And so it begins: The Pig Vs The Mortgage

pinkypig

Evening:wave:

Thanks Karma, I've had a very chilled weekend and feel almost ready to re-enter the fray:p

I'm determined to get into better sleep patterns (again) as insomnia is the bane of my life - damn those hormones:mad:, so I'm off to bed very soon. Before I do my small steps to success and happiness this weekend have been;

Changed ds's bed and hoovered his room properly - his attempts are quite hit and miss!

Emptied all the litter bins

Laundry done and put away

Batch cooked freezer meals and leftovers use up so no cooking:)
Food shop was £12.03:)
Two decent walks and a trail run
Two picnics in lovely settings
Tidied garden and cut back shrubs so you can get down the paths
Found a leaving pressie and a thank you pressie in my stash so no spends
Ns weekend apart from Saturday food shop
Lovely Saturday night with a Cs box set, a bottle of wine and a curry from the freezer. Had a nice, giggly night that was worth the foggy head that arrived the morning after
Happy Sunday to you:). Did I mention its only 5 working days until my hoidays?:rotfl: Seriously can't wait!

PP xx

rtandon27

pinkypig wrote: »

...Did I mention its only 5 working days until my hoidays?:rotfl: Seriously can't wait!...

Hooray!:j:j:j Hang in there PP not long now!

pinkypig

rtandon27 wrote: »

Hooray!:j:j:j Hang in there PP not long now!

Thanks RT, getting very excited now

pinkypig

Evening :wave:

I always seem to be flying in on my way to bed and tonight is no different:p

Small steps to success, Well being and happiness included;

Enough water drunk

Lo for lunch and batch cooked veggie tagine, cous cous and salad for dinner

Laundry folded and put away

Hoovered the kitchen and hall way

Was up ridiculously early so I cleaned out the dishwasher _pale_

Made some cakes for the staff room to help everyone along - lots of tired looking people about at the moment but we're nearly there and cake always helps:D

Got the ingredients to make some tray bakes for my class as an end of term treat.

Off to bed as that 5.30 start :eek: is catching up with me!

Happy Monday to you:)

PP xx

CathT

You are getting through those frogs at the moment.

Last stretch now, am sure cake will definitely help. Looking forward to reading about your summer plans and achievements.

pinkypig

CathT wrote: »

You are getting through those frogs at the moment.

Last stretch now, am sure cake will definitely help. Looking forward to reading about your summer plans and achievements.

always find that everything is better with cake Cath :rotfl:

pinkypig

Evening :wave:

One more day to go:j:j. End of term musical, prize giving, leavers party all done. Just our final assembly, handing out work to go home and a good tidy up and I'm effectively done:p. That just leaves labelling books, redoing displays, half a terms planning, finalising and passing on assessment records and a ton of admin to do:rotfl: I'm going to put the last bit out of my head for at least a week!

Today has been busy and I was late home which always slows progress down. However, small steps to freedom and happiness included;

Claimed £5.28 off TCB
Got £195 of expenses back :j
50 p th
Lo for lunch and freezer dive for dinner
Made overnight oats
Made tray bakes for end of term gifts. I'll put them in cellophane bags and make them look pretty at lunchtime tomorrow. Much cheaper than buying class gifts
Submitted my final lot of expenses
Did the food shop which will see us through until pay day. £32.30 thanks to a lot of necessary toiletries and a lot of staples that have finally run out. Currently £23 over budget:eek:
Filled the car up for the last time this month and I'm 1p under budget:rotfl:
Lunches ready for tomorrow and a nice, easy tea on the meal plan which can be thrown together when I get back from the pub:)

I've made no real plans for the first weekend of the holiday so I'm going to see what I feel like doing:)
Happy Thursday to you

PP xx

Karmacat

And happy last-sleep-before-the-holidays to you

CathT

Smashing that fuel budget!

A relaxing weekend sounds well deserved and a great plan.

Mrs_Money_Penny

Enjoy your last day today. I know my daughter is she’s a senior school teacher. Just finished her NQT year and totally exhausted. All you teachers throughly deserve your long break. So much of your own time is used up doing school work. They are lucky there’s people who still want to teach.
Our daughter is moving back home to teach and my son & husband are going down tomorrow to move her over the weekend with a van. Luckily she’s mov8ng into our Annex next door. Any way have a lovely weekend x