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Gallygirl's "A journey of 121,226.67 pounds begins with a single penny" diary

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  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,931 Forumite
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    and a foot long lizard I saw when I dropped Mr GG off at golf

    He really needs to find some more challenging golf partners :rotfl:
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    edinburgher wrote: »
    He really needs to find some more challenging golf partners :rotfl:
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    No Nature Notes to report :(, but off on a long walk to Pilates today so here's hoping. In other news we went to the bank yesterday :D.

    One btl needs a new boiler :(. Flipping annoying, it's mum's little house and boiler is only around 10 years old :mad:.

    We've spent the food budget for the month :eek: so we'll be off across the campo collecting snails and hoping Eddie Lizard reappears on our terrace :D.

    Trying to decide whether to go and see this tonight: http://www.andalucia.com/festival/sanjuan.htm or if we're far too old for that kind of malarkey ;).
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,244 Forumite
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    You are never too old for that! Is the bikini wearing obligatory...? Go and enjoy and tell us all about it - you may even be able to snaffle some grub so take an extra sarong or two to wrap it up in...
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • Pearla*Merle
    Pearla*Merle Posts: 1,611 Forumite
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    :rotfl: I like apple's thinking and wholeheartedly agree :D
    a penny picker upper. MFW approx 78% to go | FIRE 3 years worth (30% savings rate: now aiming for 40%!) | Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it | Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible | The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library
  • Karmacat
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    A sarong ... a bonfire on the beach ... great stuff! Pix of the gecko (thats what the lizard is, yes?) muchly appreciated :D
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • gallygirl
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    Well we went and it was good but not as big an event as expected. Mr GG and I did get our feet wet but no suitable fires to jump over :(. Typical Spanish health and safety - the chap lighting the big fire was biting off the tops of the accelerant with his teeth, with a cigar hanging out of his mouth :rotfl:.

    KC no pics of gecko as it scuttled off :( I'll post a pic of Agave plants flowering later on - they look stunning and are supposedly better than usual this year :T.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Karmacat
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    Fantastic :rotfl:

    And ooh, you could make your own agave juice!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Morning, how's the Pilates going?

    Sun is now shining here and the air smells great - if only every day in summer was the same.

    Have a good da. Tilly x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    edited 24 June 2015 at 8:47PM
    Pilates going well if my stomach muscles are anything to go by :eek:.

    In other exciting news, to quote the late Mrs T:
    We are a grandmother :D. Little sparrows have hatched in extractor vent :T, I can hear them when I'm in the kitchen :j.

    Finally, the agaves:

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    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 6,674 Forumite
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    Oh WOW! gally - I had no idea that is what Agave looked like. Awesome! And so structural and beautiful. Thanks for the pic, I've never seen them before.

    Are those olives in the foreground?

    And *Aw* to new life in Sparrow-ville :D

    Greying x
    Pounds for Panes £7,305/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
     
    Grocery Spend August 2025 £268.51/£300 
    Non-food spend August 2025 £15.55/£50
    Bulk Fund August 2025 £13.50/£10 
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