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good point taxi!!!
however now she cant cos shes loaned out
iron
hoover
bowls and buckets
cloths
wash mc
mower
hubby
tool kit
paint brushes
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
have a good wk end everyoneWAS DEBT FREE & STILL BAAARRRRRKING :cool:
hello my name is shaun,,,and im not so addicted to farmville,still addicted to football:o:o
BAAAARRRRRRRRRRKING er insanely so
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You're meant to be heading the spring clean challenge/throw it in the skip challenge...remember...lol
Oh ye of little faith - I have just cleared a kitchen cupboard while I was cooking my tea
Although quite why I have so many empty jars of chocolate spread, peanut butter and marmite back in there in the first place, is quite beyond even me :rotfl:Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0 -
You never know when they will come in useful!
LTotal Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
DFD Before we Die!!!! Long Haul Supporter #1240 -
hypno - have you ever thought of doing motivational videos? Can just picture you saying "Go on put some effort into it!" in the nicest poss way of course LOL You continue to amaze me!!!!:A Perhaps you should ask Martin for a co-presenter slot!:money:Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.3K Equity 36.55%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £30.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 35.5/£127.5K target 27.8% 14/11/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 62K or 48.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5.1K updated 14/11/250 -
hmmm........:rotfl:
Right......time for a list, and I will see how much I manage to do when we get back on line.....- Run - preferably 20 miles, but as much as I can, in any event
- Write 3 dooyoo reviews
- Clean kitchen
- Tackle utility room
- Clean bathroom
- Clean en-suite
- Tidy bedroom
- Hoover throughout the house
- Consider using the new iron :rolleyes:
- Continue testing out the new kettle

- Gather ski stuff together for holiday and start packing
- Work out a matched betting plan
- Menu plan for next week and start storecupboard challenge now that the empty jars have gone :rolleyes:
- Cancel DVD rental thing I did for quidco
Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0 -
savingholmes wrote: »hypno - have you ever thought of doing motivational videos? Can just picture you saying "Go on put some effort into it!" in the nicest poss way of course LOL You continue to amaze me!!!!:A Perhaps you should ask Martin for a co-presenter slot!:money:
Oh believe me, there is plenty of room for self improvement!!!Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0 -
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Oh ye of little faith - I have just cleared a kitchen cupboard while I was cooking my tea

Although quite why I have so many empty jars of chocolate spread, peanut butter and marmite back in there in the first place, is quite beyond even me :rotfl:
Cos that's what husbands do(put empty jars back or tell you you've run out of something when you get home from shopping)0 -
yes, beanie - this time next week I will be on a ferry I think....my tickets arrived today, so all is well with the world

taxi - everyone denies that it could possibly be them putting empties away!! Why do I not seem surprised :rolleyes:Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0 -
Mine is def DH here!!!...he does all the cooking and I look in the cupboards before shopping and nthink great we've got this and that so I don't buy nit only to find he's put empty ones back...lol...0
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