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Skint_but_Optimistic

Praise be!!!

debtfreewannabe321

Hopelessly_Hopeful wrote: »

Pleased you got the DVLA sorted.

Re house that sounds right. Do you get any JSA or wage outside of tax credit. Sorry am not up on these things.

Boy can DS eat!

HHx

No JSA, but we do get child tax credits (that was the other income- ctc- £95 i think now off top of my head )

and yes he can eat :eek: he has had dinner (and seconds) and pudding and has already been down and made beans on toast, and is asking what else he can have :eek: hollow leg syndrome i think they call this :rotfl:

Skint_but_Optimistic wrote: »

Praise be!!!

indeedy! My god did I panic (as is usual...i panic over everything :rotfl:)

debtfreewannabe321

Feeling more chilled out now :cool:

Also very happy with how much i got done today :T cleaned bathroom, kitchen (mopped and cleaned all appliances & de-cluttered one cupboard) done 3 washes and got 2 dry in between rain , another loaf of bread made (credit goes to dh though lol) dinner done and cleaned up and clothes all put away and upstairs hoovered :T kids are bathed in clean p.js and tucked up in bed (with clean sheets) wish I had the energy to do this everyday :rotfl:

Busy evening tomorrow which is being delegated to DH (he doesn't realise this yet ) and coffee morning for me in the am. pm i'm hoping to do some painting as i have done s0d all this week and i promised my friend I would do loads. Oopsy!

Right off for a nose to see what you are all up to :A

brizzledfw

Like the bread making DFW..we didn't buy a loaf for over 2 months after buying a 25kg sack of organic flour costing about £22...but have slipped since...when taking into account heating etc wasn't sure how much cheaper it was. Must do the Maths but even if it wasnt a huge saving the convenience of it was truly excellent..never ran out of bread! Just put the BM on!

Skint_but_Optimistic

My husband is into making bread - he does the italian style bread with homegrown rosemary and sea salt on. Its really nice.

debtfreewannabe321

brizzledfw wrote: »

Like the bread making DFW..we didn't buy a loaf for over 2 months after buying a 25kg sack of organic flour costing about £22...but have slipped since...when taking into account heating etc wasn't sure how much cheaper it was. Must do the Maths but even if it wasnt a huge saving the convenience of it was truly excellent..never ran out of bread! Just put the BM on!

We go through around 3-4 loaves a week here with 4 people eating sandwiches each lunch time plus breakfast (toast) and other snacks (mainly ds1 and dh here!) so I just thought I would try it for a while and see if it's better to make at home. Unfortunately we haven't got a bread maker I really want one and keep asking dh if we can have one i'm too lazy to do it by hand all the time! Where did you buy your bread flour from?

Skint_but_Optimistic wrote: »

My husband is into making bread - he does the italian style bread with homegrown rosemary and sea salt on. Its really nice.

Mmmmm that sounds yummy! DH has just baked one this morning and it looks fab a big 4lb loaf :T he is much better at baking than me (bread anyway) but shhh don't tell him

debtfreewannabe321

Morning :j

Well the weather man lied, it didn't rain during the night so i could have hung out my washing!!!! Instead it was all over the house this morning still half damp! Just hung a new load out (where does it all come from, how did people survive before washing machines ???!) and it's all ds1 bedding. So all beds done for now! AND washing basket is empty :eek: I have half a load in the machine and will wait till kids get home and whip their uniforms off and straight in there and it should be clean and dried for morning!

DS1 has his kung fu lesson tonight and I got a friend to print off the free lesson voucher for me :T so that's all ready. I'm very tired today and I keep having disturbed sleep so this afternoon I am dropping ds2 off at nursery and coming home for a nap has to be some advantages to being a full time mummy eh, siestas whenever needed

Not a nsd, had to pay for breakfast this morning. Wasn't going to have one but everyone else was so I felt left out and joined in £3.50....!

A friend of a friend was telling me about her son today. He's under the local mental health team and has someone visiting him everyday atm, he had a breakdown last week. All because he couldn't work enough hours to keep on top of his debt 24 years old and down in the dumps about money. It's heartbreaking. I really hope that my son gets a well paid job and is careful with money after all i've been through you'd hope he's seen how hard it is and goes down a different path so many other youngsters (credit card, high life every weekend....) but we'll see.

Talking of my ds1 we had a bit of a barney this morning, I told him that he is to only have 1 hour a day on his ps3! Bejeezus you'd have thought I had cut his right hand off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big argument ensues, I am stupid, idiotic, pathetic and a rubbish mother (ahhh whatever) .....:rotfl: teenagers. Gotta love em eh So that will start from tonight and we will see how it goes! It all stems from yesterday when he was supposed to be revising for an exam today and lo and behold i walk into his room and he has his ps3 on, kindle on, and laptop :eek:!!!! So let's see how he does on his exam now....i'm guessing it won't be too well as it's all new topics! K I D S !!!! (and no wonder my electric bill has shot up!)

Back to the gym on Monday :j looking forward to it as I don't want to get complacent just as i'm starting to [STRIKE]fit[/STRIKE] squeeze into size 10s...!

Right off for a quick nose around on the boards and then to nursery! :A

Skint_but_Optimistic

I rememember size 10. I sometimes see clothing of that size in shops.

I also remember size 6 and 8 - however I was ill at the time. I am now a 12 or a 14 and my trouble is boobs. They are whamdingers compared to the rest of me and my husband is fond of them and would prefer me not to lose them. However I want to be a 10- 12 not a 12 -14 so there may be casualties. I am currently dieting which involves fruit water and cereal and one main meal a day.

I dig for fitness. Its like praying for time but with a spade.

debtfreewannabe321

Skint_but_Optimistic wrote: »

I rememember size 10. I sometimes see clothing of that size in shops.

I also remember size 6 and 8 - however I was ill at the time. I am now a 12 or a 14 and my trouble is boobs. They are whamdingers compared to the rest of me and my husband is fond of them and would prefer me not to lose them. However I want to be a 10- 12 not a 12 -14 so there may be casualties. I am currently dieting which involves fruit water and cereal and one main meal a day.

I dig for fitness. Its like praying for time but with a spade.

:rotfl: sounds like we've similar size figures I was a 12-14 before gym. No diet as such just more fruit and veg and I've shrunk down a bit. Good thing is that I have humongous boobies too compared to the rest of me so even when I was heavier my boobs were still bigger than my tummy and bum :rotfl: and luckily for dh they haven't shrunk (I was hoping they would so I could buy my undies in normal shops where it doesn't cost the earth lol);)

Skint_but_Optimistic

Yes, I shall get my figure back. I do some exercise and use weights at home sometimes if I havent been physically active. Well done on the weight loss - I am currently drinking more water in the hope I flush the fat...