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You're right DC, must have been in need of a natter, did enjoy it.
I know the streams of consciousness days, so well, lots of things get done some days, but not what was intended. Aaah well. Tis better than the can't move my derriere days.I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Goals for Knockout November are as follows:-
Main Focus is the Course:-
Can't believe it's three quarters of the way through!
"When you create structures for the chaos in your life you free yourself. You free up your time and emotional energy for the good stuff." Dr Joan Minninger.
"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up" Ruth Babe.
"Let go of the fantasy that you can escape work by procrastinating. There is no path in life that requires no effort. Prepare yourself for making a commitment to your goal by recognizing that there are costs involved in both working and trying to avoid work. The choice is not working or not working, but which type of work: even feeling guilty because of procrastinating takes some effort. When you commit to a goal, you're committing to a form of work that brings ongoing rewards. When you procrastinate, you're choosing a self-punishing form of work.
Clearly, work is required when you decide on a goal, commit to the path, and continually stretch beyond your current abilities toward the goal. But it also takes work to feel unfulfilled and to maintain a list of unachieved resolutions". The Now Factor, Neil Fiore.
- STICK TO BUDGET AND SAVE/MAKIE £500.00 - £489.25/£500 - NSD 10/20 (£46 VOUCHERS, £22.75 PAD, £150.00 SAVINGS FROM WAGES, £10.00 SURVEYS, £14.50 FATCHEESE, £150 A&l CHANGE WITH CASHBACK, £96.00 MYSTERY S)
- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 21/30
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE - 62/140 - 44%
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False
- Film - 'An Education'
- Visit The Scottish Parliament
Today's challenges
08.00 - 10.00 - Clean thorough house - F/L catch up
10.00 - 12.00 - Chill
12.00 - 18.00 - 5 minutes on off para-legal
18.00 - 23.00 - M&S meal deal - chill night
Remember
- TW/RB/TD/Exercises
- Post out more e-bay parcels (posted four parcels)
- Sewing - Button on coat - hem on DS school trousers ...
- 30 day shred - Jillian's new exercise DVD - (Pre-ordered not in UK until 28th December 2009 - will start regime 1st January 2010)
- Complete two lightspeed surveys (Done 5)
- Make £3.00 on Fatcheese - (£7.50 blockbuster free month's trial)I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Goals for Knockout November are as follows:-
Main Focus is the Course:-
Can't believe it's three quarters of the way through!
"When you create structures for the chaos in your life you free yourself. You free up your time and emotional energy for the good stuff." Dr Joan Minninger.
"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up" Ruth Babe.
"Let go of the fantasy that you can escape work by procrastinating. There is no path in life that requires no effort. Prepare yourself for making a commitment to your goal by recognizing that there are costs involved in both working and trying to avoid work. The choice is not working or not working, but which type of work: even feeling guilty because of procrastinating takes some effort. When you commit to a goal, you're committing to a form of work that brings ongoing rewards. When you procrastinate, you're choosing a self-punishing form of work.
Clearly, work is required when you decide on a goal, commit to the path, and continually stretch beyond your current abilities toward the goal. But it also takes work to feel unfulfilled and to maintain a list of unachieved resolutions". The Now Factor, Neil Fiore.
- STICK TO BUDGET AND SAVE/MAKE £500.00 - £489.25/£500 - NSD 11/20 (£46 VOUCHERS, £22.75 PAD, £150.00 SAVINGS FROM WAGES, £10.00 SURVEYS, £14.50 FATCHEESE, £150 A&l CHANGE WITH CASHBACK, £96.00 MYSTERY S)
- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 22/30
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE - 70/140 - 50%
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- FLYLADY - 22/30
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False
- Film - 'An Education'
- Visit The Scottish Parliament
Today's challenges
08.00 - 13.00 - Lazy morning with family - bacon rolls. (Nice morning)
13.00 - 15.00 - Help DS to finish his presentation for school on Lego, needs to be on Powerpoint, and include a quiz with prizes - groan....... (Finished and e-mailed to school, was quite creative!)
15.00 - 17.00 - 5 minutes on off para-legal (Done 50% now)
17.00 - 19.00 - Evening routine - organise for Monday
19.00 - 23.00 - M&S meal deal again - yum - was lovely last night and a chill film.
Remember
- TW/RB/TD/Exercises
- Sewing - Button on coat - hem on DS school trousers ...
