Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

beanielou

In other delightful news I bent over today to pull out a weed & fell over.
You could not make it up.
Could not get up as nothing to lean on.
Had to crawl to the handrail to get up.
Is life not fun

beanielou

Sun_Addict said:

I’ve seen the comments on Martin’s Instagram page and a lot mention civil unrest. Something needs to be done asap before it spirals out of control. 

It is worrying 

beanielou

Can I put sloggis on my birthday list   

savingholmes

I think it's your birthday - you get to put what you like on the list. 

There's no point someone buying you a 'big' present if you end up looking at it - but struggling to pay for energy.

elantan

beanielou said:

skint_spice said:

I know what age you two are and it’s ten years apart😂

I knew that if we both had big birthdays this year that it was 10 years el 

Soon to be the age I would have got my pension!!

I reckon every 5 years after a certain time is a big un ... atleast that's my plan for future ... big celebration every 5 years 

beanielou

I am trying to keep this low key!

My family do struggle to understand my financial situation @savingholmes.
I am the only one not in paid work & they do struggle with the concept that in real terms my income actually goes down every year.
It is what it is.

Sun_Addict

Could you just ask for money for your birthday then you can spend it on what you want without having to go into details. Ask your family to contribute in a money pool type thing. 

Sorry to hear about another fall. Hope you’re not hurt.

savingholmes

I really hope the government listen to Martin and provide more - targeted help - as for those on fixed incomes - and especially those at the low end - this is a nightmare scenario.

What's scarier still - is that with the older population growing - there are less workers to pay the tax and NI to fund everything - and unless they relax immigration -  that isn't fixable as the birth rate is so low.

milann

I’d been wondering about you asking for money but I know my family prefer to actually buy something be it an outing or present. Yet they are happy for me to give them money - where’s the logic in that one 😏😏

elantan

beanielou said:

In other delightful news I bent over today to pull out a weed & fell over.
You could not make it up.
Could not get up as nothing to lean on.
Had to crawl to the handrail to get up.
Is life not fun

oh beanie just saw this, hope your not too sore honey xxx