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  • We have done some jobs today, mainly repairing damage done by the family (eg DH managing to spill port UP the sitting room wall, and DD1 scraping the paint off ths chimney breast in the kitchen when she changed the time on the clock)...
  • Power cut this evening. Great fun.
    A good day at work.One Homeland then bed.
  • Parents evening. Some charming one too obnoxious for words.
  • There is always (at least) one.
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
  • Thanks Squirrel. Shook me up though it shouldn't.
  • Courgette
    Courgette Posts: 3,242 Forumite
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    Hope your feet are healing. I always used to teach shoe-less too. I was also seen as a bit of an eccentric cos no one ever said anything to me either!
    Updating soon...
  • earthgirl
    earthgirl Posts: 3,762 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hope you are feeling ok now? Hope you have a good weekend.
    15/5/12 Paid off Mortgage 1 (£220k) Bought Dream House:www: Dec 13 - Mortage 2 -£116,508. 15/7/18 Mortgage Free Again :j

    Progress not Perfection
  • Feet are healing thanks. Will I ever learn?!

    Still shook up by the parent. It has put a dent in my weekend.
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,261 Forumite
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    Of course it has. Teaching is not only what you do, it is who you are; and when somebody attacks that, it cuts to the core of your being. Be kind to yourself today and enjoy your family x
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,133 Forumite
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    Àre you watching new series of homeland? Forget work, have a relaxing Sunday with your family.
    June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!
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