- Complete two lightspeed surveys - (Done two)
- Manicure and pedicure - nails need attention! - (Dark red again done).
- Pick up some John West tuna from Scotmid - 4 for £2.00 - (Got 3 packs).
- Pick up the Daily Express for the £5.00 off lidl voucher (Done)
- Prizes for kids (Done lots of sweets with e numbers)
- A&L documentation packaged (Done)
- Package ebay parcel (Done)I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Goals for Knockout November are as follows:-
Main Focus is the Course:-
Can't believe it's three quarters of the way through!
"When you create structures for the chaos in your life you free yourself. You free up your time and emotional energy for the good stuff." Dr Joan Minninger.
"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up" Ruth Babe.
"Let go of the fantasy that you can escape work by procrastinating. There is no path in life that requires no effort. Prepare yourself for making a commitment to your goal by recognizing that there are costs involved in both working and trying to avoid work. The choice is not working or not working, but which type of work: even feeling guilty because of procrastinating takes some effort. When you commit to a goal, you're committing to a form of work that brings ongoing rewards. When you procrastinate, you're choosing a self-punishing form of work.
Clearly, work is required when you decide on a goal, commit to the path, and continually stretch beyond your current abilities toward the goal. But it also takes work to feel unfulfilled and to maintain a list of unachieved resolutions". The Now Factor, Neil Fiore.
- STICK TO BUDGET AND SAVE/MAKE £500.00 - £489.25/£500 - NSD 11/20 (£46 VOUCHERS, £22.75 PAD, £150.00 SAVINGS FROM WAGES, £10.00 SURVEYS, £14.50 FATCHEESE, £150 A&l CHANGE WITH CASHBACK, £96.00 MYSTERY S)
- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 23/30
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE - 70/140 - 50%
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- FLYLADY - 23/30
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False
- Film - 'An Education'
- Visit The Scottish Parliament
Today's challenges
06.00 - 07.30 - Cleaning job
07.30 - 08.10 - Family up and out - morning routine
08.10 - 09.00 - Lollypop - take kids to school
09.00 - 09.30 - Drop in at school - presentation
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch and chill
13.30 - 14.30 - 5 minutes on off para-legal
14.30 - 16.00 - Lollypop
16.00 - 17.30 - Afternoon and evening routine - Flylady
17.30 - 18.30 - DS homework - Tuna pie and baked potato for tea
19.00 - 22.00 - Gym 20/20/20 - sauna and chill with book - drop flowers and card in.
Remember
- TW/RB/TD/Exercises
- Sewing - Button on coat - hem on DS school trousers ...
- Send e-bay parcel and letter to A&L
- Marigolds to protect my nails
- Card and flowers for friend whose b in law has died of swine flu.
- Letters to school
- Check with J query I was to help with.
- Stick Susan Boyle on ebay
Diet Day
Meusli
Tomatoes on toast
HM tuna pie/baked potato and brocolli
Flylady
Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum floor
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Wipe units and large appliances
Give one small appliance a good clean! (chose the toaster. How can so many burnt crumbs and lumps come out of one small toaster????)
Wipe out the fridge and get rid of anything gross and slide the stuff that needs using now into your meal plan
Level Three
Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
wash windows and any other glass.
Clean through the cupboard full of crockery.. throw out any chipped plates/mugs etc
Extras- Clean the oven and hob
- Wipe down all the paintwork
- Clean blinds and light fittings
- Dust and deweb.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Morning Scrooge,
As ever you have me worn out just reading that. It is sad to read at the loss of of someone's loved one from Swine Flu. But I'm always amazed at the thoughtfulness of people such as yourself.
Flylady is slowly chipping into my conciousness, my sink is shiny, but I just have ever reproducing hotspots.
Maybe a fling boogie is in order...DC.
"Some people walk in the rain... others just get wet... " - Roger Miller0 -
Hi Scrooge and DC - you are both up early!
Sorry to hear your news S, MiL (over 80) is recovering from it thought we would lose her.
I know i've not been on but have been plodding on. Held back by lack of Lexmark printer cartridge. So expensive but with all my trawling of internet and problems with refills I have just paid Curry's £25. It will be the last time as I will change the printer for a more sustainable brand eg epson of something.
I am thinking about spending money on my hair. Have been home dyeing and it really looks awful and stops me going outside which is not healthy, it stops me getting on with BIG PLAN for 5-0 cos my confidence is so low. So I will think about it whilst exercising. Also going to try eating 6 times a day, small meals see how that goes.
