£21,000 to pay off -but we will do it this time.

Hi NL that's very sweet thankyou, yes I am very proud of them (m0st of the time :rotfl:).

Good morning and it's finally the school holidays :j:j:j.

It's been a crazy few days but now we have 6 glorious weeks off before the madness begins again and I'm going to enjoy the break, especially if this wonderful weather continues .

So DD had her leavers ceremony yesterday and there were tears all round, I was extremely proud of her, I was also taken aback by how much she is loved and cared about from the younger members of the school. She is still in bed and is having a long lie in, I think she is exhausted from the excitement and emotion of the last few days.
DS is full of beans and was up bright and early this morning watching cartoons and chilling as he calls it, I don't think it will hit him until September that his sister will no longer be at school with him.

HOw lovely it was for me this morning to get up, throw on shorts and a T and just potter, animals have all been fed and watered and I'm just going to spend the day doing little jobs around the house/ garden, I've decided kids are not having friends around until the end of next week and we won't be meeting up with people until then either, I want the first week to be just me and the kids spending time together, playing games, going for walks and just having fun. They are both growing up so quickly and I want to be totally selfish and have them all to myself for a few days, by week 6 this might have totally changed and I will be willing to give them to anyone that will take them :rotfl:.

I've a Asda order coming today, which will be around £80:eek:, ok so the grocery budget has been blown out of the water, I will try harder next month I promise.

ON the money topic i have received £4 from cr0wd0logy and redeemed £3 from my surv3y.

Off to hang out some washing and check for surveys.

Take care.x.

Thanks sweetpea.


Bit of a mad morning so far, had to get DH ready and out of the house and dropped up at pick up point at 9am (can't remember if I said he was off on a boys outdoor adventure weekend) it was more stressful than the school run, making sure he had everything and packing lots of food so that he is not tempted by expensive motorway services or pubs.

Had to nip to Sainsbugs as I had forgetten to put toilet roll, toothpaste and washing up liq on the shopping delivery, what on earth do kids dowith toilet roll.

Planning a few frugal days at home whilst DH away, lunch today is falafel burgers that I've just made and kids can have pizza for tea, going to go and take DD for a ride this evening it's just too hot to go during the day. We also need to take dogs for a walk but that again will wait until later after tea, they are currently flaked out on the hall floor as it's stone and nice and cool.

Checked banking and there isn't much left, payday next week but we have no bills to pay and shouldn't need fuel and cupboards/freezer is full, I have hit 2 targets so no more TT until next month and I'm not even going to comment on grocery budget but do think I need to increase it next month especially with kids being at home, I also need to think of some targets for next month.

Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine, take care.x.