Making the future happen - museumworker's MFW diary Pt 2

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Congratulations on the new job, sounds as if things are going really well for you all. Good luck with all your plans. Only tip I have is to buy lots of cheap children's clothes from supermarkets so that you need only do the washing once a week without stressing that you will run out of pants, tights, white shirts or whatever.

Saves having washing hanging around all week.

All the best,
Squirrel x

ljaneyr

Welcome back

Brilliant news on the new job and OPs :T

Janey x

[Deleted User]

Welcome back!! Fab news on new job- well done!! Looking forward to catching up on news- need to get back into MSE ways, time to dust off my old (or start my new!) diary...

greent

Welcome back mw


When we both worked full time with a young family we had Friday flop night - we got a takeaway (or a supermarket Indian), a bottle of wine, didn't bath the kids (took them in the shower with us the next morning) and didn't touch housework more than necessary (eg: loading dishwasher) - gave us a sense of 'normality' rather than that we were always chasing our tails.


Second what shs says about a present/ card stash. Am running mine down now - youngest will be 7 this year and party invitations are less I find (a handful of friends, rather than the whole class) Plus the trend seems to be moving towards gift cards for DS2's class (now 10) (@£10 a go - not cheap, but an easy option and helps the children learn something about money, I guess - well, that depends on the parents I suppose.... )


Remember that everything is temporary - 'this too shall pass' - the astronomical childcare bills, the time spent having to help the children dress, the craziness where life is soooo busy) - everything is a phase - nothing lasts that long in reality


xx

Pearla*Merle

Hello! Just realised you've been quiet for a while - hope all is ok in museumworker-land? Miss hearing your news xx

museumworker

Hello all, thanks for posting and thinking of me during another long absence. Currently getting what feels like the only rest of 2017 - because I'm laid up in bed with a terrible S&D bug! Been nearly 24 hours and struggling to stomach even water.

It's been a crazy year... Settling into the new job has been my prime focus - and as well as full time, it's a stretching role. I do love the work, but it takes a lot out of me. I haven't posted much as I'm a pretty poor excuse for a MFW at the minute. Our finances feel out of control, something me and the OH want to get on top of for 2017. We have made an OP of about £6.5k and also paid for major works to our garden totalling about £5k so not a complete write off finance wise.

Oh, and our mortgage must be about £110K now. When I feel better I'll start finding out the real actual numbers. The fact that I can't remember my mortgage balance is proof enough I should be kicked off the MFW boards

Pearla*Merle

I think an OP of £6.5k is MFW enough! Well done :T

greent

Eeeeeeeeeeeep!!! So lovely to see you here again - although not so lovely that you're poorly

I think everyone will heartily agree that 6.5k op is no mean feat - add 5k of garden expenditure on and that's shed loads!

Hope you feel better soon
Xx

Kittenkirst

What an amazing OP you have made this year- really well done.

Looking forward to seeing your figures for 2017 of the £6.5k was not your best efforts- you'll be smashing it!!


Feel better soon

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Nice to hear from you again. Happy new year!