Have you got an Emergency Plan?I was doing some catching up on my reading this morning. I had commented a couple of days ago on a blog in Our Next Life on Financial Independence, which led me to go and look at Jim’s blog Wallet Hacks. He has a great style of writing, very clear and easily… Continue reading What’s Your Emergency Plan?
Category: Life in General
Clearing Out – My challenge to myself for November
Call it what you like, the vast majority of us, have far too much stuff. Not only do I have too much stuff, a couple of years ago, my mother died and while I passed a lot onto charity shops, I kept a lot of things that would be ‘useful’ one day, or they had… Continue reading Clearing Out – My challenge to myself for November
Take the Spending Challenge?
It is November 1st in a few days. So here is something to try for one month Part 1: Take a bit of paper (or a spreadsheet) Write down at the top, your net household income. (Salary, pension, etc). If your tax is not taken off before you get it, estimate your tax, and take it… Continue reading Take the Spending Challenge?
End of the weekend
After the happenings on Friday night (our 38th wedding anniversary), we have commenced a huge clean up/ throw out campaign. We have a massive recycling bin, now completely full. The trash bin is surprisingly empty. The main shells of the cupboards have gone to the recycling depot, we weren’t certain how much they had been damaged… Continue reading End of the weekend
What a way to start the day
About 1:30am this morning we were woken with the most almighty crash. We couldn’t work out what the noise was, until we looked into the study. A 3m / 10ft bank of cupboards had come off the wall, turned half a somersault, and ended up, upside down, doors half open, contents spilling everywhere, delicately balanced… Continue reading What a way to start the day