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Here's to a speedy recovery for your MIL and her partner. Sorry to hear though that you are all isolating and hope turns out ok. ☹️ I hear you about the dogs!😱Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”3 -
Seasidegal58 said:Here's to a speedy recovery for your MIL and her partner. Sorry to hear though that you are all isolating and hope turns out ok. ☹️ I hear you about the dogs!😱
I Believe.....
That it isn't always enough, to be forgiven by others.
Sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.
happiness isn't achieved by getting extra things,
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Hi all! Sorry I haven’t been posting, can’t believe it was November when I last updated!! So, belatedly, Happy New Year!!
MiL and partner both recovered from Covid thank goodness. We all avoided it, and DH and I have both had our first jabs, so fingers crossed it stays that way. DS1 has to have 2 tests a week through school, but DS2 is in the last year group that don’t.Like the rest of the country, we went back to homeschooling after the Christmas break, which accounts for some of my silence I suppose. DS1 has been doing tests which will be the basis of his GCSE grades, so he has been working really hard for that. Everything else has pretty much been ok, and we still haven’t had a major seizure episode since August *touch wood*.
Martin showed a clip of our interview on his 100th show a few weeks back. My goodness I was huge! Really want to film it again now I’ve lost weight! 7stones,10.5lbs off and still counting!! Nearly there now.Still penny pinching, we never seem to have enough. The bills are paid thankfully but not much else. I’m still comping and have won some nice things so far this year though, including 2 UK staycations which we are looking forward to once the country opens up again.Will try to update more often. Hope everyone is well XxDebts @ LBM £23,729.31. Debts @ 08/04/2016 £0 :j
Best win so far - holiday to Florida6 -
Lovely to hear from you Lucky 😊
Fortune x
Mortgage: 100% paid Emergency Fund: 100%
A Better View 🌄 'Being on the edge isn't as safe, but the view is better' - Ricky Gervais2 -
Good to hear from you, glad you’re all well. Your weight loss is just awesome 👏I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)3
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All sounding great there lucky. Amazing success with the weight loss. I wish I could follow suit. I also see that you’re debt free. Fabulous xx5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.003 -
Well done on the weight loss. I was only thinking last week that it would be good to hear from you. Welcome back.
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Lovely to hear from your PLMBL! You are doing so well with your weightloss, looking amazing!!!! xx
Mummytogirls x3 -
Good to hear your update
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One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.2 -
Aw, thank you for all the welcome back messages
. So today I decided to be proactive and try to make some money. I have listed a couple of things on eBay, and have more to go on. Mainly clothes that I’ve shrunken out of! I also picked up the bags of change that I’ve had lying around for months and took them to the bank - wish I hadn’t bothered, I ended up queuing for 45 minutes
. I’ve never known anything like it! Anyway, there’s now £18 more in my account than there was.
Debts @ LBM £23,729.31. Debts @ 08/04/2016 £0 :j
Best win so far - holiday to Florida5
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