DreamerHelen's New Diary - "Ad Astra per Aspera"

DreamerHelen

Hovel_lady wrote: »

Still lurking
Will be off walking the Hovel dog soon and then bed I hope so good luck for reaching your target tonight and will catch up tomorrow xx

BUT if I can't sleep because my throat is hurting too much I may be back lurking later. You have been warned :rotfl::rotfl:

LoL Duly noted.... You are more than welcome to lurk in here as long as you like

I wish I had a Dog...I love Dogs, they are so loyal and lovely but unfortunately I only live in a Studio Flat and apart from the fact that we're not allowed to keep Pets, it would be cruel in a place this Small...Especially since the Dog that I really want is a Labrador :rotfl:

Still here....I just have to meet my Target...I've run out of People that I can ask for help from...So I simply have to meet my Target whether I like it or not!! Simples...

Might catch you later hun xxx

DreamerHelen

seese75 wrote: »

I am lurking too. Hope you hit your targets, soon. good luck

Awwww thanks hun....As said before - I simply HAVE to meet my Target....But it's nice to get encouragement...

Hovel_lady

I'm back! Can't sleep so got up again.

Sorry to be nosy (don't answer if you don't want to)but how big is your teeny weeny flat? The first property I owned (makes me sound like a property tycoon. I'm not. The hovel we own now is my second property) was classed as a studio flat but I never felt it was.
There was a bedroom/sitting room about 11 feet square and a kitchen/dinner about half that size. Then bathroom/seperate loo.
Little flats fascinate me. I've been known to spend odd hours looking at little flats for sale online. Some are cupboard sized.
You might enjoy looking at this tiny flat:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2022915/Smallest-apartment-America--800-month-shoebox-studio-Manhattan.html

I was allowed animals in the flat "with permission" so I got permission to have a cat, well 2 at one point 3
The flat was ground floor so they came in and out through the window. All fine except at 3am in the winter :rotfl:
The Hovel dog says "Hello, woof".

Enough rambling about me - how's things where you are?
xx

DreamerHelen

Hey Hovel hun....My Flat is very very very very tiny....Not sure about sizes....but it is a square room which has just enough room for my Double Bed and a little bit of furniture...It has a kitchenette in the corner with electric hobs and a sink and fridge...and then I have a separate Bathroom with Shower and Toilet and Sink...

But I love it!!

I didn't do very well last night....I ended up asking a Friend to help me out...which she said she would but now I feel really bad and feel like I've copped out....I feel like I'm just pathetic and useless...

The Week starts again tonight at Midnight and then I have another Chance to MAKE IT WORK!!!!! It's about time I realised that I'm no longer a child that can get bailed out all over the Place...I'm an adult and I need to behave as such!!

Right....I'm going to get a bit extra done this morning and earn a little extra....and then I'm going to take the Afternoon to get some things sorted out and then tonight at Midnight I'm going to START AGAIN - START AFRESH!!

I hope you Guys don't judge me too much for what I've done....But I guess the main thing is that I fix what I've done and I Don't Judge Myself too much...I can't change it, but I CAN and WILL make it better!!

Hovel_lady

Hello, back lurking
Please don't feel bad, you're certainly not pathetic or useless. We all need help sometimes. Nobody will judge you here, we're all quite nice. Today's a new day so start afresh from here.
I love little flats, I think because the first place I lived alone was small although not as small as your flat.
I'm off back to the garden in a mo but back later.
Take care xx

DreamerHelen

Hey Everyone....

Well it's a BRAND NEW START TO MY WEEK (well, it is at Midnight anyway!!) and I'm looking forward to the brand new Challenge that it will bring!!

Thank you Hovel Lady hun for not Judging me...I know you Guys are LOVELY and SUPPORTIVE and thank you!!

So, the new Pay Period starts at Midnight and I have a Target of £109 to earn before I can go to Sleep again...I have been sleeping lightly earlier tonight...So feeling okay to Work at the moment...

I just have to learn how to not beat myself up about stuff....Things happen and I just have to learn from them and learn how to GROW UP and TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for MYSELF!!

Anyway...enough of my rambling...:rotfl: Chat to you all soon.

Love and Hugs, Helen xxx

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The Stuff of Dreams

Save £4305 Before the End of 2011 Challenge
I'm currently Studying. My College Fees are already taken care of for the rest of 2011 but next Year I have to pay £4305 and I'm not sure where that's going to come from so it'll be Ebay Sales, extra Wages, Tax Refunds (which I'm expecting VERY VERY soon) and stuff like that.

Currently £16.64/£4305 (At least I've made a Start now!! :j)

Terramundi Pot Challenge (To Open Saturday 19th November 2011)
I'm going to an Exhibition at Olympia (not sure if I'm allowed to post the name of it since it's a bit, ummm, risque LoL). I'm going to buy a Terramundi soon...and then start Saving with extra's from Wages (I can do as much Overtime as I like).

Currently £0/£500 (hoped)

Budweiser Bottle Challenge (To Open 31st December 2011)
I have a great big massive Plastic Budweiser Bottle (appropriate since I used to work for the people that own Budweiser!!) and I'm going to fill that up with the odd pennies and coppers and 5p's and spare change. Not sure what I'm going to spend it on yet...I'm sure I'll think of something!!

