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The Ultimate Incentive part 10. The only thing holding you back is you.

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  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    To clear the debt in 3 weeks when we're away for 2 of them, its not possible.
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
    Met NIM 23/06/2008
  • poddle911
    poddle911 Posts: 1,406 Forumite
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    Such brill news, Dinah and NIM :) congratulations! And all good wishes for a happy and healthy rest of pregnancy. Holidays and no work stress sound like a very good idea to me!

    Glad all is going well with baby Birdie! You're doing amazingly well - it's hard to believe it's only been a matter of days :)
    LBM Sep 2008 debt: £27,927.04
    start weight: 140.2, week 2: 138
  • wendz86
    wendz86 Posts: 7,171 Forumite
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    Hope you manage to persuade NIM! We went and had a private gender scan with Poppy as they wouldn't tell you the gender in our hospital but they will next time.

    We had parents evening at nursery yesterday and went really well. She is doing all she should be for her age and they said she is one the well behaved children so proud mummy here! She will be going up to the pre school room after her birthday and then that is the last room till school eek!
  • kavics17
    kavics17 Posts: 2,235 Forumite
    I had a gender scan as well although 2 weeks later they told me at the hospital. But I had to know what she was!
  • Dinah – WOW, I have just caught up on months worth of news; and what HUGE news, jobs, redundancies and babies. I have to say, as soon as I read the news about you being made redundant I thought ‘good’! I know that sounds bonkers, but if you read back through your posts over the years you have obviously been very unhappy there for a long time. Within days of you posting about being made redundant it was apparent that your ‘mood’ had lifted. I am not for one minute suggesting that it is going to be easy, but I think it might be the push that you have needed for a long time. It is so easy to stay in a job that doesn’t fulfil you, due to the fact it is regular and half decent pay, however family/health needs to come first. My Mum often used to say she wished that she had listened to people when they told her that she ‘would never get her children’s young years back’. She thinks she missed out on a lot of our upbringing by working all the hours god sent to enable the purchase of a large house etc.
    Wishing you all the very best with your new venture, enjoy your time being a Mum.


    TPA x
    MFW - We've only gone and blooming done it!
    May 2013:j
  • Birdie85
    Birdie85 Posts: 9,330 Forumite
    Oooh that hotel looks lovely! Enjoy! Glad you've got some other lovely breaks planned too. :)
    Overcome the notion that you must be ordinary. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary!
    Goal Weight 140lb Starting Weight: 160lb Current Weight 145lb
  • Cinny91
    Cinny91 Posts: 6,022 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    Birdie85 wrote: »
    Enjoy all that time to yourself Cinny! I'm on series 3 of the Walking Dead and agree that whilst it is good and watchable, the characters aren't very likeable! Suppose it makes it easier when they get munched by walkers though! ;)

    We watched the second to last episode last night and I was in BITS :( OH said I had my "sad Supernatural face" on. Hope you're educating Zach in the ways of the Winchesters :D

    That place looks lovely Dinah, just what you need! We're just looking at cute cottages in St Ives this year, visit some friends and go paddling :)
  • Birdie85
    Birdie85 Posts: 9,330 Forumite
    Oooh yeah, that was quite the shocker! :p

    Zach's Supernatural education will begin next week once OH's back at work. Totally dreading it but hoping it'll be OK, guess I need to get a routine sorted so I don't just sit there looking at him thinking 'Argh, what the heck do I do?!' :o
    Overcome the notion that you must be ordinary. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary!
    Goal Weight 140lb Starting Weight: 160lb Current Weight 145lb
  • clearmydebts
    clearmydebts Posts: 6,485 Forumite
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    Wow love the look of that hotel Dinah, what lovely parents you have! Think that might be on our list for next year!

    We won't be off abroad this year as we are hoping to buy a house and get rid of the debts but we are going for 2 nights to a hotel with the kids at Easter. They are so excited.
    Total (Aug 19):€58,567 Now:€26,947
    DFD:Nov 22/June 22
    Mortgage: €199,712
    MFD: March 2042/July 2034
  • clearmydebts
    clearmydebts Posts: 6,485 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Birdie85 wrote: »
    Oooh yeah, that was quite the shocker! :p

    Zach's Supernatural education will begin next week once OH's back at work. Totally dreading it but hoping it'll be OK, guess I need to get a routine sorted so I don't just sit there looking at him thinking 'Argh, what the heck do I do?!' :o

    I bawled the day OH went back to work after I had Max. I was so terrified of this little baby. You do get into a better routine once you are on your own though.
    Total (Aug 19):€58,567 Now:€26,947
    DFD:Nov 22/June 22
    Mortgage: €199,712
    MFD: March 2042/July 2034
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