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Earthgirl's Final Battle

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  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,786 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Belated Congratulations!!

    And please keep posting!

    (Thanks for the organic list too - I knew it existed but can never remember what's on it.)
    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


  • earthgirl
    earthgirl Posts: 3,762 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Thanks!!
    After 14 years or so of reading/posting I think I would miss not having a diary. So I'll just carry on until it's deleted!

    Great eating today and a quick peek at the scales shows I'm on track for not gaining and hopefully losing this week. Hydration good. Workouts and evening walks on the beach done - lovely.

    Have been getting in better with students since fence gate. Today they were really quite sweet and cooked a signature dish from their country for us all for tea. Yummy.

    Taught for 3.5 hours and managed to get student reports finished. Boys had a friend to play this afternoon and then i played a couple of games with them. I didn't really get much else done, I'd liked to have got some gardening done but definitely suffering for a mid afternoon energy slump!

    Tomorrow I'm going to try and do 15 mins of something when I have the tired feeling.
    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

    Progress not Perfection
  • earthgirl
    earthgirl Posts: 3,762 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Well I think I might have the cure for my mid afternoon slump, a cup of tea and a power nap. Felt awful when I woke up but had loads of energy to garden all afternoon!

    Bathrooms cleaned and students rooms half ready (waiting for bedding to dry) for next two arriving tomorrow. Very nice to have the house to ourselves for a couple of days.

    I was going to take the kids on a "day out" today but they didn't want to go..said they go out all the time with the students so they'd like to relax! Saved us some money and the deal was they had to entertain themselves all day, and they did!

    Quite a lot of cleaning completed, also I've been a bit worried about the health of the hens but they looked much better today.

    We are having a family night tonight with a takeaway for my birthday which is tomorrow, but I'm working tomorrow morning, grocery shopping then "working" when the students arrive in the afternoon.

    Bought ds1s birthday presents. He wanted football boots and to dye his hair blonde! I'm all for originality but not sure about the hair! I put a little lemon juice on it this afternoon ;) I bought a bargain bike for him £64 delivered and it's a new muddy f0x bike, hope he loves it! This will be from my mum and dad. The boots are from us. He would like a football kit from his other grandparents.

    Also bought him some new free underwear with the myicepoints.
    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

    Progress not Perfection
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,681 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Your diary wont be deleted!

    Happy birthday for tomorrow~~enjoy :D
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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Happy Birthday!


    And a great bargain on a Muddy Fox bike, thats brilliant.


    :bdaycake: the cake is just for you :j
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • museumworker
    museumworker Posts: 2,240 Forumite
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    A huge congrats on reaching mortgage freedom - again! What an achievement- you've put so much work into making extra money and stretching every penny. Look forward to hearing all about your travels.

    And happy birthday too:bdaycake:
    Mortgage [STRIKE]16/03/2011: £190K 01/01/2017: £107,729.65 [/STRIKE] 01/07/2017: £95,979.89
    OPs 2011-2016 = £45K 2017 OPs = £9250.20
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,241 Forumite
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    :bdaycake::bdaycake::bdaycake: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!:bdaycake::bdaycake::bdaycake:
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,133 Forumite
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    Happy birthday EG and congratulations on achieving mortgage freedom again!

    Double cake - enjoy!
    June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,784 Forumite
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    Happy Birthday!!

    :bdaycake::bdaycake::bdaycake::bdaycake::bdaycake:
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • Courgette
    Courgette Posts: 3,242 Forumite
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    Oh earthy, you are just amazing!!! How completely inspirational!!! MF in 5 years with 2 little kids!!!!

    And happy birthday too!

    And what everyone else said, pleeeeeease keep posting!!

    Xxx
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