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Simple living in the country - back to basics
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So sorry, that's tough
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.5 -
Oh heck …. You are having a tough chuck time atm 😢
Sorry to hear that people are likely to forget your birthday, but bravo you for organising something for yourself! 😉
KKAs at 15.07.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
- OPs to mortgage = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030
Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025
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Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.6 -
Sorry to hear about Budgie chicken.5
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Sorry to hear about Budgie 🤗Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
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One income, home educating family5 -
Happy birthday Cheery! I hope you have a good day, despite the circs and definitely enjoy some tea and cake in a cafe 🎂🫖🍰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 Hemingway6 -
Debunking to wish you a very happy birthday 🎂 x6
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Happy Birthday @Cheery_Daff wishing you a lovely day full of love, cake and tea 🍰🧁🫖Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
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One income, home educating family5 -
Wishing you a lovely birthday Cheery_Daff! Hope you have a fab day!
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Happy birthday"It’s all about balance, do you see? Balance is the trick. Keep the balance and—” She stopped. “You’ve ridden on a seesaw? One end goes up, one end goes down. But the bit in the middle, right in the middle, that stays where it is. Upness and downness go right through it. Don’t matter how high or low the ends go, it keeps the balance.”5
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Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊
Hope chocolate cake and coffee are part of your plans today!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 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)Psst...I may have started a diary!4
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