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  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,360 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    smallholdingsister wrote: »
    It was a year and a half ago...but moving again in 2018!

    Just got on the exam board site and v.v.pleased with results.

    Excellent news. Well done!:T
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Good stuff, SHS, I'm glad to hear it.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • AlexLK
    AlexLK Posts: 6,125 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Pleased to hear about your results and hope your husbands were equally as good. :)
    2018 totals:
    Savings £11,200
    Mortgage Overpayments £5,500
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    They were, Alex. Thanks.

    Decorating today. Dulux one coat my a r s e.
  • Silence101
    Silence101 Posts: 396 Forumite
    100 Posts Third Anniversary Combo Breaker
    smallholdingsister wrote: »
    They were, Alex. Thanks.

    Decorating today. Dulux one coat my a r s e.
    We decorated a room in turquoise once, needless to say, we need a lot more than one coat to cover it up. :rotfl:
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    This was covering a pale apricot so no excuse there.
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    Good morning! Today Farmer Phil is coming to take down some hideous Leylandii and reduce some other trees so our polytunnel can get light.

    I am going to start on bedroom 2 painting, and do the fun bits in bedroom 1 like putting up curtains.

    Hope everyone has a great Saturday.
  • EatingTheElephant
    EatingTheElephant Posts: 1,373 Forumite
    Just catching up SHS, good to hear you putting your own stamp on the place. Huge congratulations on the A level results too.

    I've been quite surprised at diy livery I've seen advertised recently, usually around £20-£25 per week.
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    Surprised cheap or expensive?

    I was thinking £20 a week without a sandschool.
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hurray to getting rid of leylandii! So, what plans have you got so far for what to plant up in the polytunnel? Vicariously excited for you :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
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