Hypno's "no more boom or bust" diary

macgirl

Well Hypno, thanks to you I'm on a total mission to declutter!
I've done the hall, kitchen and (my biggest challenge so far) the dining room. I've yet to venture to the dizzy heights of the "work night" declutter, but I'm getting there!
I keep backing out of each room with a self-satisfied smile on my face!:rotfl:

I've finally worked out why you have that username - all the subliminal messaging - You're PAUL McKENNA!!!
Thanks

hypno06

That's a bloomin good reason not to do the ironing, in my book.

Flylady has made a big difference this last couple of weeks - baby steps and all that, so still some way to go, but significant improvements to my housework-laziness!!

hypno06

macgirl wrote: »

I've finally worked out why you have that username - all the subliminal messaging - You're PAUL McKENNA!!!
Thanks

;););)
:rotfl:

milann

The snow slope near here is very expensive - dd booked an hours session for dh for a birthday taster when it first opened - and the changing time was into that hour - so only got about 45 mins tuition and 10 of that was standing at side talking about skiing. It felt a real rip off. There is NO need to worry about competition from this family Hypno - they were all a bit (lot) hopeless at it.

I agree that dd should do what she wants to do as she will work at it if she has chosen it rather than being made to do it. When my dd was that age - I remember a close friend going mad at me because I let my dd do a fashion BTEC after getting virtually straight A's in GCSE's but it's what she wanted to do from about 12 yrs of age. She went on to do a fashion design degree and now works in the field - earning more than me and dh put together - she is happy too. This freind said I would be letting her waste her brain - who was I to deny her dream - she put hours into working at it. If it all failed I knew she had enough nouse to do the academics and go the more traditional route after it. Friends kid who had been made to do certain subjects - scraped through A levels and got thrown out of uni - he'd have got a 1st in socialising tho - cos it's what he'd been pressured into.

Keep up the good work with the fly lady

hypno06

Good on your DD, milann, for making a success of it.

I do think that there is enough time in life for us to make a mistake or two (if indeed mistakes occur), so whether it is spending another couple of years at 18, doing another, different, set of A levels, or whether it spending 10 years digging yourself out of the biggest debt in the world, it doesn't have to stop you making a success out of yourself, and getting what you want, it might just take you a little bit longer, and is all part of the learning curve of life.

Personally, I wanted to do music - Mum made me do business studies.......I am therefore determined that my DD will choose her own thing. I will be there if she wants to ask me my opinion, and I will drive her around the various colleges and schools to look, but ultimately, she will do what she wants.

Blimey - brainwork, at this time of the day.....I am scaring myself, almost!

Off to scratch and bank before heading off for the day - hope you all have a good one, and catch up when I get home x

hypno06

Despite gracing the scratchcard sites with my presence at this time of the morning, they only decided to give me 10p in return..hmmph.......:p

But online banking showed that my £75 refund for my glasses has cleared, so I have transferred £50 to the 0% and put £25 in Egg savings. That's another square coloured in, and the 0% balance now stands at £3428.....edging slowly in the right direction. Nothing else to report - payday on Friday.......can't come soon enough

Right, really must get a move on!

macgirl

hypno06 wrote: »

Good on your DD, milann, for making a success of it.

I do think that there is enough time in life for us to make a mistake or two (if indeed mistakes occur), so whether it is spending another couple of years at 18, doing another, different, set of A levels, or whether it spending 10 years digging yourself out of the biggest debt in the world, it doesn't have to stop you making a success out of yourself, and getting what you want, it might just take you a little bit longer, and is all part of the learning curve of life.

Well said :T
I work in the same field as Milann's DD. I was a late starter and tried a few other things first, but am now doing rather nicely (were it not for mountains of debt :rolleyes:)
In the end, we will all get there and will certainly be better people for it.
Keep on with the brain-washing [STRIKE]Paul[/STRIKE] hypno - it's working for me! The house is sparkling - just need to hammer the debt now....
Have a good day all, Mac x

chevalier

hypno06 wrote: »

http://www.whitestuff.com/

They do have stores in most of the upmarket ski resorts too, and if we go away at the end of the season, it quite helpfully coincides with the end of season sale

Sorry I must not have a fashionable bone in my body, the clothes on there didn't do anything for me.....But then I am very unsure as to what suits me these days anyway..
chev

Karmacat

Chev! I like them - but its more a case of being brainwashed into what looks good, by seeing it all the time, I think.

Hypno, love the balance you've found for DD and her subjects (well, DS too, of course, but he's younger). When I went on to uni, I took a general degree and did two of my faves, English and History, and I added Anthropology - I didn't have a *clue* what it was, but I have always, always been glad I did it. It may not have been "useful" immediately, and it was hard work to understand some of the scientific stuff on genetic drift, but it broadened out my knowledge of the world in such a wonderful way.

penguin83

Morning Hypno - I completely agree with letting your daughter choose her path. I was very academic at school and did 5 A levels (3 sciences, geog, gen studies) and my parents had high hopes of me doing something wonderful at uni - I didn't want to, I wanted to work with horses which was shot down when I mentioned it. It really stressed me out at the time and then I discovered I was pregnant - completely by accident but I believe fate played a hand. I then got a full time job, bought a house and had my 2nd baby by 21. I am now doing my degree in Law which I started at 24 but still working so I am going a roundabout way to doing it but will get there in the end.

I still havent achieved my dream of working with horses but have kept them on as a hobby. x x x