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Simple living in the country - back to basics
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Good luck Cheery!3
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Good luck Cheery.Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
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One income, home educating family2 -
fingers toes arms all crossed ready. Go you. I would add eyes but that could only happen on a bad day!!
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Good luck with all the elements today - the getting ready, the driving in, finding a parking space, the killing time beforehand being calm and mind soothing. Not so much with the interview as you are so well prepped - I hope you find it both interesting and enjoyable.
KKAs at 17.03.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £219,071
- OPs to mortgage = £17,793 Estd. interest saved = £9,021 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
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Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.3 -
Wishing you every success today Cheery 👍
Greying X
Grocery spend April 2026 £158.03/£200
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Bulk Fund 2026 Month 4/12 - £4.48/£98.02 (reducing balance - start £120 pa)
""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
The broken moulds in a grand design
We look a mess but we're doing fine
We're card carrying lifelong members
Of the union of different kinds..."
"Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert, Fisherman's Friends3 -
Hope today goes well - wishing you well with all aspects of it! 🤞🍀🤞🍀 xI am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £20
2026 Declutter campaign awards 2x star3 -
Wow, what a lovely outpouring of good luck wishes! 🤩🤩 you folks really are the best 🤩 I shall think of you all in the audience today cheering me on 😃😃
Fortunately Mr Cheery arrived home just in time to rescue me from going too far down a gloomy spiral of panic 🙄 He stayed up and held my hand both physically and mentally until I got myself into good working order, although it did take several hours so I am not as well rested as I'd like.
He's also disrupting his entire day and driving me in this morning, saving me from messing about with parking spaces and meaning I can have an extra, much-needed, nap in the car.
An all round good egg.
Definitely extra treats for him if I get it. And if I don't, I need to avoid all thoughts of 'if only I'd done xyz' - which I suspect will be easier said than done!
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Sorry my good wishes are late but the best of luck for your interview and I hope all goe as you hope.
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Definitely no need to bearate yourself Cheery if it's not good news - you've definitely put in the time and effort and you never know if they have someone in mind for a role when they advertise.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 Hemingway3 -
Good Luck 🤞 wishing you every success 🍀3
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