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Mizmir's determined to get there diary

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  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    Good for you - glad you had a good day!!
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  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    mizmir wrote: »
    Dog training good fun - and made £45 as well. Been working in the garden since I got home - now off to spend some of the takings on a takeaway! :o


    Ooh enjoy! the takeaway and well done on the dog training
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • OberonSH
    OberonSH Posts: 1,792 Forumite
    mmmmmm takeout. Hope you remembered to get sunblocked up fr the garden! Well done on the £45.
    This year I'm getting organised once and for all, and going to buy a house with my wonderful other half. And that' s final!

    Current Pay Off Target : £1500 :mad:
  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    ooo£45,..... BOB rushes in to borrow a fiver...and gets booted back out
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • mizmir
    mizmir Posts: 3,710 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Morning all. Was so achey yesterday after the gardening and walking the dogs that I could barely move! But the wilderness has been tamed and at least the neighbours won't be baying for our blood for a little while! A few more bits to tidy up today if the weather clears up - raining at the moment so have come in to do more of the dry stuff - though OH is still out tending her fire so I am feeling a bit guilty for being such a wuss! :p

    Today apart from tidying garden and house up a little I need to do a good few hours work on the funding thingy - deadline next week so time running out. So adjusting yesterday's list a little:
    • Sign up for another bookie
    • Update budget
    • [STRIKE]Check on line banking[/STRIKE] DONE
    • [STRIKE]Update snowball[/STRIKE] DONE - but behind in repayments cos of the extra £600 we had to pay out - plus a car repair bill.
    • Update totals
    • Review challenges
    • Work on funding app - 4 hours.
    • [STRIKE]Dog training[/STRIKE] DONE - good session yesterday.
    • [STRIKE]Tidy garden[/STRIKE] DONE - apart from a few bits and pieces to finish when it stops raining.
    • Clean kitchen
    • Tidy bedroom
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    mizmir wrote: »
    Morning all. Was so achey yesterday after the gardening and walking the dogs that I could barely move! But the wilderness has been tamed and at least the neighbours won't be baying for our blood for a little while! A few more bits to tidy up today if the weather clears up - raining at the moment so have come in to do more of the dry stuff - though OH is still out tending her fire so I am feeling a bit guilty for being such a wuss! :p

    Today apart from tidying garden and house up a little I need to do a good few hours work on the funding thingy - deadline next week so time running out. So adjusting yesterday's list a little:
    • Sign up for another bookie
    • Update budget
    • [strike]Check on line banking[/strike] DONE
    • [strike]Update snowball[/strike] DONE - but behind in repayments cos of the extra £600 we had to pay out - plus a car repair bill.
    • Update totals
    • Review challenges
    • Work on funding app - 4 hours.
    • [strike]Dog training[/strike] DONE - good session yesterday.
    • [strike]Tidy garden[/strike] DONE - apart from a few bits and pieces to finish when it stops raining.
    • Clean kitchen
    • Tidy bedroom

    So next stage is tidy the kitchen then (gives you the perfect excuse to put the kettle on for a :coffee:):rotfl:
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • mizmir
    mizmir Posts: 3,710 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Oh have done better than that - got the coffee made for me without going near the kitchen! Am catching up with online "chores" before moving on to the hard stuff! :p
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    mizmir wrote: »
    Oh have done better than that - got the coffee made for me without going near the kitchen! Am catching up with online "chores" before moving on to the hard stuff! :p

    Fair enough! so what's next then?
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • mizmir
    mizmir Posts: 3,710 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    OK - have updated budget and totals in sig. Now for a review of plans and long term goals. These were:
    1. Make an extra £600 a month to add to the £1400 from salary to pay off debt
    2. Bring DFD forward by paying off £2K a month and increase dog training work
    3. Reduce waste - food, purchases, time
    4. Get fit.

    Have met 1 and am trying to take it up to £750 (currently just over £665) from
    • Dog training: £238/£220
    • Ebay/amazon/car boots: £97.77/£100
    • Matched betting: £170.28/£120
    • Extra work at work (me and OH): £75/£120
    • Vouchers, cashback, clicks, BOGOFs etc: £84.55/£40 (includes savings on budgeted stuff like parking as well)
    On 2, have paid off £1245 so far this month. On the down side have had over £1K of unexpected expenses this month so that will cut down any more repayments this month. Dog training - have done two workshops and seen a couple of new 1-2-1 clients. Still need to up this.

    On 3, have been poor over the last few days on this - but will try to be more organised this week. Both time and food!

    On 4 - oh dear :o. Must try harder.

    but at least I can tick some more things off today's to do list! :D
  • mizmir
    mizmir Posts: 3,710 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Quick update so I can see more strike outs!
    • [STRIKE]Sign up for another bookie[/STRIKE] DONE - and with luck will bust out first time with £23+ profit!
    • [strike]Update budget[/strike] DONE fuel/ents over (too many takeaways) and unexpected extras but otherwise on track.
    • [strike]Check on line banking [/strike] DONE
    • [strike]Update snowball[/strike] DONE - but behind in repayments cos of the extra £600 we had to pay out - plus a car repair bill.
    • [strike]Update totals[/strike] DONE
    • [strike]Review challenges[/strike] DONE - see previous post - one out of 4 ain't bad!
    • Work on funding app - 4 hours.
    • [strike]Dog training [/strike] DONE - good session yesterday.
    • [strike]Tidy garden[/strike] DONE - apart from a few bits and pieces to finish when it stops raining.
    • Clean kitchen
    • Tidy bedroom
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