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Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
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Thanks beanie xx
I've had a nice long bath, and finally stopped feeling sick enough to feel confident about painkillers, which are very slowly kicking in. Just heading back to bed with a cuppa, a little bit of bread and jam, and a hot water bottle.
Finally got chance to use the arnica salve I made in 2022 😂😂5 -
Oh Cheery, that sounds painful! I hope the bath did the trick and you are currently fast asleep and recuperating. Take it easy today!
Nationwide sent me a text, but no letter (not since mid-March when they announced it). It just appeared in my account. Hth.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 Hemingway4 -
Oh Cheery - that does sound painful, and you must have been shocked/shaken too. Fingers crossed everything settles and the painkillers 'do their thing'.
Sending healing vibes across the ether to you.
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Nothing worse than a jarring bump like that 😢 and on top of period pain as well. Hope you’ve managed a quiet night’s sleep and are not too sore this morning.KKAs at 15.07.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
- OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 to date
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Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.3 -
Oh how horrid! That must have been a shock to the system! Hope you'll be able to take a bit of time to rest before making good on your busy times off!4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)New projection - 14 YEARS 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)Psst...I may have started a diary!2
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Be kind to yourslf today. Falling downstairs is no joke and does leave you shaken and in pain. I hope you are feeling a bit better today.4
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That sounds horrid. Hope you can refigure today to include some gentle rest.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 -
Hope you're not feeling too bruised and battered today.4
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Thank you all xx
I was awake for a good 2.5 hours but I did go back to sleep for another few hours after that. Sadly had to set my alarm for 9am and am about to attempt to get out of bed 😬
I've got meetings 10.30 til 2 with no break 😬 so I imagine if I'm not stiff when I get up, I will be after that 😂4 -
Cheery hope you feel OK? Do you have arnica tablets to hand as they help enormously with bruises. Take care love Humdinger xx2
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