Monday 11th April - what small DFW things will you do today?

Afternoon all.

Weekend was a financial disaster, left me feeling really, really rotten. Any sort of steps I've taken over the past few months have been null and voided by an unexpectant emergency it's taken me since Friday to stop sulking and face up to it as a bigger challenge, so I'm putting on a more determined, braver face lol

Today will be a NSD
Going to check to see if our tariff for electricity is cheaper overnight and if so do washings overnight
Tidy house tonight
Meals from freezer
Make sure I apply for two jobs

Have a good day all!
J

Oh no JHiggins, what happened?
Those steps are NOT! null and void. You've paid off some which if you hadn't - you would be in a worse place now.
Plus you've been becoming more and more MSE every day by incorporating MSE things in every day.
Wishing you well x

Afternoon all
Thanks for the start PF
Sorry to hear about your unexpected bill JHiggins, as Hellebelle says, at least you had put in place a strategy to deal with it, so well done for that
MTC, hoping for good news on the job / house search soon

Pouring with rain here all night, and stll raining now
Heating is back on Off now, wood stove alight
Not a big list today, spent the morning at DD's looking after little GD, who had been sick all night, so her Mum could go to her doctor's appointment. Consequently not much else done, just a few surveys and all food from home really

Still to do:
A dog walk, if it ever stops raining. No point trying to take him out in the rain as he won't walk, and I just end up going for a wet walk with a small dog tucked inside my coat :rotfl:Stopped raining mid afternoon, so we went for a rather muddy walk:)
Check banks - spendy week coming up so may have to move some money Still to do
Some personal admin which has got left because of business admin overload over last few days And this
Make some fish cakes for supper, using lovely fresh parsley from the garden Ended up with a takeaway, which is almost unheard of for us :eek:
See if anythng needs watering (nothing outside will, that is for sure!) Just an old cyclamen plant which has been relegated to the conservatory

Hope everyone has a good day, and better weather than we have here

A friend of OH's and his wife turned up mid afternoon, and didn't leave till 6, by which time we were starving, having not had much for lunch - I would have made the fish cakes earlier had we been expecting visitors. So OH took a short trip to the fish and chip shop once we had waved them off instead. Still, it was nice to see them

Must do better tomorrow and for the rest of the week, as we have an expensive week :eek: The car is due 2 new tyres, OH's truck needs its MOT and the dog is having a much needed haircut, all of which need to be paid for!

On the plus side, I will do the fish cakes tomorrow, and there will be enough for a couple of days

And I have harvested some of the micro leaves I sowed to use up packets of old seed. It looks very posh! I will mix the seedlings with ordinary salad leaves from the supermarket to make it go further / jazz it up a bit! And resow once the containers are empty, as I have more old seed packets (some of which were free) that need to be used up. Currently I have radish, mizuna and rocket, which I harvest once they have their first true leaves. You just uproot them, wash them well and eat the whole thig. They produce something to eat just a couple of weeks after sowing at this time of year, before the proper salad leaves are ready if (like me) you don't have a proper greenhouse. Mine live in one of those cheap, polythene covered mini greenhouses on the patio, but I have just grown them on the windowsill in the past. In the warmer weather, they can be grown outside It is a nice activity to do with children, as they grow so quickly

PurpleFairy Thanks for starting us off this morning.

Yesterday turned out surprisingly busy, I intended to have a quiet day at home, ended up going to a regular monthly session that I take dd to (I had forgotten it was 2nd Sunday of the month) my sister also goes (with her dd) and she gave us a lift (approx 20 miles) we also met a friend who had brought along her 2 children, we had a good time at the group and catching up with friends as well as me and my sister enjoyed a free delicious mocha each. Glad I went as we had a good time, but surprised how tired I felt afterwards. I also spent some of yesterday planning this week, as most days this week have a HE group, time tabling lessons as well as doing a rough meal plan for the week, not helped by the fact that I haven't got my appetite back.

JHiggins sorry to hear about your emergency, but all the work you have put in previously will help you deal this emergency and be even better prepared for any that arise in the future, don't beat yourself up, try and work out what you can do to recover.

Dawn it is a very real fear your dog has of downing in a rain drop :rotfl:

Make the change sorry to hear about your anxieties return

CCL Hope the first day of term went smoothly and your children cooperate at getting things ready for school tonight.

Lego mum well done with sorting out your email accounts, this is one of my on going projects, mine still need a lot of work done on them, but I am getting their, just very slowly.

Today I have/will:
LSD, only children's gym tuition
Post on this thread for support, motivation and inspiration
Open curtains fully
Close curtains before it gets dark
Turn off lights and appliances not in use
reusable sanitary wear
Stick to meal plan
B/L/D from stores
make bread
PAD into saving £3.66 -1p
Soak porridge overnight, batch made last night
Set DW to run overnight
Set WM to run overnight, only if their is enough for a full load
Contact friends to organise our next order with wholesaler
Unpack bags, when we get home so nothing is lost, damaged or allowed to go off
Pack snacks
Take water with us
Check FPL
Educate children for free
Entertain children and us for free
Wash hair and leave to dry naturally
Keep heating to a minimum, nothing downstairs, upstairs thermostats turned down low, we have jumpers and blankets
Cull 100 emails
signed up for some free Shakespeare resources
Our free dvd of Kung fo panda arrived, thank Ally

Helle Belle, lego mum, ziggy & Bailey's Babe Thanks so much for your kind words! It really does make it easier to take and I know that I can do this - thanks for the support

I've calmed down a bit now, got more than needed spag bol slowly cooking so I can freeze some for quick meals during the week

Hope you're all having a nice evening

J