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greent's mfw journey
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How terrifying! Glad he is feeling better today. Hugs to you all.
4/10/22One Year Mortgage Free Yay!
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******PROUD MEMBER OF THE TOFU EATING COALITION OF CHAOS !!!******7 -
Cor blimey! A bit of a shock! Glad he is ok and straight back to school.
NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!6 -
Glad all is well now Greent, must of been very scary to see. My DS1 had a similar experience at school when he was 16-17. He leaned back in his chair and his teacher said he just blanked out for a while. He didn't bang his head though. I took him to the doctors and they said just keep an eye on him. No more since.
Well done of the PB win. I've only got £50 so a £25 win be a great returnWithout overpayments: 15 years, 1 monthsBecause of overpayments: 10 years, 10 months left until paid off8 -
Glad he is ok. Great news about the postal survey.DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)6 -
Oh Greent what a scary experience! Glad to hear he's able to soldier on.4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)New projection - 14 YEARS 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)Psst...I may have started a diary!5
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Hopefully just a growing thing with DS3 but pretty worrying.
I remember when I played hockey we had a really tall team (2 women at 6', and three schoolgirls at 5'10" - two of whom were twins. They played with knee and elbow strapping because of growing too fast and had a 6 week break at one point (at 5'9" it was very unusual to be the median in the team!) - there was another who used to have episodes that sound like your boy and were attributed to growing thingsSave £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
My new diary is here6 -
Thanks, all
He has been rather tired the past couple of days - and also hungrier than normal! Seems to be fine, though
He is currently sat opposite me, watching utoob videos and munching some crisps before getting on with more homework (he has absolutely masses of the stuff this weekend
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Super soggy day here - as I suspect it is in most of the UK. I have ordered bday presents for DS3, my mum and best friend's husband (all within the next fortnight) Still need to finish DS3's present off (and my mum's - but that will be a delivery of some flowers - bit of a cheat with that one, as DH ordered me some for Mothering Sunday and ended up with a full credit note and some extra as a goodwill gesture for them as they didn't last very long at all - so will use the credit note for my mum's bday) Also ordered some spares for the robovac. Most spending done via Amaz0000n vouchers, so hardly any 'real' money spent this morning
First RM survey pack already arrived! They are certainly on the ball! I actually had to buy some stamps in the run up to Xmas, as I hadn't received any freebies in such a long time!Also made sense to get a pile of them at the time to pre-empt the price rise -so I bought just over £100 worth.... Ah well, I'll get through them and the freebies eventually!
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £207 -
You could always sell the free ones on T'Bay and class it as bonus income.
4/10/22One Year Mortgage Free Yay!
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Yes, that's what I did the last time I was on the panel. I was always staggered by the amount of people that would pay just below face value for something they could just go and get from the shops without having to wait for the auction to end and then for them to come in the post. Each book would go for 20p/30p less than the face value 🤷♀️Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!7 -
I've sold them to family/ friends before at a discount from face value - win: win for both parties concerned
Flebay fees are rubbish now - I think they seem worse with the new payment system - although it may be better for high value items, I guess.
Random meals being eaten by everyone tonight to use up various odds and ends/ leftoversI am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £208
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