Pay off mortgage and start having fun!

They are all back to school/college this Thursday, it seems ages since they broke up. It's been a quiet summer break this year, we had a few days in Kent in a caravan at the end of July but other than that just a few days our and a few meet ups with friends.

The loft work finally started yesterday, so far so good they are outside for the first few weeks so not too much disruption (except toilet and tea breaks!)

I have overspent a lot already this month, there is still the grocery budget but the "everything else" money is gone and there is not going to be a surplus next month either.:eek: yesterday was new school bags for the boys as theirs have fallen apart again, plus a couple of jumpers for dd or college as she doesn't have any. Oh and I ordered dd's Xmas present - a pandora ring which she liked , it was spend over £75 and get a free bracelet so I did 2x orders and now have a couple of gifts for Xmas and a bracelet for dh to give me.

Today's plans are:

Get all washing done
Do all ironing
Daily blitzes
Meal plan this week
Review Xmas list and what's already bought, work out budget
Look again at mortgage/debt/cc repayment plans and change if needs be.

The daily blitzes is something I should be doing everyday but don't always, like clean the bathroom ( not top to floor clean , just clean everything we use)
Mop kitchen floor and vacuum wood floors downstairs and stairs
All other cleaning will come under flyladying, but at least there will be a basic standard of cleanliness at all times (I am Definatly part slob lady:p)

I have so many plans swirling around at the moment, I need to focus on priorities and working out how starting work properly again will work with everything else I want to do. Nothing really exciting , just fitting in the things that are important to me, like seeing friends/ exercising/ crafting/ cooking etc. at the moment I don't really have set routines for anything so that's what I will focus on to start with.

Wow it's hot here today! Kids all back to school and college, although the boys started at 11am and dd wanted picking up at 1pm as they changed it to a half day, so still had them knocking about the house most of the day :rotfl:

1st day of the diet today, and I'm easing myself into it I did take the dog our for an hour in the heat so to a complete failure. Still have not had a chance to do a new plan for mortgage /debt repayments so if they are all finally back properly I will do it tomorrow. I did check on my mfi3 update and I am soooo behind target and its very early days , at the moment I can only see things slipping further.

Thanks squirrel I have been good the last couple of days and the house is looking not too bad especially the bedrooms which I always find the worst.

Poor ds1 , he came home from school and said he has been invited to to the England World Cup qualifier tonight at wembley, his friends dad has a spare ticket. So he got quickly showered and put in his england shirt then his friend rang to ay they all can't go as his dad is In a traffic jam as there has been a bomb scare on the QE2 bridge so they have shut it and he is stuck for the next few hours. Such a shame for the kids. friend has asked him over to watch it on tv which was nice but not quite the same!
Not too great for the dad either mind

My lovely best friend has offered me her gorgeous handmade pine triple wardrobe as they are moving house soon , so I have even more gratis furniture for the loft room :Tthat is of course if we can come to an arrangement as she won't let me have it unless I don't give her any money, and I won't have it unless I pay, so we a in deadlock at the moment :rotfl:

Other than that not much to report, other than I am going to buy some wine and have a glass or two as I have earned it after cleaning dd's bedroom "shudder" :eek: