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oh well as i said it is worth mentioning. Hopefully the sun will be out tomorrow and we will all feel happierMe, DD1 20, DS 17, DD2 14, Debt Free 04/18, Single Mum since 11/190
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Hi DFW
I know where you're coming from as well. Been a SAHM is hard work, its not all as it appears in parenting magazines etc - its bloody hard work but you're doing a fab job! My 2 used to end up arguing when we started to play something and sometimes I felt like walking out and leaving them to it.
Its impossible to have a tidy house all the time with kids, my 2 are now older and still haven't got the idea that things need to be put away after they've been used. My pet hate is fingerprints on windows and I still find them :mad:
Enjoy them whilst their littlies, they don't stay that way for long
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slm: yeah hopefully the sun will be out so i can throw kids into the garden as i have to wait in all day for a repair man...can just imagine them killing each other if stuck in the house ALL day (must have claustrophobia lol)
Choo: I think it is just that time of the month where i *ahem* like to moan, cry and whine about everything
my eldest is 12 and that has flown by since he started school so i know i should be enjoying every minute, it's so blooming hard when DH is away 10 month out of every 12
(another reason to transfer he should be home more often!)
xMortgage Overpayments 2024/25 - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. A-£200, S- £221.34. O-£200EF- £642.41/500
Total- £1783.67
Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1650
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your doing a fab job hun we all feel under appreciated and we all feel like banging our kids heads together at some point lol i think we would be weirdos or our kids would be sedated if we didn't feel like that.
Being a soldiers wife sucks, people on the outside think we have all the support we need but in reality they don't and I have to say i don't miss that l;ife at all and i did it for 8 and half years lol
chin up babe xNEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.050 -
thanks girls you've all made me feel a bit better
i've got a tear in my eye reading all your support, you don't know how much it means lol i never get any here as dh only seems to be here for flying visits! And mum is always too busy (and over 100 miles away-same as all the other family)
DFW xMortgage Overpayments 2024/25 - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. A-£200, S- £221.34. O-£200EF- £642.41/500
Total- £1783.67
Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1650
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Wednesday
So up bright and early this morning (thanks to DS2 teething and his final wake up call at 6am *yawn*)
Have got a wash on but it keeps spitting with rain outside so think i will have to tumble dry it! Got at least 2 more washes after that one too!
Have finally been out and had my first vibro plate session, have to say I don't feel like i've had much of a work out? Perhaps it is supposed to feel like this? I turned up without an appointment like she told me to on the phone, and OMG she told me she had no free ones :wall:being the wrong time of month and all for me, I very nearly put my hands round her scrawny little neck and throttled her
thought better of it though and decided just to stand there and rant and rave about how i had been in 3 or 4 times and turned away, then asked her if she had a problem with me
or my friend, and WHY other people's children were allowed in, when we were told it was a clear health and saefty hazard and we would have to stand outside with OUR kids.
Then she tells me that the voucher is the wrong one. Well I asked to speak to whoever was in charge because she clearly wasn't competent enough to know her stuff :rotfl:turns out she is in fact the manager. Well good because i will be logging a complaint (with who, i don't know :rotfl:) oh and guess what all of a sudden the voucher is fine! Hmmmmmmmmm.
SO we get to the vibro plate, 'so' she says, 'where are your trainers'.....'trainers' i say, 'well i haven't had a pair for 10 years' :rotfl:'ahhhhhhhh' she says with a smug grin (which i wanted to wipe off her tangerine face) 'you can't use it then'.....'hmm let me guess, health and safety' i say!!! SO i tell her to hold on to my token, i am driving all the way across town to get a pair of !!!!!!!g trainers so i can use it. I'll be damned if she was going to beat me! :rotfl: so 20 mins later i walk in (with a pair of trainers that are too small for me), and ask her if I had any other contra-indications meaning i couldn't use it (with hands on hips of course) and no she doesn't, then for the next 12 mins she is nice as pie. AND shows me all the different moves to do on it?!!!!!!!!!!!!
Weirdo!
SO i got my session, and now i only have to go back and deal with her another 9 times *sigh* until voucher runs out!!! :wall::wall:
Have had tea & toast today, and pasta & sauce for lunch which was left over from last ngiht dinner.
DS2 is asleep on couch. His teeth are really playing him up, and i know that he will now play me up later about going to bed but i felt so sorry for him lol so he's had an hour sleep already (making a rod for my own back here!)
Need to check bank see if DD has come out yet. And do some more washing. Apart from that having a lazy day! Oh and have a gammon in the slow cooker so need to find something to cook with it. Am going to be drinking ds1 last energy drink from the fridge i think to keep me going *yawn*
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DFW x
OH AND EDITED to say another NSD here for me YEY!Mortgage Overpayments 2024/25 - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. A-£200, S- £221.34. O-£200EF- £642.41/500
Total- £1783.67
Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1650
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wonder hy your not meant to wear trainers, i've been told not to so it makes it easier for the girls to clean...........................that manager sounds like a blooming weirdo x
hope your wee one is ok, teething ain't fun poor wee mite x x x
oh why did you get trainers that were too small for you lolNEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.050 -
Just checked online bank and after management fees i was paid £462 in rental money this month :j so i have just transferred it straight to my contingency fund :T we now have £1075.40 / 1400 in there! SO hopefully next month i can finish this fund off and then start saving for other things
love it when a plan starts coming together :T
DFW xMortgage Overpayments 2024/25 - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. A-£200, S- £221.34. O-£200EF- £642.41/500
Total- £1783.67
Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1650
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well done on getting that amount saved, you must be so chuffed xNEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.050
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oh thanks abba! must have crossed posts! I had a pair of trainers from ds1 that don't fit him anymore :rotfl:they are a size 5 and i'm a 5 and half so was a bit of a squeeze but i got them on lol, i wasn't paying for a new pair just to go on a wobbler

DS still asleep but i'm enjoying the peace! AND i managed to make a few phone calls to creditors regarding my cccs & interest etc. All my catalogues have frozen interest now :T:jthat is 4 creditors :T
I think the only ones we're still having trouble with is barclays and i daren't make that call
they are always so mean to me lol! I may go into town and talk to someone behind the desk in barclays as they are nicer and i prefer it when i can see someone face to face. HATE talking on the phone a proper pet hate of mine lol!
And regarding the contingency fund/emergency fund i am hoping i might complete it before summer! Oh how exciting :rotfl:saving is almost as much fun as spending
Mortgage Overpayments 2024/25 - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. A-£200, S- £221.34. O-£200EF- £642.41/500
Total- £1783.67
Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1650
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