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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    * Remembered to take the £7 off coupon when we went to the supermarket :T

    * Spent the afternoon pottering in the garden :T

    * Afghan carrot hotpot for dinner :T

    Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT 3 (poached at lunchtime)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    edited 22 March 2016 at 9:33AM
    Proper mid-month financial news... share dividend cheque of £365.49 received in the post today :j

    Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT 12 (roast root veg frittata for dinner)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • earthgirl
    earthgirl Posts: 3,762 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 21 March 2016 at 10:41PM
    Mmm sounds lovely!

    Health and wellbeing updates sound so positive.

    Great cheque too!
    15/5/12 Paid off Mortgage 1 (£220k) Bought Dream House:www: Dec 13 - Mortage 2 -£116,508. 15/7/18 Mortgage Free Again :j

    Progress not Perfection
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Quick check of my current account shows that another share dividend (£109.19) has been paid :j I should be able to squeeze an extra £25.32 out of the accounts and make a £500 OP this month :T
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    I had another subsidised massage today :T
    My shoulders are level again and my neck is longer than it was yesterday :rotfl:

    PSB penne with watercress pistou for dinner - delicious :drool:

    Eggs IN 12 (6 yesterday, 6 today)
    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!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    I've just paid the balance for our city break/walking holiday/road trip in Portugal :cool: and I haven't completely wiped out the holiday savings account :T

    No exciting Easter plans here - gardening/spring cleaning/walking/relaxing depending on the weather :)

    Carrot soup with quinoa & feta for dinner yesterday :drool:

    Yesterday's egg count:

    Eggs IN 6
    Eggs OUT 12 (2 boxes sold for £4)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    I've just paid the balance for our city break/walking holiday/road trip in Portugal :cool: and I haven't completely wiped out the holiday savings account :T
    You know where we are :D
    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"
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    You know where we are :D

    Yay, I'm invited back :cool:

    Just back from an hour at the gym :T
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    I'm pooped!

    7.66 mile walk this afternoon (a 4.5 mile circular walk from our box of AA walks and (stupidly) we decided to walk to/from the start/finish point) + mowing the lawn = 19,500 steps

    and I forgot to wear my fitbit to the gym :doh:

    Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT 4 (scrambled for lunch)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,821 Forumite
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    That's a lot of steps!
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
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