its hidden under the mattress....

never_too_old

Coupons went in the post today so you should hopefully get them wednesday or thursday.1st class isnt what it used to be though.

Van is now paid off:j they owe me £10 and this is like getting blood out of a stone getting it back.
Car should be paid off by the Autumn.Tax man by Christmas and last one by Spring next year.
2nd job is p**sing me off at the moment,tired of working weekends but until i get a little more of my own work i have to do it.
How long do you have to wait for the fostering?

happy_but_skint

thank you:j I did receive the vouchers I used them before I saw your PM I did PM you to say thank you but the internet crashed and Im not sure you got it?

Thats good news regarding the van, but bad regarding the second job do you have to keep it?

The fostering process should take 4-6 months, we are looking to take on 0-10 year olds we have a social worker coming tuesday evening, then we will make a formal application and start the training. If you have a spare room it would be worth looking into, personally though I would say stick to the council fostering and not the agencys as the agencys tend to have the harder to place children.

Moneywise we are totally up the creek without a paddle DH handed in his resignation and now looking for another job, this means I will have to go onto JSA for the first time ever (to be fair DH has always worked and never claimed either it just got too much for him) DH has had one interview and im sure more will follow. We have worked out if we can make approx £1000 we should be OK, I have worked out that I am due a tax refund of approx £370 and we have about £300 still tied up in the previous house being disputed via DPS so we are over half way there! We have some bits we can sell such as a new washing machine and baby monitor

We are away next week so will have internet :D:D I will be catching up with everyones diarys etc then.

happy_but_skint

I have internet YEAY only until monday/tuesday though. I have caught up on everyones diarys and everyone has been so busy and moving forward while we only seem to go backwards lol
DH has applied for 15 jobs today, and 5 yesterday so hopefully he should get an interview soon.

hillside777

Hi Happy.

Trust you are well. It's great that you have been able to post.
We miss you when you're not around.

I hope DH gets some interviews soon.
I hope you have a great week-end.

happy_but_skint

woohoo we have a landline and internet, I only found out by chance I picked the phone up and we had a dialing tone.

Hope everyone is well I will now be catching up properly and hope to be back into the swing of things very soon x

never_too_old

yippee at long last,i look forward to seeing you posting again:D

happy_but_skint

Our phone has been put to gd use today already dreading the bill, but all were essential calls to chase payments etc. Housing benefit has been approved and first payment recieved today, working familys/child tax credits have messed it up and say we are not entitled so they are re looking at as the lady knew this was wrong also contacted Halifax to see if they will put my mortgage on interest only until we are working again I just have to provide them with a little more info tomorrow. Ontop of that I changed my car insurance saving 50% on renewal and arrange to go into the job centre tomorrow.

I have to admit I'm a little scared of going to the job centre having never been unemployed but as long as i'm honest everything should be fine and hopefully will be short term.:o

DH and I have applied for loads of jobs and I secretly sent his CV off for a pole dancing position

DS went back to school today and DD1 starts pre school on wednesday my week days are going to be much quieter.

never_too_old

i tried to get Jobseakers allowance a while ago,( wasnt entitled to it) but had to go to Job centre, Lots in ours wearing designer clothes, carrying bags of drink obviously really struggling financially.:mad:

happy_but_skint

The Jobcentre I went in was actually good they were really helpfull, I soon got over my nerves.
Halifax have agreed to put my mortgage on interest only for upto 12 months which is really good, I only have a small mortgage just shy of £37000 left the payment will go from £246 p/m to £120p/m.

DD1 loves pre school but at the moment is far to tired to answer any questions, DD1 is strong willed and refuses to use the toilet or potty so I am praying pre school will help change her mind (she was dry for 2 weeks then decided she didnt like it). DD2's personalitly is begining to show more I think she is going to be lazy and easily amused, DD2 is not walking yet she stands and moves around but then drops and crawls to where she wants to go shes a sleepy baby aswell little miss lazy bones.

debtfreewannabe321

hi happy! i seem to have missed your updates?! not sure how lol but just catching up now. I hope dh finds himself a job soon, when will he be starting at uni? Good news about the mortgage going to interest only, that's a nice cheap amount to find each month can you not do your ebaying through your mobile? If it is a smart phone you can usually download an app and then just take a pic on phone and upload to ebay?

xx