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Lois_E begins a long MFW journey

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  • Peonie
    Peonie Posts: 1,471 Forumite
    Thank goodness for the on-line renewals. The discs come through quickly. I always have a massive panic attack trying to find car paperwork each year. Just think it could be worse; you could still be paying the dog insurance. And as my sister put it, the house will stand a few inches taller from all the weight it's lost.
    Pots: House £6966/£7100, Rainy day Complete, [STRIKE]Sunny day £0/£700[/STRIKE], IVF £2523/£2523, Car up-keep £135/£135, New car £5000/£5000, Holiday £1000/£1000, MFW #16 £2077/£3120
    MFiT3 #86: Reduce mortgage from £146,800 to £125,000
    Mortgage Sept 2014: £135,500, MF Oct 2035 Peak July 2011: £154,000, MF July 2036
  • Lois_E
    Lois_E Posts: 2,227 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Thanks Thistle and Peonie. Hope you can make progress with your paperwork mountains too. :)

    OK, lazy morning over. Time to get going on the spare room of shame. Will post later to let you know how I got on. The two big questions are: can I get it finished today (as in fit to be slept in by visitors) and can I get DD to help without whinging?

    Hello and thanks for posting to Tilly, skinty, El, pink poppy, Thistle and Peonie :wave:
    Thanks for thanking to Alchemilla, El, natty, Peonie, pink poppy, Radish, Tilly, toerag, skinty, Squirrel, QBW and teapot :wave:
    Starting again 13/4/19
    Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99
    Total owed: £28,801.49
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,252 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    My only comment on your DD is my contention that bribery is only wrong if you're asking her to do something immoral...
  • Good luck Lois with the clearing!! :)
    Nothing wrong with bribery in my books if it helps get the job done!
    I would also reward myself with an easter egg when it's finished! ;)
  • v1ckyt
    v1ckyt Posts: 320 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Good Luck in the spare room, you've been gone a while so hope it's progressing well!
  • Lois_E
    Lois_E Posts: 2,227 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Well, I've made some progress in there. DD has ... err ... helped a little bit. Will report back again later. :)

    (It used to be her room before she decided she'd rather swap to the former spare room. Hence it's full of her chaos. Which is even worse than mine. :o)
    Starting again 13/4/19
    Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99
    Total owed: £28,801.49
  • Lois_E
    Lois_E Posts: 2,227 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Just discovered my fave garage (with mechanic that I trust) has a website where you can book MOTs online. Have booked it in for tomorrow. :)
    Starting again 13/4/19
    Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99
    Total owed: £28,801.49
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,351 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Your filing sounds like mine, do I still need the kids growth chart books from when they were babies? :rotfl:
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • v1ckyt
    v1ckyt Posts: 320 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    But it's sod's law if you throw somting away today,you'll need it next week. That's my rationale for keeping everything and I'm sticking to it.
  • joedenise
    joedenise Posts: 17,768 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    newgirly wrote: »
    Your filing sounds like mine, do I still need the kids growth chart books from when they were babies? :rotfl:

    I've still got my kids' weight books - and they're 36 and 40, LOL!

    Denise
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