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20/20 Vision (repaying a debt to my home and myself)

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  • redofromstart
    redofromstart Posts: 5,885 Forumite
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    Rosa, that is an excellent resource, thank you. Not far from me either.

    Well done on contacting a roofer, I hate doing things like that too.
    My mortgage free diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6498069/whoops-here-comes-the-cheese

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  • moneyonmymindsam
    moneyonmymindsam Posts: 2,243 Forumite
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    Found you and subscribed ...no pressure lol

    We got this!

    Happy new diary

    Sam xx
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  • doingitanyway
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Happy shiny new diary.
    20 major house things is a LOT.
    Thanks Beanie. 20 months is almost 2 years so plenty of time to do this (and plenty of improvements to be made :eek:)
    RhiBi wrote: »
    Fab new diary, good luck xxxx
    Thank you :)
    redofromstart wrote: »
    Well done on contacting a roofer, I hate doing things like that too.
    Thanks Redo :)
    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

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  • beanielou
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    I think you & I must have different ideas on major dia.
    To me major is a new floor , wetroom or kitchen.
    Even better a new conservatory :grin:
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  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,116 Forumite
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    moneyonmymindsam wrote: »
    We got this!
    Let's hope so Sam :)
    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

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  • parsniphead
    parsniphead Posts: 2,897 Forumite
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    Oh I've just found you. :j:j:j

    Going back to read the thread.
    1 debt v's 100 days chapter 34: T3sco bank CC £250/£525.24 47.59%

    [STRIKE]MBNA - [/STRIKE]GONE, [STRIKE]CAP ONE[/STRIKE] GONE, [STRIKE]YORKS BANK [/STRIKE]GONE, [STRIKE]VANQUIS[/STRIKE] GONE [STRIKE] TESCO - [/STRIKE], GONE
    TSB CARD, TSB LOAN, LLOYDS. FIVE DOWN, THREE TO GO.
  • parsniphead
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    doingitanyway wrote: »
    I am debt free but I have neglected myself and my home for years. My home and I have held up well after years of neglect, but we are both shabby and need of care and attention. I need to move on. This house needs a little family to love it. So I am giving myself 20 months for us both to be camera ready, so we can rise from the ashes of debt like phoenixes in 2020.

    So over the next 20 months I will do a minimum of:

    --20 Major home improvements

    --20 Minor home improvements

    --20 kilos

    --20 drab to fab changes

    --20 health improvements

    --20 giant frogs to eat

    --20 normal sized frogs to eat

    I will set a monthly goal in each category and [STRIKE]moan[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]whinge[/STRIKE] report on it throughout the month until it is done :)

    For APRIL it looks like this:

    —Fix the roof

    —Find window film for living room, put it up, clean the window and get curtains taken up

    —Lose 2 kilos

    —Wear tinted lip balm and perfume everyday in April.

    —Walk 3 miles at least once a week

    —Get insurances in place. This is A GIANT FROG outstanding for over a decade

    —Get glasses. This is a normal sized frog outstanding for 3 years.

    So, here I go…:)

    I love this post. Can't wait to see what you achieve now. You're Wonder Woman :T
    1 debt v's 100 days chapter 34: T3sco bank CC £250/£525.24 47.59%

    [STRIKE]MBNA - [/STRIKE]GONE, [STRIKE]CAP ONE[/STRIKE] GONE, [STRIKE]YORKS BANK [/STRIKE]GONE, [STRIKE]VANQUIS[/STRIKE] GONE [STRIKE] TESCO - [/STRIKE], GONE
    TSB CARD, TSB LOAN, LLOYDS. FIVE DOWN, THREE TO GO.
  • doingitanyway
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    parsniphead wrote: »
    I love this post. Can't wait to see what you achieve now. You're Wonder Woman :T
    I'm hardly Wonderwoman but thank you Parsniphead :)
    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

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  • parsniphead
    parsniphead Posts: 2,897 Forumite
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    What, you mean you haven't got the outfit.

    I was going to go Catwoman but would look like a bag of ferrets bosting to get out.

    Good luck with the roofer.
    1 debt v's 100 days chapter 34: T3sco bank CC £250/£525.24 47.59%

    [STRIKE]MBNA - [/STRIKE]GONE, [STRIKE]CAP ONE[/STRIKE] GONE, [STRIKE]YORKS BANK [/STRIKE]GONE, [STRIKE]VANQUIS[/STRIKE] GONE [STRIKE] TESCO - [/STRIKE], GONE
    TSB CARD, TSB LOAN, LLOYDS. FIVE DOWN, THREE TO GO.
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,116 Forumite
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    parsniphead wrote: »
    What, you mean you haven't got the outfit.

    I was going to go Catwoman but would look like a bag of ferrets bosting to get out.

    Good luck with the roofer.
    The content of my character is more of an issue than the outfit, although it is true I am all out of corsets and lassos :)

    I want the roofer to call but he is not back until next week. Feeling impatient as I just want stuff to change :(
    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 800/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
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