The 'complete this challenge' challenge...suitable for all!

scrooge2008

You're making great progress wilf.

Don't let me back on until I have taken pictures of DS clothes for sale and loaded them on to my reserved slot. I am creating anticipation in cyberspace. I have had a couple of e-mails asking me what exactly it is that I am selling ...

Also i'm half starved as I am renewing my diet efforts, so I commit to not sabotaging them today...... shame.......

scrooge2008

Hi DeeDee,

I am sure if you wrote a list of all the things you do in a day it would be a long one. Students are a big responsibility, and time consuming. Where did you say they were from?

Fingers and toes crossed that the tax rebate comes through, that would be an amazing result. When will you know for definite?

scrooge2008

Plan for today:-

- Accounts and Lollypop job

I can't seem to get around to doing the ebay task so I am going to split it into smaller steps -

[STRIKE]- Find DS clothes for ebaying[/STRIKE]
- Iron clothes
- Photograph individually and as a bundle
- Fill in a detailed description about the items
- Load photographs
- Submit
- respond to queries about the missing clothes

[STRIKE]Plumber coming at 1.30 to service boiler and fix radiator[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Pick up milk and the Daily Mirror lego [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] DS homework[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Spaghetti Carbonara for tea[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Basic Flylady and get gym kit ready[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hair[/STRIKE] and nails done
Organise for Thursday - Clean DS shoes and get rugby kit ready
[STRIKE]Boxing Fitness class - chill in sauna with good book.[/STRIKE]

Catch up with you later.

wilf55

hi all

feel i am lapsing motivationationally

ds started playing golf as soon as he could walk around 12 months
dont even know why he got intersted he used to hit tangerines and wine corks!!! around with spoons and hairbrushes etc and has just progressed from there

i am really begining to worry however where the cash for it is going to come from but hey i know i will give it my best shot

today i have to
drop HB form off for dd1
phone JP
phone yes
convert blank listings to real ones
assess finances
fly in the kitchen
golf this eve

scrooge2008

Hi wilf,

Don't be too hard on yourself if you are having an off day, you could just be over tired. It sounds like you have had a very busy few days with your trip away and everything else.

You have managed so far to nurture your son's talents, against the odds, so why should the future be any different.

It must be exhausting though, so try and take care of yourself and treat yourself when you can.

wilf55

THANKS scrooge.

its just that i dont know how to fund it...dont know how to provide him with what essentially he needs...dont know how to cut back anymore..dont know how to cut any more corners

would like to set up my own business but health is an issue with this as some days i am good and others good for nothing also realistically need to be flexible because of the golf etc

any ideas greatly received

have been ebaying today
flying a little
took in hb form for dd1
sent off grant form duly completed
email to manager at range see if i can get a bigger discount than i get already lol
washing basket empty
prepared tea - threw meatballs and sauce in slow cooker!

think im down cos i have been ebaying....the amount of money they charge in fees then paypal and you get peanuts ! but dont know where else to make money

keep going everyone.

DeeDeeinDooDoo

[STRIKE]convert Tesco vouchers for eurotunnel[/STRIKE]
get paperwork for small claims court
[STRIKE]fill in son's new passport number on flight booking[/STRIKE]
pay elec and gas bill for old house
check direct debits all up and running
put savings in higher interest earning account
investigate ISA options or is it too late?
cancel talktalk 13th april
need to send postcards to students

You are right Scrooge, only two things to cross off my list but I haven't sat down since 8am this morning. Think I'm too late for the lego, son too old now, not sure it will do as well as star wars offer as a resale on ebay, never know though.

Wilf, that is so funny thinking of DS golfing as a baby!! How about his squad doing fund raising? Bag packing at Asda is very lucrative or a dance or can he work as a caddy at the weekends at local golf course. Friends son worked as a caddy at some big golf thing in St Andrews, he lived locally, and he earned a fortune in tips etc.

Students are Austrian, so well behaved and polite, they go home Saturday, looking forward to crashing though when they've gone.

wilf55

You will be able to sit on the sofa again in your PJ's Deedee

when we broach the subject of fund raising at the club we sort of get told that in the current econimic climate etc and feel they dont want to discriminate against other juniors etc

i have a photo of when he was 16m old golfing will try and upload it

with regards to the caddying he does caddy occassionally for others but we dont really get any big comps around here to attract the people that need caddies

thanks though much appreciated...xx

scrooge2008

Wilf, I think I remember you posting that you needed an extra £3,000 a year to support DS golf, but please correct me if i'm wrong. That is roughly the £10.00 a day challenge, which I reckon is feasible between you and your son. I bring in that most months through odds and sods.

At the start of each month I brainstorm a way of reaching it, which is different every month, and somehow it comes together. Perhaps you and DS could have a brainstorming session each month and come up with a plan for the month ahead. If you think too far ahead it can be very discouraging, but one day or month at a time is much easier to cope with.

Keep in with the Austrian students DeeDee, that's a great place to go for a holiday lol!

scrooge2008

Just Lollypop to do today, so I need to take the opportunity to make inroads into the weekly list. It will feel great if I polish this little lot off and energy levels are OK today - so i'm going to go for it.

In priority order -
[STRIKE]- DS rugby stuff and clean shoes[/STRIKE]

Ebaying (still not completed)
[STRIKE]- Find DS clothes for ebaying[/STRIKE]
- Iron clothes
- Photograph individually and as a bundle
- Fill in a detailed description about the items
- Load photographs
- Submit
- respond to queries about the missing clothes

Then - a lot of little jobs
[STRIKE]- Resurrect weight and food tracker spreadsheet[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Sew split in DS jacket[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Prepare budget April[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Invoice accounts job[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Pay vodafone bill[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Mystery shopping new home phone call[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Change BT voicemail from home to business line[/STRIKE]
- Activate Tesco Sim for Quidco
[STRIKE]- Phone Yorkshire Building Society and transfer offset money - need to take money to branch[/STRIKE]

Followed by another job i'm not looking forward to:-
- Pull together and label stuff for NCT sale

Finally
[STRIKE]- Tea - Minestrone soup[/STRIKE]
- Basic Flylady
- DS homework
- Organise for Friday

I have recorded Desperate Housewives and Master Chef, so anything that can be will be done while watching these to make it more fun!

Well I seem to have been quite busy today, but there's still a lot that has not been done on the list, cest la vie.

A good hour was spent logging an official complaint with BT, because they have made a real pig's ear of the transition from personal customer to business customer, anything that could have gone wrong has. On the plus side it looks like they are not going to charge me for the last two months and they are throwing in some compensation too, so some good may come out of it.