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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
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Just to chip in on the Zoom debate. They do harvest and keep a lot of data and that is behind the advice for government bodies not to use it (or at lease, not to use it for confidential matters).
The other bad stories were because meetings were essentially open and the personal meeting id of the person running the meeting was displayed on screen so it was really easy for people to get into unintentional meetings or worse (in one report) to get in and cause mischief (porno images, popping up in one work meeting for example). This has been addressed by the organiser inviting people to their meeting ID and needing to accept them in to the meeting.
It's fine for more than 4 people but meetings are limited to 40 minutes on the free version. WhatsApp, Skype, Hangouts, MSMeetme all have their own limitations on one of numbers, cost, duration, needing software.
Best of a bad lot in current times and my 90 year old Mum has got the hang of it, but can't do messenger video or WhatsApp video as both need accounts she does not have and my BIL doesn't want her to have
Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here5 -
Hi Beanie
Just popping by to wish you a Happy Easter weekend. Weather is lovely here again today. Are you managing to sit in the garden for a daily dose of Vitamin D? Hope you're feeling better in yourself today. xx 4 -
Happy Easter Beanie. Hope you are planning a weekend of pink gin and chocolate x4
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Happy Easter. Even if it is a weird one. Wishing you a sunny few days.If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 350/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20254 -
Happy Easter Beanie - hope you’re enjoying the sunshine ☀️January spends - £587.584
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Happy Easter, beanie, hope you're having a nice time
2023: the year I get to buy a car4 -
Happy Easter!"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee3
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Happy Easter from me too! Stay safe, my friendSave £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here4 -
And from me. Hopefully there’s a smarties egg or some orange smarties in the plans for todayMortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 11st 12lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough for now.4
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No big Easter eggs here but a lovely friend sent me some orange smarties mini eggs in the post.Nothing else to say really.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.5
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