Check your credit score!

Posted by on Feb 1, 2013 in Blog | Comments Off

I recently checked my credit report for my hometown address in Manchester and found a company called Sigma red Ltd had added a default for a debt I don’t even owe!

I tried speaking to them but didn’t get anywhere. I had to file a complaint to experian and get them to contact the company to even get a response, which was that I need to prove that I don’t owe the debt.

 

How can I prove I don’t owe something?!

 

Gah!! Absolute idiots. This has annoyed me so much. Anyone know how to deal with getting a default removed?

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New Zealand

Posted by on Oct 7, 2012 in Blog, Personal Training | 0 comments

Well, I went to visit my Uncle in new Zealand. he’s originally from the UK.

Time have been hard for him and he had to file for bankruptcy from New Zealand, but fortunately he was able to get it all sorted without returning home!

I’m working as a personal trainer now, and recently got my personal trainer web design all sorted out by PTNet. It looks great!

I will be posting again really soon as there are some recent developments in my life, but for now – speak soon! x

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August is here

Posted by on Aug 3, 2012 in Blog, Personal Training | 0 comments

OK, so you’re wondering how the personal training course is going? All good, although the marketing help leaves a lot to be desired.

My friend Blaquin opened up his new restaurant recently. Had a website designed by these guys. Looks really nice. They specialise in restaurant website design. Get this, it was free, too! Very cool. So a big shout out to cassisrestaurant.com

And you might remember I spoke about Abe filing for bankruptcy? Well, the skinny on that is he’s filing for bankruptcy from Australia, and it won’t even effect his credit file over there!

 

I’ll make a proper post real soon.

Later

x

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Fitness Fanatic

Posted by on Jun 23, 2012 in Personal Training | 0 comments

So it’s been a long time since this site was active. my name is also Dores and I took over this site when it ran out.

I really got into my health and fitness in the last few months, and everyone loves my enthusiasm and motviational skills ;)

 

So after some nudging I decided I would look into actually getting qualified. It’s much easier than you would imagine, but probably a lot more expensive than you would imagine, too!!

You’re looking at spending a few thousand pounds just to get the Level 2 and Level 3 qualification. The good news is that the industry is crying out for more women, as it’s male dominated, and not every woman (or most of them) actually want a male PT. So in terms of employment prospects it is really good. The avergae earning is about £30 per hour, which is great!

So really, the course is an investment in you’re future, and in my case I think the odds are stacked in my favour, so I will be pursuing it.

I’ve been looking around for courses and got some information from this site www.ptnet.co.uk, and speficially the part on courses. They don’t actually arrange the course, but they gave me enough information to know where to go from there.

 

I’ll keep you posted on how this all goes very soon!

Thanks!

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Triscuit Home Farming Movement

Posted by on Apr 13, 2010 in Triscuit | 0 comments

I’m not much of a gardener. It’s not keeping things alive that is my problem, but rather taking out the time to plant. That’s why I was so excited to hear of the Triscuit Home Farming movement.
Triscuit, along with the non-profit organization Urban Farming, has found a way to help provide families everywhere with the opportunity and knowledge to grow their own food. Triscuit is putting plantable herb seed cards in 4 million boxes of Tricuit crackers to be grown in homes all around the country!
I received a basil seed card in my box of Triscuits. There were easy to follow instructions that made planting the seeds so simple that even I was able to do it without a problem!!

Not only are they encouraging Americans to home farmwith the awesome seed cards, but Triscuit and Urban Farming are also planning to create 50 community-based home farms across the country this year to connect communities through the act of growing food together.

To find out more about The Home Farming movement and see what you can do to get involved, visit www.triscuit.com/homefarming. Here you can join discussions with other people getting involved and you can even put your own farm on the cool interactive map on the site.

 

Disclaimer: I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Triscuit and received the product nessecary to facilitate my candid review. In addition, I received a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate. All the opinions expressed in the above review are my own and were not influenced by outside sources.
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A Broken Promise and Exciting News (balancing out the bad with the good) ;)

Posted by on Jan 12, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments

Apparently I broke my promise to all of my fabulous readers (that’s you!!) when I said I would be posting more often. I know one of the worst things you can read on a blog is the lame writer (that’s me!) apologizing for not updating lately, so I won’t do that.
What I will do instead though is toot my own horn and say…
I am officially a baccalaureate degree holding college grad!!
It was a LONG time in the making and at times I thought it would never happen, but alas it did!! I’ve actually been a college grad for over a month now, but since I haven’t been updating (shhh) the news is just hitting the headlines today.
I will start working my new J-O-B on Monday and will then be off on Tuesday because Brayden is having his tonsils out. I think I could get used to a schedule where I work one day and I’m off the next. I don’t think I will be that lucky though :(
I would love to be able to tell ya’ll I have big things planned for Dore’s Diaries in the near future, but unfortunately I don’t. I will say that I am putting my thinking cap on and will come up with something to reward those of you who have stuck around even with my long absences.

I will leave you with some pics from my big day and I’ll be back soon… I promise.

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So what if it was over a week ago?!?

Posted by on Nov 8, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

I know it’s a little late to be posting Halloween pics, but since I have been MIA for so long I decided it would be okay to share anyway…

We had an exciting time at the Pumpkin Patch this year. Brayden was thrilled when we got there and saw all of the pumpkins, but the novelty wore off pretty quickly. He soon forgot about the pumpkins and decided to focus his attention on the cars speeding down the highway, while trying to figure out how he could sneak past me to get to said highway.

Man, that boy is fast… but mommy is faster! Needless to say, he never made it to the highway and he made sure to express his dissatisfaction over the whole thing. The John Deere boots flew through the air more than a few times during the full-blown kicking and screaming tantrums that he seems to have mastered recently.

Somehow I managed to get some good pics in between all of the drama. There is never a dull moment with Brayden and I can’t imagine it any other way. Life would be sooooo boring without him!

He had such a great time trick-or-treating! It was so much fun to experience it with him. He had a blast seeing all the other children dressed up and taking in all the spooky sights and Halloween decor of the houses. It was a super special day that I will always keep with me.

We did it last year, but he didn’t really understand what was going on. This year he was a man on a mission and knew exactly what was going on and what he needed to do. My only complaint is that it was all over way too soon. I’m sure Brayden completely agrees! We are both anxiously awaiting next Halloween and I have decided to dress Brayden in his costume when he wakes up Halloween morning and begin trick-or-treating as early as possible. No sense in wasting daylight when we could be giving Halloween the FULL day it deserves! Anyone agree?

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Im alive!!

Posted by on Nov 7, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

Can you believe it?!?! I am actually here… alive and kicking! My guess would be that no one is reading this though and everyone has given up on me. I hope some of you still have the Diaries in your reader and see a new post.

I don’t really have much of an explanation for going cold turkey with the blogging other than I was just burnt out on it. I apologize for never posting an explanation and appreciate all the emails and comments checking in to make sure everything was okay! My readers are fantastic and I am so grateful!
I am back for now, but can’t promise that I will post regularly… but I will be around… I promise!! Life is crazy right now with responsibilities. I am graduating in December (woohoo!!!) and school has been driving me completely bonkers!
Brayden also keeps me running like a madwoman… he surpassed the terrible 2′s months ago and has since moved into the category of Tyrannical 2′s! There is NEVER a dull moment around here.
We are about to head to the neighbors house for a birthday party, but I will be back soon with some pics and stories!! I missed ya’ll and am soooo looking forward to reconnecting with you all!!
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