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Tales from The Shire
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Last piece of artwork for the bathroom. Seahorse in acrylic and ink on an old roof slate I saved from the roof repairs we had done earlier in the year.
Fortune x
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There is a lot of lovely painted slate popping up around here 🌈🌈🌈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.***
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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.4 -
Wow Fortune! Once again I'm in awe of your talent!🐚🦐🦑4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)New projection - 14 YEARS 8 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 16 mths)Psst...I may have started a diary!5
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Sea horses are one of my favourite things, have a few pottery ones dotted about the house and some earrings 6
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Did you know that if you only have plain flour that you can convert it to self raising?I've converted all my recipes over to plain flour now so that I only need to stock that. Whilst I use a lot of bread flour I don't use a lot of self raising/plain so it makes sense for me.4
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Looks amazing, fortune, well done!
Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!4 -
Love the stone and slate artwork. Gonna suggest that to my teenagers for a project. They were tie dying yesterday...v pleased with the results!!6
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So sorry to hear about your friend Fortune xxx Sending lots of good wishes your way xxx
Well done on the gardening. I popped my head in the greenhouse yesterday and my kale and chard seeds have sprouted already, most pleasing! I'm going to order my fence for round the veg plot tonight and get that up as soon as possible (not trying to stop the veg escaping, trying to stop the chickens decimating it all while it's small!) No urgent rush for me though - we're far too high up and exposed to be planting anything outside just yet.
Love the idea of the painted rocks too. I found a roses & castles book and painted some cardboard egg shapes for my nephew's virtual easter egg hunt the other day and actually really enjoyed it - my paints and brushes were of the toddler variety though, so the results weren't very good...
But I might treat myself to some of those pens that let you draw on stones and try again...
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beanielou said:There is a lot of lovely painted slate popping up around here 🌈🌈🌈beanielou said:That's lovelyrtandon27 said:Wow Fortune! Once again I'm in awe of your talent!🐚🦐🦑teapot2 said:Sea horses are one of my favourite things, have a few pottery ones dotted about the house and some earringsJessy103 said:Looks amazing, fortune, well done!
Thanks guys. Just trying to keep busy and cake baking is not an option going forward 😉brizzlegirl said:Love the stone and slate artwork. Gonna suggest that to my teenagers for a project. They were tie dying yesterday...v pleased with the results!!
Fortune x
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