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smallholdingsister's strivings
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We have the same issue with aim and toilets (I am generally ok though!) good luck with house sorting. Get the kids out or confined in one room would be my tip.15/5/12 Paid off Mortgage 1 (£220k) Bought Dream House:www: Dec 13 - Mortage 2 -£116,508. 15/7/18 Mortgage Free Again :j
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Fantastic news on weight loss. Huge milestone.
Moving too. Always makes me a little jealous.. xxMorgage till Nov 30 GOAL MFW Sept 2016Aug 11 - £100k Aug 2016.... It's GONE!!!!!
2014 GOAL HIT 5 Stone! 2016 GOAL to be a MF marathon runner.
"A goal without a plan is just a wish"0 -
Thanks Helen.
Don't be jealous. We spent last year trying and failing to move!
Earthie I think you sold your last house pretty quickly/well?0 -
Ugh. Been looking at pensions. Depressed now!0
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Ooh, thats very early in the day to be looking at pensions! No wonder you feel bad about it!
My advice: prioritise what you want to do. Do you need to get tidy and clean for the pix by the agent? Or do you need to get some diy jobs done? Remember you can put lots of stuff in the car for the day of the pic-taking itself ...2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
smallholdingsister wrote: »Ugh. Been looking at pensions. Depressed now!
I thought you had a teacher's pension SHS?
Well done with the weight loss, as a fellow MFWer I can relate to the effort required. Don't know about you, but I'm finding calorie restriction to be tough work.0 -
Tidy and clean and DIY!
Thanks KC.
Ed it was all good on the pensions front until the BARSTEWARDS stole half my pension half way through my career.
At least they stole a chunk of it and I can't have the rest until I'm 67.
And we wonder why there's a teacher shortage.
The calorie restriction is quite hard without exercise. What helps me are thi
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Well done on weight loss, losing it that way means you won't just put it all on again as fast as you lost it. I found preparing for agents pics really stressful too but at least you can hide some things away. You will be going on at a good time so I will keep my fingers crossed for you.
We are all set for staying but think we had a drive buy which encouraged me to clean bathroom and hoover and dust upstairs!
Pension planning is grim.June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!0 -
ngs you probably wouldn't dream of eating such as hardboiled eggs, quorn and frozen veg.0
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Hi Cath cross posted.
You still on the market?0
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