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  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    I've put another coat of paint on mirror frame.
    Cleaned sink

    Still need to tackle the oven. :(
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
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  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    I've taken the masking tape off the mirror and some of the paint has come off! :eek: so I don't know what to do with it now... :(
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    No Tilly tidies today. :(
    Hoping for a no spend day too.
    Got lots of tidying and cleaning to do today.
    I had a lay in this morning. :o so I have lots to do in less time. Just having a cuppa first-wake myself up a bit. :)
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,845 Forumite
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    You've been so busy! Well done on the savings and listings :T.

    Hope you are feeling a little better now x

    Oven pride is the only thing that works on my oven (i.e. the only thing that means I don't have to scrub too hard :D)
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    jwil wrote: »
    You've been so busy! Well done on the savings and listings :T.

    Hope you are feeling a little better now x

    Oven pride is the only thing that works on my oven (i.e. the only thing that means I don't have to scrub too hard :D)

    Thanks jwil. Yes, I'm feeling a bit better now. :)
    Today I have sorted out 6 cupboards and I'm attempting to make curtains. Just got to hem them now. :)
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    Curtains finished.
    Kettle de scaled


    Tomorrow:
    Make draught excluder
    Hang curtains
    Listings for the bay
    Pack sales.
    Put clean dry washing away.
    Do at least 1load of washing
    Think of things to make - sewing
    Make Mother's Day card.
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Curtains are hung. :)
    1 load of washing in dryer.
    Trying to keep busy today. I haven't read the Alan Carr book yet, but decided last night to stop smoking again anyway.
    So I haven't had a cigarette today and I'm decidedly crabby. :(
    Right off to make a coffee. :D
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • Ellidee
    Ellidee Posts: 6,216 Forumite
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    Just as thought tc - would chewing gum help ? Good luck with it xx
    Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    Ellidee wrote: »
    Just as thought tc - would chewing gum help ? Good luck with it xx

    Thanks, I'll try chewing gum. :)
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Ok, so today hasn't gone as planned.:o
    I've sneezed like a good 'un all morning and then took myself off to bed for a couple of hours.
    Thankfully Miss tc1 (little wind up merchant that she is) has gone to work. So my stress levels have fallen-thank goodness. I've managed not to have a cigarette-though I'm very restless.
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
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