really.... bored and just so ready for the next stage of everything.....Wealth is not measured by currency0 -
The next stage - moving day will be here in a flash - this too will passAchieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
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 £5K updated 10/10/250 -
it had better lol im sick of it all now....Wealth is not measured by currency0
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Just think - lots of sickness is supposed to be a sign of a strong pregnancy! I know it can be grim in the meantime as I was very sick especially with my first. He is nearly 12 now - and was so worth those 24 weeks of sickness lol! With my DD I was less sick and ONLY until 14 weeks! I couldn't believe it when it finally stopped!Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
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 £5K updated 10/10/250
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