The 'complete this challenge' challenge...suitable for all!

Different_Corner

Well that gives us a good 40 years of trying ! Should be fun !

scrooge2008

Goals for Daring, Decisive December are as follows:-

Main Focus is the Kitchen:-

"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 ACHIEVE £10.00 PER DAY CHALLENGE - £310.00
Plan - £139.00 Yellow pages, £20.00/£70.00 Mystery Shopping,£8.75/£37.00 Amazon/ebay, £15.50/£30.OO coupons/vouchers, £1.50/£15.00 surveys, £40.00 free cash back/clicks
Total to Date - £45.75/£310.00

- WEIGHT TO INCREASE TO 11 STONE, BUT NOT AN OUNCE OVER THAT.
Plan - I know that means targeting myself to put on half a stone, but i'm away for a couple of weeks, and don't want to be thinking about dieting, so will be a pig, within reason.

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - POST ON MSE EACH DAY

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
DH has a lot of time off over Christmas, and wants to finish the kitchen, so we will finish it together. This will be the month of the kitchen. I'm tired of seeing it on my list every month.

- FLYLADY
Plan - Broadly follow plan and catch up at weekend if necessary

-NATURE/CULTURE
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False - Finish this book
- Visit Stirling Castle with Historic Scotland Passes
- One hill walk this month with family - Salisbury Craggs/Arthur's Seat

Today's challenges

06.15 - 07.00 - Type up two mystery shops/LS surveys
07.00 - 07.15 - Family up and out/morning routine
08.15 - 09.00 - Lollypop/TD/RB
09.00 - 12.30 - Accounts Job
12.30 - 13.00 - Pick up kids for playing at the house
13.00 - 15.00 - Flylady/menu plan and online shop
15.00 - 17.00 - Take boys to the park to play football
17.00 - 18.00 - Pizza for tea and salad
18.00 - 20.30 - Deliver yellow pages
20.30 - 22.30 - Chill with family

Remember
- C&H
- Phone J with information
- Invoice for Shirley
- Tesco - phone up about a CD that needs returning
- Thank you card for Chris
- Post ebay package and accounts letters
- Pizza out of freezer - pick up one more for DH
- Find and charge mobile
- Finish DS spelling homework
- Charity money for school
- Move pile of washing from DS room
- Online order with Tesco - adding in 5 goodies for 500 points offer.

Diet Day
Meusli
Tuna salad
Pizza

Friday ~ Childrens pits, spare or neglected rooms!
Level One
Strip , wash and replace bedding
Declutter and vacuum the floor
Level Two
Sort through a cupboard.. any cupboard, could even be a kitchen one!
Drag out and sort all the gibble from under the bed!
Straighten the toy boxes and shelves
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that need it.. or the duvet!
Dust and deweb
Wipe sticky grotmarks from the walls, doors and paintwork



Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. HHI
3. List 1 item to sell .. or sort pics and listings for this weekend FREE LISTING on ebay!
4. sort the shoes, coats and bags!

Well coming back fighting. It's been pretty chaotic the last couple of days, but i'm going to take the reins back today.

Yep, flying today, it feels so good.

scrooge2008

Different_Corner wrote: »

Well that gives us a good 40 years of trying ! Should be fun !

And, i'm going to need all 40!

Big yawn, could do with going back to my bed, but going to press on. It's nearly the weekend.

Bye for now.

scrooge2008

Goals for Daring, Decisive December are as follows:-

Main Focus is the Kitchen:-

"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 ACHIEVE £10.00 PER DAY CHALLENGE - £310.00
Plan - £40.00/£139.00 Yellow pages, £20.00/£70.00 Mystery Shopping, £8.75/£37.00 Amazon/ebay, £15.50/£30.OO coupons/vouchers, £1.50/£15.00 surveys, 0/£40.00 free cash back/clicks
Total to Date - £80.75/£310.00

- WEIGHT TO INCREASE TO 11 STONE, BUT NOT AN OUNCE OVER THAT.
Plan - I know that means targeting myself to put on half a stone, but i'm away for a couple of weeks, and don't want to be thinking about dieting, so will be a pig, within reason.

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - POST ON MSE EACH DAY

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
DH has a lot of time off over Christmas, and wants to finish the kitchen, so we will finish it together. This will be the month of the kitchen. I'm tired of seeing it on my list every month.

