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Cheery's country living adventure
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Thank you!
Good news and cautious celebrations in the Cheery household this morning - Mr Cheery has seen a (private) consultant today and been diagnosed with a benign, treatable condition, not the progressive and terminal one he was fearing. I think it'l take a while to sink in - I'm very glad I was trying to delay my own panic until we had a diagnosis 😮
Not going to backtrack on the decision to get someone else to fix the house though!!11 -
So pleased to hear your news Cheery. I hope this means that you and Mr Cheery can relax a bit. But you're right on getting help with the house - I found the whole 'living in a building site' wearing even with help. Much as I'd like to have done more of it myself, realistically work gets in the way... Do the bits you enjoy (for me, that's the garden) and get help getting the rest sorted so that your life is a bit easier.
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Lovely news, Cheery! Really wonderful. Many, many congratulations, and much positivity. It's a shake-up, though, isn't it, makes you reassess things - no wonder you're going to get people in. Priorities change.2023: the year I get to buy a car8
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Hooray - thank goodness for a gentler diagnosis! So happy for Mr. Cheery & youCheery_Daff said:...Mr Cheery has seen a (private) consultant today and been diagnosed with a benign, treatable condition, not the progressive and terminal one he was fearing...
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 7 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 17 mths)8 -
What a relief for you both. So pleased to read this.
And I think you are right to get some help with the work on the kitchen. It will be worth it definitely xxx8 -
Good to hear you have had some more positive news after such a difficult and worrying time. I think tea and cake is still in order so being sent virtually to you both.
Nov 2025 - part 1 - £13,878 part 2 - £20,953 Total - £34,832 24 months to go!4 -
So pleased that the news is more positive than feared - am very happy for both of the Cheeries
xx (and definitely agree that you should get someone in for the kitchen!) x I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £203 -
So happy for you and Mr Cheery! 🎉
And yes, I find dealing with tradespeople very tedious. They don't turn up when they say they will, jobs take longer than expected and delays are a regular occurrence. Maybe if it was predominantly a women's profession things would be more organised?
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House purchase £62500
Original mortgage balance 28/08/2014 £52850Original MF date: 2049:eek: Aiming for: 2025
Balance 27/07/2016 £49990
Balance 08/07/2017 £47999
Balance 30/07/2018 £44500
Balance 01/08/2019 £40700
Balance 03/09/2020 £37619
Balance 30/09/2021 £33983
Balance 18/01/2023 £28940
Balance 06/10/2024 £22168
Balance 08/10/2025 £18417
Mortgage free 09/10/2025!! Mortgage paid off in 11 years, 1 month, 11 days 🥳
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So pleased to hear your news. Celebratory tea & cake is called for xx2025 Decluttering 13021⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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