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Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
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Oh Cheery - I hope the lurgy boogers off for you and MrCheery. Lurgy any time of the year is pants, but you've worked so hard this term, and need the time off to re-charge and enjoy yourself, not to buy shares in tissue manufacturers! Hope the steam therapy worked and you're well enough to at least gather supplies to sustain you for several days.
Greying XGrocery Spend January 2026 £19.67/£300
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Hope the lurgy moves on pretty damm quick.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.***
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Thank you all xxx
We are both on the mend, I think, thank goodness. We made the right call cancelling today's family trip though. Wouldn't want to be trapped in an warm living room with anyone right now, and neither of us were up for 5 or 6 hours in the car today 😬
Anyway, having had a grumpity and grouchy morning, we are getting back on an even keel. Mr C has been back to bed for a nap, and I lay around and watched Cold Comfort Farm (which I'd never seen) and put the lights on the Christmas tree 😊😊 This is the latest I've ever put the tree up, but neither of us have had the energy so far! I reckon we'll manage to festoon a few baubles tonight though 😊😊
No particular plans for tomorrow, thankfully. Will speak to family briefly on the phone, and we may or may not bother with a 'proper' Christmas Dinner. Mostly we will be lazing around and working our way through a box of tissues and a box of cold & flu tablets 🙄😂8 -
I’m glad you are both feeling a little bit better. A quiet one this year then. Hope you enjoy it in spite of being rather lurgy-laden.
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- 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
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Hope you and Mr Cheery feel a lot better soon. Take care 😘
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Hope you and Mr Cheery feel better in the morning.My mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot+++
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Feel better soon.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.***
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Wise decision to cancel the family get together, you do not want to be passing the lurgy on, nor does it sound like either of you were up to the travelling and socialising. Much better to rest and recover.
Wishing you both a speedy recovery and a relaxing Christmas.
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I hope you are both feeling a bit better this morning and are able to enjoy the festive season.
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Sending our love and best wishes for feeling better. Echoing ladyholly in saying hope that you are able to enjoy the festive season exactly how you need and want to.
Greying XGrocery Spend January 2026 £19.67/£300
Non-food spend January 2026 £0.85p/£80
Bulk Fund 2026 Month 1/12 - £0/£1203
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