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Preparing for winter III
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OOOH mardy - where does he live/ We spent a difficult year in ahem - Morningside - new baby/rocky marriage/post natal depression etc. I loved being in the mot cultural place in the UK even tho' I found it a bit difficult being a sassenach (dont come up here with your swanky ways and expect us to be impressed!) I got round it by having 2 redheads in a buggy and keeping quiet a lot!!debt free 2021 at current DMP rate[/COLOR] (probably be in an old peoples home by then)0
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Awhhh you shouldn't have to keep quiet ! He isnt anywhere near as posh as Morningside, he's in Leith. LOL0
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This will probably be my last post before Christmas before going away for a week on Monday, just popping in to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Hope you are all staying warm after all preparations for the winter. Looking forward to continue to reading this thread in 2012.No toiletries challenge, started 18/1/2010 - Putting £1 in my savings jar for every item that I use up. Pot 1 to 4 = £261. Pot 5=£23
Boots points:£39.21. Extra money in 2012:£674.59. In 2013 £603.48. 2014: £85. 2015: £0 :j0 -
havnt been on this thread a while but hope everyones preparations are seeing them through!
I've npt been too bad, been cosy in bed with my quilt and 3 throws
, no draughts, and just a bit condensation in the passage as carpeted it and the stairs ... all in all manageing the cold and snow rather well! xx 1,2 & 5p: Christmas day food £9.31
10 & 20p: misc savings £2.70
50p: Christmas presents £3.50
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Used my new snow shovel that I bought from ASDA the other night. The girl on the till said "are you expecting snow?" I must be psychic
[SIZE=2]SPC4 #1395 Aug 11 £135.75/£150
SPC5 #1395 Shower fund used £13.60 31/7/12 Banked Farepack administrators cheque £301 19/10/12 £326.40 in the tin....TOTAL £641
SPC6 #1395 Total £144.62
SPC7 # 051 Banked so far £100 TOTAL £142[/SIZE]
SPC8 #051 £46 :(SPC9 #51 £1091.34 :T:T0 -
Thats brilliant :j theres nothing worse than sitting freezing, feeling its colder indoors than outdoors!I am so happy - for the first time in 10 years my house is warm - with very little heat on - so must have eventually got the heat retaining thing going. Last year I got house insulated and it did make a difference - this year I have bubble wrapped all my windows / doors / cracks in floorboards etc and I have two sets of lined curtains on all the windows - thanks to chari ty shops buys,I am over the moon with how cosy my house is - last year I was crying some days I was so cold. I know so far this winter we have not had the really low temps that we had last year but I just know it's warmer - there is no chill factor in the house now. Stay warm everyone.1,2 & 5p: Christmas day food £9.31
10 & 20p: misc savings £2.70
50p: Christmas presents £3.50
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mardy- yes Morningside does think its posh (all furcoat and no knickers was what they used to say!) mind Leith was getting its share of gentrification I seem to remember but it was a long time ago. I did one day supply teacing in a Leith school and it was run like a military college but probably had to be!debt free 2021 at current DMP rate[/COLOR] (probably be in an old peoples home by then)0
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It has not got above two degrees here today. It was bitterly cold this morning when I put the boys out in the field and walking the dogs it was chilly as well. It hammered it down with sleet at one point just after 1.30pm when I was doing their water in the stables. By the time 2.30pm loomed into view both of them were standing at the gate with Purzel (who is the biggest at 18h/h) shouting he wanted to come in ( he whinnies in a way that I know what he is asking of me - a couple of years of him training me in the language of the horse I suspect).
Anyway, they are tucked up in their stables tonight. We have got the heating on and the log burner on as well. Out to a 50th birthday party tonight - otherwise we wouldn't have ventured out of the front if we didn't have to!Cat, Dogs and the Horses are our fag and beer money :beer:0 -
I like snow. But ours has turned to quick setting cement...0
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