The Ultimate Incentive natters on. Part 9

starnac

Sounds like everyone had good weekends.

Good news about work Dinah.

Ooh a hot tub birdie. Sounds lovely.

Birdie85

Oh yes Tete, very exciting but very scary! I'm sure you'll have a super time! Can imagine people giving you odd looks if you tell them what you're doing though!

We rented a cottage with a hot tub last year for my friend's Hen Do and agreed that we were going to make it an annual thing as it was so good. Is there anything more luxurious than eating Hula Hoops and party rings in a massive bath with 7 other girls?! Sadly the cottage we stayed in last year is all booked up so the hunt is on for an alternative!

Cinny91

Love your attitude, Star!! Best of luck to you

Love the WBW talk too! I tweeted last week about the crazy costumes that were on sale for it. I went as Ron Weasley to mine, and my Mum let me make the costume myself so I basically wore a red jumper, had a cloak made from a heavy duty bin bag, and a TY beanie baby rat I remember one kid in my year who came in wearing his elder Brothers clothes as "Titch" and he won Seems way more creative than the shop bought things I saw all the local kids in this year.

Birdie - take a look at Ribble Valley lodges. They're perfection!!

Happy Birthday to your Dad, Wendz _party_

Is it the deadline day today, Lara? Hope you're not too stressed! Hope you're feeling a bit less "flat" today too, CMD. Just remember you're on the right path Everything will come right in the end.

Dinah93

Birdie85 wrote: »

Really exciting stuff about Grace's Christening! She's very nearly the Birthday Girl too, have you got a little party planned for her?!

Not yet, we need to call people if we want anyone other than my parents and brother over. Just going to have a cake and a few nibbles and presents I guess. The big excitement of the day is we're going to take her for swimming for the first time.

shrimpy_80 wrote: »

Great news about work Dinah, that must be such a relief. When are you due back at the moment? Or does that depend on what Occupational Health say?

I'm due back on the 26th March but going to talk to the GP tomorrow as after speaking to work I'd feel better about being off for a while until I feel more positive rather than just scared.

starnac wrote: »

Anyway enough about that. Today is a brand new day and a brand new start. Today is the start of my life as I want it to be!! (I hope )

Brilliant attitude, what's the rest of the life plan?

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

Morning girls - is it blizzarding where you are? :eek:

I'm another one who managed to miss the free listing - I wish ebay would send the emails earlier on a Friday as I never check them over the weekend and always find out on Monday morning that I've missed free listing.

Yes! Two blizzard spells so far, then it goes sunny again, very odd.

They seem to do free listing every other weekend at the moment so a good trick is to do your listings, schedule them for the furthest away date, then when a free listing weekend comes up just change to start immediately. You don't need to pay the 6p so long as you do that but it means there is less of a rush on in the weekend, I'm trying to do a few listings a day so I've always got a nice stash built up when a weekend rolls around.

wendz86 wrote: »

That is good you are sorting out Grace's christening. Do you have an idea of when you are doing it?

Hopefully June some time. Not the first weekend as NIMs mum can't come if we do it then.

starnac

starnac wrote: »

Anyway enough about that. Today is a brand new day and a brand new start. Today is the start of my life as I want it to be!! (I hope )

Dinah93 wrote: »

Brilliant attitude, what's the rest of the life plan?
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The rest of the life plan??? I don't really have a plan which is unusual for me. What I want though is more time with my children, get out of debt and be happier and less stressed.

My new job allows the "more time with my children" as I can arrange my working hours to suit me. Hopefully I'll be less stressed now I'm not worrying constantly about work and as for the debt bit I'm planning on selling things we don't need/want and also I'm looking at getting my folksy shop stocked again. I want to make cutbacks to shopping bills by cooking from scratch a bit more too.

My family needs to be my priority again!

Good news about work being open to you working from home and not going back until you are ready! Sounds like they are good people

Birdie85

Have you got a linky to the Ribble Valley Lodges Cinny? Googling comes up with a load of results and the website with that name is a bit dodgy looking!

Thanks for the ebay tip Dinah! Must do that!

Tete_en_l'Air

Dinah93 wrote: »

They seem to do free listing every other weekend at the moment so a good trick is to do your listings, schedule them for the furthest away date, then when a free listing weekend comes up just change to start immediately. You don't need to pay the 6p so long as you do that but it means there is less of a rush on in the weekend, I'm trying to do a few listings a day so I've always got a nice stash built up when a weekend rolls around.

That is a BRILLIANT tip!! I've always avoided scheduling auctions because I know you have to pay, I didn't know you could do that! :T:T Thanks so much! Just need to find some time during daylight hours to take some pics now...

Dinah93

Having spent the morning cleaning the conservatory I've come to the opinion it needs tearing down. Immanently. The place is just full of mold, and that's the last thing a baby with crappy lungs needs inches from where she plays. All the furniture, the windows, even the stone tiles in there are covered in various colors of mold. Several panes of glass/joints where glass meets wood are also leaking meaning there are puddles in there too. So despite my concerns over the security of the sliding door at the back I'm going to try to get NIM and my dad to demolish it in the next couple of weeks - will certainly give me more incentive to save for the extension!

starnac

Oh dinah. How awful about your conservatory! If its leaking and no amount of cleaning is shifting it then maybe it does need to come down.

starnac

Ps thanks for the eBay tip! I always miss free listing as it happens when I've got things on. Must try this now