LJ's Mortgage free road to early retirement

setmefree2

LouiseJ wrote: »

I have sent the cheque off from MIL and with Januarys payment the Mortgage today stands at £39196..........I have broken the £40K mark:j

Great OP and a fantastic milestone

beanielou

Great news for you

LouiseJ

First post of February and its the 9th already:eek:

Just did an extra bit of work for a friend (year end) and earned myself £100 that will go into the neutral gifts pot (currently £405).

Scratchcards up to £5.50 so still quite a way before I can withdraw the £10

Tesco clubcard tokens stand at £64 giving me £256 towards a holiday (if they dont pull the plug beforehand)

Nothing much else to report really.

LouiseJ

Time for a mortgage update

As part of the Mfi3 challenge we are asked to update our figures every 3 months and as there will be no further activity in my mortgage account until after the 12/03/10 chart update I have submitted my final figures for the first 3 months of the challenge:

Starting balance at 12/12/09 £42991

Balance as at 12/03/10 £38387

This balance is made up of the main mortgage account of £37338 and additional borrowing account £1049 (almost gone:D)

I am really pleased with these figures as thanks to the money from MIL it has put me ahead of target. Lets hope I can keep it up:j

LouiseJ

Worrying news about OH's job (again), not sure of the position of the company at this moment in time but I shall push ahead regardless as if the worst came to worst then we can claim back our overpayments.

Moving on.........

I have been having a read at some other MFW threads this morning and have been inspired into getting my bum into gear again so I shall once again embark on the matched betting wagon.

It does make my brain ache though:o

evab_2

Fingers crossed for hubbies job, we were on such a rollercoaster last year with my hubbies job - one minute you can relax a bit, the next you're on edge waiting for any news.

Great job on the OPs though!

beanielou

Positive vibes hun xx

LouiseJ

evab wrote: »

Fingers crossed for hubbies job, we were on such a rollercoaster last year with my hubbies job - one minute you can relax a bit, the next you're on edge waiting for any news.

Great job on the OPs though!

Thanks Evab, no such thing as a secure job these days. Shakey year for education ahead this year too so who knows what is on the cards for my career either.

If one of us is made redundant then we can manage (just) but if both of us are:eek::eek:

Queen-Bee_2

Hi Louse - fingers cross for you both. I keep intending to find out more about the matched betting cos I could do with the extra too, but knowing my luck would probably end up loosing money!!!

evab_2

Same here again, I work in a college!