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  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,778 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Yay to yummy strawberries 🍓😊 Hope you have a lovely weekend in your garden but make sure you take plenty of breaks on that lovely swing of yours ☺️
    ❤️Mum 2018
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House cash purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 & left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year

    ❤️Dad 2025

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  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,622 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    I asked if i could stay at home today as most of my work cant be done till Monday. It's fine so I am going to mow grass and plant petunias today and then meet a work friend for her birthday. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,587 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 2 July 2021 at 9:35AM
    Enjoy your strawberries. Loved the deer post :)
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 350/1000
    Buffer fund 100/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/07/2025
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,622 Forumite
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    Bless you doingitanyway. 

    Two of my friends are having breakdowns at the moment with all the work from this nightmare year. I am soo grateful to have been able to make it (by the skin of my teeth).  I am looking forward to a tidying weekend with no work at all. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,174 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Seventh Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hope your gardening went well and lunch was savoured.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,622 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    edited 2 July 2021 at 4:29PM
    Ok it took all day to mow the grass, my garden is big and blood sugars drop all the time in the heat so i had to keep resting. Then i started to tackle some weeds the weed pile is huge at the bottom of the garden.  No petunias planted and there are about 20 of them. lol. 

    I cancelled going out as too tired. I will have tuna and rice and veg for tea. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,174 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Seventh Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hope you're feeling better after eating and a rest.

    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,622 Forumite
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    I am and planted 10 of my bargain petunias today. They are just the bargain one's that were 50p for a tray with no flowers or buds yet so we shall see if they grow. I do hope so. I have 10 more to plant tomorrow. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,174 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Seventh Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    They should do, just need to settle in and will reward you with colour.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,622 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    edited 3 July 2021 at 5:54PM
    I hope so they are looking a bit bedragged lol. Still I am trying. It has rained on and off all day. I had a two hour walk for lots of fruit. £23 spent. Am planning to rest for a bit then sort out my petunias. 

    All of the purple petunias have planted and i have slug pellets in too.  I still have a few odd plants left over and am deciding which areas i can clear to put them in for next week. It is just so good to have the weekend off and not have to lesson plan. 

    I have eaten lots of lovely fruit instead of snacking on rubbish. 

    My plan for tomorrow is to vaccuum, mop, clean fridge.

    Jobs for next week:
    Clear the weeds from the paths
    Sort my wardrobe and put unworn things away.

     
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
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