Currently £7.43

£144 in 144 Days Pt 1
This is all going to be from earning an extra pound every day from Overtime at Work, starting Wednesday 9th August. This first part is going to be for a set of the Beauty and the Beast DVD's (remember the old Series with Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman?) and also a new MP3 Player.

Currently £0/£144

£144 in 144 Days Pt 2
This second part will be for what I call my "Soho Fund"....And that's for some fun things from Soho (I think I might leave that one for all your imaginations!! LoL :rotfl:)

Currently £0/£144

£144 in 144 Days Pt 3
This third part will be for a Table for Two (haven't decided who with yet!!) and a Meal and the Show for the Wam Bam Burlesque Club in London for January or February of next Year. It looks amazing there but the Tickets for a Meal combined with the Show is £70 each..so that should work out nicely then!! :T

Currently £0/£144

Writing A Book Challenge
So, I've been meaning to write a Book for ABSOLUTELY AGES!!! But never actually gotten around to it. So now I'm going to write one...Even if it never gets Published, so what, I'll still have written a Book. First step is to find out about practical stuff - ie: How many chapters should there be, how many words per chapter, etc. Then a Synopsis of the Book. Then start writing it....Oooooooh scary!!! - Nothing done so far, MUST get started!!

Losing The Weight For ME!!
So, I'm currently MASSIVELY overweight..by about 10 stones (and no, I'm NOT exaggerating). So I started back at Slimming World, got weighed in and, what the hell, I'm going to declare my weight at exactly 23 stones. Majorly broke my Diet this Week but I'm back on it now and determined to stick to it for the whole of the Weekend until Weigh-In on Monday....I'm going to get there. No idea what my Target Weight is yet...I guess I'll know when I get there.

Start Weight: 23 Stones
Weight Lost: 0 pounds so far (first weigh in tomorrow!! :eek:)

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Hovel_lady

Good luck with your new target look forward to hearing how you are getting on.
xx

chevalier

Hi there Dreamer
Well done on realising you need to make changes. Sorry if I am being thick but is the telephone job your only job, ie one you are fitting around full time study?

You are bound to be on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster, because you are making a lot of changes at once. Ie training for a new career, finishing a relationship, changing your attitude to money, changing your attitude to eating..... be kind to yourself. You may find that you can't always keep your focus on so many areas. Whilst I am not saying that you shouldn't try and lose weight, you may find that in your efforts to earn money, and keep on with the course that 'just for now' your weight loss takes a back seat....

chev

DreamerHelen

Morning Everyone!! :cool:

I'm doing okay this Morning...although didn't meet my Target last Night....Still, got to £33 and I can make it up over this Week so I still have PLENTY OF TIME!!

I'm not feeling great this Morning so I won't be going to Weigh-In today....And at least that means I can start Work early....since all I have to do is sit in bed and talk on the Phone...I think I can do that!!

Hovel Lady hun...thank you for your Words of Encouragement...I really appreciate it!!

Chev...Thank you for popping in....And yes, my Phone Work is the only thing I do but my Studying is Part-Time so the Phone Work is Full-Time but has to be fit in around my Studying since that takes up a fair bit of my time what with Placements and Essays and stuff like that!!

I agree Chev that I may not be able to FOCUS all the time....I can but try!!

Anyway...Going to take a couple of hours to myself this Afternoon and then start Work....Have a Target of £91 to hit before tomorrow morning....Will keep you all Updated as to where I get to!!

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The Stuff of Dreams

Save £4305 Before the End of 2011 Challenge
I'm currently Studying. My College Fees are already taken care of for the rest of 2011 but next Year I have to pay £4305 and I'm not sure where that's going to come from so it'll be Ebay Sales, extra Wages, Tax Refunds (which I'm expecting VERY VERY soon) and stuff like that.

Currently £0/£4305 (Had to spend this for Food Shopping...I can but start again, I WILL get there!!)

Terramundi Pot Challenge (To Open Saturday 19th November 2011)
I'm going to an Exhibition at Olympia (not sure if I'm allowed to post the name of it since it's a bit, ummm, risque LoL). I'm going to buy a Terramundi soon...and then start Saving with extra's from Wages (I can do as much Overtime as I like).

Currently £0/£500 (hoped)

Budweiser Bottle Challenge (To Open 31st December 2011)
I have a great big massive Plastic Budweiser Bottle (appropriate since I used to work for the people that own Budweiser!!) and I'm going to fill that up with the odd pennies and coppers and 5p's and spare change. Not sure what I'm going to spend it on yet...I'm sure I'll think of something!!

Currently £8.17

£144 in 144 Days Pt 1
This is all going to be from earning an extra pound every day from Overtime at Work, starting Wednesday 9th August. This first part is going to be for a set of the Beauty and the Beast DVD's (remember the old Series with Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman?) and also a new MP3 Player.

