Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)

KajiKita

Brie 

Poor scaredy cat Chloe!!  Did she bap her reflection??  One of mine would bap the mirror tentatively to judge how friendly "that other cat" might be.  And took great offence at a bag of mine that had a life size cat pictured on it.

No bapping. Lots of moving around and anxious body language. She was scared to walk past it. Calm has now been restored by turning it round! 😉

KK

LadyWithAPlan

How cute Go Chloe

dawnybabes

One of my friends had a one eyed cat and she used to attack and hiss at the Go-Cat box 

KajiKita

dawnybabes said:

One of my friends had a one eyed cat and she used to attack and hiss at the Go-Cat box 

Awww, bless her … ❤️

I have slept and slept this morning. Just couldn’t wake up. Stayed in bed, sleeping, two hours longer than normal and got up to find Mr KK had fed Chloe! 😂 I have a bit of sore throat so I suspect I needed it. 

No major plans today. Tidying, make a start on bark shifting (I have two cubic metres on the bottom of the drive to spread around the garden - it’s become a traditional Christmas chore to renew all the bark paths 😊), Mr KK’s washing wrangling and put the Toscos delivery away. Get that lit done and I will be happy 😊

KK

Watty1

Bless little Chloe

KajiKita

Washing wrangling pretty much done, after a late start, three loads! 

Much sitting in the sofa - Mr KK modelling at nine end, me cross stitching and reading at the other end, Chloe a peaceful, chilled out puddle in her bed under the Christmas tree. 

Mr KK did some wrapping and I did try to get out in the garden, but as soon as I was togged up and brought a wheelbarrow round to the bark bags it started throwing it down with windblown rain - I admitted defeat 😉🤷‍♀️😊

Updated all my financials instead and realised that I have some adjusting to do because of the shift of my pay date landing on last day of the month at my new employer where it used to be on the 25th of the month. My credit card payment is due on the 28th as is my (fairly large) monthly contribution to the joint account. I will transfer myself the gap for the joint account payment now from savings, and then I should be paid something at the end of December 🤞

Also contacted the CC company via chat and after some delay and a bit of back and forth, have moved the monthly payment date out to the 5th of the month. I will pay the whole balance off the card now though, as it seems to be running quite high. 

KK

PennysIntoPounds

The weather is the boss!
Chloe being a peaceful chilled out puddle in her bed under the Christmas tree is soothing my heart ❤️ 
Do you feel like maybe you want to have another conversation with Mr KK about contributions to the joint account? I know you have a great relationship and both contribute in different ways, but if there's underlying discomfort on your part about finances then new job change of pay dates and CC running high is the ideal time to bring it up

KajiKita

PennysIntoPounds said:

The weather is the boss!
Chloe being a peaceful chilled out puddle in her bed under the Christmas tree is soothing my heart ❤️ 
Do you feel like maybe you want to have another conversation with Mr KK about contributions to the joint account? I know you have a great relationship and both contribute in different ways, but if there's underlying discomfort on your part about finances then new job change of pay dates and CC running high is the ideal time to bring it up

Thanks for the concern, but it really is just a question of timing of monies in and out within the cycle of the month. 😊 Mr KK has already significantly increased his contribution to the joint account to allow me to take a lower / less intense job. Looking to the CC, it’s more that I want it as clear as possible before starting the new year, from the settlement payment I had, so I can see more clearly what I have left for OPs, transfers to pensions, house proj3cts etc, when my first full pay packet comes through at the end of January. Am I making sense?

KK

PennysIntoPounds

Absolute sense, good thinking. Just checking in case you needed it! x

KajiKita

PennysIntoPounds said:

Absolute sense, good thinking. Just checking in case you needed it! x

Always appreciated 😊

I’m reading through my year on here so I get a sense of what we have achieved, where we’ve won, where we need to focus next year etc. As well as the banter and the shared life experiences, the thing that comes through really clearly, is how kindly and effectively people here call things out. For me this is a critical aspect of true friendship. 

KK