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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • Thistlewhistle
    Thistlewhistle Posts: 1,091 Forumite
    If the floods on the Somerset levels don't subside, it'll probably take us 22 hours to get from Preston to Padstow!
    Mortgage at end 05/2007: £90200
    Mortgage at end 08/2018: £71646 paid £18354 (20.5%)
    MFD: :eek:Original:05/2042:eek:
    Car Finance: £8225 : £6392 (22.2% paid off)
    CC Debt (0% until 06/2020): £5640 : £4400 (21.7% paid off)

     Age of Money at 31/08/2018 = 23 days

    YNAB is changing the way I live my life....and spend my money!!
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Thistlewhistle wrote: »
    If the floods on the Somerset levels don't subside, it'll probably take us 22 hours to get from Preston to Padstow!

    I hope not thistle - 22 hours to do 5,500 miles sounds bad, 22 hours to do 350 miles sounds horrific :eek:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT 0

    We have 29 eggs :eek: I really should try and sell some tomorrow!

    A mixed day at work today:

    Good - I'm going to the US for a week in April/May for a training course :T
    Bad - apparently (or so I was told by someone who is not my boss) my boss is not having much luck with global HR in his attempt to get me regraded/promoted :wall: I think it might be time to dust off and update my CV...
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Hi MWC, that's frustrating. Internal move maybe? Not that the grass is necessarily any greener.

    Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Good evening Tilly

    I'm not sure that an internal transfer is an option :think: I was hoping that I could hang on long enough for our parent company to relocate to the region (2016) but it's getting tougher every month!

    I've decided that I'm going to study for a professional certification with a view to taking the exam in 18 months time :eek: I've already got the primary reference book... my computer monitor is currently sitting on it :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Eggs IN 3
    Eggs OUT 12 (2 boxes sold for £2.60)

    Haggis/neeps/tatties for dinner - yum - definitely the last of the leftover haggis now :)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Thistlewhistle
    Thistlewhistle Posts: 1,091 Forumite
    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Eggs IN 3
    Eggs OUT 12 (2 boxes sold for £2.60)

    Haggis/neeps/tatties for dinner - yum - definitely the last of the leftover haggis now :)

    Is that left over from Burns night?:D
    Mortgage at end 05/2007: £90200
    Mortgage at end 08/2018: £71646 paid £18354 (20.5%)
    MFD: :eek:Original:05/2042:eek:
    Car Finance: £8225 : £6392 (22.2% paid off)
    CC Debt (0% until 06/2020): £5640 : £4400 (21.7% paid off)

     Age of Money at 31/08/2018 = 23 days

    YNAB is changing the way I live my life....and spend my money!!
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Thistlewhistle wrote: »
    Is that left over from Burns night?:D

    Yes - we over-catered and ate leftovers for several days afterwards as well!

    Not too much of a hardship as it was a very tasty (locally made, English) haggis :D
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 21 February 2014 at 4:43PM
    Eggs IN 2
    Eggs OUT 12 (2 boxes sold for £3.00)

    Pappardelle with HM bolognese sauce for dinner

    Still 8 days until pay day although a small petrol expenses claim was paid today
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,275 Forumite
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    Dinner sounds scrummy.
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