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Mortgage Free now aiming for FIRE

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  • TallGirl
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    Not much excitement here nearly got all the windows done yesterday but the scraper was crap really not worth the money. Hopefully I can find a new one in Germany. DG keeps finding stuff she wants to buy as we need it and I just want to hang on until Germany so we can get bulk and cheap. She did state at some point yesterday I do not want to spend my birthday shopping. Well you will but not all day. I think she is going to love the heated outdoor swimming pool I cant wait.

    I bought her a drinks cooler but forgot to put it away so she spotted that in the back of the car. Actually I think it gives me an idea for a way to give it to her tonight as I could put the note with the hotel stay inside it and give it to her tonight. I think that will be better as she might stay up until the early hours which is not ideal as I would like to get off in a reasonable time tomorrow.

    It is hard to get the present wrapped as she is not going for her lesson so if I try to take the hamper out of the office.

    Today I need to clean the last few windows and I promised I would clean the bar as it is utterly filthy. DG is not one for cleaning only tidy so it very much needs it.

    Also I applied for an online bank account with a new bank and said I was going to use it to transfer money in from abroad. Well it took 10 working days for them to ask more about the transactions and I am still waiting. DG applied and chose the paid for version and did not mention about transferring in from abroad and she got her within 1/2 day. It is good as she really needed a Danish account.

    My niece came over yesterday and we got the AI stuff done and sent off I do hope it is ok. I would love to get more work too I recon it would be about 45 min work for $50 now that it is all set up. We shall see. She can cat sit for us in August so we will now book a weeks trip to see friends plus it is also the week we have been invited to a 60th at some joint friends so that will be amazing. We can then take the car in Autumn if we go for the new electric one.

    So a new to do list:

    Book flights for August

    Book parking for Aug plus May for DG

    Clean pool bar

    Wash windows

    Wrap up presents

    Washing

    Moved to Denmark for FIRE by Aug 2025 “May your decisions reflect your hopes not your fears”
    New diary aiming for fire https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6414795/mortgage-free-now-aiming-for-fire#latest

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