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Learning to walk before I run
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It is going to be a double celebration, I finished Couch to 5K this morning 🏃♂️
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YAY! Great work you
Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!5 -
Well done on both counts 🎉
2017 - mortgage of £140,000 and interest rate of £10 a day
Feb 2021 mortgage of £103000
November 2021 mortgage of £93000
December 2022 mortgage of £79000
December 2023 mortgage of £73000
March 2024 mortgage of £70000
May 2024 mortgage of £68000
October 2024 mortgage of £65000
February 2025 mortgage of £63000
March 2025 mortgage of £45000 and interest of £6.07 per day
November 2025 mortgage of £41000 and interest of £5.62 per day
March 2026 mortgage of £38000 and interest of £5.22 per day5 -
Fantastic news on both counts 🎉
Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
One income, home educating family5 -
Lovely evening. BBQ in the garden, bit of a tidy up, then sitting by the new firepit until 5 minutes ago when it got a bit parky. 19,000 steps and a few too many boozes, although I am 16+ glasses of water for the day 😜
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How big are those glasses of water! 😳 Careful now, you can drink too much … (dilutes your metabolic blood salts).
Well done on the c2 5K 👏😊
KK
As at 21.05.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £215,607
- OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 35 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 24th May.
Produce tracker: £119 of £400 in 2026
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.6 -
As a someone who is classified as an excessive water drinker, I second this. Be careful with the water!
Congrats on the contrac, tna C25K. Have a lovely weekend basking in the glow of your success!
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It was about 3.7l. I think that's ok on a hot, 19,000 steps day where I ran 5K? I'm 95kg or so
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We enjoyed the BBQ so much yesterday we're having another one today. It's a hard life 😋
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It’s a hard life indeed. Enjoy.
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