I STILL want to be mortgage free - 2011!

earthgirl

oh, of course. And it would be terribly hard for oh to work away from a baby. my oh is away at the moment and is missing lo.

Thinking of you x

twinklie

Main issue is not knowing which part of the UK DH is likely to get a job. No point moving just to move again. Boo. As for him coming home to write up. That is still the plan, but still won't know where we will live. It's a pain in the backside.

twinklie

Some happy news...my bessie has finally had her sproglet. Is so pleased for her. Sooo what do I get as a pressie? This is my first very close friend to have one. Given what they went through with the miscarriage etc, he's a very special perfect little boy.

earthgirl

Great news, no idea about a present, everything is useful when you have a newborn! They grow so fast out of baby clothes though!

Courgette

Sorry about DH's grandma and that you're feeling so blue about jobs and waiting for babies and all that business.

As for the baby present, what about a keepsake rather than something useful. Perhaps a beautiful blanket or a pair of bootees or an engraved picture frame with his name and dob in?

cha97michelle

One of my nicest pressies was a wooden height chart, and we have regularly measured ours against it and i love looking at how small they were.

twinklie

Is this to girly for a boy? http://www.babyrepublic.co.uk/wooden-giraffe-height-chart-p/gt1.htm

It's his mummys fav animal and she missed out on the zoo trip this year because of being on maternity. There are other options height chart wise but this just jumped out at me.

twinklie

2011
Mortgage at start of January: £36,429.83
Overpayments in Blue.
Interest in Red.
Balance in Green.

Month: Payment (Std / OP) / Interest (per day) / Net reduction / Balance

January: 450.00 (328.81 / 121.19) / £163.63 (£5.28) / £286.37 / £36,143.46
February: 450.00 (328.81 / 121.19) / £162.34 (£5.80) / £287.66 / £35,855.80
March: 450.00 (328.81 / 121.19) / £161.05 (£5.20) / £288.95 / £35,566.86
April: 450.00 (328.81 / 121.19) / £159.75 (£5.33) / £290.25 / £35,276.61

Totals: Payment / Interest / Net reduction.
Grand Total: 1800.00/ 646.77 / 1153.23

Balance outstanding: £35,276.61

gratefulforhelp_2

lovely that the babe has arrived. you could drop round some yummy food to heat up, she will have her hands full.?

twinklie

Well she lives about 40 mins from me so I can't really just pop by, however, I am popping round after work on Wednesday. She only got let out of hospital yesterday because the wee one wasn't feeding well - lots of mucus on his chest apparently. Today however, he's doing very well apparently.

So food probably isn't the best idea - I wouldn't have anywhere to store it during the day at work. If she lived nearer I'd pop round with stuff all the time though. Besides, she lives very near her and her partners family and I think they are force feeding them all anyway. Ha ha.