Huge debt, kids, horses, chickens and a dog - oh and full time work :)

DebtFree2012

Lovely night had tonight Been doing work for an hour to get my hours in and ready to head to bed now.
Low spend in Aldi so I am pleased about that.
DD has a lesson tomorrow night so she is looking forward that.

DebtFree2012

Morning

Another great night - pony went well for DD and she is gaining confidence by the minute. Too much in 1 way!
Big girl is still ok and gets her bandages/stitches off/out tonight so fingers crossed she is ok with it. We've changed them and it seems to be healing nicely - she's walking round the stable fine so hoping to have her back to normal soon, whatever normal is these days!

I am slowly becoming more interested in work again but with redundancy threats looming it's hard to.

Money wise I've spent nothing except for groceries which is budgetted for. However I am meeting an old colleague (not see for 12 months) at lunch time so not spending more than my £6 I have in pocket.

DebtFree2012

The weekend is almost upon us and it's a long one - yipppeeeee.

Big girl had her stitches out last night and seems fine so hoping she can go out tomorrow for a bit - may need a bridle for that lol.

Pony is doing me proud, had a lovely night again last night.

I think we're going to try free jumping him - maybe Saturday after DD has rode and he'll be warmed up.

Still no news on redundancy.

Pay day today so a new challenge is upon me.

ScattySkewbald

Aww pleased your big girl has made good progress - fingers crossed she has her sensible head on when you let her out today!

Your daughter and pony sound like they're building a fab partnership.

Have a great long weekend :beer:

DebtFree2012

Thanks Scatty

Morning world

What a fabulous weekend was had by all in my little life. Friday we went to the seaside so the kids could play and have tea. There was a spectacular thunderstorm so that scuppered those plans however we'd already got there so let them have a go in the penny slot machines and got them a McD's (tut tut) and ice cream etc. They loved it
Saturday DD and pony had another lovely ride and this time in the big scary school (pony used to be v scared of it which in turn made DD scared). She rode with her friends which was so lovely to see. I got to look after a cute little puppy too for a bit
The big girl went out for a bit and she did go nuts :S but it was because she was in a different paddock. After she tried to jump the fence, we decided to start her in the big field as it was safer all round. That worked and she is calm as a cucumber in there. Trial and error! Hoping to get my first ride on her come Saturday - excited and nervous. Let's hope she has her freshness expelled in the field!
Sat pm DH took me out for a meal and we had a lovely night - food was amazing.
Sun we did a few jobs and went swimming with the kids then had some family over.
Mon we went to the beach for round 2 and had a lovely time in the sun, I even got a slight tan (read red mark).
Then DD rode again and her Dad came to watch, first time he's seen her off lead rein and when she popped a x pole and cantered alone (few strides only) he was so happy for her

Money wise I didn't spend anything I wasn't supposed to as DH took care of everything

I do need something to wear for a wedding in a couple of weeks though and am stuck as I don't have that type of outfit kicking around.

Job wise, as I've mentioned we have redundancy looming in my dept but they haven't told us when etc so we're all in limbo. However there is a job in another dept advertised this morning and it looks like something I may be able to do. It's a senior position and it will be very difficult to get but I think I will apply for it. It's a big rise too! I need to research it as I'm not 100% sure about some of it.

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Oooh and i've just realised it's no 55 pay days to go and not 56 so I will update my sig!

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DebtFree2012

Hi Pinky and thanks x

DebtFree2012

Morning

Not such a great night last night. Pony was in naughty mood and DD wasn't in the mood to fight and so gave in resulting in her being ditched She's fine though and she got back on a did it successfully once before ending the session. He gets like this sometimes.

I don't want her to feel pressured or bored so tonight is going to be a lunge session just for him and then maybe cool off on walker - change of scene. I might pop a few jumps when lunging to get him working over them again.

Big girl has her shoes back on after the op etc so she's resting a bit ready for first ride at the w/e. She'll go in the field for hour tomorrow just to get any excess energy out and I'll ride Sat am. Only 15 mins max to bring her slowly back into it, and only flatwork. Can't wait to get back on her, I hope she is sound again.

I'm going to sell pony's rugs that dont' fit him, just need to get round to it, and use profits to buy him med weight turnout as he has a no fill l/w and a heavy - rarely needs the heavy except for the -5 nights and he is in then anyway.

Also going to sell the cub saddle so I can buy him a nice new bridle for xmas.

Money wise I spent a bit much as anniversary which I somehow didn't plan in, holiday clothes which I have some from holiday budget for and more decorating needs which I used some of my savings for. I need to recalculate where I am at today as I definitely need to stay in the black after what i did with credit card :S

In fact - I will go do that now.

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Right I am going to be a bit short due to the overspends I mentioned so the plan is to firstly have no more overspends! Then try and cut back on fuel and groceries, sell items mentioned on ebay and continue with survey sites.

I have £20 in my purse and £15 at home so I'll just use that for groceries. I'll have to make (even more so) the most of what I have!

I have been using viewsbank and after doing my initial assignements I have had no more through in a week or so, any ideas anyone who may be reading?