10 years to clear £334K - our FIRE journey

savingholmes

Just caught up. That's some back pay and OP this month. 

Good luck with applying for the new role.

CCW007

£9.12 cashed out from PA = £180 / £520.

Now on leave until after Christmas but will be busy with kitchen preps. OH is working until Wednesday then off Thursday and Friday.

OH reminded me he can't plumb in the radiator in one of the bedrooms until I have painted the wall it is going on and he needs to plumb that in before removing the plumbing in the kitchen so better get cracking!

Lunch out with old team today and lunch with old workmates tomorrow.  Plans for Christmas with family have changed again so likely to be seeing them before the new year.  Today's lunch wasn't cheap but tomorrow's is at a Spoons (not my choice) so won't be too expensive.   

Post arrived today and feels like there is a card for OH so hopefully we can get into the app and do the money transfer tonight / tomorrow then stuff it all in an ISA before the end of the week.

savingholmes

Good luck with the redecorating

CCW007

Oops, also forgot we are out for lunch on Saturday for OH's birthday. Lots of eating out this week!

Temp kitchen set up in the conservatory. FF needs to move into living room, cooker will be removed at the last minute, huge sink unit is staying in the kitchen but on skates to move it around. That thing is only ever going to leave the kitchen in pieces, how we got it in there I have no idea 😁

Dogs very confused and can't work out where they are supposed to sleep! 

Have found so much tinned stuff I had forgotten so need to hit the reverse meal planning thread. 11 cartons of silken tofu anyone?

savingholmes

Those sound pretty full on activities in the week before Xmas! You'll need your meals out from the sound of things.

CCW007

The ceiling is down in the living room and plasterer has confirmed he is still good for mid January.  Sink unit is too big to get out the room so will be unplumbed (is that a word?) and put on skates to make it moveable.

 
At the far end is the boxed in section out cat got stuck in which we had to cut open to rescue him which kick-started this process 😁

South_coast

Cats look to be exploring again - you'd better watch out 🤣!

CCW007

They are so into anything new, one of the cats almost managed to get up into the bathroom through a gap upstairs  

Great day on PA - £5 survey which was supposed to take 30 minutes but took about 15 and a random £10 bonus from a survey I completed a while ago. Have cashed out three times on PA this week

Up to £207.88 / £520 OP in two months so maybe I need to revisit £520 as an annual target!

Slow cooker Olio sausage casserole tonight - only paid for stock cubes and seasoning!  Was hoping to find frozen mash to go with it for ease but couldn't find any so will have to make some later. 

Trip to the tip and all the plasterboard has gone which feels good - I do find going to the tip to be very cathartic!  

KajiKita

As well as offended cats (how dare you disturb my living space hooman!) I see paint swatches … Have you decided which one you like? 

KK

CCW007

Am embarrassed to admit the swatches are from about five years ago when we first considered doing the kitchen and I don't know the names!

I liked the primrose yellow and olive green, needs to be something light as there is an east facing bay window and a west facing window at the far end so from early afternoon the room doesn't get a lot of light.