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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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So sorry to hear this
You're making me think of shingles .... the 2nd time I got it, I had it in my teeth2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Oh nooo
*major hugs & healing vibes sent* hope they get to the bottom of this and you're on the mend soon xx
a penny picker upper. MFW approx 78% to go | FIRE 3 years worth (30% savings rate: now aiming for 40%!) | Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it | Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible | The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library0 -
New dentist thinks I've had an allergic reaction to the temporary filling. He has replaced it - initially without anaesthetic until he hit live nerve tissue that shouldn't have been there :eek:
Prescribed antihistamines and stronger antibiotics.
Not leaving the house again until the trout pout has gone!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
[STRIKE]Mr[/STRIKE] Dr MWC prescribed a cheesy 80s film so we watched Sixteen Candles this afternoon
And I spent another hour hacking at stuff in the back garden
VW have written to Mr MWC to confirm that his car is affected by the emission issue. He also received a letter from HMR&C that suggests that he may be due a NI refund *fingers crossed*
Delia's bangers braised in cider with mash for dinner - yummy soft food
Eggs IN 6
Eggs OUT 0Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Oh gosh, you are really going through it. Hope you are pain free soon. I had ongoing toothache a while back, I suddenly became the biggest fan of extraction!
Fabulous OP's!June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!0 -
MWC I thought of you this evening … I baked (a rare occurrence) and when I went to google for recipes, found one on beeb good food, which I'd not have considered had I not seen so many delicious looking things on your diary … even better it has a filter so I can choose the 'easy' (aka much harder to ruin) ones :T
… yummy scrummy (title not my description) carrot and orange.
Thank youHope the pain is improving ….
Fleabay + Weebuy + Gumfree since started diary 94 items sold, £649.71 clear profit0 -
Just caught up with your diary........
Wow and congratulations on how much you have paid off in three years!:j
Sorry to hear that you tooth is still giving you pain. I hope it clears up soon.:(Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
Make £2021 extra income - £99.750 -
I need a plan or I won't achieve anything today!
- stop feeling sorry for myself
- get washed & dressed - done
- make Christmas puddings - done
- check work e-mail - in progress
- laundry - 2nd load in, washed a tissue in the 1st load :mad:
- clean bathroom
- clean Mr MWC's office (he's away until tomorrow evening)
- apples!
- hoover kitchen floorMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Haven't heard of Sixteen Candles - off to wiki it now
Hope it's all improving, mwc xI 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 -
muddywhitechicken wrote: »I need a plan or I won't achieve anything today!
- stop feeling sorry for myself - hasn't happened
- get washed & dressed - done
- make Christmas puddings - done
- check work e-mail - done
- laundry - 2 loads done
- clean bathroom - I'll make a start on it this evening
- clean Mr MWC's office (he's away until tomorrow evening) - in progress, just need to hoover tomorrow morning
- apples! No...
Today has really draggedMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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