Stopping the Slippery Slope I'm on

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bought a slow cooker. the awesome shop b&m had a pretty decent one for £12.99 bargain! i christened it tonight by totally winging a 'mock' pasta bake. i am not a cook...i'd go as far as saying i don't even have basic skills of cooking.
but my pasta bake was yummy! i amproud of myself like! i'm trying to make a curry in it tomorrow

mainly for my own record because i make up these concotions and forget what's in them, here is the non-recipe i used:

gluten free dry pasta with enough chicken stock to cover all bunged into the s.c
add diced spring onions
chopped mushrooms
slightly warm some cheap tinned tomatoes
add butter
mixed herbs
garlic powder
chili powder
ginger powder
curry powder
and whatever else was in the cupboard!
mix it all up with some butter
add to slowcooker
1 squirt of tomato puree

add cheese and mix it a little then leave for a while, then just before it's done i added evaporated milk instead of cream...probably about 45ish mins in total but that's the time of a faffing novice! it was very nice though, and i have enough left over for another meal too!

and now i kow i like it the next time i make it i can make more and freeze it!

ferret's op went well. it wasn't an abcess and there's no blockage that will stop her peeing. the discharge i was seeing is most likely because it's narrowed slightly.

the vet said it could be a tumor but he doesn't think it is, and if i wanted he would 'try' to get enough of the lump to send for a biopsy, but no matter what the results are because of where the lump is, there's nothing they could do about it.

there didn't seem any point of putting her through more and having a bigger wound when it wouldn't change the outcome anyway. so i shall just keep an eye on her and make sure it doesn't grow bigger. she's perfectly fine in herself so it's obviously not bothering her. so after about £100 there's nothing that can be done! but at least i know now what the problem is.

she absolutely charmed two children at the vets last week being all cute in her carrier and giving us big eyes wanting to come out. they came over for a stroke and i think they'll be bugging their mom for a ferret soon! tuuli is super good with people and never bites...unlike her sister who looks like a caramal ball of cuteness that you want to cuddle to pieces! she has more of a hunting instinct. slugs and toes beware!

payday tomorrow so i shall be paying off my hsbc card...so exciting! i love seeing the amount of direct debits go down. it's a rush! then i will pay a chunk off the halifax.

if i stick to my snowballing i could be debt free in a matter of months!

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Glad your little fuzzball is ok

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meow5678 wrote: »

Glad your little fuzzball is ok

thank you! i still get paranoid about her lump but she seems ok in herself so that's good!

i now just have my 00% cc left to pay off which is all kinds of exciting. i cannot wait to get it gone! then i am seriously going to start looking for a place of my own to live. i'm so frustrated withouht my own space so once i've got the debt out the way I am going to start saving to rent a place of my own.

i think it will be tight. but if i try to move closer to work i can do away with the travel card and walk to work. I'm not bothered about sky or phone line, just the internet and my mobile so I can keep the extras down at least.

i've been looking at places around where I live now, which I would like to stay close to ideally, but they're around £100 more expensive than places closer to work and I'd still have to travel in then.

I always said I didn't want to live in the town where I work because pretty much I don't know anyone there and I'd have to travel back to see anyone; but it's looking more and more tempting. it'd also be a short train ride into birmingham which would be good for gigs (not that i'll be able to afford a lot with my own place!) but it would cut down on travel/hotel expenses too.

i definitely won't be able to afford it for at least a year with wanting to do it debt free, and wanting enough money in savings for an emergency fund and a deposit and furniture!

i've put my name down on the housing list (or whatever it's called now) but there's really nothing in my local area on there. I've put my name on the one in the area I work too, but they're doing some kind of overhall so I probably won't hear from them for a long while until they're done.

I really love my job but it's low income and means I can't afford to live on my own as of yet. I'll be getting extra hours soon, for 3 months at least, for longer if my manager is allowed, so I'll see how much extra that'll give me once I start. I don't know how it will effect my working tax credits but I'll let them know as soon as I know more details then work out how much extra I get.

It's frustrating. I'm past living with other people...I want my own space...I want to put things in my living room and put my pictures on the wall!

I need to do a bit more research and look into bills and stuff in the local area for a single person renting...fingers crossed I'll be able to afford it in the not to distant future!

it also means I'll have to probably forfeit my own care. i've been learning to drive for just about forever, and even if I do pass any time soon I know I won't be able to afford a flat and a car which will be annoying, but at the moment I think I want my own place more than my own car.

i need to win the lottery!;)

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wow, it's been a while since i posted here! life went to pots for a while and i felt like i was just floating above water and everything but the essentials kind of gets forgotten when i start feeling like that.

things are starting to look up now, though i am still finding it hard to function and find 'fun' in things. I've suffered from depression in the past and can feel the signs, but i don't want to go down the medication route, so i'm trying to swim through it.

my friend had her baby at 31 weeks last week, she's still in the special baby unit but doing well, especially as she had such a horrendous pregnancy.

I also found a ferret last week, on my birthday...actually on the way to my birthday meal lol! on a main road. i stopped the car, my dad got out managed to pick it up and i drove home, where i had a spare shed.

So now I have 3 ferrets! No one has owned up to losing one though the vets have my number just in case.

It wouldn't be so funny, but i found my first ferret some years ago on my way to the bus stop to work and picked him up and took him home (i was late for work)

i never thought i'd find 2 ferrets in my life time lol! he is very friendly and cheeky and stinky as he hasn't had the snip. (something i will rectify if no one comes forward to owning him.

i am on full time hours at work and though i'm feeling the extra day it's good to have the extra money.

I am even going to join the work pension, only the lowest amount which is 2% but they will match it and i will hopefully have peace of mind that i'm doing something for my future!

i can't believe that my credit card/overdraft debt is gone. i've lived in my overdraft for so long that it's such a thrill to see my account show credit!

things are looking up (touch wood) the baby is doing good, i'm debt free, work is good (even though we won't be getting a pay rise this year) and i found a ferret.

ferrets are meant to help with depression, so things are getting better!