Memorygirls - Make Do and Mend

Memory_Girl

cha97michelle wrote: »

My trouble is i like too many nice food things. You can't beat chilli on a sweet potato jacket, or i make us all my special beans which just means i fry off an onion and some garlic and add some baked beans and sweetcorn. I could also eat my carrot and red lentil soup daily.

In terms of money coming back to you, i had a bit of good news. £350 of extra tax credits in my bank account that i wasn't expecting. Maybe you will get some of that.

Wooohoooo Michelle:beer::beer:

That is such fantastic news - and hey!!! I don't mind all of my friends getting wet in my shower of abundance too:rotfl::rotfl:

There's plenty to go around - and plenty more coming our way from unexpected sources.

Psssst!! I'm toying with the idea of creating a massive sized cheque and hanging it on my front door so that I see it every time i go out - one of those huge "Readers Digest" ones you see in the ads. What do you all think???

Still no news - apart from one of the trustess of the charity is a solicitor and everything is with him.

Everyone repeat after me " This or Something Better" - we've still got ten weeks to create the perfect school.

Off to eat pasta salad with the boys for dinner - then some ironing - then some time on my dream wall:beer:

Memorygirl

Memory_Girl

PS -off to check my Bank Balance just in case - LOL

Memory_Girl

Rats!!!

But I do go over my £500 target tomorrow - so I may be able to transfer enough to pay my first £124 - Woohooo!!!!!!!!

Memorygirl

carebabe

hi mg

belated many happy returns to you. toasting you with my celebratory glass (largeish) of wine. OU exam today and questions all good. hope you get good news soon about the school.

p.s. fav lazy meal = cheese roll

cha97michelle

Thanks for sharing your luck with the money. Maybe i am taking too much though. I've sold 2 books today on amazon for about £10 profit. I have an old digi camera on ebay that looks like it will sell well. I have also sold a few other things on ebay. DH also earned me some extra pennies by working overtime this weekend. And, he bought a new phone so i can recycle his old one for £20. (He also got £22.50 discount using up old nectar points we had forgotten about.)

Admittedly, none of this is luck really, but it is cheering me up no end to think of all the pennies coming my way a bit easier. I have just ordered myself a copy of the secret too as if all this luck comes my way from hearing you mention it, then imagine if i actually read it and did it myself. :rotfl:

Will keep the school in my thoughts and wish good things for you there and in terms of large cheques for your mortgage.

Memory_Girl

:j:j:j I did it :j:j:j:j

First leaf coloured in - actually I decided to amend my signature showing the full amount of the mortgage owing £125K minus the £1K I had saved plus the £125 making a grand total of

£1125 or 9 of my 1000 leaves coloured in already.

My Money OCD is kicking in - I am already scrabbling around finding how fast I can find the next £124 to make it 1% of the mortgage paid off - whilst still paying the bank £330 per month on top.:T

I have £25 in the savings account, and £16 left from my Mums birthday money (today I treated me and DS2 to a haircut, me to a red gingham shirt,we both had a sausage roll from Greggs, £1 on a six-pack of PomBear, £19.90 on 10 packets of (9 in a pkt) loo roll and 2 hi-lighting kits at £1.99 each)

Oh! and £1 for the tooth fairy that came last night to DS1

Carry fwd monies = £41 so 84 pounds to find to pay off the first 1% of my mortgage - YIPEE!!!! thats only 20 days at £4.13.

So excited that after the whole car episode I am beginning to move forward again.

My hair is very short, cropped and cute - but the colour is a bit bleurgh!!!!!! so my bargain hi-lighter kits will come into play this evening after our parents meetings.

Tonight we are having (by request of DS1) gnocchi and salad - followed by a fruit flan (sponge flan and chopped up strawberries and jelly) all from store cupboard.

For lunch I had another dish of gratin potatoes with salad and a white grape spritzer whilst sitting inthe sun. With my newly shorn head and new top I feel like a real yummy mummy.

Going to get a wiggle on to make sure I'm not late for the parents meeting.

Be lucky guys - and keep looking for those big cheques.

Memorygirl

PS no News - bet you are sick of me saying that aren't you.:o

SmlSave

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, I completely forgot to let you know that I made gnocchi - just like you said - and it was lurvly Thank you lots.

Have fun with your hi-lights

Memory_Girl

Thanks smlsave - just picking up the courage to go and ask for some inspiration from the Guys on Mortgage Free Wannabes to get going on the 991 leaves still to colour in.

We had a change of plan on the gnochhi - I will tell you why!

Tomorrow afternoon I am gatecrashing a conference at St Andrews University - about Univerities building partnerships with local schools and offering to share resources with the 15-18 age group students. This is exactly what we are doing with our erd-kinder programme - and it has already been modelled and trialled in the states - so heres the plan ...............

I've got myself on the list for the conference check
I've got a cute new haircut - and soon to be hi-lights check
Look out and iron, cute wrap dress, high heels, mineral makeup and tights check
I've packed my Mind Mapping pad and coloured pens check
Central Images for the keynotes already pencilled in check
Get there early and sit inthe front row
Mind Map until they come up and ask what I'm up to
Get meetings with the guys in charge to create a partnership with our school
Leave them copies of my books as a thank-you

So tonight we are having risotto because tomorrow I won't have time to cook it because the conference finishes at 5 - allow smoozing time and DS1 has got chanter at 6.15pm. So leaving gnocchi for tomorrow as it takes 3 minutes to cook and plate up.

Bit long-winded but you get the gist.

Righto!! Risottos ready (stirring with other hand) off to do dinner, baths and hair.

Memorygirl

scrooge2008

Tomorrow sounds really interesting and exciting.

I am sure you will be a knock out in your killer heals . Your books sound fascinating too.

Best wishes.

Memory_Girl

Thanks Scrooge

The books are on Mind Mapping,Memory, Study Skills and Speed Reading - so I will be in the right place to maybe sell a few - LOL.

Still no news - but keep ing the thoughts positive

Memorygirl

My £1.99 highliter kit has worked a treat - thick blonde chunks through the front have really lifted the haircut - Bargain!!!!