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Pay off mortgage and start having fun!
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Good news about the cheap follow-up at the vets! Hope she's all sorted and that DD gets some good news today!Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway3 -
Thanks Vix, yes she did get some good news 😁 she is going in for an induction tomorrow and is very pleased. Hopefully she can still work on what she wants to do further down the line (events) but in the meantime it seems like a good job for her, only eight hours to date with but at least it’s a foot in the door.Busy day for once today, lots of ironing while it’s cooler and I made another jack Monroe recipe today - come to bed parmigiana, which was simple and lovely , not sure it would be dh’s choice as it’s vegan so no mounds of mince, but I loved it and will make it again.MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁5
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Excellent news for DD! Like you say, it’s a foot in the door and doesn’t have to be for ever.
Will have to check out that recipe!Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway4 -
Whoop! Glad DD had good news re the jobI 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: £205
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My nextdoor neighbour is having a birthday party in the garden ☹️ The kind with quite a few 19/20 year old friends, all doing those balloons and had canister thingys. His mum is there too! She often stops to tell me how badly her son is doing and the trouble he gets into, our boys are one month apart in age. She tells me I’m really “lucky“ as my boys are so well behaved 🤦🏼♀️ Easy to be smug I guess, but for goodness sake why do some parents feel like they can’t say no! Rant over 😆
MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁7 -
Hope it wasn’t too late, they weren’t too loud and those balloons didn’t escape! You have my sympathy!Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway4 -
Only until about midnight Vix, there must have been around fifteen there not social distancing 🙄
MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁6 -
🙄 it seems like a second peak is inevitable 😔Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway6 -
☹ The easing of lockdown does seem to be bringing all the idiots out. So much lockdown cabin fever manifesting itself!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!!!6 -
Great news about DD! 😀
Ugh these muppets are doing my head in, all crammed at the beach and parties but you can't argue with stupid!Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!6
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