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Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)
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Sorry to hear your news. Take care.Mortgage Free November 2018
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So sorry KK
Love 🐞Declutter 6 / 2026
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So sorry to hear that KK, sending hugs x2
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Very sorry to read that. Pets take a little bit of our hearts with them. Hugs.2
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I'm so sorry. Sending love to you and Mr KK x2
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Oh no, I am so very sorry to read that.My mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot+++
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She was well loved.
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So sorry, KK.
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Thanks all, really appreciated.
I was tempted to go to bed after lunch this afternoon (I feel like I have been run over by a bus), but dragged myself out for a change of scene and context. Went down to the local garden centre for grass seed to patch the area where we lifted the big rose from the front garden yesterday and some plants for small pond at the top of the garden that we cleared the bamboo from a couple of weeks ago. One of them was Water Chestnut - haven’t ‘met’ this plant before but I like it. The pond is looking happier for having a bit more vegetation!I then spent some time clearing and tidying one of the easier flower beds to work on - didn’t make huge progress but at least I was out in the fresh air, doing something vaguely active and forward moving for an hour or so. Rain has stopped play so I have come in for a brew.Mr KK has been doing some garage tinkering - still can’t get his old BSA to start. Seems like the carburettor might have rotted out due to modern fuel? Frustrating but still good for him to ‘do’ something.We ended up ‘walking the job’ in the garden and have agreed to get someone to do the rendering job that is still outstanding on the outside of the lounge and the walls of the deck. Hopefully that will be done in the next couple of weeks - that would make a big difference to how the garden ‘feels’.Mr KK went over to see his mum this morning. I rang her as he drove over to tell her about Madame Floof - she immediately started sobbing, but at least Mr KK didn’t have to do that. She reminded him that there is acta rescue to her next door now … Don’t think we are quite ready yet! 😳
I rang my mum today and after she thanked me for the card she asked me how I was and inevitably I crumbled …. She was shocked but kind and then asked my advice about whether she should go to my aunt’s funeral or not. Overall, it seems that she shouldn’t.I have also, finally, written some words to my cousin about my aunt and my memories of her, so at least that jobs is done.Actual MSE type news: £1.84 TCB requested va PP which can sent be sent off as an OP when it lands.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 2 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 4th January
Produce tracker: £10 of £400 in 2026
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Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.5 -
So sorry to hear this, hugs xMortgage OP 2026 £50/2000Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £33,546
Make £50 a month Jan £20
Boiler fund £925/3000
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