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

Hovel_lady

Great news on the tax refund and course fees :T
I'm really pleased for you.
Hope your course goes well, catch up later xx

DreamerHelen

Hey Everyone...

Wow, things are constantly changing for me lately...I'M finding it hard to keep up with things let alone trying to tell you Guys what's happening.

I AM going to get a Tax Refund but it's going to take longer than I thought to get it into my Account...Stupidly I started to rely on that money and so haven't been working over the past couple of days...Which I know is absolutely ridiculous and STUPID!!

One thing you Guys will learn about me is that I constantly screw up...But I guess that's just Life....I just need to remember what I'm doing all this Work for and why I need to CARRY ON...

So, I'm starting with all Accounts at ZERO....And starting from now...5am on Thursday 18th August...And I'm going to seriously GO FOR IT NOW!!

Anyway....I've rambled enough...Chat to you all soon.

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 Flight/Hotel/Food/Spends/Excursions on my Trip to Morocco in January 2012!!

Currently £0

£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 - Not sure when first Weigh-In is, something has to give!!

Hovel_lady

B*gger about the tax refund - hope it arrives sooner rather than later.
What are your plans for today? Working I'm guessing?
GO FOR IT!
xx

DreamerHelen

Hovel_lady wrote: »

B*gger about the tax refund - hope it arrives sooner rather than later.
What are your plans for today? Working I'm guessing?
GO FOR IT!
xx

Thanks for your continued support hun...It means a lot!!

I was supposed to be going out with a Friend this afternoon but he's not well so I'm just about to go out to do a bit of Shopping...and then I'll be doing some Cleaning....and then WORK WORK WORK!!

Feeling quite positive and happy right now....although there's a niggling feeling that something will happen to bring me down!!

DreamerHelen

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 Flight/Hotel/Food/Spends/Excursions on my Trip to Morocco in January 2012!! - A Big Ask But I'd Love To Get There!!

Currently £5.37

£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). I've looked at my Budget and I can't really afford Slimming World so I'm going to do it by myself. Starting tomorrow and I'll get weighed then at my Local Chemist, will post my Weight tomorrow!!

Start Weight: To Be Confirmed
Weight Lost: 0 pounds so far

Jules28

Hi Helen,

Just popping on to say I have been reading your diary and enjoying it. That's great news about the tax refund, even if you are going to have to wait a bit longer than you thought.

For the weight loss plan, I had a lot to lose a few years ago and shifted 6 stone. And believe me, if I can do it, ANYONE can! Much like saving money or debt busting, I think the key to losing weight is being organised - cos if I ever didn't plan in advance, that's when I popped out and bought chips lol.

Anyway, enough rambling from me, best of luck and I look forward to reading more of your posts.

Jules x

Hovel_lady

DreamerHelen wrote: »

Feeling quite positive and happy right now....although there's a niggling feeling that something will happen to bring me down!!

No negative thinking now
Enjoy being positive and happy. Go on ENJOY
xx

DreamerHelen

Hiya Jules Thank you for popping into my Diary...and thank you for the Compliment (I DID nick it from someone else's Diary though )...

I have struggled and struggled with my Weight for years and years...and I have "started again" soooooo many times....I just can't seem to get my head around things....and that applies in most of my Life...

I think the main thing is that I simply need to GROW UP and realise that I'm an Adult...I can't just "sit around and hope it will all work out" anymore...I just have to realise that....But realising it and actually realising it are two different things!!

Hey Hovel Sweetie....How's you today? Thank you for your little poke... Sometimes I need a poke...I can be negative quite a lot....Life is good right now...Just need to get on with things.

I'm just finishing watching "Celebrity Apprentice USA" (I'm afraid I have a bit of a secret crush on Donald Trump )....and then I'm going to put on some decent Music and dance away while I do some Cleaning in order to get my Flat into a decent state!!

I'll catch you all later...

Love and Hugs, Helen xxx

Hovel_lady

Still getting over my cold but feeling better than yesterday thank you.
Happy to give you a little poke (or push if needed :rotfl:)anytime.
Enjoy your music and cleaning. At least with a tiny flat it won't take too long?
xx

DreamerHelen

Hovel_lady wrote: »

Still getting over my cold but feeling better than yesterday thank you.
Happy to give you a little poke (or push if needed :rotfl:)anytime.
Enjoy your music and cleaning. At least with a tiny flat it won't take too long?
xx

I knew it...you're just waiting for a chance to push me off a Cliff so you can take over my tiny little Flat...

Speaking of which...that reminds me of one of my favourite jokes:

"What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?"......"Cliff"..... :rotfl:

Jeeeeez it's a sad state of affairs when I have to make myself laugh!!! LoL....

Yeah, you'd think it doesn't take long to clean my Flat wouldn't you? But actually it takes longer than you think cause it's in such a terrible state to begin with!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Anyway....I've just got to make a start...it's always worse thinking about it than it is to actually do it....