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isn't that just like a cat!Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
Current mortgage amount: £226,957.97
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Of course! Then little Madam woke me up at 4am this morning by ripping the carpet up outside my bedroom door! 😂Merlin's_Beard said:isn't that just like a cat!
Went to a needle felting course today, on my own, because my friend who was supposed to be going hadn’t actually managed to get herself on the course / book time off … 🙄
It was really good. I’m absolutely shattered now as I never spend a whole day doing any kind of crafting so it was quite intense, but I learned a lot, enjoyed the company of the other people on the course and the tutor was great. 😊
It’s not finished but here is my piece:
(I’m calling it folk art! 😉😂)
The tutor had done a piece a bit like this, but I riffed on it a bit, changing the background and the colours of the flowers. For the first time ever of doing a course like this, I think I might actually continue with it outside the course as it is so easy and accessible to do 😊
Harvested some bay leaves and the first plums. There are MASSES of plums but most aren’t ripe yet, only another week or so and they will be ready. 😊 Then MiL can get into her jam making 😊
KK
As 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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Ooh, that's beautiful, well done you!1
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That is very pretty. I have to admit I was bought a kit as a present and never actually tried it.Must go and check the plum tree.My mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot+++
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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.0 -
I love it it's so pretty 😍Emergency Fund goal - £717.77/1500
Weight loss goal 1 - 0/7 lb
Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £4500
New Diary- https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6647063/investing-in-us-holidays-health-and-the-road-to-150k#latest1 -
Lovely picture, I have done both wet and dry felting classes and both were great fun!Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £33,821
Boiler fund £925/3000
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0 -
I've tried needle felting a couple of times and enjoyed it, my main issue is knowing when to stop and not add yet another bit in 🙄. Your piece is lovely,0
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Well done, your picture is beautiful, the colours are fantastic.Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
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Thanks @Cheery_Daff, @redofromstart (good luck with the plum rustling 😊), @beanielou, @debtfreewannabe321, @skint_spice (does wet needle felting give you a flatter, denser finish?), @teapot2 (everyone was doing a lot of removing and rethinking yesterday! 😉), @Baileys_Babe 😊
Damp here and will be very damp in the garden I am going to today to meet up with an ex-colleague I haven’t seen for a while. 😉 It will be good to see her and this is my last ‘outing’ of my holidays so I hope it goes well! 🤞
Blood test I have to get back for this afternoon and my pay has landed so it’s time to do the monthly money-shuffle 😊 Also need to change the water filter and order new contents.
One thing I observed this morning, which cheered me. Normally as I feel a break drawing to a close I have a feeling of dread and resentment that my life is ‘closing down’ into work again. This time it just feels like I am going back to a different facet of my life. The shrinking I normally feel isn’t there this time 😊
Right, must get in with stretches and breakfast! 😊
KK
As 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
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.8
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