Travelling On

earthgirl

Hope it all goes well.

I started reading at the same time as you KC, and started a diary a couple of years later in my late tewnties. I tried to live without a diary a few times but I didn't like it at all!

Karmacat

themadvix wrote: »

Thanks for the snapshot of the women in your family in WWI Karma - it was very interesting!

You sound like you had an excellent day yesterday - very productive. Not sure when you're off oop north, but I hope it all goes smoothly.

I hope you won't disappear from the boards if/when you feel like your diary has run its course (I'm sure you won't if it feels like home )

Thanks madvix The trip is Thursday - Monday, and Thursday night we'll have no cooker, no hob and no microwave :rotfl:they can have fish and chips, I can have chips, but I need my protein - maybe just a room temperature portion of lentils and onions :rotfl:

carbootcrazy wrote: »

Totally agree especially with the not disappearing bit:T. Lots of places on MSE to find a nice new home, KC:j.

I was wondering why you were travelling by train this time, KC, and not making the journey up north with your sister in her car. Maybe I misunderstood and you're both going by train this time. I know I'm nosy, sorry:o

Not nosy at all :kisses3: she never does that journey by car, actually, it's always by train
CBC, what do *you* consider your home on mse to be?

earthgirl wrote: »

Hope it all goes well.

I started reading at the same time as you KC, and started a diary a couple of years later in my late tewnties. I tried to live without a diary a few times but I didn't like it at all!

I completely understand that! :beer: My financial goals, though, are all short term - new kitchen, good savings accounts, figure out what I can properly spend on holidays each year, and stick to it. There aren't any deep future goals, like uni for the kids. The goal now isn't creating wealth (unless I manage to find the time to write and manage to write a blockbuster ) the goal is preserving wealth, and it just doesn't need the same focus, it doesn't. Not to me, anyway.

Karmacat

Talking of preserving wealth - railcards! Best wealth preserver ever!

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Karmacat wrote: »

CBC, what do *you* consider your home on mse to be?

Interesting question, KC? To me at least;)


I don't really have one, I'm a nomad hanging my hat wherever I find the company welcoming and interesting:o


What I have found is that there are so many lovely generous people all over MSE, all willing to offer non-judgemental advice and help when asked, comfort and understanding through the bad times and encouragement and motivation when a gentle kick up the rear might be necessary. I'm grateful to every one of them:A

I tend to spend a lot of my time on the Make up to £10 a Day Challenge although I haven't been participating fully for the past 3 months. I drop in to see how everyone is doing though and offer encouragement and praise. The lovely people on there have been invaluable over the years in my quest to become debt free. The DMP Support group has also become something of a second home, again full of lovely people who have made my slog out of debt so much easier


I also spend a fair amount of time cluttering up a few diaries, probably boring the pants off people who politely respond to my ramblings:o


I tend to visit the Techie forum (or whatever it's called) only in an emergency as I always come away feeling rather patronised. Fair enough I suppose, they're the experts and I'm just a techie numptie
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Maybe, just maybe, I'll start a diary of my own but I wouldn't know where to site it as my debt free journey will soon be over:j and my life isn't interesting enough to merit just a general account of events.:(

Karmacat

Thanks for that, CBC I was wondering about the challenges - back on the dfw board, of course, where I started I'm in the New York challenge now, just joined, I shall have a think. I still have a lot of diary-type-stuff to do before I close - renewing the kitchen, renewing all my utilities, checking net worth, and especially where to invest the new money. I've never even thought about it - while my mum was alive, I was always very aware she might need to spend it all on a care home. And even afterwards, I wasn't sure we'd be able to sell the house because of Reasons (as my beloved Captain Awkward says).

greent

As long as you're still going to hang around, Kc xx

Karmacat

greent wrote: »

As long as you're still going to hang around, Kc xx

:kisses3: Thank you!

maddiemay

KC I agree with greent, hope you are going to stick around:D

Positive vibes for the travelling etc tomorrow.

themadvix

Lentils and onions sounds good - they go all smushy and delicious when they've gone cold (Not that they're not delicious hot, just love 'em cold too)

Karmacat

maddiemay wrote: »

KC I agree with greent, hope you are going to stick around:D

Positive vibes for the travelling etc tomorrow.

Thanks maddie! Very kind :kisses3:

themadvix wrote: »

Lentils and onions sounds good - they go all smushy and delicious when they've gone cold (Not that they're not delicious hot, just love 'em cold too)

Yep, I think that's my route, rather than buying something ready made, which is often just full of stodge. Delicious smushiness is good

Today is all about getting ready, which includes cooking the food and deciding what cleaning equipment to take :eek: :rotfl: I'd like to do more, but that's the real priority. I didn't do much yesterday evening, quite tired and wet