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Making the future happen - museumworker's MFW diary Pt 2

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  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Nice to hear from you! There is nothing wrong with taking a break from the ops for a while. As you say, you can refocus in the new year and you are only young once!

    All the best,

    Squirrel
    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
  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    Oh MW you sound happy, well done OH. I am joining you on restarting in earnest in January with a five year programme to lose 2 mortgages. Very big changes afoot on the early retirement plan, I agreed to do an extra six months so do need to kick on and work out if I should get a 3rd rental flat whilst I still have a decent income. I hate being a land lady but you cant knock the income stream.
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,836 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Nice to hear from you, MW - and fabulous news about Mr MW :D
    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
  • museumworker
    museumworker Posts: 2,240 Forumite
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    Hello all, lovely to hear from you too - thanks for popping by :D.

    SSS - definitely, I needed this break whilst I got my head around things. Sometimes I feel like everything is getting on top of me - house, work, kids - and then the money ends up being another stress. Taking the time out and doing some work on attitudes has really helped me.

    Toots - am definitely excited about an earnest 2014, I think our mortgage amounts to lose will be about the same too. Highly exciting thought of a third rental - are you in the house FT now? We are thinking about some rentals as part of our retirement 'portfolio' but am keen to see the back of this one and secure the welsh cottage before progress any further with that... How far are you from retirement now?
    Mortgage [STRIKE]16/03/2011: £190K 01/01/2017: £107,729.65 [/STRIKE] 01/07/2017: £95,979.89
    OPs 2011-2016 = £45K 2017 OPs = £9250.20
  • museumworker
    museumworker Posts: 2,240 Forumite
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    edited 13 September 2013 at 9:46PM
    Forgot to say £49.73 OP made today from Ama$on sale :j

    ETA: signature won't update, should read £

    Oh, and DD has her 11+ exam tomorrow :eek:!
    Mortgage [STRIKE]16/03/2011: £190K 01/01/2017: £107,729.65 [/STRIKE] 01/07/2017: £95,979.89
    OPs 2011-2016 = £45K 2017 OPs = £9250.20
  • MallyGirl
    MallyGirl Posts: 7,327 Senior Ambassador
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    Good luck to DD - we were there a year ago xx
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    All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • icklehelen
    icklehelen Posts: 355 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts PPI Party Pooper
    Hope all has gone well for your DD!

    Just wondering how you were getting on with Project 333? I'm still procrastinating . . . one of these days I will actually go ahead and fulfill a NY resolution! :rotfl:

    ickle
    Total OPs 2012 - 2019 £39744.75
    Target 2020 £18500/£18500
    01/05/2020 MORTGAGE FREE
    MFiT-T4 #03 MFW2019 #3
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,405 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Fingers crossed for you all :D
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Hope the exam went well :):):)

    Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,148 Forumite
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    Best of luck with the exam results.

    Fortune x
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
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