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

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  • So glad that the new organisation folk have communicated with you in a useful and timely manner.  And it sounds like you aquitted yourself really well in interview - and it's great that you feel better about the whole episode.  

    Greying X
    Grocery Spend May 2026 £195.87/£200
    Grocery spend April 2026 £199.95/£200 +5pence
    Non-food spend May 2026 £58.44/£80
    Bulk Fund 2026 Month 5/12 - £5.98/£93.54 (reducing balance - start £120 pa)

    ""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
    The broken moulds in a grand design
    We look a mess but we're doing fine
    We're card carrying lifelong members
    Of the union of different kinds..."

    "Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert,  Fisherman's Friends 

  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 6,756 Forumite
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    edited 7 November 2025 at 3:49PM
    Glad you heard back and it was constructive feedback!
    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)
    Original End Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Sep 2038 (reduced by 3 years)
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 18,437 Forumite
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    KajiKita said:
    It’s been a bit of a roller coaster with the interview hasn’t it … Sorry you didn’t get it, but I’m glad the feedback was useful. 

    I can rent out Mr KK with his air rifle and additional sight - how we dealt with our last lot of rats … he’s pretty good! 😉

    KK
    I know you're farming Mr KK out for all kinds of jobs but I'm not sure I want him shooting an air rifle under my kitchen sink 😱😂
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 6,756 Forumite
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    I'll put my name on the list for the air-rifle solution - we live close to a river & cemetary and there is a rat run through the far end of our long victorian gardens - what I don't like is when they come for a wander and pilfer fallen apples!
    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)
    Original End Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Sep 2038 (reduced by 3 years)
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