Tales of thrift and self-reliance on a journey to early retirement.
As Christmas Day is almost upon us, I thought I would wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and thank you all for still coming by to visit, even when I haven't been around much to post. It's not been a great year for me, but I can see light at the end of the tunnel ...
While cleaning out the hot drinks cupboard recently I was shocked to discover that my penny-pinching ways had come to bite me on the bum. For some reason, I had a number of packets of tea leaves, some bought from yellow-sticker sections, and all were expired. One was dated 2015. ...
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943 ...
Goodness me, we've had some horrible days weatherwise here (not as bad as further north of England though). I've woken up a few times in the night this week to hear the rain lashing down and one night I ended up putting my heated blanket on at 4am I was that cold! We have an ...
So, I'm back. I'm feeling stronger, a lot wiser and ready to post again with some semblance of regularity. I'm still pretty tired, but that comes and goes in waves and I'm more relaxed than I have been in years. First order of the day - Fleagle. We're very sad that she is gone ...
I'm sorry I haven't been here for a while. I'm still getting to grips with a lot of things and haven't felt up to posting but I thought today it would be appropriate to post. My beautiful little scruffbag died yesterday. It was very sudden, a heart attack, preceded by a short ...
I've spent a lot of time over the last few weeks relaxing. So while this post is about pensions, the photos are about how I've attempted to mimic the cats and de-stress, and I am typing this post in approximately the same position as Fleagle above. It feels good. I have an ...
It's been over five weeks since I last blogged and even longer since I read anyone else's blog. Hope all of you are well and for those of you with blogs I am slowly making my way round reading up on all of your news. I'm afraid the stress of work and home life took its toll in May and I became so drained I had to withdraw and focus on only those things six inches in front of my nose. I wasn't a cheery person. It can ...
Apologies for my slow rate of posting lately. Since I came back from holiday my health has taken a downturn due to having a low white cell count, which would account for my headaches, fatigue and general soreness and aches. I had a short cold about a week after we came back, ...
