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Hurdler's Race to be Mortgage-Free

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  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,894 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Happy Birthday - is that JD single barrel? :)
  • Hurdler
    Hurdler Posts: 1,361 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Happy Birthday - is that JD single barrel? :)

    It is... I sense a wee nightcap as I round off the tennis previews and night matches ce soir.
    I think my previews may benefit in terms of my creative writing because of it!
    • 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
  • HelenDaveKids
    HelenDaveKids Posts: 3,177 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Happy Birthday xx
    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"
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,894 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    A lovely drop - enjoy :)
  • Hurdler
    Hurdler Posts: 1,361 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Have spent my birthday morning doing ... nothing!
    I had planned to hit the gym ahead of a weekend away but lounged in bed for ages.
    I was going to go to Mr T for my fortnightly shop then got caught up on the phone to Mr T customer service to get all my details updated and order online, only to find that I can't pay with the Clubcard PLus I still have...
    And then I figured what would be the point of getting in fresh veggies if I was going to be away all weekend!
    So they will get-got on Tuesday on my day off so I can lob them in the L4keland Stay fresh bags!

    But I DID remove the spare tyre from the car and put it in the bomb shelter at the bottom of the garden, and discovered a load of things that need to go on freecycle!

    So now all I have to do is pack for the weekend... I was hoping the packing pixies would do it for me... but they seem very reluctant to do so!
    • 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
  • Froggy-G
    Froggy-G Posts: 2,145 Forumite
    Happy birthday Hurdler! :beer::beer:

    Hope you have a great day! :j

    Froggy :D
    Froggy's New Lillypad Fund
    Total so far: £ 10,009.77
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,894 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    You have a bomb shelter?

    Consider me impressed!
  • Lois_E
    Lois_E Posts: 2,227 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Hurdler wrote: »
    No wonder I feel tired and slept through the alarm
    2aev8ye.jpg

    Haven't seen a chart like that before. What created it for you, please?
    Hurdler wrote: »
    I HAVE BEEN ACCREDITED AS PRESS FOR WIMBLEDON THIS YEAR!

    Yay! Congratulations. :beer::T:j
    Hurdler wrote: »
    Have spent my birthday morning doing ... nothing!

    But I DID remove the spare tyre from the car and put it in the bomb shelter at the bottom of the garden, and discovered a load of things that need to go on freecycle!

    Happy birthday for yesterday. :bdaycake:

    Um, do you not need the spare tyre in the car in case you get a puncture???
    Starting again 13/4/19
    Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99
    Total owed: £28,801.49
  • Hurdler
    Hurdler Posts: 1,361 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 22 March 2014 at 11:48PM
    Heyyyy Lois!
    The sleep chart was from my Fitbit One - if you remember to set it off at night it records your sleep and then you turn it off in the morning.

    Yeah the technician at Audi said to keep it as a spare and the amount of faff to try and sell it on fleabay means it has taken up residence in the bomb shelter (the big storage thingy at the bottom of my garden)

    Edited: the tyre was the one left when I had to have four new ones to replace three Pirelli tyres. As soon as the guy placed the order they seemed to go out of stock countrywide so he put in four new dunlops for the same price and I was left with a spare Pirelli!
    • 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
  • Hurdler
    Hurdler Posts: 1,361 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    So I am now the proud owner of a Nespresso machine - this is what happens when you get taken shopping around the Trafford Centre!!!

    Heading home to Londinium shortly and I suspect me and the weighing scales ought to have a two week separation ....

    In other news I am going to give surveys a try for extra pocket money - any recommendations?
    • 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
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