And so it begins: The Pig Vs The Mortgage

Made it :j:j:j. Six lovely weeks of practising for retirement:rotfl:

Today has been really nice although tinged with a little sadness as my bigger ones move on to pastures new. I'll miss (most!) of them but they're ready which is nice

We finished after lunch so I went to the pub for a coup!e of hours which was good fun as we were all a bit demob happy! After that it was home, an easy dinner of steak, Mediterranean pasta salad and salad leaves. It was ready in no time and was yummy:). We don't have steak very often so it always feels like a treat. Aldi have four thin cut steaks for £2.49 and they are lovely.

I had a nsd despite the pub as we were all treated to a drink twice which was unexpected and very kind:)

I've no other news except I've got DS a new sim contract as he needs more data than he has. It's more expensive but much better value with 500 minutes, unlimited texts and 8 GB of data for £10. It also caps usage so no nasty surprises and unused data is rolled over. He also paying for it himself now he's working
I'm off to bed and will not be setting an alarm! Tomorrow is currently a blank canvas so we'll see what it brings.

Happy Friday to you:)

PP xx

Evening lovely mfw buddies :wave: so nice of you to pop in. Now I'm in pretend retirement mode I shall be catching up on everyone else's diaries . Looking forward to seeing what you're all up to

Today has been a good day. I must confess to feeling a bit weary but that's not unusual at the start of the summer but I'm sure I'll be raring to go very soon.
I woke at 6 (why does that happen when you're determined to get into holiday mode? :rotfl:) but had coffee in bed (two in fact Karma:D) and read for a couple of hours which never loses its sense of indulgence - it's a blissful start to any weekend. I then got out for a run and did 20 minutes weights and then made the kids pancakes for breakfast. Most of the day was spent watching ds play cricket which gave me a proud mum moment of two:)

In money news it was a nsd :j. Other small steps to freedom and Well being included;

Changed my bed and got the linen line dried and back on

A load of laundry line dried and put away and another lot pegged out.
Whites soaking overnight in washing soda

Lo pasta salad for lunch and sc chickpea and spinach curry for dinner

Got Pac code for ds's new sim and got talked into discussing my Talk Talk package. Free sim for me, basic tv and catch up channels, phone line, fibre optic broadband down from £26.50 to £22 per month:money: really happy with the service and the broadband speed so good to get it a bit cheaper without having to switch. Every bit helps:)

Helped DS set up a standing order into his savings account - determined to get him into good habits!

Having a catch up on Hidden before picking DS up from his friend's house then it'll be bed for a reasonably ok bedtime but I'm determined to get to bed by 10.30 as a rule. I'm also going to mull over some sensible goals for the next couple of weeks.

Happy Saturday to you :)

PP xx