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Lovely to see you back Fortune, I've got you bookmarked!"You won't bloom until you're planted" - Graffiti spotted in Newcastle.
Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind - Doctor Who
Total mortgage overpayments 2017 - 2024 - £8945.62!6 -
Great to see you back Fortune, and also bookmarked you to follow along again. I'm sure your guests really appreciated the help and support you gave them over the last couple of months and hopefully they'll be ok back in Ukraine.Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 20176
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Really pleased to see you back posting again. I'd seen some of your comments on other diaries and was going to go looking but then found your post.Hope your Ukrainian friends get home safely. I'm sure they have hugely appreciated your support and help.Looking forward to seeing you meet new goals.6
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VintageHistorian said:Lovely to see you back Fortune, I've got you bookmarked!ruby_eskimo said:Great to see you back Fortune, and also bookmarked you to follow along again. I'm sure your guests really appreciated the help and support you gave them over the last couple of months and hopefully they'll be ok back in Ukraine.maggiem said:Really pleased to see you back posting again. I'd seen some of your comments on other diaries and was going to go looking but then found your post.Hope your Ukrainian friends get home safely. I'm sure they have hugely appreciated your support and help.Looking forward to seeing you meet new goals.
Thanks you guys 😁 It feels great to have been able to help them. I heard from them this morning and they had got to the Ukraine border safely so should be home soon.
Fortune x
Mortgage: 100% paid Emergency Fund: 100%
A Better View 🌄 'Being on the edge isn't as safe, but the view is better' - Ricky Gervais10 -
Well done you! I also love a new diary I'm trying not to be here quite so much, so reading but not always postingSave £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
My new diary is here6 -
Suffolk_lass said:Well done you! I also love a new diary I'm trying not to be here quite so much, so reading but not always posting
Balance in all things SL - even diaries 😁
Fortune xMortgage: 100% paid Emergency Fund: 100%
A Better View 🌄 'Being on the edge isn't as safe, but the view is better' - Ricky Gervais5 -
Home Safe
I have heard from our Sunflowers and they are home safe with their families. I am so relieved 😊
Today I felt as though I'd lost my place in a book I last picked up over two months ago. I've spent a lot of time just thinking about where I am now.
Health- I went for a 45 minute walk with Mr F and FDawg this morning. I've really missed doing this - both the exercise and the chance to talk
- we had a halloumi salad for lunch but I wasn't hungry for the rest of the day because it was so hot... I ate ice cream for supper 🤭
- I spent the whole morning getting on top of our finances and managed to get the accounts to reconcile... eventually
- heard from the Council who say that I am now on the list to be paid for hosting - although they couldn't say when the payment would be processed 🙄
- cut several types of lettuce and some radish from the veg patch for lunch
- went to the WI meeting this evening. We visited our local town's museum which would have been very interesting had I not forgotten that we were starting half an hour earlier than usual this time 🙄 Anyhoo, what I did hear was interesting and I came away with a great little book of WWII recipes (free) and a tin of shortbread I won in the raffle
- we went for a drink after - water for me (trying to stay hydrated) and halloumi fries (because I ate ice cream for supper 🙄) £5.40 met from personal spends.
Fortune x
Mortgage: 100% paid Emergency Fund: 100%
A Better View 🌄 'Being on the edge isn't as safe, but the view is better' - Ricky Gervais10 -
Happy Houseversary Fortune!
Glad to hear your visitors made it home safe and that you will be getting housing money soon. I think it’s shocking that it’s taken so long - as you say, some will have been relying on that to look after them, especially with the current price rises.Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway7 -
themadvix said:Happy Houseversary Fortune!
Glad to hear your visitors made it home safe and that you will be getting housing money soon. I think it’s shocking that it’s taken so long - as you say, some will have been relying on that to look after them, especially with the current price rises.
Thank you MV. Those 5 years have passed so quickly.
I'm just about to check the bank account to see whether any money has magically appeared from them 🙄
Fortune x
Mortgage: 100% paid Emergency Fund: 100%
A Better View 🌄 'Being on the edge isn't as safe, but the view is better' - Ricky Gervais6 -
Hope the money appears soon. Glad your guests made it home again safely.
Nice that you were able to get out and about today.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
2) £3K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £22.5K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.1K) = 28.2/£127.5K target 22;12% updated 6/7
4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
5) SIPP £4.6K updated 6/7/255
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