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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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edinburgher wrote: »Is a box ball a hedge-type thing?
Sort of - I have 11 of these in various sizes dotted around my front gardenMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Very swish! Saw some lovely work of that sort at East Ruston Old Vicarage this year http://www.e-ruston-oldvicaragegardens.co.uk/gallery/list/22/east-ruston.htm
How's the lurgy?2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Oo lovely garden KC - I shall put it on my list of things to do next year
(My garden is not that swish!)
Lurgy is bearable although bending over to clip the box balls has meant that all the snot has drained back into my brain...Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
:wave:
Glad to see that getting dressed came before clipping your box balls out front on your to do list MWC!
Interesting box balls. Do you use the Crocus site much ... we find them very good and some of their plants are very reasonable compared to elsewhere. it's where I got my want-not-need asparagus plants for £2.99 from! 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 -
:wave: Hbbb
Yes, I've had quite a lot plants from Crocus over the years and I've been very pleased with them :T Most of them were bought in my pre-MFW days though - now I only use them if I've been given a GV or if there's something I really want on sale
TBH though the box balls were from a local nursery for less half the price!
Eggs IN 5
Eggs OUT 0
Almost everything on the list done - the spare room is still full of bags of clothing as I decided to walk to Sainsburys rather than use the car.Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Hope you're over the lurgy soon.June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!0
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What a sh!te day
Rain
Gained 0.5 lb despite hardly eating anything all weekend
Stonking headache
Rain
Took me 75 minutes to drive home (twice as long as normal)
Rain
Good things that happened today:
Free lunch courtesy of a full soup loyalty card!
An Indian head massage for £5
Eggs IN 4
Eggs OUT 0Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
muddywhitechicken wrote: »What a sh!te day
Rain
Gained 0.5 lb despite hardly eating anything all weekend
Stonking headache
Rain
Took me 75 minutes to drive home (twice as long as normal)
Rain
Good things that happened today:
Free lunch courtesy of a full soup loyalty card!
An Indian head massage for £5
Eggs IN 4
Eggs OUT 0
Aw, rats to headache I shared your sh*te day. 135 minutes each way in piddling-it down to chucking-it down rain (not trying to outdo you as I only do it twice a week). Don't for goodness sake work out how many 7.5hr days you're spending in your car every year :eek:.
:T to eggs and Indian head massage :TA 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 -
I too have box ball.
Oh, hang on a mo. I have a box. And a ball. A ball in a box, even. Does that count?NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!0 -
apple_muncher wrote: »I too have box ball.
Oh, hang on a mo. I have a box. And a ball. A ball in a box, even. Does that count?
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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