Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

HairyHandofDartmoor

redofromstart said:

Happy birthday for yesterday HHOD, sounded like a good day and thoughtful gifts.

Thanks Redo . It was the best it could have been in the circumstances and DH and the DC were very sweet .

Sun_Addict

Glad you enjoyed your birthday under the circumstances. Great idea to order gardening stuff online. Everything grows like mad in our garden especially weeds, drives me nuts. Buttercups are particularly rampant but loathe pulling them up because they’re so cheerful to look at.

HairyHandofDartmoor

We have lovely weeds in our garden walls that have purple flowers, but they're making the cement crumble and forcing the bricks apart so I need to pull them out. Buttercups are nice, they remind me of my childhood .

milann

Happy belated birthday 🎂🍷🎂🎁💐
enjoy your gardening - I’d planned doing a bit today but ended up with technology problems then read stories to my gks via t’internet.....maybe tomorrow👍

teafor2

Hi HHD Your birthday evening sounds perfect and it's nice to place the garden order and have something to look forward to. I was listening to the announcement about self-employed people and thought it sounded fair enough compared to what else has already been announced for businesses. That was until he got to the implemented in June part. It's a ridiculous amount of time for people to have to wait for help. xx

HairyHandofDartmoor

milann said:

Happy belated birthday 🎂🍷🎂🎁💐
enjoy your gardening - I’d planned doing a bit today but ended up with technology problems then read stories to my gks via t’internet.....maybe tomorrow👍

Thanks Milann . What would we do without the internet .

teafor2 said:

Hi HHD Your birthday evening sounds perfect and it's nice to place the garden order and have something to look forward to. I was listening to the announcement about self-employed people and thought it sounded fair enough compared to what else has already been announced for businesses. That was until he got to the implemented in June part. It's a ridiculous amount of time for people to have to wait for help. xx

Thanks TF2 . Yes the June bit is ridiculous 😡. The government are always reluctant to help the self employed for some reason. They're square pegs in round holes maybe and the government are suspicious of them 🤔.

Sunshine_girl2

Your birthday celebrations sound just right in the circumstances. I hope your DH can get some benefit from the government self employed package . Your plants in the garden look lovely in their pots. 

HairyHandofDartmoor

Thanks Sunshine .

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Another one here who loves buttercups.  I even like the dandelions, such cheerful flowers.  Shame everyone views them as a nuisance and kills them off.  We get lots of wild poppies at the end of our garden nearest the fields beyond.  One of my favourite flowers and always a very  welcome sign of summer.

Wishing everyone another lovely sunny day even if we can't go very far afield to enjoy it.

Willowtree222

Sounds like it was the best considering the situation. x