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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • Thanks for the website - I'll be reading up.

    No snow here but very cold today.

    Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • dry here , hoping it doesnt snow, crutches and snow wont be cool!!!
    Dec 2011 £141,000 / dec 2013 £135,000/ Jan 2014 £131,000 / July 2014 £129 000
  • dry here , hoping it doesnt snow, crutches and snow wont be cool!!!

    No, it wouldn't! You don't want to slip over and break the other one!
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Today was a NSD - first one for ages :j

    Lovely lunch with my brother & dad - my brother had made a vegan fake beef stroganoff

    3 eggs today - Miss B, Miss M and Miss Q

    Mr MWC is home from Scotland with a more pronounced accent :D
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • eggs_zps4a7543f5.jpg

    Clockwise from top left:

    White egg - Miss B
    Pinky-brown egg - Miss D
    Light brown egg - Miss H
    Cream egg - Miss Beryl or Miss Gladys :j
    Olive green egg - Miss M

    The little cream egg weighs 40g. Not sure whose first egg it is but when I do I'll need to teach them to use the nesting box rather than behind a flowerpot :rotfl:

    (I'm ever-so slightly disappointed it isn't pale blue)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
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    Well done girls :T
    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"
  • In less important news :p

    - FlexDirect account opened today
    - Funds transferred into FlexDirect account
    - I'm now earning 5% interest on £2,500 :D

    Gnocchi with pesto, chargrilled artichokes, peas & rocket for dinner :drool:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Thanks MWC , looking into the account now!!!!
    Dec 2011 £141,000 / dec 2013 £135,000/ Jan 2014 £131,000 / July 2014 £129 000
  • Another little cream egg today... this one was laid in the nesting box :T:T:T + 3 eggs from the big girls

    Cinnamon rubbed salmon with couscous and harissa yogurt for dinner

    Stonking headache and early night for me
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Just checked the first MFiT-T3 chart and I'm at 11.12% of target :j

    And my headache has gone :j:j
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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