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  • edinburgher
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    Woohoo - employer has offered 3% payrise :)

    Not bad as a minimum, although I think union petitioning government for a better deal. Certainly beats the last decade...
  • beanielou
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    Good news on the payrise.
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  • edinburgher
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    Making good use of my train journey to update my approach to debt repayment to something a bit more boring :D

    Have calculated that we can repay all debts before 2020 remortgage, but will require a small budget cut and the continued use of CB. From May I will make minimum payments + one monthly repayment for the rest. Dunno what I'll do with the rest of my time :rotfl:

    £1.85 paid off a CC
  • Karmacat
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    edinburgher wrote: »
    DD has decided that she wants to use the toilet after seeing one of her cousins toddling off to the bathroom with Mum - spontane ontaneous toilet training? :rotfl:
    The best sort :j:j:j

    And congratulations on the payrise :j

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  • edinburgher
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    Neither! I'm just sort of pottering about, bit of this, bit of that :)
  • Suffolk_lass
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    edinburgher wrote: »
    Dunno what I'll do with the rest of my time :rotfl:

    Set up a business? Make cheese? do odd-jobs? learn a bit about gardening so it is a bit more pleasurable?
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  • edinburgher
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    Suffolk_lass wrote: »
    Set up a business? Make cheese? do odd-jobs? learn a bit about gardening so it is a bit more pleasurable?

    Is it sad that the cheese one of those suggestions appeals the most? :D

    I am also going to be spending a bit more time gardening this year, as needs must. On my list so far:
    • Set up a compost bin
    • Paint our new fence
    • Repair and paint our old fence
    • Scarify the front and side lawns
    • Probably sow the front and side lawns again!
    • Remove grass from the rear lawn and replant as a wildflower "meadow"
    • Improve the appearance of the "dead zone" where our conifer hedge was by planting some hydrangeas to act as colour, bee scran and a wind break

    We had a chap in repairing brickwork to the walls of the house. He finished yesterday and while he appears to have done a solid job, I can't help but feel he was taking the !!!! as regards the amount of hours he billed for. Still, he was the only person to quote for the job and our front steps were literally at risk of collapsing :eek: £450 paid from our home maintenance fund, which is now at -£5? :o

    I also bought a scarifying rake and an extendable window cleaning pole yesterday.

    £74 paid off a CC (Am@zon voucher shuffle and a TT). Also, I owe the CC £11.89 once I can make another payment tomorrow morning.

    Feeling a bit skint now.

    Ps. Not really related to anything, but I saw a fantastic animated Chinese film called "Big Fish and Begonia" in London town - try and see it if your local cinema is showing it, so many feels ;)
  • Greying_Pilgrim
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    edinburgher wrote: »

    I also bought a scarifying rake and an extendable window cleaning pole yesterday.

    ...................Feeling a bit skint now.


    But at least you'll not need gym membership for the foreseeable, wielding that lot about! :D:T

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  • Karmacat
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    Your gardening is like mine ... it's actually navvying :)

    Bee scran! Not seen those two words together, but that's lovely! No idea if bees actually *like* hydrangea.

    If you're still into planting perennials for edibles, have a look at a quince shrub, see if you've got room for the roots round there. I have a very mature one outside my back door (completely by chance, it wasn't me that planted it) and for about 3 weeks, starting from about a week ago, its full of bees. And I often get quince later in the year.
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    When does gardening actually become labouring??? Glad to say no gardening envy in SJ towers!
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