Diary of a home owner wannabe (my 6 year journey)

pennyforthepot

gallygirl wrote: »

Have you got to pennygate yet ?

I think I'm on page 89 - so no but was sorry I didn't get to go to your party - onesie and wine perfect :rotfl:

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cream crackered dinner in the slow cooker - paprika chicken and chorrizo suprise - ie chuck some stuff in and hope for the best:rotfl:

Then off to crash on the sofa

PFTPx

pennyforthepot

Mount Everest washing pile has just reappeared - as DSS2 has just turned up after two weeks in Australia with his mum. Lovely to have him home but it feels like Ground Hog Day with the washing again:eek:

Straight into the list today - as running behind and busy busy busy:

• [STRIKE]Mount everest[/STRIKE]please don't rain
• [STRIKE]£40 Tesco shop for £5 voucher[/STRIKE]if in doubt sausages and coffee - lots of
• [STRIKE]Find out about school bus for DSS2's new school[/STRIKE]£390:eek: DH to complete online form for waiting list :eek:
• [STRIKE]Book DS's programming course which is going to cost £2000[/STRIKE]:eek:done and x agreed to pay half though is £2400 :eek: need to do some budget massaging to see if I can find most of the money (paid monthly) out of what is already allocated to different pots. Worth it though as DS loves this sort of stuff - bit of a geek and has no interest in sports ex curric
• [STRIKE]Complete reference and salary form for new tenancy[/STRIKE]my bit done but as ever these things are never straight forward. As neither of us earn a salary per se we have to use my ex as gurantor (despite having a more than sufficient monthly income from investments - it appears that doesn't count) so need to wait for him to fill in his bit before I can send mine off:mad:
• meal plan (hmm struggling to do this) tomorrow
• Finish de-cluttering kitchen cupboardstomorrow
• [STRIKE]Go see new house with kids and measure up bedrooms[/STRIKE]gonna be a tight squeeze :eek:
• [STRIKE]Update budget spreadsheet and remind DH to fix my excel[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Taxi service for DD's friend[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]check bank accounts[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]remind myself not to put too much on my to do [/STRIKE]list
• use more of :rotfl: and less of :eek:
  
  

Have a good one

PFTP x

misscousinitt

Good luck again with the list.

I suppose your meal plan should be using stuff up you have in the house before the move?

MCI

Calfuray

pennyforthepot wrote: »

[*]Book DS's programming course which is going to cost £2000:eek:

Can I ask what the programming course is? And his age/the language it'll be in?

Just being nosey, I'm doing programming at university right now so interesting to see what courses are out there!

pennyforthepot

Calfuray wrote: »

Can I ask what the programming course is? And his age/the language it'll be in?

Just being nosey, I'm doing programming at university right now so interesting to see what courses are out there!

He's nearly 15 (that much I do know) :rotfl: not sure about the details but need to go and check any way - its a 2 year course which I think is the equivalent of GCSE and then leads on to an A level. Let me find out properly for you

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misscousinitt wrote: »

Good luck again with the list.

I suppose your meal plan should be using stuff up you have in the house before the move?

MCI

Indeed - 5 kilos of chicken, 2 roast chickens, one pork joint, approx 6 kilos mince and a couple of tins of corned beef and a partridge in a pear tree :rotfl:

Off to work out what to do with the above

PFTP x

pennyforthepot

Up early to tackle the Mount Everest of Ironing

We took the kids to see the house yesterday - and all went well. I do need to email the letting agency to let them know that the showers on not fit for purpose - with 5 and sometimes 6 in the house all wanting showers the dribble that comes out of them is just not going to work - for me the shower is one the things that is really important.
DH and I have agreed that we will offer to pay for the purchase of the showers (ideally power showers - though the water pressure is very poor) if the landlord will pay for the fitting - hope that works. We would like to stay in the house for a minimum of 4 years and max of 6. It does mean another cost to us but it will be worth it as long as the landlord will meet us half way.

