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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.
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Sounds like a productive day. Wanted DH to do our lawn, but still too wet.Making the debt go down and savings go up
LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £29,197
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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.
- 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
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)4 -
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 Disney1
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Good morning SA. You must be as fluent as the Spanish by now.Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
🌊 A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor 🌊
My WW and friends diary is here 😁 …
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6259606/must-try-harder/p12 -
£100 just saved in minutes 😁 I noticed the balance of our Ibiza holiday is due on the day we fly to Lanzarote and I hadn't booked in the Special Assistance for Mr SA. Contacted J2 via What's App to book him in and they said seats are free with assistance for both of you, we've deducted £50 from your due balance. Told them they didn't do this for the April holiday and they refunded £50 back to my card.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)9
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WinterWarrior said:Good morning SA. You must be as fluent as the Spanish by now.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)2
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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 get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)1
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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!)🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
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Well done on the £100!I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)
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