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“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
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Happy New Year to you and the Smalls. I hope 2020 brings health, wealth, and above all, happiness XxDebts @ LBM £23,729.31. Debts @ 08/04/2016 £0 :j
Best win so far - holiday to Florida0 -
Happy new year Wannabe _party_Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS0 -
WIshing you and the smalls all the best for 2020.Sticking with the "Small things" thread to keep up us on the straight and narrow.
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Happy New Year to you all"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee0
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Happy New Year Wannabe...to you and the Smalls.paydbx2025 #26 £890/£5000 . Mortgage start £148k June 23 - now £138k.
2025 savings challenge £0/£2000 EF £140. Savings 2 £30.00. 170 -
Afternoon
Thank you for all stopping in
Expensive morning
£151.50 on train passes
£7 in the discount store on food storage items/a tin opener/foil and pain killers/throat medicine
£4 nearly in Mr A on some salad/veg
This cold virus is still drowning me and the older ones. Youngest on Tamiflu along side her usual things and seems to be keeping it under control a lot more than us!“Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”0 -
Hi WB
Sorry to hear you're all still under the weather. Does travelling to the children's start next week? Hope you've managed to pull in some favours from the older DC's friends to help you out. Have a lovely snuggly evening. xx
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Yes tea Monday morning for exactly 4 weeks is the plan with a review on the 3rd. Pretty long intense days but hopefully the better option than 4 weeks as an inpatient and hopefully she's strong enough to get through it all without any major over night stays.
The weekend is going to be spent making meals for the 28 evening meals and snacks so it makes the later nights easier to keep to some routine and not last minute rushing to make dinner.
The train fares are sorted for me and youngest and the bags are ready to start the week. I think a really solid temporary routine is needed to make sure nothing gets forgotten.
I've made a rough meal plan and a list of the things needed to get us through to the 3rd. Rough as in I'll make the 28 evening meals for the 3 of them then decide nearer the day which to lift out and feed them. I haven't got any confirmed plans for the older two on the weekends. Worst happens I'll just need to get them two train fare on the day for the weekends. But still easier than worrying about finding train/bus fare for everyone everyday. So that's quite a relief.
x“Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”0 -
Happy New Year WF xxMummytogirls x0
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Sounds like you have everything under control that you can control
Is DD able to leave the ward at any point during the day? My friend's little one was an inpatient but actually only needed treatment for a couple of hours each day and before and after that they could go the park etc.
Even if you can't find anybody to have the older 2 you're right, it's better they're only there at weekends than all the time. Fingers crossed there are no stumbling blocks and the routine you have in mind will go to plan. xx0
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