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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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How are 'the girls' in this heat MWC?
Are you packed yet?
Will be lovely to hear your tales of your adventurising on your return
GreyingPounds for Panes £7,705/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend October 2025 £113.98/£200
Non-food spend October 2025 £9.97/£50
Bulk Fund October (month 10 of 12) £0/£35.200 -
:wave: Greying - thanks for popping by
The Girls are fine
Am I packed yet?! Of course not... we're not leaving until 05:15 on Sunday :rotfl:
Before I pack, I need to:
Go to work
Write a whilst I'm away list for my colleagues
Ask the neighbours to chicken sit
Buy car tax
Research and buy car insurance
Power wash the chicken coop
Pot up some seedlings
Clean the house
Walk 15,075 steps/day
Wash, dry and iron clothes
Oh and buy a suitcase!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
So what will you be doing from Friday lunchtime then :rotfl:muddywhitechicken wrote: »:wave: Greying - thanks for popping by
The Girls are fine
Am I packed yet?! Of course not... we're not leaving until 05:15 on Sunday :rotfl:
Before I pack, I need to:
Go to work
Write a whilst I'm away list for my colleagues
Ask the neighbours to chicken sit
Buy car tax
Research and buy car insurance
Power wash the chicken coop
Pot up some seedlings
Clean the house
Walk 15,075 steps/day
Wash, dry and iron clothes
Oh and buy a suitcase!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"0 -
muddywhitechicken wrote: »Before I pack, I need to:
Go to work - done!
Write a whilst I'm away list for my colleagues - done
Ask the neighbours to chicken sit
Buy car tax - done
Research and buy car insurance - research done...
Power wash the chicken coop - done in the rain!
Pot up some seedlings
Clean the house
Walk 15,075 steps/day - at 14,500 so will meet target by bedtime
Wash, dry and iron clothes - 1 load of laundry done
Oh and buy a suitcase!
Made a start on the list (and also paid all the CC bills due whilst we're away) but now I've had a drink and I CBA
HFW's tahini-dressed green bean & courgette salad for dinner - the recipe is a keeper - we added spelt to bulk it out a bit
Eggs IN 3
Eggs OUT 6 (1 box sold for £1.50)Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
SNAP! There was spelt in our tea too Only spelt flour though, crafted into the shape of a pizza base. Bought a bag on our recent sojourn round and about the organic spelt producing belt of Great Britain
GreyingPounds for Panes £7,705/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend October 2025 £113.98/£200
Non-food spend October 2025 £9.97/£50
Bulk Fund October (month 10 of 12) £0/£35.200 -
Eggs IN 4
Eggs OUT 4 (fried eggs for lunch)
The list is nearly complete - just need to pack now!
Weather forecast for Norway is looking decidedly wet
so I'll be packing waterproofs!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Bon voyage. X0
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Have a lovely time in Norway 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 !!0 -
:wave:
Belated congrats on your well-deserved promotion MWC and all the best for your holiday, I hope you have a lovely time! xStash 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 early0 -
Thanks - at Heathrow!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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