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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Eggs IN 3
    Eggs OUT 0

    Plants IN 1 - the Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' I ordered from T&M last month was delivered :)

    GG & Natty - did your twigs ever grow?!

    We offered the job to the chap we interviewed last week and he has accepted :j It's very exciting news for our team :j

    We've received our first Christmas present of 2014 :xmassmile
    My brother has bought us tickets for a concert at the Royal Festival Hall in November :cool:

    My backside would be bigger than my OPs if I worked as a chocolate taster :rotfl: I'm still jealous of you though icklehelen :D
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »


    GG & Natty - did your twigs ever grow?!

    Mine did :T. Late to get started this year but loads of green buds :).

    In fact it looks like this:

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    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"
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    Mine did :T. Late to get started this year but loads of green buds :).

    In fact it looks like this:

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    It's like looking at a photograph :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    Nut - mine still looks likes this --->
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    Seriously! In fact I will take a photograph and email it over to you both ...

    Also, will catch up properly with everyone - hopefully after I finish work this evening :happyhear
    February13 - £74990 (or thereabouts)
    MND - Let's go for 2020 'cos it's got a nice ring to it:D
    C'mon nattypants:cool:
  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    Photograph of twig emailed.

    MWC feel free to post the picture on your thread to let everyone see my sugar almond hibiscus plant in full bloom :rotfl:
    February13 - £74990 (or thereabouts)
    MND - Let's go for 2020 'cos it's got a nice ring to it:D
    C'mon nattypants:cool:
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    I love those! More please, as well as actual piccies :j
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Pearla*Merle
    Pearla*Merle Posts: 1,611 Forumite
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    Alchemilla wrote: »
    Thats FUGE!
    :rotfl: That's it in a nutshell! Well done on the OPs, MWC! (PS. I'm adding that word to my vocab list :D)

    Yikes on the ladyfriend, what on earth is the next instalment going to contain? I dread to think! :eek:
    a penny picker upper. MFW approx 78% to go | FIRE 3 years worth (30% savings rate: now aiming for 40%!) | Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it | Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible | The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    nattypants wrote: »
    Photograph of twig emailed.

    MWC feel free to post the picture on your thread to let everyone see my sugar almond hibiscus plant in full bloom :rotfl:

    Here's Natty's twig :rotfl:

    Last year:
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    This year:
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    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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    And here's mine:

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    I'm fairly confident that mine's not dead :)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,555 Forumite
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    Lol, poor Natty, might provide a frame for a climber?
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7050/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £34,965

    Money making challenge £78/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
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