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  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,350 Forumite
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    Hi all, having major broadband issues :mad: :mad: haven't had access since sunday, still not fixed, talktalk are being useless :rolleyes: Somehow tonight i've managed to connect viaa btfon which is costing me £5 for 24 hrs but hey I need my internet fix :o Not sure when I'll be back on here as even this bt thing is intermittent, but if it works okay I hope to be back on again later this evening. Last night I went to bed at 8.30 as I had nothing else to do :eek: Miss y'all :D:D
    Mortgage Total: £51,549 / £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1079
  • hypno06
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    Miss you too - hurry on back!!
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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,437 Forumite
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    Glad you are ok.
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  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,350 Forumite
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    This connection seems to be holding out so far, cant wait for talktalk to call me tomorrow claiming that my modem is broke, again :rolleyes: No, clearly it is them that are broke and I am off to investigate quidco for other internet providers in a minute ;)

    So far I have ploughed through the 250 emails in my inbox :eek: played through a bonus offer and managed to withdraw £8 profit, so thats todays £5 connection covered :D I've also done a p*cone survey that earned me £4 so am in profit overall.

    Ds and I have both had our baths,just about to get him to bed, then have to get all the stuff ready for his xmas fayre which has to be taken in tomorrow. Also he's taking part in a multiskills activities day, several schools are competing and he's been chosen to represent his school Its at my school tomorrow morning so I should be able to nip out of a lesson and have a peek at it, he's soooo excited and proud of himself :T :T and as for me, I've been dying to get on here to tell you guys about it :D

    Other than that, its a night moochi:Dng on the lappie for me tonight, then this weekend ds is at his dads so I want to try to finish the xmas shopping.
    Mortgage Total: £51,549 / £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1079
  • Awww - well done to DS - what a great achievement being chosen! Hope you do manage to sneak out to see how he's doing, and good luck for getting the interwebby stuff sorted out too.
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  • So glad you managed to get back online, the day doesn't seem right without an update from you. Well done to DS, he has done you proud representing his school.
    Make £10 a day challenge - January 2023 = £292.89/£310 - Feb 2023 = £677.09/280 - March 2023 = £102.45/£310 - April = £300.12/300 - May 2023 = £306.80/£310 - June = £245.88/£150 - July = £295.45/£310 - August 2023 £51.56/£310
  • scrooge2008
    scrooge2008 Posts: 1,382 Forumite
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    Lovely news about your son BenBen, he's a wee star!!
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  • Sea78
    Sea78 Posts: 6,185 Forumite
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    Oooh - proud mummy moment - so pleased for you hun!! :D

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  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,350 Forumite
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    I'M BACK !!!!! :j :j :j

    Finally, after a week of talktalk bring more than useless, I have been and bought a new modem this morning (£45 :eek:) and all is right with the world once more :D:D

    Just off to catch up on emails and stuff but I'll be ba:Dck in a bit to see what I've been missing :D
    Mortgage Total: £51,549 / £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1079
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,350 Forumite
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    Just ploughed through 95 emails, deleted a fair chunk of them but theres quite a few surveys and betting bits in there to check through. I was tempted to focus on a bit of betting this afternoon but I think I would be better off by worting out the flat, a tip yet again :o, I also need to gut my finances once and for all, this week its gone a bit wrong again, as well as the unexpected £45 for the modem. I also got up early and got a few more xmas bits sorted and then went to ds school xmas fayre (he's at his dads though), managed to spend about a fiver there too. Not looking forward to seeing how much overbudget I've gone this month, but it needs sorting.

    While I've been without the internet I have set up my new records for 2010's finances, all ready for the new year, jsut need to get the accounts looking healthy again first ;):D
    Mortgage Total: £51,549 / £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1079
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