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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • Grumpelstiltskin
    Grumpelstiltskin Posts: 5,609 Forumite
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    Lou do you think the cats are telling you that you shouldn't have moved their beds?
    If you go down to the woods today you better not go alone.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,147 Ambassador
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    Lou do you think the cats are telling you that you shouldn't have moved their beds?
    Most blooming likely  :lol:
    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.
  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 11,551 Forumite
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    We used to get bats in one of our houses. They really do take some catching. 
    L
    Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,147 Ambassador
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    lucielle said:
    We used to get bats in one of our houses. They really do take some catching. 
    L
    I would have to move out. 
    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.
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,115 Forumite
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    lucielle said:
    We used to get bats in one of our houses. They really do take some catching. 
    L
    I can’t imagine how you would even attempt that … ! 😳🤔😂

    KK
    As at 15.08.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,148  Interest saved £5,738 to date
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,147 Ambassador
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    I remember visiting a castle and getting shut in a room as there was a bat and we had to wait until someone came to trap it. I like bats, took DS on a bat walk once when we were on holiday, it was amazing.
    No!!!!!!  Feels faint. 
    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.
  • I left the back door open once to get some breeze in as it was so hot and when I looked a few minutes later, a squirrel was eating from my cat’s bowl. I nearly died when I saw it. I remember when my mum lived in her sheltered accommodation flat, her ground floor neighbour left the lounge window open when she went to bed and a squirrel got in. She was a heavy sleeper and slightly deaf so didn’t hear anything and the next morning she woke up to havoc and devastation. It had chewed through her TV wire, knocked her ornaments over and worst of all, it was still there when she got up scuffling around. Luckily, she was able to buzz the warden, who let herself in with her master key, while my mum’s neighbour hid in the bedroom, and managed to get it back out through the window. I’m surprised the lady didn’t have a heart attack! 
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,463 Forumite
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    Ahhhhhh to critters in houses 😵‍💫🤪😳
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,147 Ambassador
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    milann said:
    Ahhhhhh to critters in houses 😵‍💫🤪😳
    Finding more mess today.  The conservatory door has not been open today!!

    Very tired today after yesterdays carry on.
    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.
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