A new 'tougher' thread... and so it continues

scotmumof3

Hi everyone I've been reading this thread and am amazed at all the helpful hints and tips. We are doing ok at the moment trying to clear debt slowly but surely before we sink any farther. Everything seems more expensive every week I go shopping Gas and electricity have gone up, food has gone up only upside is DH is now working closer to home so unstead of a 50 mile round trip it's now only 10. This year DD has 5th year prom at school and apart from the initial cost theres limos, dresses, hair and makeup and god knows what else(I will not panic I will not panic....) For years we've struggled by have no savings and live from month to month. Times are tough but I really want to start to take control and reading your posts have really helped thanks

mardatha

Mrs C, if you cant persuade the stain to look like jesus then can you maybe market it as a miraculous weeping rug? :rotfl::rotfl:

Memory_Girl

mardatha wrote: »

Mrs C, if you cant persuade the stain to look like jesus then can you maybe market it as a miraculous weeping rug? :rotfl::rotfl:

Just a thought ......................... but if its not looking like the big man upstairs????

Could it be looking like the wee man with his arms folded^^^^^^

.......... well he seems to be popping up everywhere else at the moment:p

MG

VJsmum

I have the yellow ball :T

It's now my yellow ball and you ain't having it back!:p

Have been so busy this morning - and that's before I go to work! Dishwashers to empty, laundry to juggle, tea to sort (well dig through the freezer for), kids lunches and breakfasts. I know I'm not the only one, but it seems so .. ooh whats the word? ... relentless.

I guess it's just called life

I am planning on breaking out the Takeaway secret book tomorrow - what would people recommend for a first timer?

greenbee

GQ - we're beginning to have suspicions that dilbert I'd written by someone in my team...

I'm trying to maximise my access to daylight at the moment by working in the afternoons and evenings, and fitting the domestic drudgery into the mornings. However, I overslept this morning, so have managed to emptybthe DW, put the dry washing away and eaten breakfast. I need to get the utility room and bathroom spotless this morning as that will help with everywhere else.

D&DD

VJ's mum I'm getting seriously addicted to the mcdonalds breakfast muffins in there not any good for a dinner suggestion but do try them when you get a chance,glad to hear you can get to see your Dad hope the visit goes well XX

ooh GQ Duran Duran when I first met my husband he had hair like them...now its like Yul Bryner :rotfl:

I was a punk so didn't really do the New Romantics stuff..those were the days..

Mrs_Chip

Morning Chaps!

D&DD - I agree the breakfast muffins are delicious! I made a load of the patties and froze them, so we can have them for a quick lunch whenever we fancy (always have muffins in the freezer too). Just like the real thing, but much cheaper and no spotty oiks serving!

The doner kebab is very nice too, as is the curry base. I need to try something else, might have a look throught the book later for a bit of inspiration. I have a hankering for something chinesey, we have not had one since leaving London and I am starting to miss it...

I have taken pics of the possessed mat - as of last night when I put it back down and this am when the stain is starting to show - not sure it is clear on the pic though - will take another one later . Mad, moi???:rotfl:

ETA - Yellow ball here too,so going up to the garden to start building second rasied bed and plant the sprouting garlic Mrs OG brought yesterday - against all recs she grew it last year and it worked well she said.

D&DD

Can't wait to see the pics MrsChip We're like mini sherlocks on here lol
Must do my bulk orders for the animals food while I'm on here been buying the catfood from Amazon is it still cheapest atm??

I was going out with the dog but she took one look at the rain and went and collapsed back on the sofa..wuss!

Byatt

Hi everyone. Still feeling a little worse for wear. Think I have to accept that I have some sort of lurgy and give into it.

I had a letter about my pension date this morning. I knew what it was going to be but seeing it in black and white, well...I have a further 5 years to go rather than the 18 months it should have been.:eek: Worse, I miss out by just 2 months. I should have been a spring baby not a summer one.

rosieben

GQ I get the Dilbert strip every day in g@@gle reader, I swear I used to work in that office!

and someone (GQ?) mentioned Snuff, the new Pratchett a while ago? I've just finished it (borrowed my ds' copy so very OS) and its brilliant, Sybil is my hero :cool: