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  • HairyHandofDartmoor
    HairyHandofDartmoor Posts: 13,960 Forumite
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    Great news about the pension Cumbria :).

    Housework is a drudge but how uncomfortable life becomes if we don't do it.

    Time spent with DGS must feel very precious, how well I remember taking my DC to swimming lessons :).
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  • beanielou
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    Cumbria_lass wrote: »
    Today has been the usual housework cleaning, washing drudge. Had my waxing and got 10% off on loyalty points. Took DGS to his swimming lesson reminiscent of my own children.

    Have done some pension looking at today , my old bank pensions website has a forecast quote you can do and I was pleasantly surprised at the forecast. Not millions of pounds but not to be sniffed at considering it was non contributory . It has made me very determined to get rid of the remaining debt in the next 18 months .

    Tomorrow is about shopping and ironing , oh the exciting life I lead.

    Great news :j:j
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  • Onebrokelady
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    Sorry to hear about your poor dad Cumbria but hopefully there will be a positive outcome,it's good they have caught it early too
    Good news on the pension though
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  • Willowtree222
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    great about the pension.

    I am lidl and ironing too. x
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  • Sun_Addict
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    Some good news about the pension Cumbria, fab :)

    I'm at Aldi today plus cleaning - ironing is always on the cards for me. Rock 'n' roll :rotfl:
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • doingitanyway
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    Good news on the pension find!
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  • redofromstart
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    Brilliant news on the pension, non contribution are rare as hens teeth now.

    I am afraid I treated the early years homework as optional. Unnecessary pressure on them (and the parents), so we just did the reading unless the project was something a boy wanted to do. The reading was bad enough, DS1 is very fact/analytical based and couldn't give a monkeys what Flopsy Bunny had for tea. Tears all round with tedious regularity.
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  • Seasidegal58
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    redofromstart wrote: »
    DS1 is very fact/analytical based and couldn't give a monkeys what Flopsy Bunny had for tea. Tears all round with tedious regularity.

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  • System
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    All things done and ready for work tomorrow, but the pesky cough is back again. I hope it doesn't keep me awake tonight.

    Have finally done all transfers after being paid on Friday , I am back to paying everything properly, the CC should be below £3000 next month, so it's going the right way. Excited to see how much I can get it down to by December .
  • Willowtree222
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    My little one has to read the same story three times because that's her school rule. She reads it once, understands it, answers the questions and then doesn't read the words next time, just quotes it from memory, but they wont change her book until she's read it three times exactly. Little one wont tell them she's read it either. x
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