GRRRRR

17 May 2016

Hi Friends

Ok so here goes, my DS hasn't been doing his homework and has been getting bad points at school for the last couple of weeks.  Now before I go on I know what is going to be said and yes I am responsible for making sure that he does his home work but you don't even see it then it becomes a issue.  I have resisted becoming the Mum who stands over her children and micromanaging them but I fear that I am going to have to do it now.  He can't afford not to pay attention in class ( he is Dyslexic so it is so much harder for him), not to do his reading and his spelling homework.  So as a result of this his electronic products have been taken off him and I am considering taking TV away until Friday night so that it can only be watched on the weekend.

This also makes me wonder why the hell the teacher didn't contact me and say something earlier, why did it take me going up and saying I am not happy about this for something to happen?
I get that teachers have a great deal on their plate and generally can't focus on just one student because there are 28 other kids in their class with 28 parents coming up and asking them to do something.  But if there is concern about a child isn't it common sense that you go I need to get to the bottom of this or speak to the parent.

So I have found some old Math books, found some spelling words and DS can do those for homework, we have worked to hard to get him up to a acceptable level and I am not going to have him slip back now.
Now I get that some people are going to say let him be, let him play, stop being such a hard-ass and that is fine that is your opinion and you are allowed to have it.  The reality is that you need to have a education to be able to get a job and support yourself because the world doesn't owe you a living.

Saturday

14 May 2016

Hi there,

Its Saturday and for most of you it has been a great day, now my day has been good but I could really smack my DH.

I will begin at the start so that you can understand why I want to smack the snot out of my hubby!!!..... as you know I have started a budget and meal planned for the fortnight.  Now on Wednesday I find out that my DH has invited friends around for dinner now I don't object to this what I object to is the fact that I have been left to cook it all and make sure that the house looks great.

Now to be fair to my DH he is at the Zoo - with Cubs and Joey Scouts.  But I have been at Netball all morning, I then went to get the vegetables and meat.  Now I went from the Veggie shop to the butchers and low and behold it was closed.  By this time DD is starting to whinge that she is hungry and me being the mother of the year that I am I told her to reach over and grab a packet of biscuits for lunch.

So then it is off to another shop to get meat, and other than being disappointed that the meat is all in shrink wrap ( not sure what the proper name is) but it is all bloody expensive.  Where the hell do they get off charging that much for roast meat, finally found some meanwhile the milk is sitting in the car and steam is starting to seep out of my ears.
Thank goodness I am not doing making desert because at the minute it would be a tub of ice cream plonked on the table and told to fend for yourself.

Ok so I am going to go and start getting things ready - better get the kitchen clean......I can't see the bench and the dishes haven't been done, so looking forward to getting a dishwasher and before you ask no there is not anyway possible that we can fit a dishwasher in the kitchen :(


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Lets Talk about Budgets

12 May 2016

Hi every body,

Yes I have been MIA for a bit, and there has been a couple of reasons why.  I have been trying to manage my DD's medical condition,work and be a Cub Scot leader at the same time as try and keep the house running and all of my other commitments.  So long story short I have gone back to working 4 days a week at work so that I can breathe and feel like I do have a bit of time to catch up on things. I am off today because I had to take DD to the Orthodontist - luckily we don't have to get braces , but he wants to see her again in 15 months to see if it is all still going well.

As you can see by the title of this post we are going to be talking money, now this is one topic I find hard to discuss due to the fact that I spend money like it is water, and that I was always told you never discuss Money, Politics and sport because it always ends up getting heated and somebody will end up in ED.

Our household finances have taken a beating with me going back to 4 days a week and with a down turn in the industry my DH works in.  So today I have decided that I am going to start a budget and I am not going to tell anybody else ( other than you, because I know you are not going to tell anyone......are you?).  I am going to take control of what gets spent and I want to see if I can save enough money to put a dent in the credit card.  I did consider going back to Tupperware and then it occurred to me that I gave it up because I didn't enjoy it and why would I go back to something I didn't enjoy.

So hence the budget, now I am going to start small and do things like keep receipts of when I go and do food shop, make a menu plan, go to the thrift store and see if I can replenish my wardrobe from there - it needs to be updated so badly but I have a problem spending the money on new clothes.
Also it will be a case of being strict on take-out, it is pathetic how much they charge for a meal at the take-out places and when you can make it yourself and have it taste much better and it be more healthy for you.
So my question is how do I budget for Fun stuff, and if it is on the spur of the moment without looking like a complete tight-ass?  The same goes for a spur of the minute dinner with friends?  Do I start putting money aside for a Emergency fund and what the hell do I do with all of the $1 & $2 coins because they make the purse heavy and they are so easy to spend.

So if anybody has some tips please leave a comment because I need help getting this sorted, budgeting or even sticking to one hasn't gone well for me in the past.

Toodles XXXX