A Payment a Day Part 2!

Fag_ash_lil

dND wrote: »

FAL

Re the logs, to cut them to length you need a chainsaw. I have 2 a petrol one and an electric one from Lidl which has been very good (been using it for 8 months). I would also recomend the keflar leggings, gloves and helmet/ear defenders. They are expensive but it depends on what value you place on your legs etc. Also a circuit breaker just in case you cut through the cable. You'll also need something to lift the log off the ground as you don't want to hit the ground as you cut - kick-back which can hurt you plus blade damage.

If you want to split the logs rather than divide them into lengths a hand axe with a flat head the other side of the axe and a lump hammer is really effective. Turn the log on end, whack with axe to embed it and then wallop the back of the axe with the lump hammer until the log splits.

Hope this helps

Hi dND,

Thanks very much for your very helpful and clear instructions .....
Going by what you have said , i think i am going to try splitting them 1st and see how it goes .... Before i decide to go down the chainsaw route ......

Being nosey i had a look at your " Homepage " ..... " From here to eternity " ....... I have only read half a dozen pages or so but it is really interesting ....So i have you saved in my favourites and i WILL read it ALL from the start .....and will continue to follow your progress ....

27 acres ! ...... blimey .....
The sunrise picture is gorgeous ...... your homemade cakes look really yummy as well .....

Hope all goes well for you .....

If anyone reading this is wondering what i'm talking about and has some time to spare i would recommend you have a look as well .....( where the user name is .....dND ........ drop the box down ...... then visit the homepage ) ....

terri x

Fag_ash_lil

Hello peeps ...

Hope you are all ok ...

joeyjimbles - Good luck with the decorating ..... It always seems to take forever when you have to fit it around work etc ....... But i'm sure it will look great once it's done .....Thanks very much for the freecycle advice .....
BelfastGirl - Hi Good luck with your payment a day, no matter how small it's surprising how quickly it all adds up .....

weebag - Sorry to hear that your are still feeling rough ...... Hope you feel better soon ....
bigbeff - Did you decide whether to go on holiday with your O/H ? .....

jenchin66 - Thanks for the advice re: the chainsaw ...

flying_fresian - Great totals again thank you ..... Don't spend all your wages ! ...
dankosheemo - I'll be the " quality control tester " for the treats , so i bagsie one of each ! ..... Hope you have a fantstic Burns night at the castle ...... Oooooooooh a free bar as well ...... Lucky you ....

jo41 - Great chainsaw piccy ! .....

Flylady_Flower - Re: the prom dress , thanks for the TK Maxx tip . I have tried 2 of my local ones but will try further afield .....

missthrifty - Great to hear that your car vandal was caught ....

Private and Confidential - I'm sure your wife will be really pleased with her treats .... She's a lucky lady .....

paybacktime208 - Sorry to hear your son was off today ...... I don't know if it's the same in your area but here alot of people have a viral infection , thumping headache , cold , flu , sore throat etc .... Fingers crossed that he feels better for monday and that it is not stress related .....

Double Trouble - Yes i am in London , well middlesex ..... Oooooooooh it must have been lovely to have had a house with 8 acres ...... hells bells that's massive ! .....I imagine your kids loved it ..... my garden is not much bigger than a postage stamp ! ...... just enough room for a table & chairs and a sun lounger ! ......

Mudbath - I haven't forgotten my " challenge " ! ..... There's one smilie in particular that i know i have saved somewhere ..... and i've spent bleedin' ages hunting for it today ..... but still haven't found it ...... Will check my other computer tomorrow ! ..... Fag_ash_lil never gives up !! ...... But ...... I have found another " poke in the eye with a stick smilie ! " .... So that must buy me some extra time ! .....

mmy - Please don't feel too " down " about upping your overdraft , we all get some months which seem a hell of alot " tighter " than other months .....At least you will have your overtime next month and that will help you ......

clarissa_D - What did you decide to spend the money on in the end .......Clubbing or shopping

thevinternet - What exam are you revising for ? ..... Good Luck with it tomorrow ......

SarahNeedle1872 - I keep getting strange brown boxess , near the " report " button ..... very strange if you change pages they come and go ..... weird !
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mumzyof2 - £2 towards littlewoods is good ..... it doesn't matter how small the payment is , it's surprising how quickly they all add up ...... If it's any consolation my payment today is £1 ..... A couple of months ago one of my payments was 1p another was 3p !! ..... but hey ho ..... it's better than nothing at all ....

dND - Thanks for the great advice ...... Loved your " homepage " and will be following your progress on there ......

