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Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)
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The power of cake should never be underestimated. Maybe another slice today?Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!3 -
Passes cake 🍰 🤗I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
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.1 -
Thanks @Humdinger1, @ladybird1106, @Watty1, @beanielou, well it wouldn’t do to WASTE the cake, now would it?! 😉😂I am still horrendously gloopy but a bit more functional. Got onto to some PC stuff that has been coming in like hail over the last few days 🙄 and managed to knock that over quite efficiently. No signs of fever. Still no real signs of appetite either though … 🤷♀️ Guts still somewhat dodgy …
Lots of thinking going on and deep back and forth VMs this morning with my friend I was in Buddhist sangha with. I was awake from 2am this morning and trying every technique in the book to go back to sleep, and every time I was about to drop off, something not positive / sad / unpleasant etc. from my past would surface. All kinds of random things from all periods of my life. I’m wondering if this is a kind of echo chamber thing, where the inevitable fear of being properly ill (I can’t work, don’t want to eat, will I ever feel well again, type state) brings up echoes of times past, almost like a mini trauma response. It was very interesting to observe. Also, allowed me to acknowledge that my Buddhist path crashed and burned a lot sooner than I thought it did … 😉
Right, must pretend I like food and try to eat something …! 😉
KKAs at 15.11.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £228,473
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 76 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 7th December
Produce tracker: £442 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.6 -
Maybe now it has been examined and acknowledged and unpacked, it can leave the building? Hope so.4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
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******PROUD MEMBER OF THE TOFU EATING COALITION OF CHAOS !!!******3 -
Sometimes when I've been ill all I've wanted is yoghurt and tinned peaches. For the OH it's Heinz Tomato Soup.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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"Never retract, never explain, never apologise; get things done and let them howl.” Nellie McClung
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For me it's usually cornflakes (which i never normally eat). I'd settle for a Victoria sponge too though! 🤭
Sorry to hear you've been awake in the night mulling things over. I do wish our brains would be a little more organised and efficient with the cleaning sometimes.2 -
Thanks @f0xh0les, @Brie, I’ve flipped 180 degrees today - yesterday all food had to be cold, today all I want is warm food 🤷♀️😉, @Cheery_Daff, to a degree it’s my own fault that I was awake last night - I let myself fall asleep for far too long yesterday so that’s partly why I was awake at 2am 😉 I’ve been awake for longer today so I hope I will sleep tonight. Am hoping to back to work tomorrow … 🤞
Meanwhile the PC drama continues with the Clerk resigning today! 😳🙄 Chair is having something of a meltdown! I did ask her if it was still okay for me to step down … She said yes, if it’s the right thing for me (it is!) but how much longer was I going to be around … I can see this is going to be a slog right to the bitter end …
Been a beautiful day here albeit flipping cold. This picture doesn’t really do it justice but this has been the view from where I sit 😊🌞
KKAs at 15.11.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £228,473
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 76 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 7th December
Produce tracker: £442 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.11 -
My buddhist practise lasted 20 years. I miss it sometimes.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
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.3
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