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I’m absolutely certain you didn’t pass any form of lurgy in my direction Cheery, so no worrying about that! Whatever it is you caught really has knocked you for six though hasn’t it - I’m glad it feels as though you are at least a bit on the mend now. Your precautions about taking it easy for the next few days sound very sensible indeed though - you definitely want to be fit and well for that trip!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her5 -
Good to hear you're not poorly, gives me hope for everyone I was in contact with at our event 😕 Yes, it came on really quickly - started with a bit of a tickly cough on the train about 6pm, and by 8.30 I was in bed feeling extremely sorry for myself indeed 😕😂
Two whole days in bed as well!! Very unlike me. I've managed to crawl out for a bath both days, but that's it.
Currently post-bath and waiting for a pizza to come out of the oven. Dont even know if I want it. All I've eaten today is half a bowl of bran flakes (and those 4 chocolate buttons 😂) so I do feel like I should eat something else, but I've not fancied anything til I saw someone with a slice of pizza on the TV 😂 Let's see if I can eat it when it's done.
Had a gap between tablets today to see if I was feeling better, but ended up all feverish and grim again, so apparently not 🙄 Going to attempt to get dressed tomorrow morning i think - well, again, we'll see when I get there, but it might be nice to sit somewhere other than bed for a while (although I confess I've taken to bed quite naturally 😂)7 -
That’s sounds like one heck of a bug! In fact it sounds like ….. MANFLU!!! Needs to be taken VERY seriously indeed. One of my colleagues used to tell me that it required lying on the sofa, under a blankie, with tomato soup and CBeebies. It wouldn’t have surprised me if he’d sucked his thumb! And bear in mind he was a roughty-toughty firefighter! Awesome bloke, used to make me howl with laughter! 😉😊
KKAs at 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December
Produce tracker: £457 of £300 in 2025
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Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.3 -
Heavens above, Cheery - sit somewhere else if you can stay upright, yes, but nothing more than that - experimenting with a gap between tablets is interesting, but its obviously shown you how ill you *actually* are. Good idea to try to eat something.2023: the year I get to buy a car6
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Sends chocolate buttons to help recovery
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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.6 -
😂😂 thanks Beanie 😂😂 I got half a freedom earlier, very exciting!
Just had a message from my dad - he's in hospital 🙄 sounds like he feels OK, but they're keeping him in for tests for the time being.
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Hope your dad is feeling better soon Cheery. XxI am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
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 -
Hope you're feeling much better soon Cheery, sounds like a really rotten bug.Nov 2025 - part 1 - £13,878 part 2 - £20,953 Total - £34,832 24 months to go!3
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Gripe--- why do family always seem to get unwell just when you are feeling well under the weather.
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Only on p15e of your magnificent diary @Cheery_Daff but congratulations on your promotion! Please keep the harp; you could learn to play 'Greensleeves' and delight everyone. Why not in a green dress too?! Love Humdinger xx3
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