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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,376 Forumite
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    Hilarious!
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Yummy beetroot & chard risotto for dinner using golden beetroot and swiss chard from the garden :T

    Today's party leftover was the dregs of a box of pinot grigio blush!
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • VintageHistorian
    VintageHistorian Posts: 1,065 Forumite
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    Welcome to the genealogy gang MWC! Ancestry is coming up to a free weekend over the Bank Holiday so if you're reluctant to pay for a proper subscription then you can utilise it this weekend!
    "You won't bloom until you're planted" - Graffiti spotted in Newcastle.

    Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind - Doctor Who

    Total mortgage overpayments 2017 - 2024 - £8945.62!
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »

    Still eating leftovers! Lovely MSE chum stayed Friday night and helped :T

    Pulled pork was lovely but they'd already eaten all the cake :eek::rotfl:.

    I can report that the new kitchen and living room are lovely and well worth the pain :T:T:T:T. The orange toaster makes toast in a very stylish way :j.
    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"
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    Ooh orange toaster! Cool.
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,376 Forumite
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    Did it produce orange toast?
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    VintageHistorian wrote: »
    Welcome to the genealogy gang MWC! Ancestry is coming up to a free weekend over the Bank Holiday so if you're reluctant to pay for a proper subscription then you can utilise it this weekend!

    Thanks for the heads-up VH :T I'll be home alone (Mr MWC is flying to SFO on Sunday) so I'll have a look at Ancestry (I've been using a free 2-week trial on findmypast).
    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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    gallygirl wrote: »
    ... but they'd already eaten all the cake...

    We'd eaten most of the cake before you arrived... but there is still some fruit cake left... :p

    We appreciated your efforts in helping to reduce the mountain of leftovers :T
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,921 Forumite
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    Gally clearly didn't try hard enough at reducing leftovers - you had some pinot grigio blush left! :D;)
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    greent wrote: »
    Gally clearly didn't try hard enough at reducing leftovers - you had some pinot grigio blush left! :D;)

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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