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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
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Butti is right Beanie - that's how I got through my year of hell 3 years ago. I just focused on one day at a time.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)1
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I think because of the recent vote I am worried more than usual about my financial situation changing.
I am trying to concentrate on mortgage as much as possible but unfortunatley due to the age of my wee house I have had to recently spend money on house with more to come.
& then the bleeping fence.
Am away next weekend which is paid for but I have absolutly NO money to take with me. Need to ponder this further.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.1 -
I think because of the recent vote I am worried more than usual about my financial situation changing.
That was simple scare tactics to try to beat people into submission, and should simply be ignored.
It's one of the major reasons why Osbourne's political career is deader than tank-tops."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'1 -
Wise words as always Z
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.1 -
I agree with Z, absolutely - they were doing everything they could to scare us, if they could have got away with physically threatening us, they would have
Day by day.
xxx2023: the year I get to buy a car1 -
I agree with Z, absolutely - they were doing everything they could to scare us, if they could have got away with physically threatening us, they would have Day by day.
I found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j-Gb8Pk2Pk to have been the most significant speech about that. I think it explains it very well.
Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose..."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 -
How interesting! Thats an absolute re-run ...2023: the year I get to buy a car1
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How interesting! Thats an absolute re-run ...
Well it would be, as those tactics worked the last time, and the circumstances which gave rise to those tactics then (as Peter Shore laid out) are the same as now.
Does remind me a little of an American Lawyer saying: "When you have the Law, pound the Law. When you have the facts, pound the facts. When you have neither, pound the table."
Unfortunately the rhetoric has left a legacy of dread among many people who still believe what comes out of politicians' mouths."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'1 -
Finally managed to sign up to see my mortgage balance online.
So very nearly at the bottom of the 20's & in to the 19's.
Will need to wait til my next DD comes out next week though.
I pledge to make at least one OP a month.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.2 -
& i really really need to look at increasing my income.
I could OP by approx £150 without penalty.
At the moment I am lucky to OP a 10th of that.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.1
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