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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    The doors are 28 years old.

    Are you going to give them a birthday party? ;)
    beanielou wrote: »
    Thanks Bear & Z.

    How are you both?

    Tired and plodding on - you know how it is.
    beanielou wrote: »
    Anyway. In part because it all feels like the end of an era I have finally got the divorce papers ready to be signed and will take them to the court next week for signing. Mixed emotions to be honest but it is time.

    :grouphug:
    beanielou wrote: »
    Deeply sad for the young person I was who thought I had the world at my feet and that I could do anything.

    Being able to do anything, is not the same as being able to everything. Choosing a path to take, means choosing other paths not to take. Don't be sad for those paths - they were simply not up to your standards.

    Potentiality is infinite. Actuality, by definition, is not.
    beanielou wrote: »
    Anyway I am older and wiser now

    Well you're doing better than me - I started life young and stupid, and have gradually worked up to being old and stupid...
    beanielou wrote: »
    & mostly happy with my life now.
    Nothing a rich man wouldn't help with:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    & a resident Emmett practitioner.

    An "Emmett practitioner" being a euphemism for a man who bounces up and down on you to make you feel better...
    Sun_Addict wrote: »
    On a separate note you've brought to my attention the fact that we're about to have patio doors in our kitchen and Mr SA is prone to falling. I think you can imagine the scenario playing in my head!

    Provided he's not hard and sharp, safety glass (especially double-glazed) should put up with the occasional mishap.
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  • in_need_of_direction
    in_need_of_direction Posts: 7,784 Forumite
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    divorce is a weird one. i was glad to have things completely finalized but did feel like it was evidence of yet another one of many mistakes in my life. however you feel, clarity is always preferable where there are legal considerations
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  • Butti
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    ZTD wrote: »
    Are you going to give them a birthday party? ;)



    Well you're doing better than me - I started life young and stupid, and have gradually worked up to being old and stupid...




    Provided he's not hard and sharp, safety glass (especially double-glazed) should put up with the occasional mishap.

    I can't remember whether I have forgotten how to multi-quote or if I never knew!

    Z you are not old and stupid - you are however always readily available with witty quote.

    We have cracked glass often in the houses we finish if the builders are not particularly careful. I can't think of an instance where it hasn't been exactly the same a year later at the End of Defect Inspection.

    However I did fall through a door when I was about 10 - that wasn't safety glass. That was the good ole 1970's - what an era. I was falling through doors, John Noakes was climbing up Nelson's Collumn armed only with a ladder leaning the wrong way! :eek:
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  • beanielou
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    Have had had words with the lodger.
    She is not happy.
    Hey ho.
    Life is too short to put up with this crap.
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,169 Ambassador
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    Another vote for Z not being auld & stupid.
    :naughty: Z.
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    "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.***
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  • Sun_Addict
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    Butti I remember one of my mum's foster children doing a backward roll straight through our glass door in the 1970s. Oh the days before health and safety :)
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Butti
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Have had had words with the lodger.
    She is not happy.
    Hey ho.
    Life is too short to put up with this crap.

    Exactly. I'm proud of you.
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,169 Ambassador
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    Butti wrote: »
    Exactly. I'm proud of you.

    I actually feel a bit mean but hey ho.
    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.

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    "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.
  • Butti
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    beanielou wrote: »
    I actually feel a bit mean but hey ho.

    It's your house Beanie
    You need to be comfortable. Life's too short!
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
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  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
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    Speak the truth as you see it Beanie..it's the only way

    Sorry re stress re glass, but even at 28 years old would think its safety glass. But worth checking that's for sure.

    Hope a lovely new lodger comes along soon. We made an excuse re one a while back and effectively gave notice...and were very glad we did. Currently have house to ourselves and although we miss the money, it's nice to have the peace and lack of responsibility too. So win win either way. They gotta be rght for you

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