Bye for noo.0 -
Hi there,
I totally understand the reproducing hotspots. It's like fighting a forest fire, as soon as you've put it out in one area, the flames start up in another. The never ending joys of housework
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DD, you've identified an obstacle to the BIG PLAN. I'm definitely in the, find a way to treat yourself camp, i'd go and get my hair done. I bet you'll look lovely.I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Goals for Knockout November are as follows:-
Main Focus is the Course:-
Can't believe it's three quarters of the way through!
"When you create structures for the chaos in your life you free yourself. You free up your time and emotional energy for the good stuff." Dr Joan Minninger.
"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up" Ruth Babe.
"Let go of the fantasy that you can escape work by procrastinating. There is no path in life that requires no effort. Prepare yourself for making a commitment to your goal by recognizing that there are costs involved in both working and trying to avoid work. The choice is not working or not working, but which type of work: even feeling guilty because of procrastinating takes some effort. When you commit to a goal, you're committing to a form of work that brings ongoing rewards. When you procrastinate, you're choosing a self-punishing form of work.
Clearly, work is required when you decide on a goal, commit to the path, and continually stretch beyond your current abilities toward the goal. But it also takes work to feel unfulfilled and to maintain a list of unachieved resolutions". The Now Factor, Neil Fiore.
- STICK TO BUDGET AND SAVE/MAKE £500.00 - £496.55/£500 - NSD 11/20 (£46 VOUCHERS, £22.75 PAD, £150.00 SAVINGS FROM WAGES, £12.30 SURVEYS, £19.50 FATCHEESE, £150 A&l CHANGE WITH CASHBACK, £96.00 MYSTERY S)
- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 24/30
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE - 70/140 - 50%
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- FLYLADY - 24/30
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False
- Film - 'An Education'
- Visit The Scottish Parliament
Today's challenges
07.00 - 07.30 - Morning routine - TD/RB/Exercises
07.30 - 08.10 - Family up and out
08.10 - 09.00 - Lollypop - take kids to school
09.00 - 14.30 - Ladies who lunch day - Meeting up with friend who's just back from states after visiting new grandchild. Lots of lovely pics. MSE - £3.50 a head carvery offer for lunch, yum.
14.30 - 16.00 - Lollypop and post ebay parcel
16.00 - 17.00 - Para-legal 5 minutes on off
17.00 - 19.00 - Afternoon and evening routine
- DS maths homework
- Flylady
- Vegetable burgers/chips and broccoli.
19.00 - 22.00 - Family film/popcorn and chill night - got Monsters v Aliens making the most of my Blockbuster free trial DVD's.
Remember
- RB/TD/Exercises
- Sewing - Button on coat - hem on DS school trousers ...
- Send e-bay parcel
- Remove very chipped bright red nail polish, which lasted 1 day. How do these glamourous women do it????
- Put Now 74 on ebay
- Two lightspeed surveys
- Make £5.00 on fat cheese
- Forest school equipment for DS
Diet Day - Don't think so.
Meusli
Carvery
Vegetable burgers/chips and brocolli
Flylady
Tuesday - living area, hall and stairs
Level one
Declutter all these areas
Vacuum these areas
Level Two
Wipe/vacuum sofas
Wash windows
Dust.. inc electrical appliances
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings in need
Binbag dance
Tidy coats/shoes bags etc
Extras- Spend half (or more
) an hour doing something for yourself - HHI
- wipe and water plants
- Wipe down all the paintwork in these areas
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 - Spend half (or more
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Hi S and DC
Was on earlier honest but my post hasn't appeared.
It was about doing lots but not achieving anything noticeable. Except if you are bringing up kids eventually you have lovely healthy happy adults as a result of doing all those bizarre things you've done ie making thunderbirds are go suits out of blue card and sellotape on a wet and wild saturday morning etc.
And also about how I was able to walk away from the MSE boxes of Dairy Milk meant for C'mas pressies.
And doing; banking, correspondence, exercise, saving £90! in one day. How doing MSE is almost equivalent to a small part time salary etc, etc
Better crack on...0 -
Tis so true DD,
Would love to have seen that Thunderbirds suit.
I think your point about MSE earnings equaling the equivalent of a small part time job is very valid, and I think it's a lot more fun than the average work place environment.
Well done on the £90.00 savings.
Did you book that hair appointment?I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0
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