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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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Aw, sad news about the chucks
But they will have had a great life with you, which is important.
Sounds like life is ticketty-boo with you both :T
And yay! to career change choices - do what makes your heart sing, if you can, when you can.
Greying XPounds for Panes £7,005/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend July 2025 £208.74/£300
Non-food spend July 2025 £96.71/£50
Bulk Fund July 2025 £9.10/£100 -
Sorry to hear about the chooks
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I 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 -
Sorry to hear about the girls.
15k steps a day is great especially if you have a sedentary job. What's GC? I assume a challenge? Sounds like you are doing really well. I'm doing similar but am trying to do weights more regularly to increase my strength and get to eat more in the future!June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!0 -
Hello :wave: I hope that everyone's had a fabulous summer - wasn't the weather glorious?
I'm back and I need to put my :money:head on as on 30 August 2019 we head off on a no expense spared 15-night trip to Ecuador & Galapagos :j
I've made a start by winning 10p on TCB :rotfl:
MWCxMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
muddywhitechicken wrote: »I've made a start by winning 10p on TCB :rotfl: A win, is a win, is a win!
Ay up muddy! How lovely to *see* you
Was thinking of you the other day.... was looking at pom-pom makers at the time.......
Glad to hear all well, and that you've mucho, mucho to look forward to
Greying XPounds for Panes £7,005/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend July 2025 £208.74/£300
Non-food spend July 2025 £96.71/£50
Bulk Fund July 2025 £9.10/£100 -
Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »Was thinking of you the other day.... was looking at pom-pom makers at the time.......
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
I need to add "start knitting little smoothie bottle hats" to my to do list!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Another quick win should be an underspend on the grocery budget in September and October :T
I still need to meal plan but I’ve checked our calendar and there are only 21 days between 1 September and 31 October when we are both home for dinner :eek:Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Hope you are both together today - isn't it your anniversary?!NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!0
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Yes! Mr MWC has been working in Paris this week so I joined him on Friday for a romantic weekend and then on Monday I’m accompanying him on a business trip to the Faroes for 3 nights :cool:Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Awesome stuff!NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!0
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