- FLYLADY
Plan - Broadly follow plan and catch up at weekend if necessary

-NATURE/CULTURE
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False - Finish this book
- Visit Stirling Castle with Historic Scotland Passes
- One hill walk this month with family - Salisbury Craggs/Arthur's Seat

Today's challenges

08.30 - 10.30 - Chill with family
10.30 - 19.30 - Yellow Pages deliveries all day/pop to post office
19.30 - 23.30 - DH cooks Sirloin Steaks for treat tea

Remember
- C&H
- Thank you card for Chris
- Tesco delivery arriving between 12.00 and 14.00
- Package and post 4 ebay parcels
- Two lightspeed surveys
- Thank you card and chocolates for Volkswagen dealership lady. After much haggling, (I even got trading standards involved, LOL), she got a £500.00 job done for us under VW warranty. Total cost £12.50 for insurance on Courtesy car. RESULT.

Diet Day
Meusli
Tuna roll
Sirloin steak/stuffed mushrooms/veg and chips

230 Yellow pages delivered only another 670 to go. 29% done - £40.00 earned.

scrooge2008

Goals for Daring, Decisive December are as follows:-

Main Focus is the Kitchen:-

"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 ACHIEVE £10.00 PER DAY CHALLENGE - £310.00
Plan - £90.00/£139.00 Yellow pages, £20.00/£70.00 Mystery Shopping, £8.75/£37.00 Amazon/ebay, £15.50/£30.OO coupons/vouchers, £1.50/£15.00 surveys, 0/£40.00 free cash back/clicks
Total to Date - £120.75/£310.00

- WEIGHT TO INCREASE TO 11 STONE, BUT NOT AN OUNCE OVER THAT.
Plan - I know that means targeting myself to put on half a stone, but i'm away for a couple of weeks, and don't want to be thinking about dieting, so will be a pig, within reason.

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - POST ON MSE EACH DAY

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
DH has a lot of time off over Christmas, and wants to finish the kitchen, so we will finish it together. This will be the month of the kitchen. I'm tired of seeing it on my list every month.

- FLYLADY
Plan - Broadly follow plan and catch up at weekend if necessary

-NATURE/CULTURE
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False - Finish this book
- Visit Stirling Castle with Historic Scotland Passes
- One hill walk this month with family - Salisbury Craggs/Arthur's Seat

Today's challenges

08.30 - 10.30
- Check all banking/update spreadsheet - Looking good
- Do all lightspeed surveys
- 1 hour Flylady, timed general tidy.
10.30 - 13.30 - 150 Yellow pages with 30 minute break in the middle
13.30 - 14.30 - Lunch for family
14.30 - 17.30 - 150 Yellow pages with 30 minutes break in the middle
17.30 - 18.30 - Chill - hot bath - glass of wine
18.30 - 20.00 - Organise for Monday
- DS reading
- TY cards
- C&H
- F/L upstairs
- Chicken curry and rice
20.00 - 22.00 - Chill watching film for a couple of hours - Elephant Man.


Remember
- C&H
- Thank you card for Chris
- All lightspeed surveys
- Package ebay sale that ended last night
- Thank you card and chocolates for Volkswagen dealership lady. After much haggling, (I even got trading standards involved, LOL), she got a £500.00 job done for us under VW warranty. Total cost £12.50 for insurance on Courtesy car. RESULT.
- Ask DH to get box of books from attic that I will list on Amazon next week.
- Look up info from VS and thank PM
- Cancel MS for next week that is not feasible

Diet Day
Meusli
Ham salad and baked potato
Chicken curry and rice

I'm not finding the Yellow Pages as hard as I thought they would be, and it is working out about £10.00 an hour. The territory is the estate I live on, including my own house, which makes it a lot easier as I know the area well. I'm off out again for the final 150 of the day. But, it's a beautiful day today, and I'm visualising myself doing a 'Biggest Loser", challenge and I'm getting excited as the pile in the garage gets lower and lower. LOL.

Even better news. DH has started painting the kitchen today. He had a choice between the kitchen or 100 Yellow Pages and he went for the first option.

scrooge2008

Goals for Daring, Decisive December are as follows:-

Main Focus is the Kitchen:-

"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 ACHIEVE £10.00 PER DAY CHALLENGE - £310.00
Plan - £90.00/£139.00 Yellow pages, £20.00/£70.00 Mystery Shopping, £8.75/£37.00 Amazon/ebay, £15.50/£30.OO coupons/vouchers, £1.50/£15.00 surveys, 0/£40.00 free cash back/clicks
Total to Date - £120.75/£310.00

- WEIGHT TO INCREASE TO 11 STONE, BUT NOT AN OUNCE OVER THAT.
Plan - I know that means targeting myself to put on half a stone, but i'm away for a couple of weeks, and don't want to be thinking about dieting, so will be a pig, within reason.

