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Thank you both 😊 As ever, knowing that a bunch of 'strangers' on the Internet are thinking about you at times like this really makes a difference 😊 xxx
In other news, I think tomorrow the heating will go on. We are a draughty exposed farmhouse with thick stone walls, and we literally have a well in the cellar, which doesn't help 🙄😂 It's rained a LOT, and things are starting to feel a bit clammy and grim 🙄
I put the dehumidifier on in the living room earlier and it said 90% humidity 🙄😂 I know they're probably not entirely accurate, but it did feel quite damp in there (hence why I got the dehumidifier out...).
Thermostat says 14 degrees - we can manage at that, but obviously the house needs drying out a bit 🙄 So the thermostat will go up to 16 tomorrow, probably just in the evenings while we're sitting around - it never usually goes much beyond that anyway. No bad thing to test the boiler again before the winter 🙄5 -
So glad Mr C is home.Time to snuggle in xxI am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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Thanks beanie,
He was saying how much he was looking forward to a night with no beeping, but the flippin smoke alarm just woke us up - i assume the back up battery is going (its mains powered), or there's cobwebs in it, as there's clearly no fire 🙄4 -
Good to hear that Mr Cheery came home and anything serious ruled out.
Boo to the smoke alarm beeping waking you up this morning.5 -
Glad Mr Cheery is home and anything serious has been ruled out. I have been having beeping for almost a week now from the fire alarm. Even after changing the battery it is still beeping, so the electrician is coming over today as he thinks it might be faulty! We have several others so it is still safe but I wont be sorry to het the chirping to stopMe, DD1 20, DS 18, DD2 15, Debt Free 04/18, Single Mum since 11/194
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Also very glad to hear Mr C is home, and serious things ruled out - hooray for the NHS, even when there’s a strike on!
You couldn’t make it up about the beeping! How annoying!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 Hemingway5 -
So pleased Mr Cheery is home and there is a plan. Always grateful for the NHS3
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Pleased Mr C is safely home. xx2025 Decluttering 17207⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Eek to the beeping.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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Fabulous news Cheery & wishing Mr. Cheery a peaceful recovery snooze today!
4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)Original Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)2
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