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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Poor wee scamp. I noted the comment re. 'can be left for up to 2 hours'. *This* is why we don't have a dog :eek:
    I know. If it had been 12 hours I'd be on my way :rotfl:.
    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"
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 7,233 Forumite
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    Oh he is soooo cute (writes she with the confirmed german shepherd owner)
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    it is hard to explain how brilliant dogs are.
  • LauraJo
    LauraJo Posts: 1,041 Forumite
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    Aw your puppy so cute! I'm missing mine so much being away! They are amazing aren't they?! Hard to explain the bond to most people I think x
    Mortgage starting balance 2011 ... £170k today £1.5k
    Savings: £3k
    Aim: 100k by Dec 2021
  • earthgirl
    earthgirl Posts: 3,762 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Your life is so busy, sometimes I forgot how much you have going on, as you achieve so much!!

    Hope you get a good sleep x
    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
  • Habibiboo
    Habibiboo Posts: 1,582 Forumite
    Alchemilla wrote: »



    The irrational paranoia is still strong!


    :wave:

    a) You work in education
    b) You are subject to OFSTED inspections, performance management observations, parent pop-ins, SMT drop-ins
    c) You have to work with senior management
    d) You have to work with parents
    e) It's likely you have a typcial staffroom, the like of which I believe I described in a previous post

    ... therefore any and all paranoia is therefore highly rational, tbh (I mean that supportively A, paranoia is often a self-preservation instinct, not the mental impairment it's painted as).

    Totally at one with the dog bonding thing, but then I'm probably the wrong person to ask, seriously soppy with them.

    Hope the weekend's been good! Only three more Mondays A x
    Stash busting 2014 45 / 60 (balls of yarn)!
    2014 Sealed Pot #2136 ?/£500
    House: Decluttering 322 / 365
    Original mortgage [STRIKE]£149,000[/STRIKE][STRIKE]£117,750[/STRIKE];[STRIKE]£112,500[/STRIKE] MFW 2014#69 GOAL 1: [STRIKE]£109 K April[/STRIKE] ;) GOAL 2: [STRIKE]£103 K by Sept[/STRIKE] ;) GOAL 3: < £100k by end of 2014 MF goal: Nov 2020 - 4 years early
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    So lovely of you all, thanks.

    Very blessed today as had a lovely meal out with family.

    Money 7/10. Sold 3 things. Fleabay quiet.
    Health and fitness. 5/10 did some walking but ate a huge lunch with wine.
    Family. 9/10 though nothing I did.
    Work. 2/10. I have that joy to come!
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    So money 7/10. NSD
    Work 6/10. Little progress.
    Family. 6/10.
    Health and fitness 6/10. Did some exercise. Overate.

    Exhausted. Nearly fell asleep marking at 2pm.
  • I actually did fall asleep marking at 2pm. Had to go for a stomp around the corridor to wake myself up.
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,087 Forumite
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    Well done on the NSD, explains why oil majors slumped on the FTSE :rotfl:
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