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@PennysIntoPounds, fortunately we already have separate bedrooms and always have had 😊
I have dosed us both again with vitamin C, echinacea etc. I think the snooze this afternoon will have done him good. He’s pretty fed up though, getting bunged up now as well as the cough … We’ve checked his O2 levels and they are okay at least.Yes @beanielou. We haven’t had a lot of luck this year ….
@Brewerspride it’s fascinating isn’t it 😊
KKAs at 15.08.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
- OPs to mortgage = £12,148 Interest saved £5,738 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
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That's great you're able to have separate bedrooms, hopefully the lurgy won't be able to get a hold on you. Nothing quite like having to lay there while an ill person sleep-breathes their germs into the immediate environment!
It was so horrible not being able to see Mr PIP for nearly a month when I had that ridiculous virus earlier in the year, but as much as I wanted cuddles and comfort, I couldn't justify it as even one night was still eight hours being centimetres away from something really, really manky (both the virus and me 😁)3 -
That reminds me of the first lockdown, before they allowed single-person households to mix. 10 weeks without physical contact with another human being, when you're 7 years into a relationship, was a very strange experience!
Hope Mr KK improves rapidly 🤞Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
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Morning all 🌞
I’m feeling okay this morning - bit coldy but nothing of any significance. I will test again later. Mr KK sounds a bit better but says he doesn’t feel any better. I will dose us both up with vitamin c in a bit.Cats are flying around the house like lunatics - at least they are unaffected! 😉
Had £59.99 leave via my PayPal account late last night as I was watching 3urovision… Couldn’t work out what it was at first …. cue much frantic scrambling around in emails etc … It’s my Du0lingo subs for the year! 😊 All accrued and budgeted for 👍
Trying to psych myself up to go out in the garden to do some work before it gets hot ….
KKAs at 15.08.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
- OPs to mortgage = £12,148 Interest saved £5,738 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 44 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 21st August
Produce tracker: £339 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.5 -
@PennysIntoPounds, it’s the hugs I am missing ….
@SouthCoast, it was a very strange time. I was shut in the house on my own, feeling incredibly isolated whilst Mr KK worked right through lockdown. I don’t know why but something about not being allowed to ‘go out’ also stopped me ‘reaching out’ to others and I wasn’t on MSE at the time either. Did it change your relationship with Mr SC at all?
KKAs at 15.08.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
- OPs to mortgage = £12,148 Interest saved £5,738 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 44 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 21st August
Produce tracker: £339 of £300 in 2025
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Hmmm, that's a good question 🤔 No, I don't think it did. I remember him being surprisingly supportive when I was made redundant, and I think it made us appreciate the little things more afterwards (like being able to actually see each other!) Though absence usually does make his heart grow fonder - when he goes away on his lads' holidays, there's normally a point after about a week when I suddenly start hearing from him more frequently and I think he must be missing me 🥰 Not sure what that says about our usual interactions though 🤣!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!4 -
I find I start missing Mr KK after about a week when he goes away … The first few days though are utter bliss ….! 😉😂😂
KKAs at 15.08.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
- OPs to mortgage = £12,148 Interest saved £5,738 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 44 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 21st August
Produce tracker: £339 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.5 -
KajiKita said:I find I start missing Mr KK after about a week when he goes away … The first few days though are utter bliss ….! 😉😂😂
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As at 15.08.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
- OPs to mortgage = £12,148 Interest saved £5,738 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 44 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 21st August
Produce tracker: £339 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.3
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