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  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,079 Forumite
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    Happy Sunday Tilly, you appear full of joie de vivre :)
  • Happy Sunday Tilly, you appear full of joie de vivre :)

    Morning, I was and all without wine. My two glasses of fizz had to suffice as I was driving :) Mr T just might have only just got up - good job he's working from home :rotfl: Productivity may be a bit low from him today.

    Best wishes Tilly x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • misscousinitt
    misscousinitt Posts: 3,655 Forumite
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    Hi Tilly

    Good to see that life is returning to some normality and that you have so many plans in the offing.

    Look forward reading about it all unfurling.

    All the best

    MCI
    Mortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
    Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
    OP's to Date £8500

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    Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    edited 22 July 2015 at 4:28PM
    Morning, having been out Monday night as well, I was completely pooped yesterday :)

    What's been happening in the Tilly household - DS job offer came through for afternoons in the week, when he will be at school :eek: Waiting to hear from them, plus waiting on outcome of another interview. He is learning now, that companies are not as straightforward as he thought.

    Three TCB payouts in a week, just under £30 all together. Moved to Future pot.

    I'm reading the MK book, thanks Apple :). I recognise behaviour as mum has been giving me stuff. I've finished all the coats, scarves, hats, gloves. Found missing gloves :T. It is really interesting to read about her approach to paperwork. I may have to redo the filing cabinet - do I really need one?

    Mr T is away for a couple of days - dinner when he returns is salmon with ginger & chilli with a glaze, rice and sesame broccoli. Tonight DS wants chilli wraps and salad.

    DS goes away at the weekend for a couple of weeks. He's very much looking forward to it and when he returns we go on holiday.

    Right, I'd better crack on. Physio beckons.

    Tilly x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • What a weird bag of weather today - sun, cloud, rain, torrential rain, grey, glorious sun. At least it's sunny now and we can have dinner outside.

    Chilli made and I just may have used up a large courgette which had hidden itself under a big leaf.

    £110 claimed from CP some of which will pay for dinner on the night we travel.

    I'm still waiting to hear back from architect about meeting up in August - fingers crossed he's not on hols.

    Tomorrow is gardening time. Pulling anything out which is past its best and reseeding with other stuff - again. The veggie beds have worked hard this year and served us well. Not only with produce but giving enjoyment.

    Physio went well and I'm really pleased with progress. I was told I wouldn't improve much more and I'm proving them wrong :T

    I'm off to sit outside and have a break. I was going to do this earlier but MuddyWhiteChicken inspired me to go for a walk instead.


    Best wishes Tilly x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • In the space of ten minutes it's now dark grey sky and rain :eek::eek:

    We will be eating inside then :(
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Physio went well and I'm really pleased with progress. I was told I wouldn't improve much more and I'm proving them wrong :T

    :T:T:T
    I'm off to sit outside and have a break. I was going to do this earlier but MuddyWhiteChicken inspired me to go for a walk instead.

    I didn't inspire you to eat maggots then :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    I'm really glad the physio has gone well, *and* the improvements have been so marked. That's great news!

    Can I ask you about garlic, Tilly? I've finally got mine up out of the ground, and on more than half of the stems, a new bulb of garlic is forming. Its cute, but weird. Anything I should do, like replant it?
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Morning KC, apologies for not responding earlier. I've never seen that phenomenon re garlic. I would plant it, just to see what happens. I tend to plant my garlic in Sept/Oct so keep some cloves ready for then.

    Best wishes, Tilly x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Morning, the sun is shining :j:j:j

    I have a Drs appointment first thing, the joys of private healthcare, then we are walking the hounds whilst we still have some :). Looks like it ill be awful tomorrow.

    Tuesday is a big day - Mr T is paid and mortgage will be down to £2k :T

    I paid all the change into the bank £17.45 - that has been transferred to Future pot. DS has had his locker deposit returned, £5 into Future pot.

    The price of hotels has gone through the roof and Mr T can't get one via Hotels.com for next week. He will have to use the company discount which means no £ to us. Can't complain though, well maybe slightly :rotfl:

    Dinner this evening is roast chicken and all the trimmings. DS goes away for two weeks tomorro and has requested a roast dinner.

    Things to do:
    Chase architect
    Do financials
    Iron
    Plan menu for next two weeks
    Make some meals for lodger and freeze

    I'd better get cracking.

    Best wishes Tilly x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
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