Make do, Mend and Minimise in 2016

Hello Wilsooon, and welcome. Sounds like you are off to a good start.

Phase 2 of pond reconstruction has been happening today, it was taking ages to fill so I started looking through some boxes I had left at mums when I moved out. Helped by the leaking conservatory roof, I haven't had to make the decision whether to keep my old uni books or not, so a box of books have gone into the recycling bin, as did a teddy who had been attacked by moths. Sadly some photos seem to have been damaged by the water too but I will see whether any can be rescued, and whether I want to keep them.

Back home now to clear a space in the kitchen for a new fridge freezer. The old fridge has mostly given up the ghost, and I wanted to replace it with something that I would like to have in my new kitchen when that and an extension get done early next year. I just went in a local store to browse I found the make and model I wanted with £200 off (and cheaper than the Internet) so I realised I had saved up enough already and means the old fridge and one freezer can be retired/sold/ given away. Only problem is they are undercounter ones so this is in a slightly awkward place in the kitchen for the time being. Shou,d give me additional motivation to get the planning sorted!

Pub quiz tonight which includes supper so I don't have to think about that.

Just a thought. I had really struggled in the past to see the difference it makes just doing 10 mins here and there on a project as I don't always have time to do a lot, so for my garden corner clearance project I have been taking photos as I go along. It's been really nice to look back and see I have made a big difference already, despite it not feeling like it. I can highly recommend it for other projects.

S x

Hi chums back from my holidays and exhausted by all the fun,going to have a few days doing as little as possible :)Today though I did my holiday washing and got it dried.This afternoon I just sat and knitted and watched some catch-up tv.Shortly off to DDs for Sunday dinner which my son-in-law will cook.Still a bit warm here in the south east,even though there was a light shower this morning.
Life will soon get back to normal though when the children go back to school and folks get back to work.

I have a list of to-do jobs as long as my arm ,but they will have to wait until the weather cools down a bit

Cheers chums, still trying to minimise my freezer


JackieO xx

Evening All. Nothing done today!!! Met up with some friends late this morning and only got home a little while ago. Had a good day yesterday though, a large bag of odds and sods to the CS and a bag of clothing to the Sally Army. I was also very lucky, my Godmother gave me back my sewing machine as she can no longer sew but when I got it home I didn't have the foot control and she lives 200 mi!es from me! I asked in my local hospice craft shop as they sometimes have machines donated if they had any spare and the manageress found one for me. I was really pleased as I didn't want to bother GM as she is getting frail now. I will now be able to complete some heavy duty mending

Silva that was smart thinking. It's so wonderful when things turn out like that. I always ask the desk clerk if they have an iPhone charger in their lost and found when staying in a hotel. Chargers are the #1 thing left behind. Might as well help them lighten their box because I lose mine staying places too.

Jackie I thought of you and your family while you were away and smiled at the pictures! Memories made and teaching of another generation how important family is too. Such a positive message every time you post about them.

Congrats Hester! That's really wonderful. That ££ should help somewhere!

We gratefully received leftover BBQ, a cake, pie, potato salad, a cheese ball, tortilla chips, artichoke spinach dip and green chile tortillas and cornbread from DSD's GF's funeral meal. I'm freezing much of it and will use it in the coming month.

Hi

I think I may need to follow JackiEO's lead and get frugalling refocused. I am hoping to change the way I work so my salary will decrease, but the reduction in commuting time will be worth it. I can't quite work out what money I will have so would rather err on the side of caution and get into better habits again now.

I have also loved the weather we have been having, it's been gorgeous here in Kent. I have now run out of collected rainwater so I am hoping for a short drenching to top things back up.

This evening supper is chickpea Kiev burgers from stores, I want to get one row knitted on my OHs jumper - hoping to finish it before the winter but it's large and I knit slowly.
I am also going to look through my 'beauty' drawer to see what I have already, and can take or decant to take on my holiday and what I will need to get. That should minimise and make do!
S x