Hypno's kick up the backside debt diary....

elantan

leak and potato soup with cheese on top ...never heard of it sounds intreaging (sp) but dont think i'm brave enough to try it ...glad the ebay problem was sorted and the credit note for the laptop sounds good too

hypno06

Oh yes, leek and potato soup with a good dollop of cream in it and grated cheese which just melts into it! Not too much cheese but just enough to make it stringy and gooey, with a big chunk of bread to dip in.....:D

The kids are doing karate this evening and when I asked them to get their kit ready this morning it became apparent that it was nowhere near white! So into the washing machine it went and now it is almost dryish. So standing here trying to summon up the enthusiasm to iron it which is not too exciting I have to say - they must be the most difficult things in the world to iron!!!

oh well, best get back to it, while I have my thoughts on gooey leek and potato soup!

elantan

add cream i just dont know hypno ...cant get my mind round it .....hubby and sons ju-jit-su suits are the same ...i just put them in the bag till needed ...i try anything i can to avoid ironing ...if you have a ju-jit-su club nearby you should get the kids to look into it ...now get ironing ..or you can send them up here and i'll do it for you lol

atypicalblonde

Hi Hypno!! Glad you had fun skiing, so sorry to hear about the thumbs though!! I live really near Xscape and have never been...too much of a wimp...

Just been reading over your signature again and feel like *WOW*!! Your debt reduction this year alone is the amount of ours altogether, mental note to self must pull finger out more!!! Am totally determined to get my head round matched betting - fancy explaining it to us hun? x

hypno06

off to karate now - suits ironed, sort of!

Back later and happy to explain matched betting to you then!

Byeee for now x

taxi73

Hi Hypno...my how busy you are you must never get time to yourself...you always seem to be running around somewhere....it's so good to see your kids are doing activities so much better than lazing around watching tv....I'm so proud that you haven't cut the kids activities out and that you are still clearing large sums of debt....that's a brilliant achievement!!!...well done

hypno06

taxi73 wrote: »

Hi Hypno...my how busy you are you must never get time to yourself...you always seem to be running around somewhere....it's so good to see your kids are doing activities so much better than lazing around watching tv....I'm so proud that you haven't cut the kids activities out and that you are still clearing large sums of debt....that's a brilliant achievement!!!...well done

Hi Taxi, we manage to keep up the kids activities in a number of ways:

1. Our ski club works on a volunteer basis so for every hour that a willing parent helps out, they "earn" an hour's free skiing for them or their children. So guess what we end up doing in our ample spare time

2. We don't possess xbox or playstation etc and never have done so haven't had to get caught up in buying accessories or games for them.

3. We don't feed our kids, thereby saving money on the food budget

The children are well aware of the financial situation and have learnt that they have choices, but that sacrifices have to be made, so if they want to ski or do karate, basketball etc, then they have to go without other stuff that other kids may take for granted.

They are also very good of trading a week's ski racing for all their christmas presents! Their choice!

elantan

hypno can i send mine down to you to sort out.... incase you dont know where he is it's what we are currently spinning round ..well the world the sun the stars and everything in between spins round my son ...so you should have no problem finding him lol

hypno06

elantan wrote: »

hypno can i send mine down to you to sort out.... incase you dont know where he is it's what we are currently spinning round ..well the world the sun the stars and everything in between spins round my son ...so you should have no problem finding him lol

I think a few days of staying with us would scare most kids witless. Adults too!

I also still have 8pm bedtimes for them which apparently is "so not fair" as everyone else in their class is allowed to stay up until "at least 11pm".....:rolleyes:

taxi73

I think you do so right discussing finances with your children and strongly believe budgetting should be part of the school curricculum...as so many kids don't know where money comes from...you are bringing up well adjusted children and teaching them valuable life skills...they'll thankyou for those when they grow up