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Learning to live my dreams not trample on them
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My tada list for the day
- Got up
- Fed me and DD porridge - DS fed himself
- DS walked to gym (major result and started swimming while waiting for us)
- Got dressed and got stuff ready for gym
- Me and DD got showered at the gym, then went in pool for about 1hr 45 minutes before getting showered, changed etc Felt virtuous
- Came home made DD dinner, while DS cooked me and him pancakes with lemon and sugar
- Put bedspread on to wash, brought some washing in off the line (it had been there 9 or so days :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:) folded it ready to put away
- Then set off to collect OH from work 15 miles away to then take him 40+ miles to collect his motorbike from the garage and pay the horrendous bill of £512.94:eek::eek: Said to OH - one bit of good news - it was £3.06 less than he'd told me :rotfl:
- Hung bedspread out to dry and put in towels and swimming gear in wash
- Hung swimming stuff out 1 hour later (put towels in the drier)
- Packed the dishwasher
- Unpacked my new george foreman grill that arrived today :jwith removeable plates for easy washing...:j
- Sat with DD in front room
- OH cooked 6 leek and pork sausages (£2), chips and beans (£1) - total cost around £3 and we shared them between 4
- Put OH's helmet liner, gloves etc in washer - stunk! Seemed to come out okay - so left them to air dry
- Had tea - watched 101 ways to leave a game show... with DD We both loved that programme :rotfl:
- OH put DD to bed
- Sat in front room reading mse diaries !! and playing free bingo (for amazon voucher)
- Put another load in the washing machine, sorted dirty clothes into piles
- Asda delivery came... put all the stuff away today (often wait until tomorrow so that is an improvement for us!)... complained got refund...
- Now watching CSI Miami... dishwasher still going...
Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
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 £5K updated 10/10/250 -
savingholmes wrote: »My tada list for the day
That's one heck of a list, holmes! Well done! :TPlease call me 'Pickle'
No More Buying Books: ???
No More Buying DVDs: ???
NMB Toiletries ??? and I've gone back for my Masters at the University of Use Ups!
Proud to be dealing with her debts 1198~
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awww thanks....That's one heck of a list, holmes! Well done! :T
I still feel like I have hardly done anything... as here is always so much left to do!Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
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 £5K updated 10/10/250 -
savingholmes wrote: »awww thanks....
I still feel like I have hardly done anything... as here is always so much left to do!
I feel the same, but the problem is that if you only ever look to the bits you 'haven't done', and never acknowledge your achievements, you end up stressed and never satisfied (I'm really good at that!
). Please call me 'Pickle'
No More Buying Books: ???
No More Buying DVDs: ???
NMB Toiletries ??? and I've gone back for my Masters at the University of Use Ups!
Proud to be dealing with her debts 1198~
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Sounds like me!!:beer: That's why I have borrowed the idea of a tada list and of course memory girls 15 minute (or less) bursts....I feel the same, but the problem is that if you only ever look to the bits you 'haven't done', and never acknowledge your achievements, you end up stressed and never satisfied (I'm really good at that!).
Got DS to unload dishwasher and have repacked it! In an advert break
TADA:rotfl:Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
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 £5K updated 10/10/250 -
Another TADA item!
* Done daily scratches x 5 - am 25p away from payout on one... thinking of putting it in a xmas pot...Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
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 £5K updated 10/10/250 -
Gosh, I've seen you on so many threads administering sage advice to others and yet never before stumbled across this. Have subscribed so I can lurk on a regular basis in future
Have been reading backwards and am very impressed, glad you had a fabulous holiday (from what I've been reading you deserve it) and am sending all the positive vibes I can your way regarding the job.0 -
:whistle: Hi Keebs
Aww thanks :rotfl:its easier to give advice than follow it myself:rotfl:As for subscribing the more the merrier!:beer: Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
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 £5K updated 10/10/250 -
My tada list so far today
- Got up
- Ate naughty hobnobs for breakfast - they seemed to survive their toilet gel shower after all!:money:
- Got ready for gym and took DD and DS to gym for their induction. Got there 15 minutes late!!
- Watched kids be inducted for 30 minutes then took DD into small pool for 1.5 hours.
- DS did proper stuff in the gym for an hour before joining us in the pool. He looked after DD while I then did proper swimming (in the same pool) for 30 minutes. He stayed in for 20 minutes after we got out and was still out and dressed before us!
- Showered, changed etc
- Heated up spag bol tin 92p for DD, spag and saus tin 92p for DS and made myself a gorgeous salmon (half tin so approx 80p) and jacket potato salad with lettuce, tomato, spring onion and carrot (approx £1) - so each of us fed for around £3.64! Not bad....:money:
- Hung a load of washing out and put some in drier - put gym stuff in wash
- Read diaries for a bit....
- Had a kip for an hour
- Now drying gym stuff part on line, part in drier
- Packed dishwasher - got DD to collect all crockery from every part of house! :eek:Switched it on
- Now labelling school uniform! Oh the fun life I lead... :rotfl:
- DD now out playing with friend, while DS plays on his computer - proud of how hard he worked in the gym tho..:cool:
Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
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 £5K updated 10/10/250 -
SH - I am so pleased you have joined the gym - I have been agonising over it all holiday had virtually decided last night I would re-join then changed my mind this morning. Soooo....if I re-joinn will you kick me HARD if I look like I'm wasting my subscription and I'll return the favour if need be.
My brain has had 5 weeks off and I've been trying to work out what TADA stands for.....help a girl out here LOL. I'm guessing it's not just 'drumroll .....tadaaaaaa' as in I've done it??????????????
Love the lists anyway whatever they stand for.
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