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Next steps; grip-relaxing bimbling, and avoiding the temptations

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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,341 Forumite
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    Those aren’t beds! They are each whole gardens! 😉😂 Wowsers - that’s quite a project … 😊

    I have eradicated anything remotely yucca-like here - just didn’t look right in my garden - too green and visually ‘soft’ by comparison. 

    KK
    As at 15.05.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £235,841
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 32 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 28th June
    Produce tracker: £183 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. 
  • Just seen you have a new diary, I dont keep such a close eye of the DFW board, I need to start.. I have been on the MFW board for over 3 years now and still no mortgage..

    Is it possible to buy your honey online at all? It sounds lovely.

    DON'T BUY STUFF (from Frugalwoods)
    No seriously, just don’t buy things. 99% of our success with our savings rate is attributed to the fact that we don’t buy things... You can and should take advantage of discounts.... But at the end of the day, the only way to truly save money is to not buy stuff.    Money doesn’t walk out of your wallet on its own accord.
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6289577/future-proofing-my-life-deposit-saving-then-mfw-journey-in-under-13-years#latest
  • Tx @Suffolk_lass I will be in touch next year ;) All a bit crazy with life/work/housing/xmas etc 
    Your honey sounds amazing though - I am also learning loads.
    DON'T BUY STUFF (from Frugalwoods)
    No seriously, just don’t buy things. 99% of our success with our savings rate is attributed to the fact that we don’t buy things... You can and should take advantage of discounts.... But at the end of the day, the only way to truly save money is to not buy stuff.    Money doesn’t walk out of your wallet on its own accord.
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6289577/future-proofing-my-life-deposit-saving-then-mfw-journey-in-under-13-years#latest
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,660 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    I wondered what had happened to you SL! Glad to have found you again now and am caught up.
    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 Hemingway


  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,224 Forumite
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    themadvix said:
    I wondered what had happened to you SL! Glad to have found you again now and am caught up.
    It's good to see you @themadvix, I think it all went a bit bonkers last Spring and we just have not got back to where we were. I am still recovering from the damage to my shoulder, caused by using crutches when I wrecked my knee last Spring, and we have been dealing with some major beekeeping issues. The upshot was nearly twice as many colonies as we wanted and we have been giving them away ever since. Our spare bedroom looks like a warehouse, with 30lb buckets of honey everywhere.

    I have got two cafe's taking bakers honey from me now and both are interested in small (as in 1oz mini) jars to serve with porridge or toast. It's all been a bit time consuming for what is supposed to be that little hobby thing we do together, and I had to stop following lots of diaries.  :'( - I'm studying now, so still busy but hopefully a bit less so going forward.

    MrSl has gone for some blood tests, having discussed with the doctor, what might have caused his deficient blood when he went to donate. He has none of the symptoms she suggested, so a set of blood tests is good. He also got some moles checked out and they are OK too. They are an age-related wart! The joys of getting old!

    It prompted me to check my results. My kidney function blood tests have come back satisfactory.
    Save £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 here
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,660 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Good news about moles and kidney function. Hope Mr SL’s issues are easily dealt with.

    The beekeeping does sound like it has got rather out of hand! Hopefully you’ll be able to offload the hives until you’re back to more manageable numbers.
    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 Hemingway


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