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Benbens moneymaking adventure

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  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,428 Forumite
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    Hey Milly, not seen you about for a while, is everything okay? :D
    Mortgage Total: £50,250/ £75,000
    2026 Mortgage Overpayments Pot £0
  • Hey Milly, not seen you about for a while, is everything okay? :D
    Hello...yes everything's ok. I have been reading everyday, just not joining in I'm afraid! I've not been feeling myself, not got much enthusiasm atthe mo - really tired and needing a kick up the backside!!
    I was so organised for a while - writing lists like you, but right now I can't muster up the enthusiasm:eek: I've spent today lying on the sofa, had nap...not gone out at all! (But at least I had an NSD!!)
    So, must try harder. I feel I'm wasting half term right now, arghhh. We're away at the weekend, just to Pontins with my sis and her girls, sothat should be fun. I worry about the college work that I really should be doing, but my main PC has conked out, with work I need on the hard drive!! I've just ordered a nifty looking adaptor to access the files, hopefully that'll work.

    Anyway, sorry for rambling on....I'll try join in a bit more (especially with the WW posts, Imust stop eating biscuits:mad: and lose a stone)

    :p
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,428 Forumite
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    Morning all :D Today is going to be an indoor day, the place is a tip again :rolleyes: and we are going to make some halloweeny stuff too ;) I feel a list coming on .... Tonight is WW weigh-in night too and I'm sadly quite excited about it :o

    Todays List:
    • Put all xmas shopping away
    • Update xmas shopping list on laptop
    • Clear washing pile
    • Ironing
    • Clean bathroom
    • Put ds certificates on the wall
    • Clean guinea-pigs
    • Clear table x 2
    • Sort ds pants / socks drawers and bin all that are too small
    • Clean /tidy kitchen
    • Sort ds halloween outfit
    • Online banking
    • Tidy / clean lounge
    • Novembers budget
    • 10 items on ebay
    • Sort kitchen noticeboard
    • Reply to party invite for ds
    Think that lot should keep me busy for a while :rolleyes: :D:D
    Mortgage Total: £50,250/ £75,000
    2026 Mortgage Overpayments Pot £0
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,428 Forumite
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    Yay I've just done a survey and reached the payout level on that one I was close to, so thats another 25.00ish on its way :j :j It should be here by Xmas, so thats 75.00 on its way from surveys over the last couple of days, kinda makes them feel worthwhile after all ;):D
    Mortgage Total: £50,250/ £75,000
    2026 Mortgage Overpayments Pot £0
  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,739 Forumite
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    Good morning!
    I've just put the laptop on while still in bed and seen your lovely list! It's given me a bit of inspiration and i'm about to get up and get busy. May even post my list on my diary....!!!
    Have a good day - sun is shining here, there's even some frost in the garden.
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,428 Forumite
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    Morning Milly :D I've been running round like a mad thing since I posted the list and have done loads, but the only thing I can cross off the list is putting the xmas shopping away :rolleyes: I have also put the washing machine and dishwasher on, made both beds, tidied both bedrooms and the bathroom, and half tidied the lounge and kitchen :o I then got sidetracked on here again, but have emptied my inbox (300 odd messages, mainly all needed deleting :rolleyes: ), and got a referral for my next matched betting adventure ;) Okay, time to go again, think I will tackle the piglets next as theres no point cleaning anything till they're sorted :D
    Mortgage Total: £50,250/ £75,000
    2026 Mortgage Overpayments Pot £0
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,428 Forumite
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    Update time ...
    [STRIKE]Put all xmas shopping away [/STRIKE] DONE
    Update xmas shopping list on laptop
    [STRIKE]Clear washing pile [/STRIKE] 3 LOADS DONE
    Ironing
    Clean bathroom
    Put ds certificates on the wall
    [STRIKE]Clean guinea-pigs [/STRIKE] DONE
    [STRIKE]Clear table x 2 [/STRIKE] DONE
    [STRIKE]Sort ds pants / socks drawers and bin all that are too small [/STRIKE] DONE
    [STRIKE]Clean /tidy kitchen [/STRIKE] DONE
    Sort ds halloween outfit
    Online banking
    [STRIKE]Tidy / clean lounge [/STRIKE] DONE
    [STRIKE]Novembers budget[/STRIKE] DONE
    10 items on ebay
    [STRIKE]Sort kitchen noticeboard [/STRIKE] DONE
    Reply to party invite for ds

    I'm really pleased with the progress so far, I just want to sort the online banking then ds wants to go down the beach :D
    Mortgage Total: £50,250/ £75,000
    2026 Mortgage Overpayments Pot £0
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,428 Forumite
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    :j :j :j 3.5lbs off this week :j :j :j
    Mortgage Total: £50,250/ £75,000
    2026 Mortgage Overpayments Pot £0
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,620 Forumite
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    well done on the weight loss and all the things crossed off the list.
    Mortgage OP 2026 £50/2000
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £33,546

    Make £50 a month Jan £0
    Boiler fund £925/3000

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • tigzem
    tigzem Posts: 2,361 Forumite
    Wooohooo... well done you xxxx :beer:
    "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little." Edmund Burke
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