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Gallygirl's "A journey of 121,226.67 pounds begins with a single penny" diary

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  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    I am glad that you are keeping busy Gally. Wouldn't want you to get bored!:beer:
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
  • AlexLK
    AlexLK Posts: 6,125 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Thanks, Debs. :D I'd not been on the osprey cam for a few days but she's there now. Pity son is out until later. However, I've got to attend a meeting with a customer in that area over Easter, will take son and go to Rutland Water afterwards. :)
    2018 totals:
    Savings £11,200
    Mortgage Overpayments £5,500
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    AlexLK wrote: »
    Thanks, Debs. :D I'd not been on the osprey cam for a few days but she's there now. Pity son is out until later. However, I've got to attend a meeting with a customer in that area over Easter, will take son and go to Rutland Water afterwards. :)
    Oh how lovely :j.

    So, a few snaps from the last few days:
    Waiting for Lidl to open yesterday morning (it didn't, everyone was v perplexed as everywhere else was. Except the Post Office that I also wanted :rotfl:)
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    Walking home:
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    Good Friday procession - Jesus meeting the Virgin Mary while carrying the cross to Calgary (very moving, the choir was singing and the old streets in the pueblo are very atmospheric:
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    And lastly - Penitents - Spain's answer to an Easter Egg window display :rotfl::

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    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Thanks for sharing the pics - looks great x x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Absolutely gorgeous, Gally, thanks for posting.

    I must say though, Jesus had to walk much further than I thought ... Calgary's quite a way (I'm so sorry, I couldn't help myself!).
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Karmacat wrote: »
    Absolutely gorgeous, Gally, thanks for posting.

    I must say though, Jesus had to walk much further than I thought ... Calgary's quite a way (I'm so sorry, I couldn't help myself!).

    F:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: the joys of autocorrect :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    There was someone following the procession who looked just like you KC :T
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    There was someone following the procession who looked just like you KC :T
    You saw me! I was trying to be so quiet too :D

    I have a few lookalikes around :D

    I'll be having a lookilook at the ospreys when my connection's behaving properly again :)

    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,807 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    Cool pics GG !
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,921 Forumite
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    Loving the pics - so much more vibrant a celebration than here! :)
    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
  • Debsnewbudget
    Debsnewbudget Posts: 935 Forumite
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    Maya the osprey has laid her first egg :j:j
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