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Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻

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  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,158 Forumite
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    ElmoR said:
    If that is the CH hospital near us, the ticket machines have been on the blink since November. I have parked there three times and failed to get the machine to work. I drove off without paying but kept the tickets showing that I tried and it didn't work. So far, no penalty...
    Hi ElmoR 😊 yes i think it is, and I'm sorry to hear they've been on the blink for so long,  what an unnecessary stress for everyone! 

    Watty1 said:
    How lovely of the farmer, what a great solution and how beautiful is your world.
    (I found myself wanting to move today to somewhere it was snowing) 
    It is indeed very beautiful 😍 and also very cold 🥶 see aforementioned 2 hour round walk to the shop before you make any rash decisions about moving house 😂😂 

    Very much enjoying having proper milk in my tea again! 😂
  • rtandon27
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    Wow Cheery - well done on the rural walk! - what a lovely neighbour your farmer is!
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
  • badmemory
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    It is a law.  The useful bits of tubs decrease & the lids multiply.  It is a bit like the law that any number divisible by nine will eventually add up to nine.  Unargueable!
  • KajiKita
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    I’m trying the ‘nibble-nibble-nibble’ approach at chores atm. You do make more progress than you think by doing this 😊

    KK
    As at 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

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  • rtandon27
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    edited 11 January at 10:03AM
    Haha - I'm already off kilter with flylady as I start my cleaning weeks on a Monday so still on the entrance zone which got hoovered and dusted but that is it! Next week is kitchen week for me and tupperwares are a good idea as there are too many lurking and Brading as we are attacking the freezer this month!
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
  • redofromstart
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    One of the fast easy solutions I did was to shove all of the tubs and lids into a rubble sack and chucked it into the workshop. Must go through it, not least because I am out of rubble sacks! Many, many lids. 
  • LadyWithAPlan
    LadyWithAPlan Posts: 3,748 Forumite
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    Beautiful pics! 
    You do know you can buy milk and freeze it ? Might be worth having some on for the next few cold months 

    be safe  & glad your Oh has a safe plan (hopefully bringing you a double decker )
    DON'T BUY STUFF (from Frugalwoods)
    No seriously, just don’t buy things. 99% of our success with our savings rate is attributed to the fact that we don’t buy things... You can and should take advantage of discounts.... But at the end of the day, the only way to truly save money is to not buy stuff.    Money doesn’t walk out of your wallet on its own accord.
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6289577/future-proofing-my-life-deposit-saving-then-mfw-journey-in-under-13-years#latest
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