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SF's road to mortgage freedom!

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  • gallygirl
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    How exciting :j. Hope you get the hang of it quickly ;).
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
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  • slowlyfading
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    How exciting :j. Hope you get the hang of it quickly ;).
    :rotfl: thanks :D

    I need to stop googling things :wall::wall::wall: convinced myself we won't ever conceive. I need to stop stressing myself out!
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  • Goldiegirl
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    Yes, step away from Google. Some times too much knowledge is not a good thing!
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  • ljaneyr
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    slowlyfading wrote: »
    :rotfl: thanks :D

    I need to stop googling things :wall::wall::wall: convinced myself we won't ever conceive. I need to stop stressing myself out!

    I've pm'd you :)
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  • greent
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    Hi SF - just caught up with your diary since early July - although I've been keeping up with your blog :)


    Glad you had a fab holiday - and what an exciting decision!! Have fun practicing in the meantime! ;)


    fwiw, all I remember about cats is you ideally need to stay away from cat poo when pregnant (although I still had to clear our lawns during all my pregnancies as DH is physically sick if he tries to - which then means our lawns have cat poo AND vomit on them!!:eek: - so I used disposable gloves, a trowel and mega anti bac hand washing afterwards!)


    Hope it all goes well xx
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  • slowlyfading
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    Goldiegirl wrote: »
    Yes, step away from Google. Some times too much knowledge is not a good thing!
    Definitely not a good thing!
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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  • slowlyfading
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    greent wrote: »
    Hi SF - just caught up with your diary since early July - although I've been keeping up with your blog :)
    Thanks for reading my blog :)

    Glad you had a fab holiday - and what an exciting decision!! Have fun practicing in the meantime! ;)
    I'm sure we will ;):D

    fwiw, all I remember about cats is you ideally need to stay away from cat poo when pregnant (although I still had to clear our lawns during all my pregnancies as DH is physically sick if he tries to - which then means our lawns have cat poo AND vomit on them!!:eek: - so I used disposable gloves, a trowel and mega anti bac hand washing afterwards!)


    Hope it all goes well xx
    Thanks for sharing that - I'm naturally a worrier so just want to do everything right!
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  • beanielou
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  • slowlyfading
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Yes,just use gloves if you have to deal with litter.
    I'll just get DH to deal with that bit ;) good excuse!
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  • slowlyfading
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    Brr, it's cold today. I'm trying resist putting the heating on...?! Which is mad as it's August! Need to invest in a blanket I think.

    I've been pretty busy today which is good. I've tidied and cleaned the kitchen, sorted out lots of paper work and either filed it away or put in the shredding pile (not actually done any shredding though...) and I've written a couple of cards ready to pop in the post.

    It's also been a NSD as I haven't been anywhere. I had soup for lunch as I was feeling like I needed something warm, followed by a small slice of coconut cake and a cup of tea. I've done some blogging stuff too which I'm still enjoying. What does puzzle me though is the page views per day - I try not to over-analyse them or anything, but today I've only had 18 yet yesterday I had 76 but don't know if I've done anything any difference? Not that it really matters!

    This evening we're having chicken fajitas for tea with wedges and salsa - yum! I was supposed to make some fruit scones today for afters but somehow I haven't got round to it, and I don't seem to be in the baking mood. Hmm, I might do some over the weekend if I get my baking mojo back somehow.

    Happy Thursday everyone :)
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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