And so it begins: The Pig Vs The Mortgage

pinkypig

Thank you both - it's really boosted my motivation so I'm determined to hit that milestone now:). The grocery budget is looking a bit :eek: this month Cath and I've still got 2 weeks to go

Time is limited today as I'm with dad all day but yesterday was reasonably productive despite get up and go being a bit scarce!
I did manage to;

Turn a chicken breast and some mushrooms that needed using into 5 pies which will do 1 dinner and 2 lunches

Made caramel shortbread and white chocolate crispy and and a batch of Korma sauce

Did two loads of laudry

Swallowed two frogs - a phone call and a letter

Had some time with the kids:)

Phone chats with sister and coffee with another

July's targets will be;

Grocery £128

Fuel £140

Personal £46

Exercise three cardio and one weights a week starting next week ,with two spin, one run and kettebells.

Everything else can wait until the holidays

Happy Sunday to you:)

PP x

wishingthemortgaheaway

Keep swimming PP. nearly the holidays.

pinkypig

Thanks Wish . Do you get school hols with your new role?

Today has been a bit of a battle with lethargy:( I had to force myself to get things done but the fog lifted eventually and it ended up being quite a productive day.

Small steps to success and happiness included;

Spin class done

Lo for lunch and hm spaghetti and meatballs for dinner

Got veg curry in sc to use up fridge bits and a pile of 5p ys veg

Par boiled and froze 3 bags of 2p parsnips:money:

Laundry done and line dried and put away

Touched up my roots and painted my toenails - good weather requires so much maintenance:eek:

Lunches ready for tomorrow

£2 spent on two lots of £land laundry liquid

Off to bed as I'm feeling really tired tonight but only 9 working days to go :j

Happy Monday to you

PP xx

wishingthemortgaheaway

Wow. Busy day...

No, I don't get school holidays, but 6 of my settings are term time only, so they close they end of next week. And, at the moment I'm so part time, that I really can't complain. (This is likely to change, but not just yet)

Sleep well

Wish.

rtandon27

pinkypig wrote: »

...Small steps to success and happiness included...

Loving you mindset PP! - Will have to steal that one for today as it's only mid-morning & I'm already wiped out!:o Baby steps for the rest of the day!

pinkypig

Evening :wave:

Your contract sounds pretty good Wish - school hols are fab when you have little ones, particularly when they start school

Love baby steps RT:) , makes you feel like you're getting somewhere. I get a bit demotivated if I don't feel like I'm achieving so every little step is progress:). Not surprised you're wiped out in this heat, it's lovely but exhausting!

Today has been a good day. Work's still nuts but I've wrote a to do by the end of term list. It's massive :eek: but at least now I have a plan. In money news I os £13.54 of work expense that were paid this week and did a 30p tt. It wasn't a no spend day as we needed fruit, milk and yogurt. I also needed chicken breasts as they were out of stock in Aldi (again :mad:). They had two 600g bags for £5 in Asda which was a bit more expensive but it saves me the hassle of having to pop into Aldi to check. Total spends was £9.53 which included a 10p farmhouse loaf and two 20p punnets of plums :money:

Other small steps to success and my overall well being included;

Drank enough water

Spin class done - it was so hot :eek:

lo for lunch and hm chicken and mushroom pie for dinner

Lunches ready for tomorrow

Laundry done and on the line

Helped ds with some 'life laundry'

Started making plans for the weekend. The kids are away and my sister is looking after dad so I intend to be very self indulgent:). Time has been in very short supply of late so I'm really looking forward to it. I'm going to treat it like a mini break:)

I'm off to bed as I pooped (again!), I'm such a lightweight:rotfl:

Happy Tuesday to you :)

PP xx

Karmacat

You're not a lightweight, you're doing really well! And I find sleep is essential, likewise to-do lists



Not long now!

pinkypig

Evening :wave:

Thanks Karma, only 6 days now :j. Things are just manic at the moment so I'm very much looking forward to a gentler pace where I can bring some calm and order to my home, catch up on the mfw diaries, exercise and sleep

Today has been a good day. I had a busy morning followed by a peaceful afternoon which was lovely. I had a wander round our local charity warehouse after work and although I spent £15 i got some real bargains including a signed and framed limited edition print, a food processor, a DVD box set, various good quality utensils to replace some of my rather tatty, cheap ones, a wholefood cookery book, two loaf tins, a bundt tin, a giant yorkie tin and a batch of assorted gift bags. Got the lovely man that doesn't add stuff up and says call it £x for the lot,:p Well chuffed:)

I was less chuffed later on when my car started to vibrate and make a loud noise and the engine warning light came on:( Hope it's not going to cost a fortune:eek: I've left it at the garage and arranged a lift into work so hopefully they'll be able to fix it before the weekend.

My grocery budget is being challenged! The kids are around a lot more at the moment which is lovely but they're eating me out of house and home:eek: DD is saving for her hols so isn't eating out at all and is doing much of her socialising at home (,that's my girl:)) and DS has started work and is finding that plus sport is leaving little time for anything else so he's out much less too. I had another £7.02 on salad, grapes, bananas and 36 (!!!) loo rolls. I've now got about £28 left with one weekly shop and a top up to go so we're going to be over The freezer is full but a lot of what's in there isn't ideal in such hot weather hence the endless fruit and salad top ups! On the plus side personal spends are very low

Small steps to success included;

Stretched 3 smallish chicken breasts to make 5 dinner portions and three lunch portions by chargrilling them and slicing them and mixing with pesto, pasta and olives and serving it with salad leaves and ys ciabatta.

Lo for lunch and porridge for breakfast

Laundry done, folded and away. There is a whites load in the machine but this will have to go on the airer as we are forecast rain - imagine that :rotfl:

Swept the kitchen floor

Swallowed a frog - letter

Drank enough water

I'm off to bed now so happy nearly Friday to you:)

PP xx

pinkypig

Morning :wave:

I've woken early but feel more refreshed than I have all week as I've slept really well:). The laundry is hung out and I'm having an hour reading in bed with a large coffee - Saturday morning bliss.

Last night just disappeared with helping out mum and dad and sleepiness but today is going to count! I'm not sure which order but plans include;

A walk
A run
A picnic
A box set, curry and wine

In terms of less fun items I also need to do the food shopping as we are out of fruit and salad - again!

In money news yesterday would have been a nsd apart from the car - £148:eek: but it's done and was done quickly. It's also lovely to drive and the problem was a cylinder part so it such also be back to maximum fuel efficiency:D

5 more working days until my summer holidays :j

Happy Saturday to you:)wave

PP xx

Karmacat

You're setting up your summer holiday to be one long period of bliss! Great to have a nice weekend *before* the summer finish, so many teachers I know just keep going, and then lose the whole first week of their holiday to feeling awful/being in recovery. Have a lovely, lovely weekend.