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - POST ON MSE EACH DAY

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
DH has a lot of time off over Christmas, and wants to finish the kitchen, so we will finish it together. This will be the month of the kitchen. I'm tired of seeing it on my list every month.

- FLYLADY
Plan - Broadly follow plan and catch up at weekend if necessary

-NATURE/CULTURE
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False - Finish this book
- Visit Stirling Castle with Historic Scotland Passes
- One hill walk this month with family - Salisbury Craggs/Arthur's Seat

Today's challenges

07.00 - 08.15 - MSE/Morning Routine/Family up and out
08.15 - 09.00 - Lollypop/kids to school
09.00 - 09.30 - Coffee break
09.30 - 10.00 - Load up 120 Yellow Pages
10.00 - 12.00 - Deliver YP'S 12.00 - 13.00 - Lunch at Organic Cafe on the hill as a treat - It was a lovely treat, amazing views out to sea, and fabulous food - can't bear to go on though with these YP's though, but I will.
13.00 - 13.30 - Load up 120 Yellow Pages
13.30 - 15.30 - Deliver YP's - stopping to do Lollypop job/
15.30 - 16.30 - Coffee break - Load up rest of YP
16.30 - 18.30 - Last of the YP's stopping to Lollypop
18.30 - 19.30 - Fajitas for tea
19.30 - 20.30 - Afternoon and evening routine - DS reading/Flylady?
20.30 - 06.30 - Early night - will be shattered

Remember
- C&H
- Thank you card for Chris
- Send ebay package
- Thank you card and chocolates for Volkswagen dealership lady. After much haggling, (I even got trading standards involved, LOL), she got a £500.00 job done for us under VW warranty. Total cost £12.50 for insurance on Courtesy car. RESULT.
- Cancel MS for next week that is not feasible
- Wash socks and pants for family
- Mince out of freezer

Diet Day
Meusli
Lunch out
fajitas for tea

Monday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two

Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill
Level Three
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.

Extras
Clean out the fridge.. make use of anything almost past its best

I have moved the cleaning job and accounts job to tomorrow to focus on finishing the YP's. Let's get this show on the road. By the end of today, i'll probably have a panic attack every time I see the colour yellow!


Weather is foul today, I'm soaked and aching, and still got loads to go .

scrooge2008

Goals for Daring, Decisive December are as follows:-

Main Focus is the Kitchen:-

"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 ACHIEVE £10.00 PER DAY CHALLENGE - £310.00
Plan - £120.00/£139.00 Yellow pages, £20.00/£70.00 Mystery Shopping, £8.75/£37.00 Amazon/ebay, £15.50/£30.OO coupons/vouchers, £1.50/£15.00 surveys, 0/£40.00 free cash back/clicks
Total to Date - £165.75/£310.00

- WEIGHT TO INCREASE TO 11 STONE, BUT NOT AN OUNCE OVER THAT.
Plan - I know that means targeting myself to put on half a stone, but i'm away for a couple of weeks, and don't want to be thinking about dieting, so will be a pig, within reason.

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - POST ON MSE EACH DAY

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
DH has a lot of time off over Christmas, and wants to finish the kitchen, so we will finish it together. This will be the month of the kitchen. I'm tired of seeing it on my list every month.

- FLYLADY
Plan - Broadly follow plan and catch up at weekend if necessary

-NATURE/CULTURE
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False - Finish this book
- Visit Stirling Castle with Historic Scotland Passes
- One hill walk this month with family - Salisbury Craggs/Arthur's Seat

Today's challenges

07.00 - 08.15 - MSE/Morning Routine/Family up and out
08.15 - 09.00 - Lollypop/kids to school
09.00 - 09.30 - TD/RB
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts Job
12.30 - 13.00 - Lunch
13.00 - 14.45 - Load up and deliver last of YP's
14.45 - 15.45 - Lollypop job
15.45 - 16.45 - Any remaining YP's
16.45 - 18.00 - Fish pie for tea/DS reading homework/Flylady
18.00 - 23.00 - Family chill/film and popcorn night - Wally
Remember
- C&H
- Thank you card for Chris
- Thank you card and chocolates for Volkswagen dealership lady. After much haggling, (I even got trading standards involved, LOL), she got a £500.00 job done for us under VW warranty. Total cost £12.50 for insurance on Courtesy car. RESULT.
- Cancel MS for next week that is not feasible
- Wash socks and pants for family
- Fish out of the freezer
- Buy popcorn and salad stuff
- Finish paperwork for YP's
- Check Shirley has paid invoice - Yes, and she is paying December's money this week, in advance, which is very kind of her.
- Phone cousin - can't get through try again tomorrow
- Pinecone survey
- Blockbuster - pick next two DVD's
- Lightspeed survey - screened out
Diet Day
Meusli
Ham salad sandwich
Fish pie with broccoli and carrots for tea - shattered - got nick nacks from Tesco's instead.