It's so nice to have the kids back but boy do they make a mess. My day just seems to go now as I'm either taxiing, cooking, washing or cleaning up after them - doesn't leave a lot of time to sort the house out - and only 3 and a 1/2 weeks till we move :eek: ahh well back to school next week:j

I need to work out all the extra costs that we are going to have over the next month as they are coming in thick and fast and I have no budget to allocate them to and not a lot of room to move budgets around. I will have to reassess the budgets pots at the end of the year, despite carefully allocating them there have been so many things that I have had to pay for that just don't seem to fit in - maybe I just need to increase my £150 monthly contingency budget.

To Do List:

• [STRIKE]tackle ironing[/STRIKE]where did those 3 loads of washing appear from - surely not the kids:eek:
• [STRIKE]£40 shop for £5 voucher Mr T - only two days to go. We've run out of biscuits of wheat so I think I'll do a bulk purchase of those today[/STRIKE]:rotfl:
• complete on-line enrollment for DS course
• [STRIKE]finish online form for letting now that x has done his bit (bit naughty coz they sent it to me and now I know exactly what he earns[/STRIKE] :eek:
• [STRIKE]ID and proof of address forms to letting agent[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]email letting agent re showers[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE][STRIKE]clean out fridge[/STRIKE][/STRIKE]deep clean done so hopefully just a wipe down when we move
• [STRIKE]start on clearing out spare room now that bed has been sold as I want to use this room to put all the boxes[/STRIKE]
• chase quote for removal
• [STRIKE]clear out a couple more kitchen cupboa rds[/STRIKE]all finished :T
• menu plan
• [STRIKE]move £1000 into and out of flexiaccount to get my £8 interest[/STRIKE]:j
• [STRIKE]if i get through all of that - then pour myself a large glass of wine[/STRIKE]:D

so coffee it is then :rotfl:

Enjoy your MS weekend guys x

pennyforthepot

Lazy day today for me. DSS1came over last night and is going to cook Sunday lunch (he used to be a chef ) Managed to tackle a fair few bits on my list yesterday - but still no menu plan perhaps that will be my task for today.

Didn't get around to chasing up the removal quote either - really need to do that tomorrow as desperately in need of boxes to start tackling the packing. All the stuff that I sorted out in the kitchen yesterday is now sat in the spare room ready for packing. There wasn't much to get rid of as I'm not really a hoarder, tho saying that I do have a T£sco £xpress worth of food and cleaning stuff to move - maybe I could set up my own shop:)

Last day to collect my £5 voucher from Mr T today - that should give me £25 next week towards the flat fund as long as I manage to spend 5 lots of £40 - need to plan that carefully and do a comparison of prices to make sure what I buy isn't cheaper anywhere else. I normally get the store cupboard basics or things that are on offer.

To Do list:

• [STRIKE]Ironing pile[/STRIKE]
• DS enrolment form
• [STRIKE]Menu plan[/STRIKE]
  
• [STRIKE]£40 Mr T shop[/STRIKE]
• Update budget accounts
• [STRIKE]Finish cleaning spare room[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Sit on the sofa and subscribe to some diaries:)[/STRIKE]

Happy Sunday

PFTP X

pennyforthepot

Mon: [STRIKE]quesadillas[/STRIKE]
Tues: [STRIKE]carbonara[/STRIKE] bacon rolls
Wed: [STRIKE]carbonara[/STRIKE]
Thurs: chicken,mushroom and chorizo pancakes
Fri: smoked haddock & leek risotto (kids other parent weekend)
Sat: chicken curry
Sun: CBA :rotfl:
Mon: chicken breast wrapped in Parma ham, pesto and new pots
Tues: cottage pie
Wed: roast chicken
Thurs: fish pie
Fri: chicken pie
Sat: toad in the hole
Sun: roast pork
Mon:salmon pesto and couscous
Tues:bolognaise and jacket pots
Wed: corned beef hash
Thurs: gammon and dauphinois potatoes

Right I think that takes me up to 19th Sep which is the 'end' of my month ie last day before payday. Now that wasn't so difficult and other than salmon and gammon I should have the rest of the meat in the freezer

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