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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,715 Ambassador
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    Bubblesmum wrote: »
    Beanielou - it's part of our condition isn't it, the bit that helps maintain balance just doesn't work, so where others could right themselves after tripping etc, we just land with a bang. Sadly nothing we can do to fix it, other than wrapping ourselves in cotton wool and sitting still... And that would be no life at all :(:(

    Spot on Bubblesmum.
    Also now not helped by low blood pressure.
    You coulden't make it up!!!
    Not at the stage of wrapping myself up~~yet!!!!!
    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.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,715 Ambassador
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    Karmacat wrote: »
    I hope you *did* get home, and you're not wandering the streets still!

    Wine tasting sounds rather good :)

    Got home ok~thanks:p

    Wine tasting was good :)
    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.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,715 Ambassador
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    sarahevie1 wrote: »
    Do you think there's a cause of the falls? General clumsiness, just one of those things, or eye trouble, lack of iron etc etc.

    Glad you enjoyed the wine tasting

    Sadly the cerebral palsy is the cause.
    Nowt to be done sadly.
    All the ops I had when younger also reverted as I grew.
    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.
  • You never did share your bucket list. What's the plan to fight against the cotton wool?
    Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 12st determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,715 Ambassador
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    You never did share your bucket list. What's the plan to fight against the cotton wool?

    I just keep trying to do as much as I can.
    Sometimes think it is a double ended sword as I am not always sure it helps.
    But if I don't keep fighting there is no point(to me) IYSWIM?

    To be honest I hardly think of the bucket list.
    I worry about what the goverment is going to do next & how it will affect me.
    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.
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Beanie, when you say you keep fighting, do you let yourself rest thoroughly enough? Never letting yourself rest properly is completely exhausting. I know I might be doing the "sucking eggs thing", sorry, but it just struck me.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,715 Ambassador
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    Karmacat wrote: »
    Beanie, when you say you keep fighting, do you let yourself rest thoroughly enough? Never letting yourself rest properly is completely exhausting. I know I might be doing the "sucking eggs thing", sorry, but it just struck me.

    I mean I just keep doing things & moving around.
    I am pretty good at listening to my body now & if I dont it soon tells me!!!
    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.
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Thanks honey. Moving is so important, isn't it, just keeping the muscles used to flexing.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • judi24
    judi24 Posts: 2,272 Forumite
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    Sorry to hear about your falls Beannie - hope your black eye is healing!!! Good news on the mortgage and the weight loss though! Plodding is working a little!!!! Keep going!!!!
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,715 Ambassador
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    I think the mortgage has dropped into the 24's today.
    If so that is good.The BS couldent tell me if the figure they quoted me included the November payment or not!!

    Anyway not really in the best of moods at the moment.
    Had an issue at an event I tried to attend last week in St Andrew's. It turned out there was nae disabled access as it was up 2 steep flights of stairs.Hey ho.Just poor planning.

    Yesterday & today I have been told very strongly that I play the victim card. I despair I really do.
    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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