Renovations and Repayments.

June Targets:

Organise Summer holiday: 1. Trip to R.W. 2. Holiday. 3. Agricultural shows x 3.
Debts: Pay £1,500 from the balance (£6,500 ). Paid.
Total Grocery Spend: £310 / £400.
11.30pm bedtime: Since I last posted, I've been going to bed very early (10.00pm and reading until 10.30pm). Another early night last night and will be going to bed early tonight.
Meditation: 6/21. Used it to sleep last night rather than getting up.
Spreadsheets / Money tracking: Managing to keep on track with this. Still doing well with this aspect.
De-clutter and Sell: / 3 items.
Books read for pleasure: 4 / 2, target exceeded.
Learn something new or refine a skill: 1. Continue learning and applying new knowledge to create more sophisticated and streamlined spreadsheets. 2. Learn a new piece of repertoire.

I've not been very well today but hoping tomorrow will be better. I'm very concerned about my father's future and think that is not helping me at the moment. He has been handling things quite strangely, especially when mother hurt herself; not really knowing what to do and getting unduly stressed about the whole situation. Next week I have to take him to a specialist. Father has suffered from potentially life-threatening ill health before but nothing which has the potential to take him before death. Mother's wrist and shoulder are a lot better, still not ready to finish the job :rotfl: but she's not coping with father being referred.

A_Frayed_Knot wrote: »

You are doing so well, what a turn around ! ! ! You must be sooooo pleased :T

And your son, hope (I'm sure) he will have done very well in his music exams, you must remember just how young he is, although growing up so fast. Time passes very quickly for us (adults), but as I seem to remember when young - couldn't wait to be all grown up.

Your food budget - I seem to remember you saying something like - you couldn't manage on any less - now just look at it :T

I'm Still harping on about
http://www.boots.com/tisserand-sweet-dreams-aromatherapy-roller-ball-10ml-10085639
and there is other similar

10/10 all round :j

Thanks, AFK.

I'll be pleased if my sleeping habits manage to stay this way!

:rotfl: Time does pass quickly for us but summer seems to last forever to my son. He too wants to be "grow up", of course. He should have done well, I was pleased with his performance.

Food budget is going well because we are planning and sticking with the plan. I know this was something I didn't think I could do and at times it seems hard to stick to but it is working for us both in terms of time and money.

shangaijimmy wrote: »

I'm with you on time flying by. My boys about to leave yr 3 and foundation, when I'm sure we only had them last year!!

I am yet to experience my son moving to the next class at school (R, Y1 and Y2 are all in the same class, then Y3-6 are in the same class). I think sometimes the Y3 child(ren) stays in the first class if not ready to move on but my son should be ready at the end of next year. Still, each school year is a milestone for him (and me).

kelpie35 wrote: »

I am so pleased that you are getting to bed earlier, I am sure you do feel the benefit from this.

You should be so proud of yourself regards the shopping budget. Remember any monies left over can go to your debt.

Hope your son will be pleased with his music results. You and your wife must be so proud of all his achievements.

Take care

Thanks, kelpie.

I will be putting the extra £90 to the debt if we haven't spent it by the end of tomorrow.

We are both very proud. My wife managed to come to the exam as well, so we had a nice cafe lunch together yesterday which was a treat. Both my wife and I said we enjoy things like that much more now. It means a lot to me that she's getting involved.