Mooloo’s Managing it in 2018

Savvy_sewing

I got up early for a Sunday, around 8. So I am surprised that I have wasted two hours reserecting my Surveys. On an account that still only has £2.56 in it!
My thoughts last night was to reserect as many different money making streams as I could to get my savings back up. I will never get them back that way though! Unless I do them only when watching TV or can not do anything else!
I could have made 4 or so Purses and earned a potentially better profit of about £6!
Of course if I was doing alterations I could potentially earn £25-£50 for my time!
This exercise has just shown me that I need to be more aware of my time, and the value I can put on my self.

I realise that I cannot Sew all day everyday after being at work. But I am now aware that I waste my time a lot.
I was hoping for the Sun to come out, so that I would be able to start in the garden. I have promised/threatened my Son that I will be going over to help him with his house work later today. His GF is going to work at 3-6.30 so that is probably the best time for me to go, so I can see the least of her. But it will limit the time for DS to visit the tip with the mountain of rubbish.
So I will maybe go a little earlier.
Dgd is still asleep so I have not woken her. School starts again tomorrow and she will have to be up and ready.

Brighton_belle

Mooloo wrote: »

Oh yes! It certainly is.

I don't know what they are thinking really. Especially with a new baby on the way and a husband who works abroad most of the time
Problem is I am really tempted to get one, Dgd has been asking for two years or more!

Oh Mooloo,your life and your choices but I think you'd be mad to get a dog: they cost a lot of money in vets fees and insurance and kennel care when you go off on holiday. And when will you ever have the energy to walk it twice a day. Nearly every child on the planet asks their parent for a dog. It's ok to say no - I longed for a dog as a child and I didn't get one. Didn't kill me and I still loved my parents.
Can't believe biggest's choice - did she finish paying you back what she owed for their wedding they couldn't afford?

Eager_Elephant

Another option is to find a local person who cant walk their dog much for whatever reason and offer to walk it on a weekend, there are proper sites that organise this or you might know someone local.
Borrow My Doggy is the most common but there is a fee and the other one is The Cinnamon Trust - this one is a charity and it pairs up local people who are too ill or old to walk their dogs with families who have time to walk a dog.

I agree with Brighton about time and energy to walk dogs - my dogs are walked twice a day and the load is shared between DH and I.
I know people don't always walk their dogs once a day never mind twice a day but I feel a dog needs walking as it not only helps with energy levels but socialisation etc

I wont go into cost but you have seen my latest post on my diary.

catkins

Dogs cost money, they are also a lot of work especially while they are puppies. Toilet training, lead training etc is time consuming and is hard enough when you have no children.

Will your daughter have the time to train a puppy and be able to walk a dog twice a day with her children? If not she should really not be getting one.

Borrow my Doggy is a great option for anyone who would like a dog but does not have the time, patience or money to have one themselves.

So many dogs end up in rescue because people don't think long enough or hard enough about getting one.

Sorry if my post seems harsh but many of my friends are involved in dog rescue and it saddens and annoys me that so many dogs, through no fault of their own, end up in rescue or even being put to sleep

thorsoak

Mooloo - my heart sank when I read that Biggest, who is pregnant, is getting a puppy dog ...because believe me, the person who is selling her a puppy is NOT a good breeder :-( No good breeder, who has put care and love into breeding a litter would let a puppy go to a home where Mum is pregnant and with other toddlers/children and where Dad is not around the whole time to support Mum, because that is a recipe for a pup to fail - Mum, with the best will in the world, will not have enough time to housetrain the puppy, will not have enough time to teach the children to leave the puppy alone, will not have enough time to train/walk the puppy - and the result will be an adolescent dog needing to be rehomed because it is messing in the house/snapping at the children/untrained :-( Good breeders want their puppies to go to "forever" homes, not where they might be passed from home to home. I know - I have, in the past when I was breeding Aussies and labs, turned down some lovely people and lovely homes because I didn't think that they had the time - at the time I met them - to take on the additional responsibility for one of my puppies. I promised them that if they came back to me in a couple of years and I had another litter on the ground that I would reconsider.

So the explanation I give for this long-winded post is - I'm afraid that the puppy that Biggest might be getting will be from a greeder (greedy back-yard breeder) or puppy farm - who sell sick puppies to anyone who has the money and who doesn't care about the expense and heartbreak they are selling to hard-working people who haven't always been given the best advice about getting a puppy. xx

ognum

Hi Moo

Just to say today I took my dog to the vet, he!!!8217;s a rescue pup, he needs his teeth cleaned under anaesthetic ( even though we try to clean his testy and give him dental cleaning add in to his food). Cost is £300!

Think about this when you think about having a dog.

pollyanna_26

Th

Eager_Elephant wrote: »

Another option is to find a local person who cant walk their dog much for whatever reason and offer to walk it on a weekend, there are proper sites that organise this or you might know someone local.
Borrow My Doggy is the most common but there is a fee and the other one is The Cinnamon Trust - this one is a charity and it pairs up local people who are too ill or old to walk their dogs with families who have time to walk a dog.

I agree with Brighton about time and energy to walk dogs - my dogs are walked twice a day and the load is shared between DH and I.
I know people don't always walk their dogs once a day never mind twice a day but I feel a dog needs walking as it not only helps with energy levels but socialisation etc

I wont go into cost but you have seen my latest post on my diary.

This Mooloo concerning your dgds need for a dog . Logically you don't have enough hours in the day or energy to deal with the training involved . Children can tire of the novelty and you then have to take over .
I would suggest to her you try some voluntary walking in the long summer holidays but let her know it will be some time before she can have her own . If you're still having problems getting her to school imagine trying to get her to walk the dog .

I imagine Biggest has made her mind up but if she will listen point out what has been said above . No breeder or owner worth the name would place a dog or cat in a home where there is a soon to be Mum or young baby .

Well done on making that phone call . As a Grandma it is the most loving and helpful thing you can do for the childrens sake . This loop of sorting the house , paying the debts etc needs to stop . Your son and girlfriend wont stop it as they know you'll step up .
Hopefully a sharp shock will make a difference .
Beat of luck with dealing with the mess today . TBH I'd take pictures of before and after for the health visiter .

Treasure your dreams whichever direction they take you . Use your energy wisely and no more bluddy blinds !!!

polly x

Savvy_sewing

Biggest and her Husbands choice.
No I won't get one as I want my dreams

We have enough to do just now.
Spent 2 hours cutting my lawn and 3 cleaning their kitchen

tiredmum2

I understand its their choice to get a puppy but i cannot believe how selfish they are they have no money food treats, toys , training school and insurance are not cheap ,they are not both home to share the burden of a spaniel which is a highly intelligent dog that needs plenty to keep its mind occupied or problems occur also the amount of exercise working breeds need is large . How can your daughter look after this dog when the new baby comes with all her other commitments to her 2 other children as well . I can see you ending up taking a problem dog on because its cute and DGD asks you to . Yes this post is negative but its a reality check we have a dog and no little ones and in the wet or at night you dont want to go out but you are responsible for their care so you have to.

Savvy_sewing

I won't get into a debate about what may or may not happen with Biggest etc. I hope all will go well, I won't be taking on a problem dog.
I am more concerned about the children and their situation on my Sons side.
I cannot worry about what may or may not happen when I have enough going on at the moment.
Sorry I don't need the doom and gloom right now. There is enough of it.
Biggest and her hubby will have to get on with it. They have plenty of friends and family to help them when needed.