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Well tell them they need to buy their own!
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Congratulations to stinky who WattyDog is confident will spend appropriately. WattyDog and Feral Kitten don’t have premium bonds either @beanielou but in an emergency could access the ponies funds.
Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!6 -
My company has purchased a new office chair and a new desk. Seems extravagant given the "to sell not to sell" debate but the old chair was exhausted and this new one is so very comfortable! And it adjusts all over, height, back, arms. Really good and no creaks. My online course started yesterday and it was so nice to deliver a session without my chair creaking away like my old one.
The desk is a standing desk. I'm thinking part of my problem is that I'm out of condition and struggling to do much about that given fatigue but after some research I had put one on the "wants" list. We took a trip to the Swedish store for the chair and after looking at the desks I decided get one. VNM pointed out that if I don't keep the company the height adjustment would be fabulous in the barn for "working on projects" and if the company pays so much the better as I can reclaim the VAT and off set it against taxes. Two extra sales on the course came in just hours before I started so desk and chair covered by those.
Only now we have it home it seems I have not measured quite right and lets just say swapping the desks is going to be a "project" 😂😂 that cannot happen just yet as, well, it doesn't fit, another desk will need cutting down, sockets are in the way so extension leads are needed and well as I say a project 😂 as it just does not fit. VNM trying to decide if returning it for a smaller one is better than remodelling the office - he finds neither appealing 😂
Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!9 -
I got an ikea desk that goes up and down for my craft room. I can use it high to cut out or place fabrics and lower it if I want to use it to sew at it or sit and place fabrics or do another hobby. I love it
22: 3🏅 4⭐ 23: 5🏅 6 ⭐ 24 1🏅 2⭐ 25 🏅 🥈2⭐ 26 2🥈 Never save something for a special occasion. Every day is a special occasion. The diff between what you were yesterday and what you'll be tomorrow is what you do today Well organised clutter is still clutter - Joshua Becker If youre not already using a thing you won't start using it more by shoving it in a cupboard- AJMoney The barrier standing between you & what youre truly capable of isnt lack of info, ideas or techniques. The secret is 'do it'6 -
I have one of those adjustable desks from the blue and yellow shop it is lovely. I don't work at it but it is behind me so I can use it for crafts, sewing, knitting (blocking) and also great for parcel wrapping. Hope you get the smaller size they are brilliant.
Moved to Denmark for FIRE by Aug 2025 “May your decisions reflect your hopes not your fears”
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I love my rise and fall desk - but I do have surface-mounted sockets in dado trunking in my office (well, I did in the old one and previous ones, and I will in the new one!) at a height that works for both sitting and standing. I have the same for my ordinary desk as it means that if I want to convert the room back to something other than an office it is easy to take off. If you use an extension lead, make it a long one with lots of extra flex for movement, and fix it to the underside of the desktop.
Can you just get a small desktop on the same frame and get it delivered, and then reuse the extra desktop for something? It might be less hassle than anything else.
I also have a walking pad for under my desk, which is great for all-day remote meetings (I've managed 35k steps in a day on it, although as it is all on the flat with little variation in gait, it can make me very creaky by the end of the day!
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You can get cheap extension blocks at Ikea if you still need them after swapping your desk.
I got rid of my old office desk last week. OH has stopped work and it means we can have both our computers on the desk in his office. Someone came to collect the desk, and I managed to pass my old office chair on to him as well. It had been earmarked for the tip, as the lumbar support had split, but the chap was happy to have it anyway. It was a Hermann Miller about £500 more than 10 years ago. It means I've now got a room I can do my ironing in without having to drag the board into the bedroom. Old TV has been set up so I can watch whilst I iron.
Make £2026 in 2026
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Total £629.02 31%Make £2025 in 2025 Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
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Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33 128.8%5 -
I'd always recommend getting the extension cables that have switches beside each plug. So much easier to switch individual things off there than having to pull plugs out and find them to push them back in
22: 3🏅 4⭐ 23: 5🏅 6 ⭐ 24 1🏅 2⭐ 25 🏅 🥈2⭐ 26 2🥈 Never save something for a special occasion. Every day is a special occasion. The diff between what you were yesterday and what you'll be tomorrow is what you do today Well organised clutter is still clutter - Joshua Becker If youre not already using a thing you won't start using it more by shoving it in a cupboard- AJMoney The barrier standing between you & what youre truly capable of isnt lack of info, ideas or techniques. The secret is 'do it'5 -
Thanks for the desk suggestions. We will make a plan (ok the VNM will make a plan and I will interfere)
One of the stable roofs leaked (again) so VNM figured out how to push the sheets together with some of the scrap timber and it stopped. Whilst up a ladder doing the fixing he said he needed a way to hold things when up a ladder and working. A quick look on line and I bought him a tool belt as a gift. He is delighted with it and this morning came in from the barn decked out in as many tools as the belt can feasibly hold. I asked what he was going to do and he said spray paint a bit of timber fencing 😀 obviously the tools are not needed but he is just such a big kid happy with the new toy. 😂
Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!13 -
Aw, what a perfect gift!
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