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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 - £506.55/£500 - NSD 11/20 (£46 VOUCHERS, £22.75 PAD, £150.00 SAVINGS FROM WAGES, £17.30 SURVEYS, £21.50 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 - 09.30 - Para legal - 5 min on off
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch and chill
13.30 - 14.30 - Para legal - 5 min on off
14.30 - 15.45 - Lollypop
14.45 - 16.45 - Pop to friends to help with her business plan
16.45 - 18.30 - morning and evening routine/flylady
18.30 - 22.00 - Body pump class - chill in sauna - good book
Remember
- Sewing - Button on coat - hem on DS school trousers ... MUST GET OFF LIST TODAY - DONE, DONE.
- Two lightspeed surveys (Doing well on lightspeed another 500 points today)
- Make £5.00 on fat cheese - (Joined up to a few more survey sites for cashback).
- Gym kit for DS
Diet Day
Meusli
Baked potato - cottage cheese and ham
Spaghetti and tomato sauce
Flylady
Wednesday ~ master bedroom and landing
Level One
Declutter floors
Strip bedding, wash sheets and remake the bed.. BEFORE BEDTIME!! Air the duvet! -Will do Saturday
Level Two
Vacuum floors.. vacuum and turn the mattress if you are able.
Tidy away floordrobe/chairdrobe and top of chest of drawersdrobe!
Sort through one cupboard of clothing
Level Three
Sort out the gibble under the bed!
wash any curtains/nets that need it
Sort through one box of junk!
Extras- Do a small job you have been putting off forever - SEWING ABOVE
- check all the smoke alarms are working as they should! (Checked regularly, very fiery toaster)
- HHI
- update your christmas list.. and make sure you have done the email for the flylady list if you wish to participate!
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 -
Hi Scrooge and DC
I am doing stuff honest just not getting up in time to post early!
No, haven't booked hair appointment, bought cheap box of dye from Asda's just need to pluck up courage and do it.
My big saving yesterday was the itouch with £30 pounds off from Very.co.uk with code for free delivery and done through topcashback. Also copied you and have moved to Alliance and Leics hopefully £150 back for that.
I am keeping our gas/elec bills down low - under £50-55 pound per month for both. Have big telly, PS3, heating now on etc just cut back on the ironing, hairdrying and straightening which is probably why I look a mess ha ha.
Big success last night was bread and butter pudding made up of very stale, freezeburned rolls and it was delicious with custard.
So today;
start oh's tax return
flylady
iceland for milk, pop into lidl,
40 mins exercise
5 small meals; porridge, soup, baked potato and cheese and veg, g'n't and crisps, toast and honey,
dig out sewing machine, fleece curtains0 -
Hope your day goes to plan.
How do you keep your gas and electricity bills so low? Do you monitor useage regularly? I need to get a handle on my gas and electricity, as the bills just keep going up and up, unexpectedly.
I have swapped to a much better deal with Scottish Power though, through Quidco with £110.00 cashback, and have got NPower to allow me to pay off the debit balance over 12 months, interest free. I was going to pay it off in a oner with the savings this month, but have decided to keep the savings, might need them :rolleyes:.
Bye for now.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/CASHBACK/MAKE £500.00 - TOTALS ARE - £693.10/£500 AND NSD 13/20 (£46 VOUCHERS, £22.75 PAD, £150.00 SAVINGS FROM WAGES, £32.30 SURVEYS, £21.50 FATCHEESE, £150 A&l CHANGE WITH CASHBACK, £96.00 MYSTERY SHOPPING and £174.55 QUIDCO, WHICH INCLUDES SCOTTISH POWER £110.00)
- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 26/30
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE - 70/140 - 50%
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- FLYLADY - 26/30
- 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 - Para legal - 5 min on off
14.30 - 15.45 - Lollypop
15.45 - 16.45 - MSE
16.45 - 18.30 - Afternoon and evening routine
-Flylady
-Minestrone Soup
-Literary circle H/W
18.30 - 22.30 - Chill
Remember
- Two lightspeed or other surveys (Had a great survey today - earned 1500 points - about £15.00)
- Make £3.00 on Quidco (Possible £4.60 on Quidco, but not tracked yet so will not count it)
- Thank you cards for Ca and Ch
- Move dentist appointment ( 25th January 2009 - 5.00 pm)
- Book smear test (Next Thursday - 1.15 pm)
- Update spreadsheets
- Speak to L - re-arrange play date for boys (Next Friday afternoon)
- Put three CD's on ebay
- Package sold CD
Diet Day
Meusli
Baked potato and salad
Minestrone soupThursday ~ Bathroom and StudyLevel One
declutter floors
Scrub the bath, loo, basins, bidets, showers etc etc.. keyboard, mouse etc too they are just as dirty!
