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Mrs McB's countdown to adventures with chooks (and Rock Gods)
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Happy new sewing machine :j
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
It does Indeed sing and has a wee wooden house :-)
Tomorrow ill give it a go and clean it.thanks guys!
No idea what to do with it yet but think new house SO useful. And I'm so grateful they thought if me!
And it's so pretty!!!!
Today's other awesome news is dd passed theory test for driving! Which is fabby and I only found out when home!Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
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Pippilongstocking wrote: »Today's other awesome news is dd passed theory test for driving! Which is fabby and I only found out when home!
YAY to DD's success :T:T:T Clever gal
GreyingPounds for Panes £7,705/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend September 2025 £173.61/£200
Non-food spend September 2025 £29.44/£50
Bulk Fund September (month 9 of 12) £4.80/£400 -
Great work by the pasta-eating ex-cellist there! :T🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
Thank you guys! She's very clever.
Yawns lazy bones here
Up at 5am with the shimmy head again (sigh) that's cos things are unfinished and up in the air I'm sure.
On a positive note I reviewed my budget at that ungodly hour using martins clever tool.
I need to keep an eye on the spends, I really do if I want to pay the most off the cards I can once I'm paid this month. Also retread about 'spending pots' which I liked and might implement.....
So as I've been a lazy mare and slumbered again at 8am I need a list
Meals from stores and some cooking for the week ahead
Will washing bedding
Walk Doglets somewhere
Wood to chop - this NEEDS done today I've slacked so far
Organise a bed for aunty mcB-wik who arrives later in the week
Talk to chef about work next week
Do some social media/web work for job whilst it's quiet later
Tidy garage
Sort out work prep for jumble sale next week
Floors to do - All done three to go...:D
(OSofas to wash covers onff and waiting for the off will do them before walk.......) off
(will look like widow twankies here later)
Hoover
Plan work diary
FINISH job applications finish finish finish
Box up some books as the shelves are overflowing
Declutter shelves in kitchen and get rid of them make more room
Skype with son and hubby
Washing up (dull but needs doing)
Baking for home and for event next sat
Put fire on after clean stove
Bit reading for tomorrow teaching
nope!
Blog (?)
Fill up bird feeders
Update spreadsheet budget
Put tax paperwork in file
Tidy work table
Walk in the outing rain somewhere it's not forecast to get any better.
Speak to my about driving lessons and a bit of help - dd instructor suggested she puts in for test and her granny said shed help with extra lessons (nice lady) don't like asking but I just can't afford any more extra ones. (also talk to her dad)
NSD
UPDATE GROCERY SPENDS still have money in purse left but how much?!
Clean bathroom done one
ttalk to work folks about next weeks event. Texted lassie
Being up Early banks checked etc cc's checked
If get all this dne can play with cleaning new sewing machine, if not then no
Eta done a bit but not much......Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
:money:Sleeves up folks.:money:0 -
Holy moly it's nearly mid day.
EeekTotal debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
:money:Sleeves up folks.:money:0 -
I know you do big lists, pippi, but thats mega big :eek:
And like you, I've discovered its midday :eek::eek::eek: where did *that* go? :eek:
Right, off to do something in the garden for 15 minutes ...2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Bit scared by that list Pippi - it's making me tired just reading it :rotfl:
Fortune xhttps://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
Working at Living0 -
Big lists are utterly fabulous for getting the blood pumping. (if scary!)
Lunch scoffed (soup/leftovers)and machine is a whirring again
All dry washing is away
Having a quick cuppa.
:-)
Waves thanks for keeping me sane.
One box books wrapped up
One bag to jumble sale sorted
One bag of carp black bagged up
Walk or cooking next - cant walk in dark and the forecast is pants all day.
Walk probably but will get those sofa covers off first and blankets and do wiks bed.......then out and about.
We only have one day overlap with RG so she can sleep in da office or I can
:-)
Sleeves upTotal debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
:money:Sleeves up folks.:money:0 -
Stuent stuck in Aberdeen due to ferry/weather that's my tomorrow morning cancelled work wise (me revising) can still head in and do paperwork, but takes the reading off the list.
Small things and all that.
Also means I dont need to be super clean tomorrow (iyswim) so might dress down and also work in tunnel.(there's spinach to harvest and stuff to look at)
Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
:money:Sleeves up folks.:money:0
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