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  • ladyholly
    ladyholly Posts: 3,713 Forumite
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    Well done on the first lawn cut. I wish I could do ours but when you step on it the ground squelches. The grass is so long I may well ask our neighbour to do it with his petrol mower and pay him. Our little battery one will struggle.
  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 3,990 Forumite
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    Sounds like a productive day. Wanted DH to do our lawn, but still too wet. 
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  • Sun_Addict
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    Morning all, happy Monday 😎

    WFH today as I need to be in the office tomorrow so have swapped days round. This will throw me out of kilter as always 😆

    Money
    • Checked cc, paid off balance, checked spends against receipts and noted on spreadsheet.
    • Final week of 4 week budget period and looking good for a decent underspend.
    • Banking app checked.
    • NSD 9 of March.
    • Waiting for payday - Thursday.
    • Surveys - up to almost £40 on PA, about halfway to cashout on Opinium and at 3805 on YG so should get to cashout at some stage this year.
    Exercise
    • Dog walking later this morning. Have blocked some time out in my work calendar for this.
    • Lunchtime exercise session - trying a new YT walking workout recommended to me: Walk to the Beat Fun 80s & 90s Mix (Kat Gates-Buettner). 4100 steps in 30 mins. 
    • Day 1 of a 28 day 10 minutes wall Pilates challenge also on YT (Jane Wake)
    • 30 mins Hooping class at 6pm
    Tonight's dinner is chilli & peanut tofu burger with butternut squash wedges leftover from Saturday with salad. I need to make a batch of soup for work lunches, will see what I've got in the fridge that needs using up.

    Cleaning is the bathroom and bedroom.

    Did 15 mins Spanish learning first thing so will squeeze in another 15 minutes tonight. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 21,415 Forumite
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    That 80s/90s walk workout sounds good.  I must see if I can get YT on the TV, it will be much easier than trying to do it from a small screen.
    "If you can dream it, you can do it". Walt Disney
  • WinterWarrior
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    Good morning SA. You must be as fluent as the Spanish by now. 
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  • Sun_Addict
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    Good morning SA. You must be as fluent as the Spanish by now. 
    Hardly 😆 It is good to be able to speak a fair bit of the lingo though. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Sun_Addict
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    jwil said:
    That 80s/90s walk workout sounds good.  I must see if I can get YT on the TV, it will be much easier than trying to do it from a small screen.
    I bought a Roku box as the TV in the dining I use for YT workouts isn't a smart TV. Should work fine on a smart TV though. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • EssexHebridean
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    I stream YT to the newer of our TVs directly jwil - the other one needs the Chromecast to be able to do it. It definitely is miles easier doing stuff like yoga from the TV rather than trying to balance the iPad where I can  see it!

    As always all sounding good and busy with you! (Aside from MrSA's nonsense obviously, but that just is what it is, eh!) 
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  • Cherryfudge
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    Well done on the £100!
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