Level Two
Empty and wash out bins
Scrub tiles and polish mirrors.. defrag PC while shining
Vacuum/mop floors
Level Three
Wipe chairs and sofas
Delete 50 emails and 2 dead links
Wash shower curtains, bathmats etc
Recycle the empties and decant dribbles
Extras- Clean out and tidy cupboards
- Replace and curly toothbrushes
- Shine the taps with one of the old ones
- Check all the smoke alarms.. don't forget all rooms with high sleepers in should have their own alarm in!
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 -
Hi Scrooge,
I am a bit obsessed with the gas and electricity at the moment because we moved house in the summer and came back from hols and they had taken £221 out of my account which really pee'd me off. Then a bill arrives from a year ago from changeover in old house for £115. So I know have a little book and initially wrote down meter readings hourly! Then once heating went on I took them at start of heating and when heating went off. I was also worried because we have moved from a brand new DG well insulated terraced house to a draughty victorian flat facing out to the north sea!
I noticed that the Gas boiler is costing £12 per month just to have the pilot light on. I stopped using it for hot water as we have electric shower, dishwasher and washing machine. Just boiled kettle for odd bit of hot water or filled basin from shower. So for five months gas cost £12 per month. For same 5 month period June-Oct inclusive electricity has come to £128 ie £26pcm but we were away for a month in summer so only fridge and freezer left on so really £30 ish per month.
Now heating is on in the evenings only and we are using boiler for odd hot bath. Using electric cooker/oven for more hot meals and some baking. Meter readings show that the bill for November should be about £53 for both. I then think 4 cold months with heating doubled will cost £40 per month each so altogether over the year it should be £55pcm jointly.
I have also changed supplier and got £40 back.
There are 2 adults, one teenager in house. He averages 3-4kwh for ps3 + big flat screen telly most days:eek:. I know that's terrible but he is excelling at school so I let him chill out. If I am in by myself and son is on sleepover then elec will be 5kwh, if he is home it will be 7-8 per day and can go up to 10 kwh per day at weekend but averaging out at 55kwh per week. Gas was .14 units per day, now 1 - 1.5units per day cos of heating.
Sorry have gone on but like I said I think I need to get a life:rotfl:. HTH.0 -
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
WOW! What else can I say, that's seriously impressive.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/CASHBACK/MAKE £500.00 - TOTALS ARE - £693.10/£500 AND NSD 13/20 (£46 VOUCHERS, £22.75 PAD, £150.00 SAVINGS FROM WAGES, £32.30 SURVEYS, £21.50 FATCHEESE, £150 A&l CHANGE WITH CASHBACK, £96.00 MYSTERY SHOPPING and £174.55 QUIDCO, WHICH INCLUDES SCOTTISH POWER £110.00)
- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 26/30
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE - 70/140 - 50%
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- FLYLADY - 26/30
- 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 - 12.30 - Accounts Job
12.30 - 13.30 - Lollypop job
13.30 - 16.30 - Shopping/Flylady/Survey/Fatcheese
16.30 - 22.30 - 2012 and Pizza Express courtesy of Tesco vouchers
Remember
- One lightspeed or other surveys
- Make £2.00 on Fatcheese
- Update spreadsheets
- Shopping - Menu plan
- Send out e-bay package
Diet Day
Meusli
Baked potato and salad
Pizza ExpressFriday ~ kids room.. if you have no kids do another room!
Level One
Declutter the floors
Strip the bedding get it washed dried and the beds remade!
Level Two
vacuum the floors
Straighten a cupboard of clothing
Wipe the paintwork
Level Three
Tidy a box of 'stuff'
binbag dance!.. See how many toys you can fling before the large guy in red arrives.
dust and deweb
Extras- HHI
- Wash windows
- Fill a binbag for charity shop!
- Wipe over ALL the upstairs doors!!
