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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Mr MWC has just informed me that the current value of his unvested LTI shares is $163,000 :eek:

    What a shame it's not real money!

    Just started to rain heavily here :(
    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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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Mr MWC has just informed me that the current value of his unvested LTI shares is $163,000 :eek:

    What a shame it's not real money!

    Just started to rain heavily here :(
    Sounds like Mr MWC's a keeper :rotfl:

    It's pouring here too :(

    Mr T was going to cut the lawn - job for tomorrow I think, although I haven't see the weather forecast.

    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
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Mr MWC is definitely a keeper... for his culinary skills if nothing else :rotfl:

    I've just finished making elderflower cordial - it'll remind me of summer later in the year *rolls eyes*
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • unhappy_shopper
    unhappy_shopper Posts: 1,304 Forumite
    Superb garden :j and fab savings in LTI, though unvested - it is in the pipeline, that is what matters :T
    Mortgage: @ Feb. 2007: £133,200; Apr. 2011: £24,373; May 2011: £175,999; Jun 2013: ~£97K; Mar. 2014 £392,212.73; Dec. 2015: £327,051.77; Mar. 2016: ~£480K; Mar. 2017 £444,445.74
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Thanks US

    The share price is very high at the moment and if their competitor launches a better instrument who knows... fingers crossed!
    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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    Made gooseberry & elderflower jam

    Had trouble getting it to set

    Burnt the bottom and ruined it

    That's all

    :mad::mad::mad:
    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 (+ 4 yesterday)
    Eggs OUT 0

    GCC is still going well - my average is 14,718 steps/day (GCC average is 12,318)

    Plants IN 5 - I have to own up to buying 5 novelty tomato plants yesterday. FIL said he had room in his greenhouse so I thought they would be fun for our niece. He lied so I've had to find room for them in my garden!
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 7,200 Forumite
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    Was that an excuse to buy the novelty tomato plants I wonder ???? :)
    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 !!
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,833 Forumite
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    How can tomato plants be novelty?? Do they grow shaped like funny faces? ;) x
    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
  • Habibiboo
    Habibiboo Posts: 1,582 Forumite
    :wave:

    Great savings MWC ... I must start saving properly but nothing pays as much as the mortgage interest we have so every penny goes there!

    I don't really get the joke about novelty tomatoes but I'm sure it will ketchup with me! :rotfl:
    Stash busting 2014 45 / 60 (balls of yarn)!
    2014 Sealed Pot #2136 ?/£500
    House: Decluttering 322 / 365
    Original mortgage [STRIKE]£149,000[/STRIKE][STRIKE]£117,750[/STRIKE];[STRIKE]£112,500[/STRIKE] MFW 2014#69 GOAL 1: [STRIKE]£109 K April[/STRIKE] ;) GOAL 2: [STRIKE]£103 K by Sept[/STRIKE] ;) GOAL 3: < £100k by end of 2014 MF goal: Nov 2020 - 4 years early
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