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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
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In other news I signed up to a site to review books. However as I am none to bright I cannot work out how to get it onto my kindle.In better news I did manage with many many mutterings to get an app onto my mothers android phone. Oh dear.We are not blessed with technical know how in our family.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*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.[/b] [11 months left.[/b]5 -
Daft cat only eats Felix😱Mortgage OP 2026 £1920/2000Mortgage balance: £29,386
Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £30, Jun £120, Jul £0, Aug £45, Sept £0, Oct £55 -
Shocking about the cat food.
Glad the snow has gone and you got a new appointment sorted.
The printer situation sounds irritating.
Hope you get a better night's kip tonight.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £165K Equity 38.88% 6/9/26
2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 29/8/26 (but owed £130) so £1.6K
3) 47/82K @29/8/26 = 57.31% AVC Goal by mid 20284 -
My old boy would only eat Felix and lived to be 21 🙂I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪5
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Mr N was 20 😿Sun_Addict said:My old boy would only eat Felix and lived to be 21 🙂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*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.[/b] [11 months left.[/b]4 -
I'm a fruitphone person and both my folks are androids (not literally). They are in their 70's and 80's so not the most tec savvy people and they think I know everything about technology 🙈 I do not. I'm always trying to help them with something on those phones but it's a real struggle when I just can't work the darn things and neither can they. Many mutterings is quite a mild way of putting it. Trouble is, when I manage to fix whatever it is they then go singing my praises and thinking I'm wonderful. I am not.beanielou said:In other news I signed up to a site to review books. However as I am none to bright I cannot work out how to get it onto my kindle.In better news I did manage with many many mutterings to get an app onto my mothers android phone. Oh dear.We are not blessed with technical know how in our family.Mortgage at 12/07/2022 = £175,000
Mortgage at 31/03/2026 = £154,976.87
300 256 payments to go.House buyout fund £26517.34/£36,000
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So so this.girlatplay said:
I'm a fruitphone person and both my folks are androids (not literally). They are in their 70's and 80's so not the most tec savvy people and they think I know everything about technology 🙈 I do not. I'm always trying to help them with something on those phones but it's a real struggle when I just can't work the darn things and neither can they. Many mutterings is quite a mild way of putting it. Trouble is, when I manage to fix whatever it is they then go singing my praises and thinking I'm wonderful. I am not.beanielou said:In other news I signed up to a site to review books. However as I am none to bright I cannot work out how to get it onto my kindle.In better news I did manage with many many mutterings to get an app onto my mothers android phone. Oh dear.We are not blessed with technical know how in our family.I loathe android phones & can’t work them.My mum will be away telling all her cronies oh beanie did this. Blah blah. Oft.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*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.[/b] [11 months left.[/b]3 -
And there’s me preferring Android phones! 😂😂
I goggled the felix stomach tumour thing last night as La Belle will only eat that. Looks like it might have been debunked?
KKAs at 16.10.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £209,304
- OPs to mortgage = £20,180 Estd. interest saved = £10,393 to date
c. 17 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 76 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 23rd October.
Produce tracker: £348 of £400 in 2026
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.3 -
That’s great. Thanks.KajiKita said:And there’s me preferring Android phones! 😂😂
I goggled the felix stomach tumour thing last night as La Belle will only eat that. Looks like it might have been debunked?
KKI 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*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.[/b] [11 months left.[/b]3 -
It looks like the story is: Felix changed the recipe a few years ago. Inevitably, some cats with more sensitive stomachs didn't get along with the change, and started vomiting/being ill. They got better when their diet was changed to something that suited them a bit better.KajiKita said:And there’s me preferring Android phones! 😂😂
I goggled the felix stomach tumour thing last night as La Belle will only eat that. Looks like it might have been debunked?
KK
And then there was a facebook group so the rumours escalated.
Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
Current mortgage amount: £224,460.73
Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
Unread owned books Jan 2026: 256
Undone crafts 2026: +15
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