This evening we are all going out with my MIL to see 2012 and eat at Pizza Express, all courtesy of Tesco vouchers, so that will be nice.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/CASHBACK/MAKE £500.00 - TOTALS ARE - £693.10/£500 AND NSD 13/20 (£46 VOUCHERS, £22.75 PAD, £150.00 SAVINGS FROM WAGES, £32.30 SURVEYS, £21.50 FATCHEESE, £150 A&l CHANGE WITH CASHBACK, £96.00 MYSTERY SHOPPING and £174.55 QUIDCO, WHICH INCLUDES SCOTTISH POWER £110.00)
- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 28/30
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE - 105/140 - 75%
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- FLYLADY - 28/30
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False
- Film - 'An Education'
- Visit The Scottish Parliament
Today's challenges
08.00 - 09.00 - MSE catch up - TD/RB - Exercises
09.00 - 12.30 - Flylady catch-up, bacon rolls for all
12.30 - 19.30 - Finish one more para-legal assignment
19.30 - 23.30 - Make beef in beer with new potatoes and kale
Remember
- One lightspeed or other surveys
- Make £2.00 on Fatcheese
- Finalise Nov spreadsheets and organise December budget
- Load 3 e-bay DVD's/CD's
- C&H
- Card for Chris
- Check V form before sending
Diet Day
Meusli
Bacon roll
Beef in beerFlylady - catch up on bits missed during the week
If I can complete an assignment today, then it's possible that I can complete the para-legal course tomorrow - check everything on Monday and then fire it all off to the examiner before the 6th December deadline and by the end of November, which I would be extremely pleased about. I'm going for it.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/CASHBACK/MAKE £500.00 - TOTALS ARE - £693.10/£500 AND NSD 13/20 (£46 VOUCHERS, £22.75 PAD, £150.00 SAVINGS FROM WAGES, £32.30 SURVEYS, £21.50 FATCHEESE, £150 A&l CHANGE WITH CASHBACK, £96.00 MYSTERY SHOPPING and £174.55 QUIDCO, WHICH INCLUDES SCOTTISH POWER £110.00)
- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 29/30
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE - 140/140 - 100%
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- FLYLADY - 29/30
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False
- Film - 'An Education'
- Visit The Scottish Parliament
Today's challenges
08.00 - 09.00 - MSE catch up - TD/RB - Exercises
09.00 - 12.30 - Family morning - may all go for walk and take some coffee and sandwiches.
12.30 - 19.30 - Finish the last para-legal assignment and e-mail two assignments off to Course Co-ordinator
19.30 - 23.30 - Make salmon, new potatoes, broccolli and carrots.
Afternoon and evening routine and then tele time.
Remember
- One lightspeed or other survey
- Make £2.00 on Fatcheese
- C&H
- Card for Chris
- Check V form before sending
- Package up one DVD and load another CD on ebay.
Diet Day
Meusli
Tuna roll
Salmon and vegetables
If I stick to the plan, course will be finished today, and there will just be some checking of the original two assignments that I will do tomorrow. 1st December brings the joys of collecting and starting to deliver 600 Yellow pages so need everything finished before then.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.Too much to do today, but will give it a shot and go with the flow if it's not all done.
"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/CASHBACK/MAKE £500.00 - TOTALS ARE - £693.10/£500 AND NSD 13/20 (£46 VOUCHERS, £22.75 PAD, £150.00 SAVINGS FROM WAGES, £32.30 SURVEYS, £21.50 FATCHEESE, £150 A&l CHANGE WITH CASHBACK, £96.00 MYSTERY SHOPPING and £174.55 QUIDCO, WHICH INCLUDES SCOTTISH POWER £110.00)
- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 29/30
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE - 140/140 - 100%
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- FLYLADY - 29/30
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False
- Film - 'An Education'
- Visit The Scottish Parliament
Today's challenges
05.30 - 07.15 - Cleaning Job
07.15 - 08.15 - Family up and out/Morning routine
08.15 - 09.00 - Lollypop
09.00 - 09.30 - TD/RB
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts Job
12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch MSE catch up
13.30 - 14.30 - Check and e-mail two assignments
14.30 - 14.45 - Package ebay parcels
14.45 - 15.45 - Lollypop
15.45 - 16.45 - MSE chill survey and F/cheese
16.45 - 17.45 - Check and e-mail last two assignments
17.45 - 19.00 - Make tea/evening routine/DS reading h/w/Flylady
19.00 - 23.00 - Gym class - 20/20/20 - chill in sauna with good book
Remember
- One lightspeed or other survey
- Make £2.00 on Fatcheese
- C&H
- Card for Chris
- Check V form before sending
- Package up and send 3 ebay parcels.
- Gym clothes for DS
- Student from High School shadowing me in Accounts Job
Diet Day
Meusli
Tuna roll
Prawn stir fry and rice
Monday- Living room, hall and stairs
Level one
Clear floors of clutter and vacuum them
Make time for yourself!! Half an hour of peace!
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt backs!
Sort coats and shoes and bags
Level Three
Dust and deweb allthose corners and electrical appliances and shelves.. etc
Clear mantel and put back only what should be up there!
Wipe and water plants
Extras- Vacuum under furniture you can safely move
- Wash any soft furnishing that need it
- Start wrapping presents!!!! If you haven't already!
- Binbag dance..
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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