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  • Firegirl
    Firegirl Posts: 1,017 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Look how far you've come since 2011!!!! That's amazing!!
    Mortgage balance Feb 2015 start of MFW Journey-£245316.06/Aim to be mortgage neutral 2022 — Target for May 2024 14 Year Target Balance MF50 = £89,535 — Mortgage Balance £106, 000—Target for May 2024! £89,535

    Retirement Planning
    Starting Position (Jan 2024) : Pension 1-£165,000/Pension 2-£50,000/Pension 3-£9,500/ISA-£87,000/Total-£311,500
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Morning, a little time out due to hospital stays - can't beat a bit of surgery for improving NSD :)

    Mortgage was paid yesterday and we are at £104k :T:T

    Next month we break the six figure mortgage :j

    £7.45 claimed from TCB
    £3 from PC

    Garden looks a delight and raised beds are all painted, lamps for candles up cycled by DD. Clean, tidy and salad stuff growing well under cloches.

    Raspberry bed weeded. Strawberry bed weeded, a little culling, and straw cradling plants.

    Menu plan needs to be done but I need a freezer inventory first. As DD is coming home this weekend, hopefully she can do this.

    I'm off for a walk this morning with a girlfriend. Hopefully the sun will shine :)

    Have a good day, Tilly 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
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Good heavens, Tilly! Well, great news in a lot of that, to be sure - how are you feeling after that surgery, tho?

    I do love that description of your garden, sounds wonderful!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Needhelpsaving
    Needhelpsaving Posts: 1,083 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hi Tilly,


    I just wanted to send hugs as you recover x
    2022 Target - Reduce new mortgage balance after house move - Part 1 (Ported) Starting balance £39,982.12 currently £37,242.19 Part 2 Starting Balance £101,997.88 currently £96,197.38 (as at 19/04/2022)
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I have some bubble wrap if you want to roll up in it before you go xx
    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
    I don't think Mr T will let me out of the house without a responsible adult until I'm completely repaired :rotfl:

    Karmacat, I'll pm you with details of my exploits :)

    Beautiful day in parts blended with periods of atrocious rain and wind :eek: Walk postponed due to girlfriend switching plans to tomorrow. This has worked well as Mr T is away for the day tomorrow.

    Dinner is leftover beef, just need to decide what to do with it.

    Needhelpsaving, thanks for your kind comments :)

    Best wishes Tilly 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
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Aww, Tilly, don't worry about taking extra time to pm me, just look after yourself. PM if you want a delayed-action chat, by all means :)

    We've had huge rainstorms today! And some thunder! And now I can hardly see the laptop screen its so sunny :rotfl:
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,379 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Take care, Tilly. Hugs xx
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • XSpender
    XSpender Posts: 3,811 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Wishing you a speedy recovery x
    Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
    Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
    Make £2021 extra income - £99.75
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 7,657 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Speedy recovery vibes on route x
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
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