Edinburgher gets cracking!

edinburgher

Toddlers do not respond to the word please, they do not know what a queue is and they have no conception of 'fair'

Lois_E

:rotfl:
Toddlers do have a conception of "fair" - it's just not the same as ours. "Fair" is when I've got what I want. Well, at least, "not fair" is when I haven't got what I want!!

Vala-Mal-Doran

Happy Birthday Edinburgher!! :j

Mines in 5 days - still a couple of years behind you tho
Hope you get a lovely big cake to celebrate it!!

:T:T:T

nattypants

Happy Birthday Ed:kisses3:

Keep the property !!!!!! coming!

postingalwaysposting

Happy Birthday Edinburgher :j

edinburgher

Thanks for all the birthday wishes.

I will keep this brief, because I seem to have given myself something approaching whiplash during a driving lesson (I've been in bed since Tuesday evening, this is the first day I've felt up to typing, even for a few minutes). Over enthusiastic emergency stop, or craning too much during manoeuvres? Not sure, but it's sore and I'm very worried as there's less than a fortnight to my test

Off to lie down again.

On the MFW front, I am now down to one current account and 2 credit cards (soon to be 1) - hurrah for the great simplification! Topped up my S&S ISA this morning by £270, I have now paid in more to the ISA than I have overpaid for this financial year. That's either madness, or confidence

Alchemilla

Get well soon.
Sounds nasty.

Lois_E

Yes, get well soon. And if it doesn't, see a doctor or physiotherapist or something.

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Poor you. Hope it gets better soon.

edinburgher

Back and neck is feeling quite a bit better, I even managed hoovering (to Mrs E's cautious delight) and I am currently (but slowly) changing the water in my aquarium :j

Managed a slightly shorter than usual driving lesson this morning and I don't *think* I did anything that was an instant fail in a driving test, so all good on that front. Having my driving instructor carry out my observations for me was a bit terrifying, but no kerbs were hurt

Back to work tomorrow, I'll need to head in early as I will have exactly 24 hours to complete our performance reporting for all of the month! I will need my best 'calm down' hat for that one. Still, there's only so much that I can do as one person.

While I was in bed, I had a chance to re-read a few financial classics, including The Richest Man in Babylon. It still seems a bit silly, but the lessons in it are pretty timeless (and are the basis for a lot of modern writing on personal finance). The key point about 'paying yourself first', by keeping back 10% of your income for your own future before anything else is accounted for ties in very well with my new mantra of simplicity and keeping our finances boring

I have increased our S&S ISA payment up to £172/mth, which is a whisker over 10% of my salary. I suppose it should be 10% of the combined household income, but a 72% increase overnight will need to do for starters. I think Mrs E would murder me if I increased it by 172%!