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Over the hill and drowning

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  • fay66
    fay66 Posts: 744 Forumite
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    Thanks beanie , dont think ill be dating til after my op x yes he is a grouch this week as well. x
    Debt £10k , HMRC £3K old debt £4k Jan 2021
    Had biatric surgery was 135k 2016 now 97kilo 22.1.20 up to 106 kilo 12.1.21
    Travel plans New York 2021 New year cancelled due to covid
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,574 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Apologies. I meant a date for the op.
    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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  • fay66
    fay66 Posts: 744 Forumite
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    ooh lol silly me x
    Debt £10k , HMRC £3K old debt £4k Jan 2021
    Had biatric surgery was 135k 2016 now 97kilo 22.1.20 up to 106 kilo 12.1.21
    Travel plans New York 2021 New year cancelled due to covid
  • stvn1
    stvn1 Posts: 141 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    You're doing great, the lodger was a cracking idea. Good luck with the op
    LBM 26/10/17
    Total debt at LBM - £15421.47
    NOW DEBT FREE AS OF 30/07/19
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,070 Forumite
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    Just caught up on your diary. Glad your lodger is working out so well.
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/25
  • fay66
    fay66 Posts: 744 Forumite
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    Thanks saving , bought salad at work . £2 today,Lodger cooked second par of stew we had yesterday, dogs had a small bit with biscuits,
    £10 petrol til i get my lodgers money tomorrow but get paid weds and a nice little bonus from work.
    had a good day at work, collected my target already for the month.
    Debt £10k , HMRC £3K old debt £4k Jan 2021
    Had biatric surgery was 135k 2016 now 97kilo 22.1.20 up to 106 kilo 12.1.21
    Travel plans New York 2021 New year cancelled due to covid
  • I so admire you for taking on a lodger and making it all work. You are doing so well on the debt repayment too :)
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 3501000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,574 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    How are things going with the lodger?
    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.
  • fay66
    fay66 Posts: 744 Forumite
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    edited 3 March 2018 at 8:29PM
    All going ok thanks Beanie. We both share supplies of toilet rolls, washing powder, just received his lodgings. £300
    Spent £50 cleaner due to my disability arthritis, etc
    £30 on hair, £88 in homebargains, petfood, strepsils, etc had tonsilities from tuesday to today just getting over it, due to weather had no supplies, bread , eggs, 2 big bags of pedigree complete , 2 bags of whiskas 2kg for cats for month.
    screens wash id ran out, bit of grit, toiletries, washing so all stocked up couldnt beleive how much
    Farmfoods spent £29, 40 sachets of whiskas cat food £22, cabbage , big bag of peas £3 birdseye i just cant swap,
    £50 petrol,
    paid all bills just a few to pay of direct debits this month,
    Debt £10k , HMRC £3K old debt £4k Jan 2021
    Had biatric surgery was 135k 2016 now 97kilo 22.1.20 up to 106 kilo 12.1.21
    Travel plans New York 2021 New year cancelled due to covid
  • fay66
    fay66 Posts: 744 Forumite
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    still no update on my ex. 7 years down the pann!
    Debt £10k , HMRC £3K old debt £4k Jan 2021
    Had biatric surgery was 135k 2016 now 97kilo 22.1.20 up to 106 kilo 12.1.21
    Travel plans New York 2021 New year cancelled due to covid
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