Currently £0/£144

£144 in 144 Days Pt 2
This second part will be for what I call my "Soho Fund"....And that's for some fun things from Soho (I think I might leave that one for all your imaginations!! LoL :rotfl:)

Currently £0/£144

£144 in 144 Days Pt 3
This third part will be for a Table for Two (haven't decided who with yet!!) and a Meal and the Show for the Wam Bam Burlesque Club in London for January or February of next Year. It looks amazing there but the Tickets for a Meal combined with the Show is £70 each..so that should work out nicely then!! :T

Currently £0/£144

Writing A Book Challenge
So, I've been meaning to write a Book for ABSOLUTELY AGES!!! But never actually gotten around to it. So now I'm going to write one...Even if it never gets Published, so what, I'll still have written a Book. First step is to find out about practical stuff - ie: How many chapters should there be, how many words per chapter, etc. Then a Synopsis of the Book. Then start writing it....Oooooooh scary!!! - Nothing done so far, MUST get started!!

Losing The Weight For ME!!
So, I'm currently MASSIVELY overweight..by about 10 stones (and no, I'm NOT exaggerating). So I started back at Slimming World, got weighed in and, what the hell, I'm going to declare my weight at exactly 23 stones. No idea what my Target Weight is yet...I guess I'll know when I get there.

Start Weight: 23 Stones
Weight Lost: 0 pounds so far (first weigh in next Monday!!)

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DreamerHelen

Morning Everyone :beer:

Well, things have changed a little from the last time I posted. I'll try and explain...

I'm self-employed and for the last couple of years I didn't do my Tax Return properly so Mum (bless her) has been sorting out all my Self-Employed stuff...and it turns out that I'm due £2100 back....Most of which I should get in the next Week... :j

So, although I'm not taking it easy as such...It means that things are a little less tight!! :T

Most of it will go towards my College Fees for next Year...and that's another good thing - I was basing my Fee's next Year on if I paid monthly but I've found out that if I pay it in 2 installments (one in November and one in May) then it's acutally only £4100 rather than £4305...so that's lots of money I'll be saving!! :j

So right now I'm sat at home...and I'll be sorting out my Bank Account and what I still need to earn for the rest of the Year (I like to try and Budget, it gives me something to aim for!!).

Also, was thinking of taking a Trip to Morocco in January for my Birthday....So I might Book the Flight and then save up for the Spends/Hotel/Food/Excursions across the rest of this Year...

So, all in all things are looking really really great!!!

I'll be Working tonight (I'm out this afternoon for my Course) and so I'll see you all there...

Love and Hugs, Helen xxx

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The Stuff of Dreams

Save £4100 Before the End of 2011 Challenge
I'm currently Studying. My College Fees are already taken care of for the rest of 2011 but next Year I have to pay £4100 - I'll be paying a LOT of it from Tax Repayments and the rest will come from Ebay Sales and extra Wages.

Currently £0/£4100 (I WILL get there!!)

Terramundi Pot Challenge (To Open Saturday 19th November 2011)
I'm going to an Exhibition at Olympia (not sure if I'm allowed to post the name of it since it's a bit, ummm, risque LoL). I'm going to buy a Terramundi soon...and then start Saving with extra's from Wages (I can do as much Overtime as I like).

Currently £0/£500 (hoped)

Budweiser Bottle Challenge (To Open 31st December 2011)
I have a great big massive Plastic Budweiser Bottle (appropriate since I used to work for the people that own Budweiser!!) and I'm going to fill that up with the odd pennies and coppers and 5p's and spare change.

This is for my Hotel/Food/Spends/Excursions on my Trip to Morocco in January 2012!!

Currently £14.93

£144 in 144 Days Pt 1
This is all going to be from earning an extra pound every day from Overtime at Work, starting Wednesday 9th August. This first part is going to be for a set of the Beauty and the Beast DVD's (remember the old Series with Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman?) and also a new MP3 Player.

Currently £0/£144

£144 in 144 Days Pt 2
This second part will be for what I call my "Soho Fund"....And that's for some fun things from Soho (I think I might leave that one for all your imaginations!! LoL :rotfl:)

Currently £0/£144

£144 in 144 Days Pt 3
This third part will be for a Table for Two (haven't decided who with yet!!) and a Meal and the Show for the Wam Bam Burlesque Club in London for January or February of next Year. It looks amazing there but the Tickets for a Meal combined with the Show is £70 each..so that should work out nicely then!! :T

Currently £0/£144

Writing A Book Challenge
So, I've been meaning to write a Book for ABSOLUTELY AGES!!! But never actually gotten around to it. So now I'm going to write one...Even if it never gets Published, so what, I'll still have written a Book. First step is to find out about practical stuff - ie: How many chapters should there be, how many words per chapter, etc. Then a Synopsis of the Book. Then start writing it....Oooooooh scary!!! - Nothing done so far, MUST get started!!

Losing The Weight For ME!!
So, I'm currently MASSIVELY overweight..by about 10 stones (and no, I'm NOT exaggerating). So I started back at Slimming World, got weighed in and, what the hell, I'm going to declare my weight at exactly 23 stones. No idea what my Target Weight is yet...I guess I'll know when I get there.

Start Weight: 23 Stones
Weight Lost: 0 pounds so far (first weigh in next Monday!!)

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