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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
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Glad you are in better spirits and you have ordered a doorbell. Well done on the decluttering.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) 25/07/20253 -
Friday evening did not go well.I fell twice with a walker walking the short distance to the venue. Really struggled to get up. Even with 3 friends helping.Then fell at the interval going to the bathroom.How anyone can fall is beyond me.I am feeling sorry for myself.I am stiff & sore. I feel my world is getting smaller.Such is life.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.4 -
So sorry to hear about Friday. It must be so frustrating ….
Big hugs x
KKAs at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 64 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 11th November
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.3 -
Really sorry to hear that
xx "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 McGee2 -
So sorry to hear about the falls.Mortgage OP 2025 £7550/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £34,196
Money making challenge £78/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)3 -
Sorry to hear you’ve had another fall. How upsetting for you. Hope you’re taking care of yourself today and resting up. Sending gentle hugs xxI get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)3
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Oh I am so sorry Beanie
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Hi Beanie, I just want to say I hear you, however I have heard the same from MD, my mum use to use a walker then got operated on, spent a lot of time in hospital then used a wheelchair. The fact that you have some mobility is great. Please consider using a wheelchair, you have to go to venues which are accessible, and you would need to book early to get an accessible seat, but no falls...obviously I would recommend taking care in your wheels if you decide to go down this path...I must warn you...once in a wheelchair people annoyingly think you are stupid and have no brains...which is incorrect, and actually those people tend not to have any brains, just fair warning you get treated differently in a wheelchair by some not everyone. I was appalled by the amount of people talking to me when I use to wheel her about before the motorised chair talking about her as if she wasn't there...people are weird that is for sure. Not all just quite a few of them!
Wheelcahir is better then mobility scooter, the amount of people that fall out of a mobility scooter is crazy, because they are not balanced very well. If you have questions about this feel free to DM me.2 -
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.3 -
May tomorrow be bright and clear and kinder to you ✨❤️✨
KKAs at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 64 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 11th November
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.5
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