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Take care. XxxI am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
KC, may I ask a daft gardening question? How am I meant to cut the edges of my lawn when they're bordered with stones/flags? The Flym0 doesn't reach and the strimmer would just use up too much of the monofilament reel...0
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edinburgher wrote: »KC, may I ask a daft gardening question? How am I meant to cut the edges of my lawn when they're bordered with stones/flags? The Flym0 doesn't reach and the strimmer would just use up too much of the monofilament reel...
By manual means ed!!! A sharp knife or grass shears.Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
"Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Thank you beanie - I felt okay after a bit, I just need to get going slowly after an especially stressful week like this one.edinburgher wrote: »KC, may I ask a daft gardening question? How am I meant to cut the edges of my lawn when they're bordered with stones/flags? The Flym0 doesn't reach and the strimmer would just use up too much of the monofilament reel...
Wot MWC saysmuddywhitechicken wrote: »By manual means ed!!! A sharp knife or grass shears.
or hang the expense and renew the monofilament every 5 years, instead of every 6 
Yep. With you. Ooh, look at that pig flying past the window. No, otoh, nothing to see here, move along, these aren't the droids we're looking for.It's true! Trooo! Troooooo! I tell you...
I've been a busy little droid myself - I *did* do the banking, which was positive, I lay about for a while recovering, and now I've got back on here and been working on writing adventures.
3pm now. Sister's duties at school are officially just finished by now, and other than exam-related emergencies during summer (very unlikely given the age group she [STRIKE]works[/STRIKE] worked with, but possible) she's now retired :j:j:jSave
Save2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Nice one - my mum retired on Thursday, no more work - ever! Imagine...Baby Step 1 - £1k Emergency Fund - COMPLETE
Baby Step 2 - Pay off all debts except the Mortgage - £9,326 to go
Baby Step 3 - Save 6 months of expenses into full Emergency Fund - £4,300 to go
Baby Step 4 - Put 15% into Pension
Baby Step 6 - Pay off the Mortgage early
Baby Step 7 - Live like no-one else0 -
That's brilliant, rasputin! 7 more weeks for me ... not that I'm wishing my life away or anything and of course, I'll be doing lots of writing too.
What plans does your mum have?2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Exciting times.
I am crazily jealous!0 -
Dident realise that you were retiring if such a similar timeframe to your sister.Good times ahead I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
KarmaCat, she doesn't know much yet with what to do. Her DH is semi retired and works when the work is there, so she says first of all they are going to have to learn to live with each other full time! Then they are doing the house up to sell, and then downsize moving closer to their family in Surrey. After that - whatever their fancy takes
I was lucky and won a years National Trust membership in the competition forum (!), so I gave them that when they were down a couple of weekends ago.
At 33, I wonder if I will ever feel able to retire.Baby Step 1 - £1k Emergency Fund - COMPLETE
Baby Step 2 - Pay off all debts except the Mortgage - £9,326 to go
Baby Step 3 - Save 6 months of expenses into full Emergency Fund - £4,300 to go
Baby Step 4 - Put 15% into Pension
Baby Step 6 - Pay off the Mortgage early
Baby Step 7 - Live like no-one else0
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