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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    WOW what a transformation :T:T:T

    (the before pics are on Page 40)

    MWCx
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Those chick chicks are so purty.
  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Well done on the declutter. It is so good for the mind to have less stuff around. X
    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
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,917 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    What lovely ladies! :) x
    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
  • Habibiboo
    Habibiboo Posts: 1,582 Forumite
    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    WOW what a transformation :T:T:T

    (the before pics are on Page 40)

    MWCx

    :wave:

    Thanks for that MWC, I didn't think to check back for the page! 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
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,375 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    The chooks are looking good!

    Has Mr Hbbb gone away for a few days now, leaving you in peace?

    Grr to the floorpaint - just keep the girls and hounds away from it - imagine the paw/foot prints they could leave on it!

    Wow! To the purple food day. Maybe you could follow a rainbow...

    Sleep well x
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,807 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    I love the pics - you've got happy, healthy looking chooks!
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • hanging_on_in_there...
    hanging_on_in_there... Posts: 165 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    love the close up of Dora!
    BoDiddly :)
    Trying our best!
    1st mortgage: was £23,127.00 now £22,480.00.
    Offset £20,100.00.. MF Jan 2015.
    2nd mortgage: was £13,900.00. Now £13,608. MF March 2016 or sooner!
  • Habibiboo
    Habibiboo Posts: 1,582 Forumite
    Goldiegirl wrote: »
    I love the pics - you've got happy, healthy looking chooks!
    greent wrote: »
    What lovely ladies! :) x
    Alchemilla wrote: »
    Those chick chicks are so purty.

    :wave:

    Hi y'all and many thanks ... I really didn't realise how much they'd improved until comparing the photos, it's good to know they're having a better time of it now!

    Happy Friday to you all!
    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
  • Habibiboo
    Habibiboo Posts: 1,582 Forumite
    hanging_on_in_there... wrote: »
    love the close up of Dora!

    :wave:

    She doesn't seem to move quite as quickly as the others, so she's a little easier to catch with the camera, Bo! I had to crop the pic but the original has a big black cloud in the sky above her and the overall effect is actually quite menacing! Could easily be used as a film poster about the story of a 'dun me wrong' chicken out for revenge on battery farmers or such! :rotfl:
    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
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