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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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Beautiful photos!NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!0
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Fab photos MWC :T:T:T.
May need some advice some time - DS has got three chickens so I now have three grandchicks :rotfl:. As to what breed they are - em, one is blue, one is white and one red so am sure that is obvious to you.
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 -
After a busy couple of weeks and lots of late nights since returning from Portugal, I needed a lazy day to recharge my batteries... that day was yesterday :T I didn't get dressed
Today was a bit busier - walked into town to buy groceries and a birthday present or 3 for Mr MWC, cleaned the chicken coop, deadheaded & weeded, mowed the lawn, 3 loads of laundry etc.
Falstaff (a 2014 purchase influenced by Habibiboo)Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
I got all excited when Mr MWC told me that Miss Q was broody :j I thought that I better check for myself before buying some hatching eggs and I'm not so sure
In money-related news, I've used the power of social media to get a refund for a faulty shirt that I bought 5 years ago (and had never worn as I thought it was my bodyshape that was faulty - it was only after dropping 2 dress sizes and it still didn't fit properly that I realised that the front panels were different sizes...). The refund isn't as much as I think I paid for it (although it could have been on offer I suppose) but it's more than the measly £10 GV they initially offered, it's cash and TBH I was just going to bin it
Things are really (REALLY) quiet at work and I'll be pleasantly surprised if I still have a job at the end of the yearI must start reducing my miscellaneous outgoings just in case...
Eggs IN 3
Eggs OUT 0Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
MWC, I had a wild ride at work just recently and questioned whether I would have a job in a few months. Would you get redundancy? Do you mind? Either way, make sure you look after your mental health as well as your financesBaby Step 1 - £1k Emergency Fund - COMPLETE
Baby Step 2 - Pay off all debts except the Mortgage - £9,326 to go
Baby Step 3 - Save 6 months of expenses into full Emergency Fund - £4,300 to go
Baby Step 4 - Put 15% into Pension
Baby Step 6 - Pay off the Mortgage early
Baby Step 7 - Live like no-one else0 -
Yes, I'd get redundancy and I wouldn't particularly miss it as the job is boring. The only downside that I can see is that it would be very difficult to find a job that pays as well and that would have a knock on effect on my 10 year retirement planMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
muddywhitechicken wrote: »Yes, I'd get redundancy and I wouldn't particularly miss it as the job is boring. The only downside that I can see is that it would be very difficult to find a job that pays as well and that would have a knock on effect on my 10 year retirement plan
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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 -
That's quite a tightrope, MWC - it's difficult to know what vibes to send for you! Best of luck, anyway xx2023: the year I get to buy a car0
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Yay to holiday photos - mmmm to that custard tart - I miss them so much (must learn how to make them).
Boo to the quietness at work...fingers crossed.
MCIMortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
OP's to Date £8500
Renovation Fund:£511.39;
Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)0 -
I miss Habibiboo. Thank you for the Falstaff photo.NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!0
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