Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)

redofromstart

Glad the money went in without hassle. Always stressful waiting. 

beanielou

Glad too money is received. 

KajiKita

Thanks all 😊

I have done the monthly money shuffles, left enough in my current account (with a small buffer) and pinged the rest over to my easy access, okay interest savings account. (It was getting close to my bank’s daily transfer limit - not something I usually have to worry about 😉😊). 
Updated my YNAB sheet for November.
Updated the interest rate to 3.85% on my mortgage OPs tracking sheet that I use to (roughly) calculate the interest saved …

The interview lasted a solid hour.
Recruiter is going to recommend me to go through to the next stage, which is an hour long interview with the HR officer, via Teams.
If I get through that, then there are tests followed by a site based interview and a presentation! I will have flipping earned this job if I have to do all this ….
Recruiter asked me for two referees from previous roles do have contacted them to ask nicely. 

At this point I have had enough and am taking the rest of the day off! 😉

Am also very grateful that our new mortgage deal is sorted, as the R33ves moves are causing concern it seems ….

KK

SandyShores

Good luck with the interview process and enjoy a well deserved weekend.  3.85% doesn't sound too shabby, well done on getting that sorted.  

Brie

f0xh0les said:

We are all behind you doing interpretive dance 🩰 🩰 for your success. I am sure you can imagine us all dancing round the kitchen, creating positive vibes....
Wouldn't it be nice to have all that buffer in the bank, plus getting a salary nearly immediately?  

Envisioning us looking all wafty in a circle with our Isadora Duncan scarves creating a KK interview vortex!
(Mr KK banging on something creating a nice slow tempo for the dance)
(kittens nearby licking their paws and pretending they are bored and wanting dinner)

LadyWithAPlan

f0xh0les said:

We are all behind you doing interpretive dance 🩰 🩰 for your success. I am sure you can imagine us all dancing round the kitchen, creating positive vibes....
Wouldn't it be nice to have all that buffer in the bank, plus getting a salary nearly immediately?  

LOVE the (slightly scary) idea of all us MSE'ers doing interpretative dance, I am feeling big arms waving like trees
With @Brie (v fun) apart from the lets leave the scarves alone, given how  much damage they did to Isadora. I am wearing purple and  waving apple tree stems, broken under the weight of falling apples (indicating LOADSAMONEY) The KK vortex is a special place

How exciting your bank is having a 'we're rich' moment! How long were you there for?

KajiKita

This all becoming somewhat surreal … 😂
Also a no to scarves from me as I don’t have a risk assessment for them! 😉😂😂

Weighed in this morning. Lost 5lbs (a LOT of which will be water) but it does explain why I am feeling better already. Biggest learnings are portion sizes and how short of protein I am …. 

Actions to try to rectify this: 
- Keep using small plates for lunch
- Eat tofu 🙄 as above 😉
- Try mixing cottage cheese and an egg and cooking in air fryer - this sounds quite promising to me with some finely chopped shallot
- Try debtfreewannabe’s bean burger recipe that includes sala as that looks less dry than the typical
 options.

KK

redofromstart

I keep seeing the egg and cottage cheese thing for using as a wrap which makes sense. 

Well done on the 5lbs.

KajiKita

redofromstart said:

I keep seeing the egg and cottage cheese thing for using as a wrap which makes sense. 

Well done on the 5lbs.

Thank you 😊 Now it has to become sustained. I have to say how much the app has evolved has really helped 😊

The egg and cottage cheese thing as the inside or the outside of a wrap? 

KK

redofromstart

Apparently you mix together and flat bake on a lined tray to make the outside of a wrap. I already use two whisked eggs in my pancake pan to make a very thin omelette to use as a wrap because I don't like the gluten free ones.

for me the addition of cottage cheese would give me much needed calcium. I hadn't even thought about protein but probably should given how my eating has changed in recent weeks.