Must try harder!

WinterWarrior

@dawnybabes can I come for tea? I can see the cheese and peppers, but can’t quite work out what it is...but I’m willing to dig right in! 

Onebrokelady

WinterWarrior said:

I hope your half brother lives up to our Canadian mounty dreams @Onebrokelady...please don’t shatter them 🤣
I would love a rescue donkey...but I don’t think the cats would approve 😁 Have you seen Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pony and donkey on Facebook? They go in the house and are so lovely! 

Last time I saw him he would have ( over 6ft tall,blond, blue eyes, good looking ) but that was 20 odd years ago so I've no idea what he looks like now 😀

Onebrokelady

CRANKY40 said:

The late MrC was actually ok at house stuff if you didn't count the 4 months out of 7 away at sea. I used to write a list each day of house jobs and ask him which ones he wanted to do. I did sleep nearest to the bedroom door though so I didn't have to tell him off for leaving clothes and/or a pile of junk on the floor round his side of the bed. Just as he was beginning to get on my nerves he went back to sea. It was a fabulous way to live. 

My ex partner was away at sea for three months then home for 6 weeks,it worked really well until he got made redundant and we discovered we couldn't spend more than 6 weeks together without wanting to strangle each other 😀

WinterWarrior

Haha, yes...him coming off shifts was hard at first, then moving to working from home even harder. Before that I had the house to myself at least during the day while I worked..it was lovely and quiet. Now I’m expected to make lunch every single day 😫

dawnybabes

WinterWarrior said:

@dawnybabes can I come for tea? I can see the cheese and peppers, but can’t quite work out what it is...but I’m willing to dig right in! 

It’s beef and black bean sort of chilli on potato wedges 

WinterWarrior

Happy Friday everyone, we are here at last 🤩
I’m never quite sure why I get excited about Fridays as it’s still a work day, not a pay day and nothing different happens after work, but there it is, somehow it still feels better 😁
I got a bit spendy yesterday ordering birthday cards, soap, face cream and general frittering, so today I am declaring no spend day 6. I need a lot more of these now 🙄. I am aiming for 15 again, but my bank account says make it 30 😬 (sorry pots) 😬
The possible inheritance may come in next week, but although it’s preying on my mind I still daren’t count on it until it arrives. I have paid things off and done the virtual money shuffle a thousand times already...it’s a bit like those ‘what would I do if I won the lottery’ dreams on a much smaller scale..I always disagree with MrWW about that...I want to help everyone out with generous amounts and he wants to hoard all the winnings for himself 🤣 we usually have to split it down the middle so I can share my millions and he can spend his 🤣 We must be the only people who bicker about millions we haven’t even won 😁
I am reading the fifth Fox & O’Hare book, the Pursuit. I think that’s about number 45 this yr, I shall have to check my list. I’m on track to beat the last 2 years of reading...welcome to my fast paced life!
I hope you all have a wonderful Friday, that your workloads are low and your partners/children/pets behave ⭐️🌺🌸

efes_shareholder

I agree re the lotto , a big win could make such a difference to so many people and organisations its gluttony not to share ...............I mean how much money can one person possibly spend or am i asking that question on the wrong boards !! 

WinterWarrior

efes_shareholder said:

I agree re the lotto , a big win could make such a difference to so many people and organisations its gluttony not to share ...............I mean how much money can one person possibly spend or am i asking that question on the wrong boards !! 

Well we could see it as a challenge 🤣 but I think the amount of joy you would get from seeing (deserving) friends and family set for life would be just as much fun as spending it. 

CRANKY40

For what it's worth I'd share if  won a lot of money too. Fingers crossed for the possble inheritance. If you're trying to work out what to pay it's probably a good idea to make a sensible list on paper some time soon. I'd factor in a treat for yourself too, just because you can. 

WinterWarrior

CRANKY40 said:

For what it's worth I'd share if  won a lot of money too. Fingers crossed for the possble inheritance. If you're trying to work out what to pay it's probably a good idea to make a sensible list on paper some time soon. I'd factor in a treat for yourself too, just because you can. 

I may have about eleventybillion lists already 🤭 paper, excel, notebook, in my head....planning is fun 😁
My loans are both smaller now, the biggest just over a year to go and the smallest ends this year, so I will be able to wipe them out and have a little to start a proper EF. It has been discussed and offered, but I really won’t feel it until I physically have it. I would swap it gladly to have my dad back, but it is what it is and I don’t want him haunting me over any bad decisions 👻 I do plan on a treat for both me and MrWW so we have something nice.