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Live on £4000 for a year - Part 2

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  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
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    mumzyof2 wrote: »
    Slowlyfading - what time is your exam?

    Its at 2PM and its 2 hours long :)
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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  • Marru
    Marru Posts: 4,126 Forumite
    SF - Banana is good, chocolate is good as well so go and splurge (sp?) Good luck for your exam. If you feel you are stuck just do your best to relax and the answers will come. You will be fine!

    Bails - The kittens have arrived!!!! Shall I jump into my car straight away?
    "Everything will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end."

  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
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    Bails, that picture is lovely!! :D you must be proud!
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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  • mumzyof2
    mumzyof2 Posts: 3,343 Forumite
    Marru wrote: »
    SF - Banana is good, chocolate is good as well so go and splurge (sp?) Good luck for your exam. If you feel you are stuck just do your best to relax and the answers will come. You will be fine!

    Bails - The kittens have arrived!!!! Shall I jump into my car straight away?


    :rotfl: :rotfl: LOL at shall i jump in my car straight away :rotfl: :rotfl:
    Sealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07
    Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.32
  • shaz_mum_of__2
    shaz_mum_of__2 Posts: 2,010 Forumite
    Mollymop5 wrote: »
    I think this is a fab idea.I've a friend who had a nervous breakdown after the birth of her baby and returning to work.The doctor told her she wasn't superwoman and something had to give.She got a cleaner in for a year and this meant she came home to a clean house and a happy home.
    Once she was feeling better she reduced heer work hours and took over the cleaning again.
    Hope you find a good cleaner.
    I live to far away or I'd offer my services :)


    Me too marru

    In a previous life when i earned 35k i used to work 72 hour weeks and still clean but had no life

    I paid a cleaner £20 week for 4 hours cleaning and it was fantastic coming home on a friday to a clean house was great its surprising how long you "think " about i must do this i must do that.............i also stopped ironing ......well almost only really creased things like shirts get iron now

    I am working less hours and less money have to do my own cleaning now but still do't iron

    Shaz
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  • bails
    bails Posts: 3,196 Forumite
    Feel free Marru, lol! Sadly one didn't make it - he was a gorgeous little tabby with markings around his eye that made him look like he was wearing a little mask so we called him Zorro. Bless. The others all seem to be doing fine, the multi-coloured one is a little weak so keeping an eye on it, helping him find Mum's teats. Unfortunately she decided to have them on some fibre glass in the loft so I'm hoping to move them as soon as she'll let me as I figure that can't be good for them! She's very happy for me to be with them so that's a good start.
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  • bails
    bails Posts: 3,196 Forumite
    Me too marru

    In a previous life when i earned 35k i used to work 72 hour weeks and still clean but had no life

    I paid a cleaner £20 week for 4 hours cleaning and it was fantastic coming home on a friday to a clean house was great its surprising how long you "think " about i must do this i must do that.............i also stopped ironing ......well almost only really creased things like shirts get iron now

    I am working less hours and less money have to do my own cleaning now but still do't iron

    Shaz

    Ditto Shaz - one of the many things my illness has taught me is to prioritise ruthlessly; ironing doesn't get a look in and we got a dishwasher. Next step, cleaner... It's the only way I can hope to go back to work and have some quality of life so it's a no brainer.
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  • shaz_mum_of__2
    shaz_mum_of__2 Posts: 2,010 Forumite
    bails wrote: »
    Ditto Shaz - one of the many things my illness has taught me is to prioritise ruthlessly; ironing doesn't get a look in and we got a dishwasher. Next step, cleaner... It's the only way I can hope to go back to work and have some quality of life so it's a no brainer.

    Just a quick pointer if you can "tidy" before cleaner comes you get better value for money as they spend more time"cleaning" :confused:

    i am sure that makes no sense now but you will get it later


    Shaz
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  • shaz_mum_of__2
    shaz_mum_of__2 Posts: 2,010 Forumite
    Does anyone know the best way to sell books online??

    Have loads of paperbacks to get rid of before we move

    Shaz
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  • Marru
    Marru Posts: 4,126 Forumite
    Just a quick pointer if you can "tidy" before cleaner comes you get better value for money as they spend more time"cleaning" :confused:

    i am sure that makes no sense now but you will get it later


    Shaz

    It makes perfect sense and something I am intending to do. Perhaps clean house will inspire me to make tidying into a routine :D. (Girl can dream)

    I will send you a PM re books.

    Marru
    "Everything will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end."

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