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My journey to a debt free life
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Your poor daughter, I hope she soon feels better.
If I get as far as organising this, I am going to prepare to repaint the white gloss everywhere in the house should I need to self-isolate. I am noticing how much needs to be done now the daylight is stronger! Do you end up browsing Pinterest for ideas as well?
I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)
Fashion on the Ration 2025: Fabric 2, men's socks 3, Duvet 7.5, 2 t-shirts 10, men's socks 3, uniform top 0, hat 0, shoes 5 = 30.5/68
2024: Trainers 5, dress 7, slippers 5, 2 prs socks (gift) 2, 3 prs white socks 3, t-shirts x 2 10, 6 prs socks: mostly gifts 6, duvet set 7.5 = 45.5/68 coupons
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Cherryfudge said:Your poor daughter, I hope she soon feels better.
If I get as far as organising this, I am going to prepare to repaint the white gloss everywhere in the house should I need to self-isolate. I am noticing how much needs to be done now the daylight is stronger! Do you end up browsing Pinterest for ideas as well?
Yep I've now noticed how all my gloss looks like it needs redoing now I've painted the outside of the bathroom door the rest of the paint work looks awful on the landing
I do look at Pinterest but I have to limit myself on there or hours go by and I've not noticed 😂Original Debt Owed Jan 18 = £17,630 Paid To Date = £6,736 Owed = £10,8944 -
I hope your daughter feels better soon and it's nothing nasty. There are so many bugs going round and unfortunately everyone starts to think of Coronavirus at the moment. Someone sitting next to me at work yesterday looked so poorly, I commented and she assured me she had been diagnosed with a throat infection and was actually on the mend. Just thought I'd check...
I need to do so much decorating, now it's brighter everywhere is showing up as grubby, I don't know why I bother cleaning it still looks the same. If we all have to go into self isolation the next thing folks will start stockpiling is paint!
I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)3 -
Sun_Addict said:I hope your daughter feels better soon and it's nothing nasty. There are so many bugs going round and unfortunately everyone starts to think of Coronavirus at the moment. Someone sitting next to me at work yesterday looked so poorly, I commented and she assured me she had been diagnosed with a throat infection and was actually on the mend. Just thought I'd check...
I need to do so much decorating, now it's brighter everywhere is showing up as grubby, I don't know why I bother cleaning it still looks the same. If we all have to go into self isolation the next thing folks will start stockpiling is paint!
Ive had the same, the sun has been shining and everything looks like it needs brightening up 😊
Original Debt Owed Jan 18 = £17,630 Paid To Date = £6,736 Owed = £10,8943 -
😢😢The decorating will be being out on hold until the weekend,I went out to clean out the 🐓🐓while I waited for the paint to dry and on the way back to the house I slipped down the garden steps,I landed on my bum but put my hand down so I've jarred my back and arm 😟it was funny because I had just spent a few minutes in the run dusting all the sawdust off my clothes so I wouldn't take it in the house and I ended up covered in mud leaves and chicken poop 😀Original Debt Owed Jan 18 = £17,630 Paid To Date = £6,736 Owed = £10,8943
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Oh dear, OBL. Do take care of yourself. It's surprising how many little aches & pains can pop up from falling, as I found to my cost following my flying kitchen stunt some weeks ago.2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
2) To read 100 books (36/100) 3) The Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards" (Soren Kirkegaard 1813-55)1 -
Oh dear sorry about your fall OBL, you've been doing so well with your decorating too.
I hope DD feels better soon too. It certainly won't be her fault if anyone is ill beause of her as her bosses made her go in.Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS1 -
Onebrokelady said:😢😢The decorating will be being out on hold until the weekend,I went out to clean out the 🐓🐓while I waited for the paint to dry and on the way back to the house I slipped down the garden steps,I landed on my bum but put my hand down so I've jarred my back and arm 😟it was funny because I had just spent a few minutes in the run dusting all the sawdust off my clothes so I wouldn't take it in the house and I ended up covered in mud leaves and chicken poop 😀
I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)
Fashion on the Ration 2025: Fabric 2, men's socks 3, Duvet 7.5, 2 t-shirts 10, men's socks 3, uniform top 0, hat 0, shoes 5 = 30.5/68
2024: Trainers 5, dress 7, slippers 5, 2 prs socks (gift) 2, 3 prs white socks 3, t-shirts x 2 10, 6 prs socks: mostly gifts 6, duvet set 7.5 = 45.5/68 coupons
20.5 coupons used in 2020. 62.5 used in 2021. 94.5 remaining as of 21/3/223 -
I'm having a lazy last day of my holiday today, I can't decorate because I hurt my shoulder when I fell, I thought I had got away with it but the area round my right shoulder blade is throbbing like hell along with my elbow and wrist
Yesterday I had a Fibromyalgia flare up and felt like I had been run over by a truck,I got up in the morning and took B out but felt so bad i took a load of painkillers and went back to bed until about half three,I'm back at work tomorrow so this is really bad timing
Friday was a nice day,my friend came and picked me up and we went to a local garden centre for a look round and lunch, we had a really nice time, I didn't buy any plants but I did buy a big bag of mealworms that actually worked out cheaper than the ones I buy in Wilkos and I bought a metal tray that you use to put food out for ground feeding birds,I want it to put the 🐓🐓 treats on so they aren't eating them off the run floor
I have done a couple of jobs today so the 🐓🐓 have been cleaned out and I wiped all around the surfaces in my kitchen and living room with disinfectant
Me and DD just popped down to our local Mr T because I wanted some more oranges and bananas,I was also very naughty and bought a large bar of fruit and nut chocolate,I'm eating that today and then I need to crack on with eating healthily again, my diet has gone out the window while I've been off,I hope I can still get in my work trousers tomorrow
Talking of work, I really don't want to go back tomorrow, at the moment it seems like the calm before the storm but after watching the news and seeing how bad it is in Italian hospitals im wondering how we are going to cope,their healthcare system of far more superior than ours and they have almost collapsed under the strain, knowing how badly my hospital is staffed at the moment does not make me confident about handling the amount of patients we might have to look after, obviously my ward is a children's ward but we will probably be redeployed elsewhere if the hospital is busy so could end up anywhere
I saw an interview with Jeremy Hunt the other day and he looked really worried and he should because he knows how much damage he did to the NHS when he was health secretaryOriginal Debt Owed Jan 18 = £17,630 Paid To Date = £6,736 Owed = £10,8944 -
Glad your DD is feeling better but sorry to hear about your fall and the fibromyalgia flare up. I don't blame you feeling apprehensive about going back to work it does rather feel like the calm before the storm, it's a terrible time.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)3
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