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

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  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,243 Forumite
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    So the skirt went back, and was replaced by a dress, eh? Still want a pic...
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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    A photo of a skirted Mr GG (minus face :rotfl:) will be posted in due course :D. He has also taken to doing THIS so has been christened Bruno :rotfl:.

    Anyway, I am having a big clean up and Mr GG has been decluttered to the UK for a few days :D. After a few hours work I went down to the playa naturista - lot's of Nature Notes but no photos :eek: :rotfl:.

    21.30 and still 33 degrees :eek:. Too hot for anything but melon and cherries and some rose wine with ice :o.

    Nature Notes:
    1. 'We Are a Grandmother' has gone a bit pear shaped. Baby sparrows have disappeared :eek:. They didn't seem ready to fledge but nest was abandoned and no dead sparrows. Hoping they haven't fallen down vent into extractor fan in kitchen :eek: but will know in a day or two _pale_. Vent cleared (putting extractor fan on full once slats were removed resulted in flying nests :rotfl:) and redone with mesh to stop it reoccurring.

    2. Flamingos still there :T

    3. Had to wait to turn into street while 100 or so goats crossed the road :naughty:.
    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: 6,670 Forumite
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    Late to the party, but loved the Flamingo shot gally :D:T

    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 
  • Karmacat
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    A photo of a skirted Mr GG (minus face :rotfl:) will be posted in due course :D. He has also taken to doing THIS so has been christened Bruno :rotfl:.
    :j:j:j What a great photo :rotfl:
    21.30 and still 33 degrees :eek:. Too hot for anything but melon and cherries and some rose wine with ice :o.
    Ooh, that sounds nice.
    Nature Notes:
    1. 'We Are a Grandmother' has gone a bit pear shaped. Baby sparrows have disappeared :eek:. They didn't seem ready to fledge but nest was abandoned and no dead sparrows. Hoping they haven't fallen down vent into extractor fan in kitchen :eek: but will know in a day or two _pale_. Vent cleared (putting extractor fan on full once slats were removed resulted in flying nests :rotfl:) and redone with mesh to stop it reoccurring.
    Awww. A friend of mine once found an adolescent seagull in her living room :eek: the parents were nesting on the chimneypot, and it fell down the flue. Luckily, the room had French windows, so she encouraged it outwards, and it lived in the garden for a week or so, still being fed by its parents, who swooped down to deter cats :D. It learned to fly by scrambling up onto her big plantpots and flapping its wings :D and did indeed survive to fly off to join mum and dad on the chimneypot once again :beer:
    2. Flamingos still there :T

    3. Had to wait to turn into street while 100 or so goats crossed the road :naughty:.
    :T:T:T
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  • ljaneyr
    ljaneyr Posts: 1,135 Forumite
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    Kc - one ended up in our woodburner last summer :eek: Fortunately DH managed to take the stove apart without crushing it and we took it to a bird hospital because it was tiny. It made a huge mess though!

    When the other babies got bigger, one fell in the road so DH went up the ladder to put it back on the roof. This happened a few more times before they were clever enough to stay put.

    No babies on the roof this year thank goodness, I couldn't handle the stress of it!
    "It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living." Terry Pratchett
    Bought our house 2012 :) Married 2015 :D Started renovating 2015 :eek:
    Renovation fund... what renovation fund? :eek: Emergency fund 40% Future fund... ongoing...
  • Karmacat
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    Good heavens! That sounds a *lot* more stressful! I saw the adolescent - he was called Splot :D
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Nature Notes:
    1. Sparrows having a dust bath :D
    2. Murmuration of starlings last night, around 750-1,000 of them :T
    3. Em, I may have some pink bits due to falling asleep on the beach earlier - let's just say it's not just my face that looks like this :o.

    Finances updated, spending a bit better so far as boozy neighbours have gone home :rotfl:.
    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"
  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    edited 13 July 2015 at 9:32AM
    .... to say 'hey'

    You're in SPAIN!!! !!!!!! (apologies for sweary!) how long have I been away for???!!!!

    I know that everyone (and their dog - 'cept my dog as she's a cocker spaniel and her literacy skills are fairly questionable) reads your diary so also saying HELLO to:

    Tills, HDK, Lula, TYO, Radish, MWC, Ed, El, SS, Fortune, Al, BW, AJ and who have I missed?? Who have I missed??? .....MR GG!!!

    I will try to reinvigorate my non-MF diary (mainly to take the heat of NG :p)

    I wish I could do this with my MOPs ----> MWHAHAHAHAHA however sadly cannot.

    NP X
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    C'mon nattypants:cool:
  • ajmoney
    ajmoney Posts: 6,466 Forumite
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    nattypants wrote: »
    .... to say 'hey'

    You're in SPAIN!!! !!!!!! (apologies for sweary!) how long have I been away for???!!!!

    I know that everyone (and their dog - 'cept my dog as she's a cocker spaniel and her literacy skills are fairly questionable) reads your diary so also saying HELLO to:

    Tills, HDK, Lula, TYO, Radish, MWC, Ed, El, SS, Fortune, Al, BW, AJ and who have I missed?? Who have I missed??? .....MR GG!!!

    I will try to reinvigorate my non-MF diary (mainly to take the heat of NG :p)

    I wish I could do this with my MOPs ----> MWHAHAHAHAHA however sadly cannot.

    NP X

    Hey Natty, you have been missed. You have to get back on here as there are many of us not really following the true MFW route at the moment so you will easily fit back in. Hope you are well x
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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    :j:j:j:j:j Natty!!!!!!! :j:j:j:j:j
    :wave:

    :kisses3:
    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"
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