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I've got to get going - but I had to read your diary
Washing machine's just finished, I think I'm going to drape it around the house at the moment, there's a frost here, no use putting it out right now. Or maybe there is, after what RT posted!2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
I think my income tax form is completed - earliest ever! Usually, when I get to this point, I'm in agonies over double entering the French figures, stuff like that. And, um, I'm still not quite sure everything is in the right place ... but I agree with what they say I owe (just Class 2 NICs). I'm shocked, but in a good way
I'm still not going to submit it, I'll go over it again on Monday, but I'm a happy bunny right now.
So after this, and after paying the Class 2s, it's going to be about reordering the French papers (different end-of-tax-year date) and submitting them to the French accountant, via email. Which is easy. I'm really shocked :rotfl:2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
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One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
Wow that used to be on your to do list for a long time, glad it’s been fine so quickly!
Have a great weekend x15/5/12 Paid off Mortgage 1 (£220k) Bought Dream House:www: Dec 13 - Mortage 2 -£116,508. 15/7/18 Mortgage Free Again :j
Progress not Perfection0 -
Yep, I'm happy
thank both!
I kept on bagging up garden rubbish yesterday, and then scanning, it's made me feel like I'm starting to get on top of things
:j:j:j
Though my "topics to do" list is still 12 long :rotfl:but it *was* 15
I wanted to do a bonfire of branches today, but its very soggy out there as well as cold, so probably not on. We'll see. I've done a supermarket order for next Thursday (must investigate the 5% off voucher deals that edinburgher and greent use) but as the weather clears, I shall be out and about :beer:2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
The Harry Potter trip sounds really interesting and I’ve learnt so much about hanging out washing!
I love the phrase about using to destruction. That is what I have been doing over the past year or so, but not really put a name to it. It is so satisfying to use something until it is worn out. Makes you really feel as if you’ve got your moneys worth!0 -
That whole hanging out washing riff was brilliant, wasn't it
rant alert
And using to destruction is my fave phrase from the KM thread on here, on Old Style ... it's crucial environmentally that we use up something we already have, something that's already manufactured, to get the most out of that energy input. It's a win financially, because it keeps our costs down - using something up to only 90% and calling it good enough wastes that remaining 10%, there's no doubt about it. And it's just **satisfying**, to know that you've got your money's worth, as you say!
/end rant2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Couldn't agree more!Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway0 -
That whole hanging out washing riff was brilliant, wasn't it
rant alert
And using to destruction is my fave phrase from the KM thread on here, on Old Style ... it's crucial environmentally that we use up something we already have, something that's already manufactured, to get the most out of that energy input. It's a win financially, because it keeps our costs down - using something up to only 90% and calling it good enough wastes that remaining 10%, there's no doubt about it. And it's just **satisfying**, to know that you've got your money's worth, as you say!
/end rant
Not a rant at all, KC. Just good common sense as always from you:A
I've been a devotee of using to destruction for many many years. It's not just because I believe in it totally but also because I'm too skint to buy new while ever there's a breath of life left in whatever I'm using/wearing;)0 -
I like the idea of 'using to destruction'. I'm like that with many things. For example, I will not throw socks away until they actually have holes in them. My slippers have to fall apart before I get a new pair.
For things that still have life in them, but I no longer need them, there's always eBay, charity, rehoming etcEarly retired - 18th December 2014
If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough0
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