Making chicken feed of my mortgage

gallygirl

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

We went for a 5-mile walk after dinner - 20,000 steps today :j

:rotfl:

Pearla*Merle

:rotfl:

My knees hurt just thinking about 20k steps.... :eek:

PS. Well done, obviously! I'm very jealous.

Purplesky_2

I have recently found the forums and over the last couple of months have read through the whole of your diary in less than a week:money:.

Very inspirational. I am green with envy at your chickens, your dinners and the sheer amount you are able to overpay :eek:. But you've reminded me that I have more options than I give myself credit for.


Looking forward to following your diary even more.

apple_muncher

Pathetic steps here as have been at home with a poorly dd. Resorted to jogging on the spot on Tues evening! However, am back at work today, so may scrape 10k. 20k is just showing off!! (but because I've had my fitbit longer than you, my total steps ever is ahead - am clutching at one-upmanship-straws here!)

muddywhitechicken

Purplesky wrote: »

I have recently found the forums and over the last couple of months have read through the whole of your diary in less than a week:money:.

Very inspirational. I am green with envy at your chickens, your dinners and the sheer amount you are able to overpay :eek:. But you've reminded me that I have more options than I give myself credit for.


Looking forward to following your diary even more.

Thank you Purplesky

We've only been in the fortunate position to be able to overpay for the past few years. When we bought this house nearly 7 years ago (and more than doubled our
mortgage :eek:) I had sleepless nights worrying about how we we going to pay the mortgage. I'd just had a 5% pay cut and my employer, at the time, had stopped paying into my pension. We started by OPing the money saved when our interest rate dropped, then we stopped buying "stuff" and frittering money, and now I'm on a mission to retire early! I don't want to say we were lucky because we both worked and studied hard to give ourselves the opportunities to earn what we earn now.

If only I'd known about MSE and MFW when we bought our first house...!

muddywhitechicken

It is good to be home (although I did stay in a lovely boutique hotel last night )

13,500 steps today - not too bad considering that I was sat on a train for 3 hours

Eggs IN 12 (5 yesterday + 7 today)
Eggs OUT 4 (huevos rancheros for dinner)

Nearly the weekend :T

Karmacat

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

We started by OPing the money saved when our interest rate dropped, then we stopped buying "stuff" and frittering money, and now I'm on a mission to retire early!

Good for you!

I don't want to say we were lucky because we both worked and studied hard to give ourselves the opportunities to earn what we earn now.

If only I'd known about MSE and MFW when we bought our first house...!

Totally with you on both of these. And I really wish I'd known about the concept of Financial Independence too, when it first got started back in the 1990s... better late than never, tho!

muddywhitechicken

12 sleeps :j

Tickets - tick
Visas - tick
Anti-malarials - tick
Manicure and massage at the airport - tick

15,000 steps today Chub club weigh-in tomorrow morning - I'm quietly confident...

Eggs IN 8 a full house :T
Eggs OUT 12 (1 box sold for £2.50 + 1 box swapped for a bag of sulky bananas)

muddywhitechicken

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Chub club weigh-in tomorrow morning - I'm quietly confident...

Not so confident now after weighing on my scales this morning... ho hum

So plan for this morning:

- Laundry
- Chub club
- Meal plan/food shopping

This afternoon we are travelling south to meet my brother/SIL for dinner and a jazz concert

apple_muncher

Sounds like a lovely day. Now, go easy on the steps...