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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,100 Forumite
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    I can't believe there's such a thing as a chocolate tasting course MWC, how decadent! :)
    I could always tell which of my cats were miaowing

    Absolutely! Cat voices are as unique as human ones, possibly more so. There are currently 3 cats living with Mrs E's parents - a big boy with a squeaky girl voice, a noisy girl with an adorable little 'chirrup' and a quiet girl with a soft, short 'm-ewe' :)
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Lois_E wrote: »
    Thanks Karmacat. Will have to give it a try some time over this holiday. :)

    Lois, beware :o its not a sauce its a sort of poor person's ganache - I took it out of the fridge this morning, and it was hard!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Eggs IN 4
    Eggs OUT 6 (1 box given to my dad)

    My dad's ladyfriend was here this afternoon :mad: - she kept her hands to herself this time hopefully next time she'll keep her racist opinions to herself as well...

    And I've had a stonking headache most of the day :(
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    Oh poor you. I have some not-quite-elderly-enough for it to be an excuse relatives like that.
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Horrible woman - I thought Mr MWC was going to throw her out - and apparently she stroked Mr MWC's face when I wasn't in the room.

    Mr MWC's favourite day of the year today - his petrol expenses go back up to 45p/mile !!!
    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

    £2,050 MOP'd today = £5,700 for the month :T
    That's the last of the really big OPs for this year unless Mr MWC sells some shares; however, we are still on target to be <£100,000 by year end :j

    So I failed miserably on 6/7 of my March goals :o:o:o:o:o:o
    The only one I kept was washing my face every night before bed :)
    MUST TRY HARDER
    3 weeks today I am in the US on a training course so I have set myself 1 goal - to lose at least 7lbs before I go...
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    Thats FUGE!
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Fantastic overpayments there!

    7lbs in 3 weeks? Its doable - get the crudites out, and the low-fat home made hummus :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 7,252 Forumite
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    Amazing overpayments. Well done.

    Dad's ladyfriend sounds nightmare ....eeekk.
    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 !!
  • icklehelen
    icklehelen Posts: 355 Forumite
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    After being AWOL for quite some time I have just caught up MWC!

    Well done on the OPs - I wish ours could be just 10% of them!! We're in for the long haul unless there is a miracle!!

    Chocolate tasting is part of my job :D

    ickle
    Total OPs 2012 - 2019 £39744.75
    Target 2020 £18500/£18500
    01/05/2020 MORTGAGE FREE
    MFiT-T4 #03 MFW2019 #3
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