NST: October: Letting go of the love of stuff.

traveller

Morning everyone. Thanks for the well wishes I took a one of my daughters hayfever tablets yesterday and the itching has stopped,so i'm very happy. And in a weird way i'm not too fussed about the boiler-yet :)Hear me out I'm the type of person who is always cold and never really has the heating off. I've also been getting very annoyed with my eldest who works from home. I hardly charge him anything as I want him to get his business off the ground without loans ect, but he has no real appreciation and there have been times when I've come home and even for me, the house is boiling, this is made worse as he'll switch it off just before in. So the radiators are luke warm but the house is baking meaning it was on all day :mad: I was dreading waking up this morning to a cold house, but it was not noticeably cold and the hot water is the main headache. I did expect to be in meltdown, but I'll just keep pottering along until I get it sorted. Does anyone know what a new boiler fitting entails and how long it all takes. I just hope it's not days on end and digging up of floor board :eek: Added to this, I have no annual leave until 1st November left

LSK i'm glad your daughters party went well. Bob I hope you and the little one are doing well. Calling well done on doing loads of DIY yourself, i'm not the best at that sort of thing at all Well have a good day everyone and take care

dolly84

traveller - when we had our new boiler it was a 2 day job but that was because we originally had a fire back boiler and we were changing to a modern boiler in a totally different position so they had to remove the old one and the gas fire and put piping and electric in for the new one. If you are just swapping the old one and not moving it it should be quite stress free.

traveller

Thanks Dolly

Calling14

Really quick check in from me paid 30.00 off the cards today.

Having a naff day in work, how can one guys bad mood rub off on everyone grrr.
Another SFD for me 5/20 oops going to be focused rest of the month.

dizzyblnd

Nsd 6 today. Training day which meant lunch free at work n dinner was from the freezer. I totally forgot breakfast this morning n this has made me feel hungry all day.

crazy_cat_lady

I've hit nsd 8 today (must update signature). It's been a bit of a 'meh' kind of day all in all. Nothing great, nothing awful - just a bit middle of the road. Countdown to payday starts here.

misstara

A NSD here today, 8/20. Still doing well on the no chocolate front - did have half a chocolate brownie over the weekend but no chocolate bars

My loan payment went out today so now up to 59% paid getting there slowly. First day at new job, was good but a lot of information to take in.

WelshKitty85

Hi everyone!

It has definitely turned much colder here today and our heating is on! However, I've had a battle in work to get the heating turned on there. My office is open to the public and next to an automatic door, so it gets chilly every time the door opens. However, the people in the offices upstairs have decided it's not cold enough for the heating and we can't just have it on downstairs as the heat 'will spread'! Nonetheless I won the battle and it's being turned on tomorrow!

Spent on lunch today as it was so cold - 95p on soup to warm me up!

Another business order collected and paid for today. Getting my shop keys tomorrow.

andrar

A NSD today as expected, hopefully I'll rack them up this week as only really need to do a top up shop towards end of the week. Away with work at the mo so had a lovely dinner that I didn't have to pay for nom nom.

Night everyone!

Bobarella

Hi All

Traveller -thanks for the mention. Yes we are both fine thank you. It is funny getting used to the routine of having a baby again. She's very different to my son so far. We've nicknamed her Miss Mouse because she is so mild and you don't know you've got her, until she's hungry she is already doing stints in the moses basket. DS wouldn't let me put him down for the first 4 months and we had a devil of a job creating an evening routine . So she is a novelty so far!
On boilers. We had one year when the boiler at the flat we rent out went and we had just installed a new one at our house! I recommend the brand Worcester Bosch they are known to be very reliable. We haven't had a days worry with ours. Cost around £2k. Wasn't a big job in our case either.

Calling - well done with the PAD today!

Skintlittledragon- I agree it's money well spent on creating memories..

Dolly -sounds a great arrangement on the hand me downs.

Apple - I did reply to your DM btw did you get that?

MissTara - well done on being 59% paid off!

CCL - GO you on the NSD count

Dizzy - Glad there is such a thing as a free lunch

Thrifty - it is such a tricky one knowing when to put the heating on isn't it. I think you've made the right choice though.

I hope I haven't missed anyone news? It has now slipped into tommorow as I got up to change a nappy in between

We are doing alright. Not pushing on much this month but treading water ready for better days, still with a full emergency fund despite needing to contribute to gutter repairs at our flat, & a few other things like that.
Still very much using up every resource rather than wasting things. And can't really believe we are half way through the month this week.

Anyway rambling off to bed now!

Bob