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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • Butti
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Oh & in other rather awesome news DS made a lovely recipe from the Jack monroe book~~a tea bread with white chocolate~twas most yummy :drool: :drool:

    See as soon as I saw tea bread and white chocolate together I knew it was Jack. Shall try that.
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  • Beanie, here's hoping you're not too sore post fall. Take care.
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  • judi24
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    Hope you are ok after your fall? With you on the staff thing!!! Oh how much I would love a cleaner and gardener (and shopper, cook, driver etc etc)
  • girlatplay
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    I love Jack Monroe recipes :D

    Sleep is good for you. It helps your body to recover and heal itself.

    Take things easy.
    Mortgage at 12/07/2022 = £175,000
    Mortgage at 31/03/2026 = £154,976.87
    300 256 payments to go.
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  • Butti
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    How are you doing Beanie? Hope you are managing to sleep in this hot weather.
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
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  • Karmacat
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    El is up there today, butti, I think they're having a ball :)
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  • beanielou
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    Great day today with the lovely El & Skint.
    May have eaten too much & got a touch of sunburn but a great day was had by all(I hope) :grin:
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  • skint_spice
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    Great day indeed, blooming shattered now though!
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  • beanielou
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    Great day indeed, blooming shattered now though!

    Well you were good enough to drive all that way :D
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    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]
  • elantan
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    Aye a guid wee day we will need to repeat it again, maybe a wee excursion like we spoke about ... Butti etc can come as well

    Skinty you will be shattered, you drove all day XXX and had to listen non stop to my drivel :)

    Next time we can do somewhere oop North .... So basically Stirling:rotfl::rotfl:
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