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  • elizabethhull
    elizabethhull Posts: 767 Forumite
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    Yellow-stickered food is just as good as other colours! Your meals always sound inventive and well-balanced.
  • Hiddenidenity
    Hiddenidenity Posts: 5,423 Forumite
    I agree your food always sounds lovely :D
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,653 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Positive vibes for the window frame :)
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  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Hope you're doing well and enjoying some sun?

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    MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal :D
    Winter 17/18 Savings Rate Goal: 25% [October 30%] :T
    Declutter 60 items before 31.03.18 9/60 ** LSDs Target 10 for March 03/10 **AFDs 10/15 ** Sales/TCB Target 2018 £25/£500 NSDs Target 10 for March 02/10 Trying to be a Frugalista:rotfl::T
  • poohbear59
    poohbear59 Posts: 4,866 Forumite
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    Thank you for the comments about our food. I try to remember to share as our meals are always frugal and sometimes very frugal.

    Last night we had tacos with our own recipe rather than buying a kit. Very yummy. It felt like a real treat. Tonight we have freshly caught trout. A present from a friend. Not sure how to serve it yet. I have been advised to follow the FODMAP diet by my GP, so some foods are restricted.

    I gave myself a foot spa yesterday. It was very relaxing. I found it in a book called A Year of Puttery Treats. My counsellor recommended I do 'girly things' like go to a spa for relaxation but I made my own mini spa in the sunshine yesterday. It really confused my girls (hens) who thought they might try to drink the water. Lavender infused Epsom salts are probably not very good for hens ��

    I have been recommended more self care so thinking of free things to do. ...

    Window frame is not stuck together yet. I chickened out. Maybe today ��
    business mortgage £0))''(+ Barclay's business kitchen loan £0=Total paid off was £96105 PPI claimed and received £13527
    'I had a black dog, his name was depression".
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,653 Ambassador
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    No.You did not chicken out.
    You just deceided not to to do it at that moment in time.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • poohbear59
    poohbear59 Posts: 4,866 Forumite
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    Thank you beanie. A much better way of looking at it.

    Today I have repaired a very noisy toilet and have received the part I ordered to repair my laptop (9.45), much cheaper than a trip to the repair shop. I am going to try to repair it. It needed a new charging jack socket and I have found a really clear video on YouTube. Now I need the correct size screwdriver... Going to see if I can borrow one...


    My hands and arms are incredibly painful tonight or I might have already attempted the repair..
    business mortgage £0))''(+ Barclay's business kitchen loan £0=Total paid off was £96105 PPI claimed and received £13527
    'I had a black dog, his name was depression".
  • Knit_Witch
    Knit_Witch Posts: 4,436 Forumite
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    poohbear59 wrote: »
    Thank you beanie. A much better way of looking at it.

    Today I have repaired a very noisy toilet and have received the part I ordered to repair my laptop (9.45), much cheaper than a trip to the repair shop. I am going to try to repair it. It needed a new charging jack socket and I have found a really clear video on YouTube. Now I need the correct size screwdriver... Going to see if I can borrow one...


    My hands and arms are incredibly painful tonight or I might have already attempted the repair..

    Have you got a sewing machine screwdriver? they are normally about the right size for laptops as well ;)
    Must use my stash up!
  • poohbear59
    poohbear59 Posts: 4,866 Forumite
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    Thank you knitwitch. I did have one and it worked well. I took the laptop apart to fit the part, with some help from DS2 as he was brave enough to pull some parts of the casing apart that I was afraid to damage. Sadly the part didn't fit and despite knowing what we need I can't find the part online. I will probably try the manufacturers on Monday.
    business mortgage £0))''(+ Barclay's business kitchen loan £0=Total paid off was £96105 PPI claimed and received £13527
    'I had a black dog, his name was depression".
  • Bubblesmum
    Bubblesmum Posts: 1,778 Forumite
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    Waving madly, full of admiration for attempting to mend lap top...
    As a dear MSE friend says “keep plodding” or
    What does the saying say.... When life hands you lemons, make lemonade
    Or as my Mum would say, brush yourself down, tomorrow is another day or
    Fake it, to you Make It

    Please say hello my new diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6578460/still-dancing-to-blow-the-debt-clouds-away
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