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Achieved Today:
Pilates session :T:T
Finally completed Christian Aid Paperwork, and everything is ready to bank :T::T
Supper out of fridge and freezer - using stocks up :T
Washing done :T
Had me time reading my book :T:T
This was a NSD both from and the household :T:TAs a dear MSE friend says “keep plodding” or
What does the saying say.... When life hands you lemons, make lemonade
Or as my Mum would say, brush yourself down, tomorrow is another day or
Fake it, to you Make It
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Happy Anniversary xx Boo to the nasty woman
Fab to see all those positives though 
I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)0 -
Achieved today
- Physically banked cash and got Christian Aid paperwork signed off :T:T:T
- Obtained performance licence and scripts for my directorial debut with local amateur dramatics :T:T:T
- Helped cook supper :T
- attended church meeting :T
- only spent on food/domestic essentials and one planned item in town :T:T
- Updated personal spending diary - finally :T:T
Spent £1.50 orange nail varnish #holidaynailsAs a dear MSE friend says “keep plodding” or
What does the saying say.... When life hands you lemons, make lemonade
Or as my Mum would say, brush yourself down, tomorrow is another day or
Fake it, to you Make It
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Belated Happy Anniversary, Bubbles! :beer:0
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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 -
Morning all, I hope that everyone is coping with the heat, I am on count down to my hols :j:j
Will endeavour to catch up diary today....As a dear MSE friend says “keep plodding” or
What does the saying say.... When life hands you lemons, make lemonade
Or as my Mum would say, brush yourself down, tomorrow is another day or
Fake it, to you Make It
Please say hello my new diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6578460/still-dancing-to-blow-the-debt-clouds-away0 -
OH has a cold... and feeling grotty, so our morning starts with calling off dinner nr Heathrow with in laws who are off on holiday... ( can't disguise my relief) I have no energy to sit in rush hour traffic on the airport ring road in this weather to then make polite conversation...
Today was the day to sort my Amateur dramatics responsibility ... me directing the next play is getting closer.
I also talked to ineptness of Nat West, trying to get online and their communication is dire....
Afternoon spent swearing .... :rotfl: yes honestly. I had my last health and wellbeing session on assertive communication. He taught me this technique about voicing my anger towards a person / situation, in a healthy manner. This meant, writing down something that happened. Factual and how I felt. Then in the privacy of just me ... I need to vocalise my angry feelings about the situation, and as he pointed out the best way was to swear .... now one of the most strictest rules of my childhood was not to swear ( alongside not to lie, even a white lie) so I find doing both very difficult
. He told me I had to get over this... and so he made me repeat a sentence with lots and lots of swearing in it, over and over again :rotfl::rotfl:
I did feel better and empowered...
Then I had to construct a polite but assertive sentence to say to the person themselves ( without swearing)
Made me really think and I am going to repeat this, to get lots of things out of my system....
PS ideally you need to confront the person and the issue, to lay it to rest... hmmmm
As OH was feeling really grotty I cooked tea :T:T. Don't know why I had not cooked meat in the Tagine someone gave me a few years ago... I used some lamb I had in the freezer for a stew and used up half an aubergine, slow cooked low heat 21/2 hrs and the meat just fell apart ... yum!As a dear MSE friend says “keep plodding” or
What does the saying say.... When life hands you lemons, make lemonade
Or as my Mum would say, brush yourself down, tomorrow is another day or
Fake it, to you Make It
Please say hello my new diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6578460/still-dancing-to-blow-the-debt-clouds-away0 -
We had a stay at home day today, OH was still working but feeling rough
I had my regular massage, and although was great, I still feel very crooked.
I spent the day working through jobs that we need to do before disappearing...
some were nice things like booking a couple of restaurants for holiday.
Others like talking to the vets telling them about official cat sitters
I had a long list and enjoyed striking them through with my felt tip... small pleasures...
This included sitting and sorting finances. New debt amount £1789.59 :T:T
It was going to be another household NSD but both of us had to go to see people to get signatories, so we both pushed ourselves out and then render voused in the pub, so there pints two crisps and a packet of cashews later on the plus side, it was different four walls and a mini date night :T
Plus I cooked ... using up fish fingers, broad beans, mangetoe and chips :T:TAs a dear MSE friend says “keep plodding” or
What does the saying say.... When life hands you lemons, make lemonade
Or as my Mum would say, brush yourself down, tomorrow is another day or
Fake it, to you Make It
Please say hello my new diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6578460/still-dancing-to-blow-the-debt-clouds-away0 -
OH had full on streaming cold, and did not work
We both sat in the living room with little energy and inclination to do anything.
OH had to go out to deliver some papers, so he did a few bits of shopping
I cancelled going out with the girls in our road, I had a headache all day and I know it would be a heavy drinking session, that I didn't want to be part of. This was :money:.
We had quiche ( bought) and then used up vegetables.
Early night for both of us, although I struggled to get to sleep with pain, pins and needles and twitching plus the heat...As a dear MSE friend says “keep plodding” or
What does the saying say.... When life hands you lemons, make lemonade
Or as my Mum would say, brush yourself down, tomorrow is another day or
Fake it, to you Make It
Please say hello my new diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6578460/still-dancing-to-blow-the-debt-clouds-away0
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