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Breaking Through, Travelling On

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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I thought you might :j

    The guy works in Toronto :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Goldiegirl
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    I've had two cousins who lived in Canada. One lived near Toronto, although he's moved back the the UK now. The other is still over there, in Nova Scotia.

    Unfortunately, I've never been to Canada, and feel I'm missing out. Hopefully I will manage a visit at some point in the next few years
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • Karmacat
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    I'd love to see Nova Scotia! I'd definitely recommend a visit to Canada - it looks so like what we see of the USA, but it's own culture is so different, and different from us as well.

    A lot of things came together for me to go: I was already planning to go to Chicago, for the World Science Fiction Convention (the type of thing I went to in August) and then I learned that the Mars Society - a pressure group for human space exploration - would be holding its conference in Toronto the month before. And two big theatre festivals were on - at Stratford Ontario (Shakespeare) and Niagara on the Lake (Shaw). I did bitty stuff in between too :) it was great :)

    Bleeping well wish I had the energy to do that these days! My lovely Canadian contact has offered me a free skype supervision session, which probably *will* give me some energy.

    No paid work today, thankfully, its just a question of keeping well for the session tomorrow. And wandering about the diaries :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 6,877 Forumite
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    Sending energy vibes for tomorrow :)
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Thank you Watty, I appreciate it :kisses3:
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Hope you feel better tomorrow x
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Thank you Squizz! As we speak, I've been journalling about stuff - reading a few blog posts that seem very pertinent, and writing, writing, writing, about the problem I'm facing, of my own making. And it turns out that a lot of people are really wonderful :j
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
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    There's many a time I've been surprised at just how kind people are:T. It restores your faith in mankind:)


    Have a good evening
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,223 Forumite
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    Many people are indeed truly wonderful :j

    Hope you're feeling better for your session tomorrow (and for fun things too!) :)
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,727 Forumite
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    Sending big squishy loving hugs your way!!!
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 8 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 16 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
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