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NST July 2024: A July jaunt around Madrid
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Potted about before work. Had a good day at work, including time to do some colouring. We're all set for the last day of term tomorrow & Secret Song Club rehearsal went well. (We're all jumping up to surprise the primary 7 class & singing different lyrics to Shut up & dance).
Finished my book once I got home & had a 15 mins nap. Shortened some sleeves on a blazer after tea & picked DS3 & friend up from the bus.
Grateful for a good day, a surprise present from my friend the art teacher, listening to the rain whilst in the bathUse it up, wear it out
Make do or do without!
If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours 😃
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Hi all glad to be back with some good news - my youngest just got confirmed that he got a first in his degree, he started an internship yesterday and is starting a career relevant job on Monday. So proud and so happy for him.
We have done at least 5 hi 5's a card and a nice dinner in celebration.
So that is my gratitude today.
Isa help to buy: 1000/3000 33%
Emergency fund: 100/1000 10%
Weight loose 8.6 kg - while having fun. 0/8.6 0%
Focus debt to clear HSBC £10/1111, 0% updated May 2510 -
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy! Well done that boy!!! Turtle flipper High Fives all round @ditty1234 🐢4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
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That's brilliant news @ditty1234!! 👏 🥳🙌'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'
Jan GC: £74.77/£100
DNF: £1471.53/£6700
Garden sections: 0/21
DNF: 3/45
Save 12k in 2026: #37 £1471.53/£6700
'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'5 -
03/26: OD £1200 600 500, CC £3914 3317, family £3100, loan £5618 5306 5036- total: £13832 12323 12003, mortgage £58,243 £57,766 571144
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Whoop whoop ditty - well done him!
NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!3 -
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My July Jaunt around Madrid will be a Jolly Jaunt around Australia (East Coast)We saved up for the trip and are going with the mindset of buying things if we need them. Or even if we like them. Or if there are things we want to do - Pip might want to go to a climbing gym, etc. We want to see The Reef. And go whale spotting. I may even dip a toe in the EAC and find some turtles, dude...We'll be self-catering. 2 coeliacs, 1 milk allergy, 1 ARFID, 1 autism between us means that eating out is just not worth it. (and that's just me and Pip. Dh is fine to stuff his face with any and everything)Every day will be an adventure and I'm totally looking forward to it. I suspect there will be regular dancing
NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!5 -
@DrCarrie we have a fortnightly cleaner too, OH and I both do long hours and it was just causing too many arguments and resentment between us.
@ditty1234 congrats to your son, I hope all goes well for him, sounds like he has set himself up well and worked extremely hard!
@apple_muncher I went to Oz in 07 and would dearly love to go back one day! There's just so much to explore out there, it's impossible to do it all in one trip!
Today was a wfh day and a NSD. I cooked up some lunches and did a little batch cooking after doing some yoga first thing. Cleaners came at lunchtime so now the place looks much better. I finally swallowed some work frogs that I had been putting off and feel much better about that.
Am feeling really tired atm, am trying to cut out caffeine as part of my ongoing dietary changes due to my stomach issues, but my medication also inhibits iron uptake so I think I'm doubly wiped out. All the more reason to make these changes so I can hopefully reduce my medication or stop it altogether!5
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