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Double Trouble - Nothing by halves

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  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    great that you are on holiday but no wonder you've no time to post on here with everything going on.

    Good luck to DH,DD and car xx
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    DT!!! Sweetheart! Its so good to hear from you! Well, it sounds like managing to get away on holiday was several Herculean tasks all rolled into one, but you did it! Good for you :j:j:j

    No idea what the weather's like out there, I hope its lovely and balmy, or anyway, just what you like as a pick me up.

    Thinking of you xxx
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Double_Trouble
    Double_Trouble Posts: 4,375 Forumite
    Hi Maty, Taxi and KC thanks for popping in

    The weather isn't as warm as normal out here there is quite a wind blowing but saying that it is all relative and we did go in the pool today a bit chilly when you get out :D

    Mom is still improving slowly so we haven't had to dash home :)

    Went shopping in the world's smallest IKEA yesterday have been there lots of times before to stock up on replacement crockery but didn't know until yesterday that it was the smallest it was also the quietest :T

    Still was tempted by the spendy elves though but resisted and in the end only came away with the things on the list which needed replacing in the villa and one rescued toy rat that my little boy found abandoned in a bin full of cushions and which he just had to rescue now named ratatata :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Went out for a lovely dinner last night it was OHs birthday and we had the most glorious steaks in an Argentinian restaurant although OH did mention the Falklands which resulted in a lecture about the Falklands, Gibraltar and Britain no longer being a Colonial Power :eek: the wine was glorious and I drank too much so ended up incredibly sleepy :)

    Finally sorted out how to watch bbc iplayer out here ;);) as the tv channels are even more limited than last time so this weekend we shall watch the F1 on a concoction of bbc iplayer and spanish tv on line to get the full picture. We watched it on spanish tv online last weekend and I did get a bit fed up of hearing the name Fernando :( I did discover that qualifying 1 in spanish is very sophorific had to watch it three times to actually see it all :rotfl:

    Other than that I am just chilling and catching up on diaries and oh I love my Kindle by now I would have been down the local shops buying over priced books because I had run out but instead I just keep downloading another free book bliss :j:j:j

    Take care

    DTxx
  • gilligansyle
    gilligansyle Posts: 4,124 Forumite
    Hello lovely

    What a roller coaster of a couple of weeks you've had. Fingers crossed your Mum continues to improve, and that OH gets his appointment sorted when you get home.

    Have a lovely relax.

    You deserve it!
    Debts at LBM - Mortgages £128497 - non mortgage £27497 Debt now £[STRIKE]114150[/STRIKE][STRIKE]109032[/STRIKE] 64300 (mortgage) Credit cards left 0



    "The days pass so fast, let's try to make each one better than the last"
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    You're doing great, tho I do have to laugh at your dedication to F1, watching it 3 times so you can see the whole of it. That *is* dedication :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • shaun40400
    shaun40400 Posts: 4,134 Forumite
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    hi
    well done on the list sticking (you must give me lessons ):rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    we got the passports sorted by the boys school :j:j:j
    enjoy the pool side
    s xx
    WAS 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 :o
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    hope you're having a fab time and getting plenty of chilling out done x
  • gilligansyle
    gilligansyle Posts: 4,124 Forumite
    Karmacat wrote: »
    You're doing great, tho I do have to laugh at your dedication to F1, watching it 3 times so you can see the whole of it. That *is* dedication :)

    :T Dedication is good!
    Debts at LBM - Mortgages £128497 - non mortgage £27497 Debt now £[STRIKE]114150[/STRIKE][STRIKE]109032[/STRIKE] 64300 (mortgage) Credit cards left 0



    "The days pass so fast, let's try to make each one better than the last"
  • Double_Trouble
    Double_Trouble Posts: 4,375 Forumite
    Well dear DFW folks it is time to say goodbye as of today I have cleared our final CC:D:D
    We have cleared 89K:eek: since August 2006 and £69K since our LBM and joining this site I really really could not have done this without the support, advice and encouragement of you lovely people.

    Not only have you supported my in my financial dealings but you have also supported me through some very tough emotional times and words cannot express how much that means to me you have been my second family :) and I have also had the pleasure of meeting several of you in person and I have never been disappointed you are all lovely :beer:

    I am not saying goodbye to MSE as I still have a gigantic mortgage which urgently needs attention in view of the various developments in the mortgage market over the last few months which seem to be gaining momentum. I don't consider myself debt free as far as I am concerned the mortgage is just another debt but I realise that I need to be brave and start a new diary on the MFW board :eek: but I shall be keeping an eye on my friends from here and you will all remain very special to me and I look forward to celebrate your successes in the months and years ahead :A

    Love and kisses and dodgy hugs

    DTxx
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    Oh my word, well done :D:D:D:D

    It has also been lovely to meet you in the flesh too ;)

    Having been on the MFW board in the past, be reassured to know that they're lovely too and don't bite. I hope to be back there next year myself!

    Well done madam, you must feel so proud. Now, get yourself on the Debt-free Roll Of Honour forthwith :T
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