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2020++ - smiling and waving and looking so fine
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Thanks alt and SH - Sunday's sound like the future to me !! nearly there!I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine4 -
Wow - that has been a busy 10 days - family visit x2, then busy week at work, then family visits x2 at the seaside back where I grew up - which was nice. I'm not sure if I was surprised that I remembered so much, or that I had forgotten so much
Despite a lot of travel and eating out I was careful with what I ate, and I am now another kilo lighter - 11 kilos in 7 months - slow but sure.
Steps have been dreadful - I'm just not getting out there, but will be a focus again when I Go part time - was thinking of doing one gym session and then the next morning go for a long walk
Money OK - not keeping a tight eye on it so there is some wastage but not overly so, and I can nip that in the bud when I get through the summer.
Planning a long weekend in France to celebrate my part time ness, and then may be something at XMAS - probably UK seasonal market Sunday/MondayI think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine5 -
Hi @mark55man, great update. Having visitors is wonderful, but I must admit to enjoying the peace and settling back into my simple routine when they leave. Congratulations on the weight loss. Love that you are planning a trip away to celebrate your part time ness, after all it is an important milestone.2
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Thank you Humboldt
Family visiting has quietened down and nice to have a weekend to ourselves.
Last full week of being super busy and its all gone well except was not helped by a tummy upset - don't think it was stress related as busy but not stressful. I actually enjoy working at full tilt (just not for too long)
in related news I seem to have lost another kilo over the last two weeks. SO I will take that as a bonus - I think being a little uncertain of your digestion helps wonderfully in moderating your food choices
Just chilling at the moment with a large sp0rtsd1rect mug of tea - starting my hydration early
I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine3 -
I love how a sp0rtsd1rect mug has become a form of measure … a bit like blue whales or elephants 😊
KKAs at 15.09.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £230,969
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 58 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 12th October
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
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Thank you KK and FH for making me laugh and thank you g00gl3 ai for telling me that just under 4000000 sp0rtsd1rect mugs are needed to fill an Olympic swimming pool or 2 blue whales (side by side but not fully submerged)I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
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Love the random comments.
Good luck with reducing your hours.. exciting timesAchieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/250 -
another week over - big project finished as far as I am involved - there will be follow up but ironically although the follow up is bigger I will be less involved so that's good
I am still feeling a bit queasy and out of sorts - lucky its been a quiet few days. Will try and get out today - a bit stir crazy - thank goodness fr trashy literature and my kindle
In related news I have lost another kilo so I am now nearly half way to my next target of 200lbs
Not much to say really so will leave it there wishing everyone happy rest of summer holidays and hello AutumnI think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine2 -
Well done on the sustained weight lossAchieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/251
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