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  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 6,258 Forumite
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    Happy Saturday! Looks like the sun is here for the day - hope you managed to get out in it today!
    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)
    Original Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,360 Forumite
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    Hope you have had a fun day today x
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • rtandon27
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    All OK with you KC?  you've been quiet for the past few days!
    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)
    Original Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)
  • rtandon27 said:
    All OK with you KC?  you've been quiet for the past few days!
    I was thinking exactly the same thing, rtandon27.

    I hope everyone else who contributes to or just visits KC's diary is keeping well too.
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,309 Forumite
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    Thanks for the update RT! Glad to hear she’s OK! 😊
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,360 Forumite
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    Yay to karma being ok. Phew!
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • beanielou
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    Glad that you ok. 
    Boo to techie problems. 
    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.

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  • rtandon27 said:
    KC confirms she is well (through other channels) but has had some frustrating tech issues! GRRRR!!!
    Oh dear, the dreaded tech!  Bane of so many of our lives at one time or another.  Definitely a 'can't live with it, can't live without it' situation.  I hope KC gets it sorted very soon, I know we're all missing her.
  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,711 Forumite
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    I was just going to say it is probably tech issues and there you are. Come back soon KC
    Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
    My keep within our budget diary is here
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