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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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Impressive stats MWC.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 -
Fabulous overpayments !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 -
:T:TWOWZER indeed - well done you!!:j:j
might be worth seeing if arnica tablets help your mouth settle?Fleabay + Weebuy + Gumfree since started diary 94 items sold, £649.71 clear profit0 -
Thanks everyone
Plan for today:
- sleep - I felt better for a nap, teeth are achy now rather than painful but my salivary glands are swollen...
- monitor work e-mail - done
- potter in garden - another bed tidied resulting in 4 more sacks of garden waste and chicken topiary clipped
- apples! 500 g of apples slices frozen - not sure what to do with the rest... unfortunately they are eaters not cookers
Eggs IN 5
Eggs OUT 0Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
:T:TWOWZER indeed - well done you!!:j:j
might be worth seeing if arnica tablets help your mouth settle??
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effortMortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
muddywhitechicken wrote: »Thanks everyone
Plan for today:
- sleep - I felt better for a nap, teeth are achy now rather than painful but my salivary glands are swollen...
- monitor work e-mail - done
- potter in garden - another bed tidied resulting in 4 more sacks of garden waste and chicken topiary clipped
- apples! 500 g of apples slices frozen - not sure what to do with the rest... unfortunately they are eaters not cookers
Eggs IN 5
Eggs OUT 0
Is 'chicken topiary' where you give the girls a haircut...?NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!0 -
Brilliant news on the OPs :T:T:T:T
Sleep well and hopefully a pain free start to tomorrow x x x2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j0 -
Good news - I slept through the night (first time in a fortnight) :T
Bad news - cheeks and lips are swollen (think botox gone wrong!)Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Amazing OPs, MWC! :T
Yeay for sleeping through - but boo to puffiness - hope it clears quickly and that you don't resemble Leslie Ash's disastrous state for too long!:eek::DI am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £200 -
And on closer inspection an all over rash...
Waiting to see dentist, I'm so fed up I could cryMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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