What small DFW things will you do this week - w/c 6th November?

Morning all :hello: thanks for starting us determined

I’m hoping a new week will bring me a clean slate wfh so that’s a start things today:
Reconcile spreadsheet to bank account
Something from freezer for tea and something out for tomorrow that I can put in sc
Some washing on radiators/airer whilst the heatings on, I’ll be shuffling
Have set timer up for heating so it’s only on a couple of times a day for an hour at a time, find this is the best way to keep our bills low, as you can put the temperature for each slot too
Freeze some donuts and bread rolls we didn’t eat yesterday
Packed lunch for dd
Car being serviced, will be no cost to me as work pay but hope nothing needs doing as it’ll be a faff and I do need it back for tomorrow

Right, must get on to a have achieved something before walking smalls to school. Enjoy your day.

Morning, everyone.

Oh CLF - what a pain. Cars are such a nuisance.

I have a week off work so aiming to be productive but didn't sleep particularly well last night so it hasn't gotten off to a cracking start. Today should hopefully be a NSD with meals from stores. Which reminds me - must update my signature.

I've had stomach issues recently - nothing major but just feel a bit like I need a cleanse, and to reset my body, if that makes sense. Completely unrelated, our flat is on the market and a viewing was scheduled for this morning. Having had a call to say the viewing was cancelled, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to seize the day and make up a "colon-cleansing" drink of DOOM I saw on the internet. Blended dates, lemon, hot water and flaxseed were my weapons. Midway through the glass of wretchedness I had a call to say that a new appliance would be delivered within the hour - well, you can imagine my horror when I knew that the race was on - would the drink work first? Or would it take effect mid-delivery? :eek:

Today I have/will:
*[STRIKE]check accounts[/STRIKE] done
*[STRIKE]put washing away (where does this stuff come from? It never ends!)[/STRIKE] done
*[STRIKE]payment to emergency account[/STRIKE] done
*meal plan for the week
[STRIKE]*meals from stores (revolting drink; salad for lunch; dinner TBC; no coffee for me today )[/STRIKE] done; had some pineapple on the turn so currently baking a pineapple upside-down cake
*sort out my handbag
*work on second income idea
*exercise
*[STRIKE]drink lots of water[/STRIKE] this is happening

Have a good day all,
US

uphillstruggler wrote: »

Midway through the glass of wretchedness I had a call to say that a new appliance would be delivered within the hour - well, you can imagine my horror when I knew that the race was on - would the drink work first? Or would it take effect mid-delivery? :eek:
US

sorry but this cracked me up :rotfl:

uphillstruggler wrote: »

Oh dear, what a day. I’m certainly not going to win any prizes for my baking prowess any time soon.

Tried to be all MS and use up my leftover pineapple. So I found a recipe online for a pineapple upside down cake that would use some of the coconut flour and coconut sugar we have lying around.

I won’t lie: I was sucked in by recipes that claimed to produce a “piña colada” in cake form. It was all going fine until ... I’ve just pulled it out of the oven and it smells delicious but it looks like something the cat dragged in! All crumbling and looking like a small heap of cat litter! Oh dear. I’ve always been a terrible baker and I don’t think that’s set to change...

Maybe I can rescue it with a little crème fraîche or some ice cream... :eek:

Coconut flour absorbs a lot of liquid - maybe that's why?


you could always take a leaf out of my book...

Set the clock back to 2003. Carrielovesfanta is a student and her work friend asks her round for a party. Friend and other partygoers are vegan (and punks!) and this is when you couldn't really get much vegan stuff.

I decide to bake a vegan lemon drizzle loaf cake. Punk friend advises that you can substitute eggs with an orange juice-bicarb mixture.

Cake is rising wonderfully and excitedly show my housemates as I remove it from the oven. The cake doesn't so much sink as IMPLODE. Housemate suggests turning it upside down and icing it. Cake disintegrates like a clown car. :rotfl:

Not to be deterred, I stewed a load of apples that I had knocking around in vodka, put the broken up cake on the top, sprinkled on more vodka, piped "Happy Birthday" onto it, and turned up at the party with the stewed apples and the rest of the vodka. :beer:
Everyone at party too stoned and out of their gourds on mushrooms to notice. Success all round

DNMS many thanks for starting off this week's thread

US I can also relate but not by drinking a drink of doom!

Have sent my intestines into trauma after the food poisoning last week and a roast beef dinner yesterday. Have to see the doc the end of the week but it looks like i won't be able to eat beef anymore.
I had such a productive day yesterday and lots of plans for today. Just spent the day sleeping and sipping water......the upside I've spent no money and apart from internals feel more normal. Getting a bit fed up of health getting in the way of plans.
Need to be on the ball tomorrow as im being filmed at an event-bad timing but cant be helped.
Must catch up on paperwork and messages tomorrow.
US it would have to be custard for me with the cake. Wouldn't care about the state of it, custard solves everything says the person who is on nil by mouth at the minute!!!!
Not alot else going on but I'm determined to get out tomorrow

CLF I would have been a bit stressed about the car, hate anything like that

Have a good evening everyone x