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  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,747 Forumite
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    Do it, decluttering is so satisfying!! And how is yours going, SC?
    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


  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,865 Forumite
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    I'm still gearing up to it today Vix, surpassed myself yesterday 😂
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,747 Forumite
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    I saw, excellent stuff!! 😂
    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


  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,241 Forumite
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    Thanks guys! :)

    I know what you mean vix, once a month on our payday, we have a takeaway from our favourite Indian restaurant. They've already closed the dine in part and for now the takeaway part is still open. I don't ask God for much but I do pray it's still open when we get paid this Friday!  I'm desperate for my cheese naan! 😂

    I did it SC! I've been through my paperwork, just need to shred it! I found documents from when I bought my first house in Yorkshire in 2007, t3sc0 delivery sheets and a load of receipts from 5+ years ago, a load of other old bills and a red hot chilli peppers concert ticket from 2004! 😂
    Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,865 Forumite
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    👍 Why do we hang on to it??? But I suppose it wouldn't feel so good to get rid if there wasn't such ridiculousness! 

    Cheese naan sounds delicious 😀
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,747 Forumite
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    edited 22 March 2020 at 1:37PM
    Jess, I use this naan recipe, if that helps? It's not quite the same as Indian restaurant naan but much better than supermarket naan and can be frozen (old cereal bags work well :) ). And it's fairly simple! Imagine you can add grated cheese and melt under grill...

    ETA: You can just used one type of flour - I don't tend to keep wholemeal in stock. Also, when he says 'knead once' he means knead for literally 10 seconds - about 8 individual kneads, basically. Dan Lepard is the king of low-energy baking! :lol:
    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


  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,241 Forumite
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    Oooo thanks vix! Although you may have just created a naan making monster! 😂
    Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,747 Forumite
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    I would definitely make the six as the blogger suggests... but that doesn’t mean that any make it to the freezer! 😂 When I was little mum and dad would have an Indian takeaway after we’d gone to bed (cost/children don’t like curry I guess??) and the next morning we’d get to feast on leftover naan (what is leftover naan???), so I am rather fond of them too! 😁
    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


  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,241 Forumite
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    Leftovers?! Not familiar with those! 😂

    Well, I've sorted through my paperwork and shredded what I didn't need! I went to visit my mum from the safety of outside and had a quick chat! She's bored with self isolation, which is great news for us because she's baked millionaires shortbread and cupcakes!! 

    I haven't done any cross stitch yet or read any of my book but there's still a few hours until bedtime but God damn Netflix and our need to watch Brooklyn 99! 😂
    Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,747 Forumite
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    It’s fine... you’ve got 12 more weeks of this at least to get around to the cross-stitch and book! 
    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


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