Here's my Good and Bad for today ....

The Good - Added £1 to my pot ....

The Bad - Yikes .......CHOCCY free day today .....

Well i never touched my logs today ! ....... But have had some great advice , so i do intend trying again another day ........

If all else fails ...... was thinking of putting an ad in the paper ....... Here goes ..... What do you reckon ?

" Wanted man with a large chopper to help a damsel in distress !! " Knowing my luck this person would turn up



when i'm really hoping for this one


well a girl can dream , can't she ! ....

Hey ho ...... looks like i'll be doing it myself after all !!

Catch you all tomorrow ....

terri x ( My Total PAD for today is £1 )

Double_Trouble

If anyone reading this is wondering what i'm talking about and has some time to spare i would recommend you have a look as well .....( where the user name is .....dND ........ drop the box down ...... then visit the homepage ) ....

Wow that is impressive.

How my own small farm at the moment just had a ring at the door - police, first thought it was due to our foster baby as we may be under threat from her mother. Then he said I have mixed news for you and I thought it was something to do with my daughter who is staying at a friends tonight. Turns out that they had come across some sheep and they had managed to frightened them over our cattle grid and into the garden and they wanted toshut the gate to keep safe until morning and they can find who they belong to. So have 10 or 12 sheep probably busily munching my garden to bits. I'm thinking mint sauce OH is going to be delighted and so is the dog in the morning. Oh dear!

DTxx

weird reading your post without smilies FAL I'm sure you can find some munching sheepfor me.

tjretro

Very cool thread. I think I will do this. £1.54 to Capital one :rotfl:

Flylady_Flower

mumzyof2 wrote: »

Im going to say £2 to lwoods.

Quite unhappy as thats not as much as some people on here

Don't be silly, I've only just started and am very happy with my £2 a day at the moment, but I may have to take it down lower if my bank balance keeps looking the way it is, so don't stress about it - Everyone has their own comfort zone, and a payment is a payment - you wouldn't have made that if you wasn't here so well done for making a start... :j

katie2407

more money in the bank than I thought so just

PAD - £50 to cc

SarahNeedle1872

mumzyof2, it doesn't matter how little you , every penny helps bring you a step closer to being DF x

£1.24 for me today.... 6 days til payday and £60 left in my bill account... hopefully no DDs to come out before Friday!
£100 left in the 'living' account, but don't expect to have much of that left on Friday

jenchin66

Morning all.

It doesn't matter how big or small your pad is, or even if you cant make one at all, but anything you do manage to pad will make a difference. We are all doing so well, just think of all the interest that is being saved by our pad payments:T

Pad £2.50 to Po cc

Hopeful1

1st Jo's coffee


Terri those pictures made me laugh. Happy chopping!
Welcome again to more new people. I hope you enjoy sharing journeys :hello:

Tomtombeanie - OH was home last night and after 3 reminders he transferred money - blinkin' hec is all i can say

mmy- hope you can manage ok. We're all here to give moral support xx

Dankosheema - did you have a good time at the castle? It sounded fab :beer:

Right, been crunching numbers again as salary has gone in. I need to be really careful to catch up. I've written down EVERYTHING that's got to be paid and will be ticking them off as i go along to make sure i don't overspend.

i'm including credit card payments in my PaD even though they're not in my signature. This is to repay the Christmas hangover!

£60 vicious vanquis
£15 cap 1
£15 dad

TOTAL PaD £90

Enjoy your Saturday everyone xxx

lemma1968

My PAD is £100 to VAT. Was going to be HMRC but changed my mind. Still the same agency though i suppose.

I'm still going to be well behind come Jan 31st:o

But as we all say every day....its better to pay something than nothing. These institutions and authorities like to see people are at least making an effort. Even if we cannot PAD every day, the fact we are all doing something as often as we can is costing each of us less in the long term and THEM more in the long term!!!!

But its Saturday.....:j :j :j :j

Got the big shop to do today. Determined to keep it a LSD on the weekly shop - spent £57 for a family of four. Not too bad!

Have a great day everyone xx