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

redofromstart

We have a church next door, mostly quiet but the bells do get to you sometimes especially if they forget to turn them off at night which does not help my insomnia at all.
Also on the secondary flight path, and close to M way so really noticing the silence, its like Christmas day!  
Totally agree with you about the value of being outside, I will be sad if it gets stopped due to the non compliant minority.

HairyHandofDartmoor

It would be awful to be confined to the house and garden . I really hope that doesn't happen or I'd have to go out every day on the pretext of buying food or medicine, but I would miss seeing nature in the park. I'm very good at giving people a wide berth (unlike certain others) so I wouldn't do any harm.

beanielou

Sounds like you had a really lovely day 

Onebrokelady

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

Nicnak said:

I agree about the water! wow! 
You at least have a plan and great news that DH is eligible for some money, albeit June. x

Thanks Nicnak . Yes the price of water in Devon is scandalous 😡😭 and with 4-5 adults in the house a meter wouldn't be any cheaper for us, plus we'd be scared to use water.

Yep water here is eye wateringly expensive,it annoys me because we are charged lots to keep the  water in the tourist areas clean but our wages are so rubbish we can't afford to visit the very beaches we rate paying extra for 😡

Onebrokelady

foxgloves said:

We've just been notified that only our main waste bin will be emptied until further notice. There will be no emptying of our recycling wheelie bins or our garden waste ones, which in normal times are emptied fortnightly.
We've been told to put recycling in our main waste bin in the interim. 
F

Oh that's a shame, our council are still collecting normally at the moment but I'm not sure how long this will carry on, there was a bit on the news earlier saying that some councils will be cutting their services, I wonder if we would get a reduction in our council tax if that happens 

Onebrokelady

milann said:

We have planes going over every minute or so - on the flight path to Manchester. I have noticed it’s a lot quieter. We have a young couple next door on one side - they have spent the last couple of years knocking down and rebuilding every wall in the house (or that’s what it feels like). But it’s stopped now 👍 The other side is a family with a teenager and tweenager - it’s a constant kicking of a football - he had just started to go out to the local park giving us a bit of respite from the ball coming over every 5 minutes.....now poor lad is confined to the garden again.....so our garden isn’t particularly peaceful either. I do love the model train track we have though. I’m wanting to be doing a bit to that over the summer.

I love that you have a model train track in your garden,I would love one in mine, I am actually considering a model village though when I don't have anymore chickens to wreck it,I'm determined to at least make a fairy garden in one of the large pots on my patio,my little dogs ashes are buried in the pot so it would be nice to make a feature of it, do you or your husband buy or make the buildings on your railway 

Onebrokelady

The park you went to looks lovely and there's plenty of space to avoid other people so hopefully you will be able to keep going, I would really miss not being able to just go for a walk and don't know what B would be like because she doesn't like going to the toilet in the garden 

Munchin

Hi HHD

Just catching up on diaryland. Hope you are keeping safe in these strange times. M

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Hope everyone is well and coping.  Lovely and sunny here but so cold again!  Very high winds during the night. it's often windy in this rural spot but not often as bad as last night.  Even with the old double glazing (most of which still blocks out the sound) I could still hear things blowing about.  Been out first light to help DH secure the roof of the summerhouse which had partly blown off.  I think I'll count that as my exercise for today LOL, don't fancy venturing out again. Lots of twigs and even small branches all over the grass.  I got up at 2 to make us a cup of tea only to find there was a power cut.  No idea when it started but it didn't come back on until about 4.30.  We get a lot of power cuts out here and I hope the wonderful engineers who have to go out in all weathers to keep supplies going are managing to cope and stay well.

I noticed your reasons for the exorbitant water bills, HHOD, and your broadband/phone but did I read it correctly that your nPower bill is £45 A WEEK???  I know DH works from home as do your sons (I think) but things like computers, lights  etc don't use all that much electricity and you keep the tumble dryer usage down to a minimum.  Are you sure you're on the best tariff?  I don't think nPower features among many people's supplier of choice either.

Enjoy your day (as much as is possible in the circumstances) xxx

doingitanyway

Your diary is fast moving so I missed that you will get financial support as a S/E person. Pleased to hear that. So many people are worried about the recession on its way and I understand that but the priority just now is keeping yourself healthy and well. You are doing so well.
Well done on keeping active and productive. Having a garden is such a bonus when we are so housebound.
Enjoy your Sunday.