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Februarycat

PL when my son had it when he was younger, he started off with spots in his hair and we just thought he had been bitten by something but then got a few on his face but he only seem to have a mild case of it.

dangers

Probably best to get him checked out tomorrow. Whatever it is could well mean him staying off nursery for a while.

mummymandy

Hello Benben I just wanted to give you and your friend Tigze a huge thank you, I finally found out what geocaching is, and me and my eight year old have spent the day finding five caches.
Three were within walking distance of our house! And all for free, as it is a long time till next pay day. We have been cut to ribbons with holly, covered in mud, sunday clothes ruined, and we have had the best time ever! We have now planned some more for next weekend. So thanks once again, we are thrilled with our new hobby.:T

benbenandme

That's fab Mummymandy, I can't wait to get my new phone so we can go exploring and find more around here too I'm planning on doing some when we go to the Isle of Wight too. Ds loves being outdoors, this weekend he has been raring to get out as soon as he wakes up, so at least by combining a decent walk with geocaching he gets an adventure out of it too and its all free :money:

tigzem

mummymandy wrote: »

Hello Benben I just wanted to give you and your friend Tigze a huge thank you, I finally found out what geocaching is, and me and my eight year old have spent the day finding five caches.
Three were within walking distance of our house! And all for free, as it is a long time till next pay day. We have been cut to ribbons with holly, covered in mud, sunday clothes ruined, and we have had the best time ever! We have now planned some more for next weekend. So thanks once again, we are thrilled with our new hobby.:T

Watch out it's very addictive, we found 12 today and hit our 200 mark. It's great for getting outside, finding new areas to explore and having fun Hope you have lots more fun xx

Smart_Mart

200? Blimey, didn't realise you had been going that often. I see you post now and again about doing it but you're right, it is very addictive.

The three of us started last July and we've done just under 400 now. I adopted thirty from a local couple that were retiring and moving away but the football season gets in the way so hopefully, we'll up the numbers in the summer months.

benbenandme

Morning all, my isa payment has gone out this morning, which means today is the day that I have reached my original mortgage-free goal :j :j :j :j Obviously I'm not mortgage free, but when I started out on this journey my mortgage was supposed to finish in December 2034 and I wanted to overpay to try to get it down to June 2019, and finally I'm here I chose June 2019 as that's the time when ds will leave school :eek:

Can I join you all too please ?? My situation is a bit wierd at the moment as I hope to be moving house at the end of May which will reduce my mortgage from £122k to £60k

I have already set myself a challenge to be mortgage free by the time ds leaves school (he doesn't start till September ) I know by some standards this isn't a lot but it will still knock 15 years off the term of my mortgage. In order to achive this I need to make £200 overpayments every month, I have been saving this money since 1st Jan this year and am currently on track. I won't be able to pay this in until next year though as I am being clobbered already for overpaying the mortgage (£60k when I move) so its in savings until next year when I can overpay 10% again without fees.

The above is a quote from when I joined the mortgage free in 3 years thread on the mfw board in 2007.

A damn good start to the day

Kittikins

Well done BB, you're an inspiration x

TallGirl

That is a brilliant achievement considering you have done it on one income and with you loosing your maintenance as well big pat on the back from me. Being MF makes such a difference and I am sure you will whizz throug the rest of it now.

moo2moo

If you're going to the Isle of Wight why not use your Tesco Vouchers to go on the Steam Railway. Its a fab day out regardless of the weather (and theres a one day vintage bus festival in the Easter Hols), unlike Amazon World which is a dead loss in winter although the DDs managed two hours there almost everything was attempting to hibernate.