Single, six kids and going to be debt free!

f0xh0les wrote: »

Well done on the potty training!
This time of year is great for it, as laundry dries so quickly on the line that any accidents are less stressful and do not leave you with a mountain of wet clothes.

Hope you get 'your space' sorted. You need space too, but I completely understand the kids' spaces come first. I would be the same.

Thanks Foxholes. I have decided I do need a little space that is just my own, even if I don't sleep in it. I need space to put my books and put my photos and bits and pieces up.

hugglemonster wrote: »

Great news that you're going to have your own space in the house, a little sanctuary!

Good luck with the potty training, we didn't potty train our 2 but had a smaller toilet seat to put on the usual seat and a little plastic step so they could reach. I can't remember how long it took them but they adjusted well and I don't think they had many accidents.

H x

Thanks Huggle, yes its great I have my own little space. And it means I can get my dining table back for the kids to eat dinner at without my sewing stuff all over it.

So my little room is all up and ready. I didn't manage to decorate it last week but my new desk is in and up, I have my bookcase with my books in and I have transferred all my sewing stuff and sorted out all my fabrics. I am also going to leave my laptop up in my room so I can use my desk to work on my laptop as well as do some sewing.

I still need to decorate, put a couple of shelves up on the walls and put some photos of the kids up. I have really high ceilings, so my storage can go quite high really, but then I would have to put stuff up high that I didn't need very often as I'm only short!

In money saving news, I have managed to save £40 from this week's general spending, partly due to the fact that three of the kids were at their dad's all week last week and partly because myself and my oldest daughter were working a lot and therefore eating at work! So we didn't use hardly any of the food I bought the week before either. So this week's food shop is tiny as well!!

I have also started Matched betting as I think my extra income streams are going to run out soon and my plan is that I make an extra £100 per month! So far I have been doing it 5 days and have made £37.08 profit so far. This was using £100 to start off with and I still have the £100. This £100 came from my contingency fund and so I can still access it if I have an emergency. I am hoping to make at least £100 per month if not more doing this.

And in other news, we have decided to rescue a dog. I know I don't seem to make my life easy! This has cost me £50 deposit so I have added that to my income to find this month. My car tax refund has come in though so my current total is as follows:

Total additional income to be made August - £325.71/£459.40 70.90%!!! :j:j

beanielou wrote: »

Sounds like the meal was very:money::money:

It was very money saving and did two celebrations at the same time. The adults meals were two for £10.79 and the kids got a drink and pudding with their meals.

apple_muncher wrote: »

Well done to dd1 on her results :T:T:T. Does she know what she wants to carry on studying, and where?

Thanks Apple, she is going to stay at her current school and do A-levels in Biology, Physics and Chemistry and then do an A-Level in French in her own time as she is fluent in French. So not an easy option and a lot of work to do!