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greent's mfw journey

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  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,787 Forumite
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    Am very impressed you managed to struggle through my mutterings, Crumpets! x


    The main news here is we are sub £30K!!! Whoop whoop!!:j:j ok - our balance at month end will be approx. £29991.00 - but it's sub 30k - yeay!!! (I'm not thinking about the fact that if we'd been able to keep up OPs at our previous rate we'd be sub £25k.... well, not much, anyway!! :p)


    Mr Gt's job is going ok. Had a hitch with some expenses which haven't been received... but hopefully that'll be resolved next week, fingers crossed. And his recurring car issues seem to have( finally) been solved (I hope I've not spoken too soon there!!!)


    Our youngest was 5 yesterday - our house is now awash with Angry Birds goodies! The two youngest have been off today - school closed as it's being used as a polling station, so we've had quite a lazy-ish day with lots of toys being played with and Lego being built :D


    DD is halfway through her GCSEs and is coping well. DS1 has taken 2 x 1/2 GCSEs and is taking another one of some sort after the holidays (he's not the most communicative of teenagers!!!)


    I'm planning on having a sort out of toys next week, seeing if I can get rid of any to keep the house a little tiny bit clearer (no OPs from them, though - the children get the money from the sale of any of their books and toys) We'll see if I can manage to get them to let go of any!! :D DD is blitzing her room once the exams are over with - although she has been taking great delight in putting unwanted paperwork in the recycling bin after each exam! :)


    I must get our personal tax paperwork sorted next week, too - I want to get it to accountant asap as I'm hoping DH will be due a tax rebate - and I'm planning on OP-ing pretty much all of it! - so the sooner I sort it the sooner I can get my hands (briefly) on the money!!! :D
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    Well done on breaking the £30k barrier- that's great going !
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • Hurdler
    Hurdler Posts: 1,361 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Fantastic progress! Outstanding!
    • Mortgage @ March 2008: £194,965 ; Lightbulb Moment: July 2011: £164,926; End Date: March 2033
    • MORTGAGE FREE: September 2015
    • MSE 1p Savings Challenge 2024 #50: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec = £223.84/£671.61
  • Habibiboo
    Habibiboo Posts: 1,582 Forumite
    :wave:

    Well done for getting below another big round number ... you're going great guns, GreenT!
    Stash busting 2014 45 / 60 (balls of yarn)!
    2014 Sealed Pot #2136 ?/£500
    House: Decluttering 322 / 365
    Original mortgage [STRIKE]£149,000[/STRIKE][STRIKE]£117,750[/STRIKE];[STRIKE]£112,500[/STRIKE] MFW 2014#69 GOAL 1: [STRIKE]£109 K April[/STRIKE] ;) GOAL 2: [STRIKE]£103 K by Sept[/STRIKE] ;) GOAL 3: < £100k by end of 2014 MF goal: Nov 2020 - 4 years early
  • Crumpets
    Crumpets Posts: 1,014 Forumite
    I enjoyed reading your ramblings Greent, it gave me a kick up the bum as it's easy to get complacent

    Well done on getting sub £30k!! That's amazing progress :j

    Good luck to your dd for her GCSEs
    Mortgage March 2011 £143,927.6
    Mortgage Feb 2019 £78,323.18
  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    My goodness below £30k you are going great guns. Brilliant news.
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,252 Forumite
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    Well done! Fantastic.
  • Well done on getting into the 20s :T
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,350 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Wow well done greent :T
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • HelenDaveKids
    HelenDaveKids Posts: 3,177 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Fabulous news mwc, can't wait to join you!
    Morgage till Nov 30 GOAL MFW Sept 2016
    Aug 11 - £100k Aug 2016.... It's GONE!!!!!
    2014 GOAL HIT 5 Stone! 2016 GOAL to be a MF marathon runner.
    "A goal without a plan is just a wish"
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