From Trash to Cash: Dribbling a river

skintbint_2

Hunt down a hundred by sunday 11p.m. posse"
1)Skintbint- £15.00
2)Mummyandpaige 49.96
3)TryingHard 42.00
4) Elly - £100.00
5)Cagneuk £245.00
6) Nixinixi -£22.00
7)Yukkibear -£37.57
8)Joeygrey - £38.00

hi folks hope you are all well- sorry been MIA bit of a family crisis - how far would you go to protect your family and kids if a crazed eastern european was hell bent on getting into your house at 3 in the morning and didnt understand the international language of GTF. think America has the right idea - cross my threshhold at your own risk! Nobody was hurt thankfully but he certainly got more than he bargained for from a 21 yro 5'2" 8 1/2 stone whirlin dervish of a scots woman protecting an 18month old bairn in full flight! just a pity the police dont see it that way.

however these things are sent to try us, back to the challenge well done everybody and we still have another 15 hrs to go - remember andd add any free listing fees if your ebaying today, been practising making traybakes yesterday - ask me to make a fancy cake - no problem ask for a traybake there may be a problem! have possibly another lead into the local council offices - lots of ladies there like their cupcakes but there is nowhere in the town that do them - can feel a freebie to the local office coming on along with some business cards, also know one girl there has been shown my website as she needs a wedding cake, and DS friends mum works there and was showing her (by the way Duck cake on website homepage- pictures taken outside at 6.15 on Friday morning!!!) Also in the middle of "selling my skills" for possibly another wedding cake. Am going to have a go at a cupcake tree ( plantpot, oasis ball on sticks with cupcakes secured with cocktail sticks and wrap the pot in tissue paper with a big bow!) Looks really effective and different just have to figure out what to weight the pot down with, have only come up with quick drying cement so far!

okay house like a tip, weather carp. lots to list on ebay, an ironing (again) that i need Bear Grylls to help be ascend. so will get of Fat A*se and move.

munchki

Oh goodness Skint!!! I do hope you and the wee one are seriously ok and in answer to your question, there is nothing that I would not do to protect my children! Your right there are some things, not many however, that the americans do get right and I personally dont see anything wrong in protecting what is precious to me especially when you should not be in my home in the middle of the freaking night where you dont belong.

As for weighing your pots down, how about those glass stones put in the bottom of them or make little molds of cement slightly smaller then the pot so that you can take them out to wash etc? Just a suggestion of course!

Woke up to an almighty crack of thunder this morning, guess was not meant to have a lie in this morning. Do love a good thunderstorm and this one has been a doozy so far but looks like slowly fading away now, of course now that I am proper awake! No plans whatsoever today, might do a bit of stitching, do have couple things to list on the dreaded ebay but that is pretty much me done for the day. Doubt very seriously that the front door will even get unlocked today much less opened, just having one of those chill out days.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day today and is happy and well. xx

elly68

hi skint what did the police say,and what did the polish guy get hit with .sounds like he deserved it.
well think my giant leap will be swimming and zumba on a thursday night been talking about going for ages even bought the trainers lol mil has kids i work till 5 and go home in my 3 hrs of freedom and eat and watch tv so nixi if you motivate me to join the class then you have done well .i also havent found any dog walks round here still jumping in car to go to old walks so wasting fuel so that can be part of my next weeks £100 i am going to voluntarily try to keep this up
ps hubby said it was his idea to use wood as fence however if i hadnt said in front of mil to get circular saw out there and then they would still be in the drive i am still claiming the money lol
pps looks like ebay has told off china companies as the pandora has been removed from link on many of the bracelets so jewellery here i come

moneymabel

Morning all :-)
skint-hope you are ok hun-what happened?!

Rosie-Yep-typical rain! at least now I've started gardening I dont mind the rain as much as it saves me a job!

Paula-OMG I'm glad I didnt look at that link last night, I hate dolls anyway and they give me the creeps but that is just plain wrong...uuuurggghhhh

Jo-awww thats a nice gesture donating your hooray money to Callum-im sure every pound gives his parents a little hooray so 5 counts as a big one def!

Elly-good luck with the Zumba,dog walks and jewellery!

NLID-well done on the techy stuff, cant pretend I understand any of it but sounds like you have been busy!

Munchki-enjoy your chilled out day!

Hi to Babymoo,Saucy and Mambury

Nixi-great giant jump-thanks hun!! Well one of mine will be cutting back my Prozac this friday further to one every 3 days, have been putting it off but will do it,with depression/anxiety seems like most things I do are out of my comfort zone but will have a think, especially marketing stuff :-)

skintbint_2

Hi Elly, nobody got hit - he turned on his heels when the wee mad scotswoman went at him "brandashing an offensive weapon" and there is the catch! police doing nothing about him(says he didnt understand - aye right but they understand the fekin benefit system - oh by the way brother in law is polish so am not xenophobic/racist whatever just pee'd off at language barrier being a bl0ody excuse everytime - hear it everyday you couldn't use that excuse if you dropped a geordie at the harbour in Aberdeen) just waiting to see if DN is going to be charged now, bloody nightmare!

good luck with the jewellery, no bootsale today?think i'll do £100 next week since i've not done too well this week although the leads should prove fruitful in the long run

munchki

Skint, I totally agree with you, I mean really, did the language barrier confuse him at 3am that he was breaking into the wrong house?? Did your house speak to him in a language he did not understand or what? boggles the mind really how that can be used as a get out of jail free card. Pathetic excuse and really think sometimes that politically correct has gotten way out of control!

nixinixi

elly68 wrote: »

hi skint what did the police say,and what did the polish guy get hit with .sounds like he deserved it.
well think my giant leap will be swimming and zumba on a thursday night been talking about going for ages even bought the trainers lol mil has kids i work till 5 and go home in my 3 hrs of freedom and eat and watch tv so nixi if you motivate me to join the class then you have done well .i also havent found any dog walks round here still jumping in car to go to old walks so wasting fuel so that can be part of my next weeks £100 i am going to voluntarily try to keep this up
ps hubby said it was his idea to use wood as fence however if i hadnt said in front of mil to get circular saw out there and then they would still be in the drive i am still claiming the money lol
pps looks like ebay has told off china companies as the pandora has been removed from link on many of the bracelets so jewellery here i come

Sounds like a fantastic way to do the Giant Leap Elly, please do it! I really want to join a zumba class (love the dvd Cagne!!) but can't find one that is a time that works for us, but I will and the first tiume I go will be on my own and out of my comfort zone but it looks such fun that I am sure I am sure it will be worth it! So go for it Elly!!! woohoo!!

nixinixi

NLID - I'd love to help if I can, pm me!

nolongerindenial

Hi Nix, I will pm everyone who wants the opportunity to write the content the link in the next few days.. I just cant believe I chose to take this route as is risky yet stable.. if that makes any sense..

nolongerindenial

Skint - I would like to add £51.04 to my £100 week challenge as some calipers sold last night..