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Re: Steadying the ship - a perilous voyage across the financial middle
It was merely 5 😅 Perfectly watchable on TV, not fantastic for full price!4 -
Re: Investing in Us: Holidays, Health, and the Road to £150k
I felt better for the banana instead of the cake ....but I have such a sweet tooth 😭 it made me sad watching everyone else have a bit. DD bf is Polish and he is always bringing yummy looking treats …6 -
Re: Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
So my thoughts this morning are that if my friend can’t come bearing in mind she is recently newly married and has grandchildren in the area then I’m not going to go. It’s a big undertaking for a dis…5 -
Re: Reverse Meal Planning
Another here not having many leftovers and what there has been has been used the following day rather than going into the freezer to be used later. I've now received a date for an operation on m…4 -
Re: Reverse Meal Planning
A month of silence on here. I thought a small update might be in order. I am not having any leftovers because apart from a few joints of meat in the big chest freezer, ready for winter, all the prote…4 -
Re: July 2026 Grocery Challenge
@C_J no, your dog is not odd at all. When I was growing up, our dogs always adored fish. I have vivid memories of our black Labrador begging supervising my mum while she prepared and fried fish. His …10 -
Re: Neighbours kids footballs in my garden
Maybe request that they only use soft balls in their back garden on the basis that you could get hurt when a hard ball comes over? Or talk to them about putting a tall net up along the fence?1 -
Re: How to look after a sudden large amount of money
Also sorry for your loss With that amount of money unless this already done I would take 2 weeks holiday with the kids and get away from the home and try and relax and is possible be a family( hard w…1 -
Re: How to look after a sudden large amount of money
For the time being merely place the money on the highest easy access account you can find that pays out the interest monthly. At least 3.75% to 4% should be easily achievable from the likes of Charte…1 -
Re: Settling in for the long haul
@joedenise thats good to know. I had a look on the website last night and the meals were very tempting. We’d need the larger size portions for our big family so it wouldn’t come cheap. But then again…4
