as I’ve been at work. Tim’s been out and about with the children, but sadly remiss in blogging about it (hint, hint). But now I’m off work for another week, so I’ve time to chat again 🙂
Today I’ve tried to start getting organised. I’ve done nothing in terms of household finances for nearly two months now, as was seen when I started getting rude phone calls from credit card companies 🙁 (The one in question I was very annoyed with as I was absolutely sure I’d gone on to online banking and paid it, but they refunded the fees very quickly when I said that, and then explained why I was off work sick, and then burst into tears on them…) So today I’ve downloaded a budget spreadsheet from moneysavingexpert and then had to pause to install Excel on the machine I’m using upstairs. Never straightforward is it? Anyway, was quite pleased to discover we’ve hit the next big milestone with our mortgage this month – we made a decision not to decrease our payments when interest rates went down a couple of years ago, and it’s really paid off in how rapidly we can see our mortgage coming down, without any real pain in the month to month budget. Next part of the plan will be to clear off any credit card balances rather than just continuously moving them about, but I need to see the full scope of all the balances before I decide what to do with all that.
So that was my couple of hours paperwork this morning, and then I’ve come downstairs for family time. The kids have shot off outside to skate and scoot and Tim’s cleared off for a bath (back’s aching again) so it’s not very familial right at this moment, but I’m not really complaining 😉
Also managed to get two loads of washing outside today, so the bathroom floor is a lot clearer than it’s been for a week or so. My next target it to rediscover the sofas I think, and then I was considering walking down to the canal with the kids to see if there are any blackberries to pick. Not really caring one way or the other about the fruit tbh, but thought it might be nice to go for a walk. The drawback is having to walk through the village, either along the main road or through the ex council estate, neither of which are particularly attractive options. Decisions, decisions.
Big just came in to moan that she’d fallen off her scooter. There’s no injury, but that’s hardly surprising given that she’s got knee and elbow pads, gloves and a helmet. Given she’s also in a sunsuit, most of what she’s attired in either didn’t exist or wasn’t available when I was a child. Odd to think that really. One of my colleagues at work pointed out that it’s 20 years this summer since we got our O levels (yes, they were O levels, we were the last year group before GCSEs) and briefly I felt old. Then I felt like me again, but I did start wondering what has happened to all the big plans I had at that point. I can feel the wind of change beginning to whisper to me again, is this the start of a mid life crisis? 😉
Food for thought, anyway. Especially as I’m reading Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work
and finding it utterly fascinating. Montessori must have been an incredible woman, and you can see her influence on our world all around the place. Hasn’t necessarily taken us in the direction she hoped for though. Expect more musing on similar topics as I read more.
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