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Breaking Through, Travelling On

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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Thanks SF - not too bad, a mix of David Boreanaz and Celebrity Bake Off kept me awake till I had a chance of going to sleep when I actually went to bed :):):)

    Today, I need to catch up on stuff, especially the internet order and the French bank, oh and opening the post too :o

    Then its Adsense, and shrieking out for help to SF :D
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Karmacat
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    Right ... I've put the Adsense code in one of the Widget sections (its the wrong shape for that, but hopefully Adsense will take note of that now.

    I've contacted the French bank about the right way to set up their equivalent of a direct debit.

    I've altered the internet order and sent the draft on its way to all siblings :)

    W/m on, and clothes pegged out - they're even getting a bit dry :j tho I think my luck is probably too good to last, and I'll be bringing them in soon.

    I spent half an hour in the garden filling up the rest of the bin bag with prunings, and making space to dismantle a table thats been sitting out there for 6 years :o I didn't even have to saw it, once pulled it sort of fell apart :o:rotfl: many pieces are now in my bin, and part of my fence is now accessible again :j

    Trying to sort out the accounts I have these days - I've ended up with 3 Twitter accounts, and I don't even *use* it :eek: apart from publishing my blog there. Good job I have so many email addresses :eek:

    Going to do a Pinterest one now for the cats, that will be fun, I can collect lots of cute cat stuff on pinterest :j:j:j

    And I even opened the post :rotfl:
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • mmmmm David Boreanaz....

    MCI
    Mortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
    Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
    OP's to Date £8500

    Renovation Fund:£511.39;
    Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    patanne wrote: »
    Which version though? - Buffy, Angel or Bones - decisions, decisions. My answer - whichever I'm watching at the time.

    Great answer :rotfl: as is "mmmmm" :j I don't usually go for the heroic physique, but I'll make an exception for him :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Heard the story about his original audition for Buffy? Joss Whedon knew he had to cast him when all the female production staff started to go weak at the knees :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Not a bad amount of work done in the end, and with so much rubbish gone, the garden is really starting to open out. Lots of rubbish still there, and most of the brambles still not dug out, but OTOH the garlic is poking its head through! And lots of bulbs are showing up this year, I think because a lot of ground has been cleared **beams happily**

    I've just done a bit of scanning, plus the d/w is ready to rumble tomorrow morning. Busy afternoon tomorrow, I need to get a little ahead of myself, so its all good :)

    Night night ...
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Morning Karmacat, lovely to read about your gardening exploits. You sound in a really good place :)

    Best wishes Tilly x x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Karmacat
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    Aww, thank you Tilly! Yes, a good space, and I haven't even mentioned the retirement countdown this week, which is down at No. 30 :j:j:j Next week, I've got two full days of having clients here, and one day with a telephone session, so that's a week when I'm going to be able to focus even more on the writing and blogging.

    Today, got to be careful to rest up enough to do all the client work this afternoon, so I shan't be online too long. Its all good, though :beer:
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 6,705 Forumite
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    Lovely to read all is well...and week 30 ...its coming x
    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 !!
  • rtandon27
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    Karmacat wrote: »
    ...which is down at No. 30 :j:j:j Next week...

    :T:T:T:T:T:T

    Only 30 left - Wow!!!

    We'll have to go for a meal out in the big smoke once you are there to celebrate!!!!!

    You are doing so well with the balance KC - very admirable - I always learn so much from you in so many different ways :D - I find balance a hard one to keep on top of - have got to learn not to over-commit!!!!!
    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 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
  • Karmacat
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    Hi both :)

    Well, to be honest, RT - I'm in this pickle now *because* I've not been that great at balance :o my mum used to tell me I'd have been good as a soldier (when I was volunteering for a pacifist organisation, by the way!) because I just kept going :o I've had my legs fold underneath me a few times because I've been so exhausted - nowadays, that wouldn't happen, I'd just be ill for months on end, which is less alarming but more affecting - so I work at the balance much more :cool:

    Ahem. Anyway ...

    Yes! A meal in the smoke would be great! October? Keep a date for me :):):) it will be wonderful.

    Next bit of the table has gone into the now-empty bin - there's just the stonking great table top itself, not quite sure what to do with that. And I think I want to learn how to burn the branches and twigs I've been pruning - buddleia and forsythia branches are up to 12 feet long, its a shame to just throw them away. I confess, I check them over for snails and whatnot first, even when I'm just throwing them away - so I'd certainly do that if I was burning stuff.

    Its the weekend :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • beanielou
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    Happy weeekend :)
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