I wanna be mortgage free!

SmlSave

Hope your hand is feeling better today hun.

earthgirl

Hope you are ok!!?

twinklie

Thanks guys. Myself and my hand are ok (I'm so blonde). I've been away for the weekend to see DH's new house...it's beautiful. Going to have to get a dongle for when I'm down there though because there is no internet. Boo.

twinklie

Most random 24 hours ever...got lost in a car park!!! Chased the dog round a dog poo bin for 5 minutes (not intentionally) and then got trapped in my classroom for ages because the door broke (no class in with me thank god...but I really needed a wee).

Still, it did put a smile on peoples faces!

earthgirl

Hi Twinkile.

Have you broken up yet?? I am bored already!! What are your plans for the hols?

twinklie

Broke up today! Came home, took Belle for a big walk and had a 3 hour nap (we finished at 12pm)!! She however is still sleeping and is now passed 4 hours!!! :eek:

I'm planning on spending as much time down in Wales with DH as possible and maybe giving him a bit of a pamper (he's still working bless him). I've got 3 SOL to write for science and one for Psychology. Then I've got all my KS4 stuff to plan and some coursework to sort. I've also got my MA assignment to write....BOO! I do plan on A LOT of napping as well though.

I guess I don't really need to ask what your plans are...:D

twinklie

Home

1. File invoices
2. [STRIKE]Check car insurance quote is the best[/STRIKE] Tesco is £2 cheaper but I think our policy is slightly better. So I think I'll stick!
3. Sort out ISA
4. [STRIKE]Sort meter readings[/STRIKE]
5. [STRIKE]Clean the kitchen[/STRIKE]
6. Clean the living room
7. Clean the bathroom and shower
8. [STRIKE]Clean out the yard[/STRIKE]
9. Look for 0% interest deal for DH
10. Pay tax bill
11. Complete self assessment form

School

1. Write Zoo SOL
2. Write Physics SOL
3. Finish Jungle SOL
4. Plan C1 lessons
5. Plan B2 lessons
6. Plan P5 lessons
7. Plan C5 lessons
8. Plan Psychology SOL - Personality.
9. Develop stand alone lessons for halloween, bonfire night, christmas and valentines day.

University list

1. [STRIKE]Find articles for dissertation proposal[/STRIKE] Found loads...should read them now before I get more because I'm still not 100% on the direction I intend to take.
2. [STRIKE]Read articles[/STRIKE]
3. Write dissertation proposal. I'm 357 words in! Woo hoo.

Dog

1. Buy Belle an extender lead
2. [STRIKE]Buy Belle a recall trainning lead[/STRIKE]
3. [STRIKE]Find Belle a training class Waiting for a response about starting a class as early as tomorrow!! [/STRIKE]
4. Get a quote for kennals for when we go on hoilday Waiting for a quote from 2 places.

Ok I think that should see me through most of the next few weeks.

twinklie

Feeling a bit out of the MFW loop at the minute. I'm just not doing anything extra to save/make money. In fact, since the dog has arrived all MS's have ceased as well. I need motivation and some ideas of what to do...but I've so much school work and uni work to do that I don't really know what I could be bothered to do. Hmmmm.

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twinkile
what kind of dog have you got? is that a pic of her underneath your user name? OMG Soooooo cute! cant wait till we can afford a house as am SO getting a dog then!
I hear you on feeling out of the MFW loop- I currently have no income for the next couple of months, so can only live as frugally as possible as OPs will be impossible pretty much, but am still reading here most days to keep motivated with the end goal! sounds like you have a lot on with school/uni work (are you a teacher? ) maybe focus on whether there is anything else you could save on to get some extra cash that way? I figured I needed to slow myself down as was getting a bit manic and stressed with it all! so stuck with trying to save as much as poss on food shopping, putting stuff on amazon and ebay (not done ebay yet) , saving electricity water etc (will look at cheaper companies in the next few months too to see if we can get a better deal) ... so although Im not "making" money, I feel like I am trying to get the best out of the current situation

and enjoy your new dog - get out in the sun (when its here!) with here or take her to the park (with uni work?....or reading?) ..free/cheap days out but good for the soul as well!

take care

tyo

twinklie

Yeah I'm a teacher and I have LOADS to do over the holidays. I'm also stupidly doing an MA at the same time...although they just put my deadline back by 2 weeks...bonus.

She's a Dogue De Bordeaux and that was her at about 8 weeks. She's 14 weeks now and MASSIVE! She's hitting that puppy stage with a vengeance and causing us to constantly be on our guard. It's tiring and tiresome at times but we love her so much. She's a good girl on the whole though and I think we are pretty lucky.

I've sold everything I can on ebay already and I've shopped around for my utilities etc and they are as low as I can get them for now. We'll save a bit over summer by living together again - so food will be cheaper because we'll be eating together rather than separately...which is a bonus. Plus we'll use the car less over summer so the fuel bill will go down.

She's only allowed little walks at the minute (being a large breed, too much too young can cause lots of damage to her joints), but we do a lot of play training and little trips out. Not to mention there is a field out the back of DH's house so when we are there we do lots of walking round and smelling things, not to mention sheep watching (she still can't figure out what they are all about...ha ha).

Still, I should take into account I start my promotion in September and my pay will go up. I should be happy with that I guess. I'm a bit cheesed off that I wasn't needed for exam marking this season...but I'm hoping they'll need me next year. I could use the extra pennies. And at the end of the day we are managing to live apart with the added costs of the dog as well and still OP the mortgage...so I can't really complain.

There is a house near DH which is 160K though which I would LOVE...if only we could afford it.