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  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,517 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 20 May 2020 at 9:40AM
    You water your lawn 😳 I don’t even water my plants 😂 

    Take it steady with the painting especially as it’s meant to be so hot ☀️ 
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

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  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    Ive decided to weed instead as I can sit down and do 10 mins then have a break. I will paint in a few days when the weather calms down. It's too hot.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,517 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 20 May 2020 at 3:09PM
    Yes it’s very hot 🥵here too. I have been to a rocky beach in the car with the dog, no one else there and she had a swim to cool down 🐶😊
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    edited 20 May 2020 at 7:15PM
    Im going to do some tonight. Work are messing me around again for next year. Nothing ever changes does it!!!! Thank goodness for my friends, family, this thread and my lovely house and garden. At least we have nice things to keep us going. I've weeded over a third of my area. I will finish this over the weekend. V happy I have made a start. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,154 Forumite
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    It's too warm to be pottering in the garden, it's more like sitting in a shady spot, reading a book and sipping wine weather 😉
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    edited 21 May 2020 at 3:16AM
    I can't sleep. I woke up at 1am and now 2am. I have work then plan to continue to weed a tiny area of the garden which I am rather excited about. It is going to be v warm so I am going to wear a hat and long sleeves to protect me from the sun. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,517 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Sorry to hear you had a bad night’s sleep SW. I hope you have a lovely day. 

    Ps Where has the thanks button gone ? I’m posting on my phone and it’s disappeared! 
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,154 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Seventh Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Try to find a way to relax as stress / anxiety affects sleep. I know it's hard with work as there isn't the structure at home, together with everything else going on.

    It's already quite warm and has been for a few hours, I'm sure you will enjoy tending the garden.

    No thanks button here or in landscape either!
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    edited 21 May 2020 at 7:07PM
    I agree the thanks button has been lost overnight!!!! lol. It is gorgeous already. It is going to be a scorcher, you can feel it already.I watered the garden and have left the greenhouse open as it's going to be warm. I have done much more weeding than I wanted to today. Ive washed two loads of bedclothes one day left then it's half term, and made scones, work have sorted me out after yesterday's mistake, one week to payday hurrah. Have a lovely day all. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,517 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Glad work is sorted. You have been busy you should sleep tonight 😴 

    Thanks button is back 🤗
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
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