scrooge2008

Goals for Daring, Decisive December are as follows:-

Main Focus is the Kitchen:-

"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 ACHIEVE £10.00 PER DAY CHALLENGE - £310.00
Plan - £139.00/£139.00 Yellow pages, £20.00/£70.00 Mystery Shopping, £8.75/£37.00 Amazon/ebay, £15.50/£30.OO coupons/vouchers, £1.50/£15.00 surveys, 0/£40.00 free cash back/clicks
Total to Date - £184.75/£310.00

- WEIGHT TO INCREASE TO 11 STONE, BUT NOT AN OUNCE OVER THAT.
Plan - I know that means targeting myself to put on half a stone, but i'm away for a couple of weeks, and don't want to be thinking about dieting, so will be a pig, within reason.

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - POST ON MSE EACH DAY

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
DH has a lot of time off over Christmas, and wants to finish the kitchen, so we will finish it together. This will be the month of the kitchen. I'm tired of seeing it on my list every month.

- FLYLADY
Plan - £5.00 a day for a planned and completed weekday Flylady to be paid into the 'Fabulous forties, reward pot.'
Earned - £5.00

-NATURE/CULTURE
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False - Finish this book
- Visit Stirling Castle with Historic Scotland Passes
- One hill walk this month with family - Salisbury Craggs/Arthur's Seat

-DOUBLE MY INCOME IN 2010 CHALLENGE - £20,010 in 2010.
Plan - Brainstorm and draw up a draft Business Plan and monthly targets.

Today's challenges
05.45 - 07.15 - Cleaning Job
07.00 - 08.15 - MSE/Morning Routine/Family up and out
08.15 - 09.00 - Lollypop/kids to school
09.00 - 09.30 - TD/RB
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts Job
12.30 - 13.00 - Lunch
13.00 - 14.45 - Catch up on Flylady - Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday
14.45 - 15.45 - Lollypop job
15.45 - 16.45 - MSE break and chill - Pinecone Survey
16.45 - 18.00 - Fish pie for tea/DS Spelling and maths homework/washing/Afternoon and evening routine
18.00 - 23.00 - Body pump class - Sauna - good book and chill - Flylady took precedent.

Remember
- C&H
- Thank you card for Chris
- Thank you card and chocolates for Volkswagen dealership lady. After much haggling, (I even got trading standards involved, LOL), she got a £500.00 job done for us under VW warranty. Total cost £12.50 for insurance on Courtesy car. RESULT.
- Wash socks and pants for family
- Finish paperwork for YP's
- December invoice for Shirley
- Phone cousin - meals for holiday organised
- Pinecone survey
- Put bin out
- Book hair appointment - Tuesday 22nd at 12.15 pm.
- Put DVD on e-bay

Diet Day
Meusli
Ham salad sandwich
Fish pie with broccoli and carrots for tea

Wednesday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
Level One
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
Level Two
Declutter floors
Level Three
Wash bathmats/shower curtain and furry bog hats
Replace any sponges/flannels/toothbrushes etc that need it
throw out any empty bottles.. decant dribbles into fuller bottles

Well something good has come from doing the Yellow Pages, apart from the money towards the £10.00 a day challenge. It has made me decide that I don't ever want to have to do them again, and in order for this to become a reality I need to double my income. So my major challenge for 2010 will be to go from earning approximately £10,000 per annum to £20,010.

The £20,010 in 2010, DOUBLE MY INCOME CHALLENGE.

I am going to aim to do this, through developing my Accounts business, and working smarter not harder. The first step is to work on my business plan this month and add it to my goals . Bye bye Yellow Pages.........

DeeDeeinDooDoo

Hi Scrooge, DC

Been busy wrangling with banks. Tried to buy some cheap euros and Abbey.com blocked my savings account cos they thought it was a fraudulent transaction! Gotta laugh but I cried with frustration. Got to wait for new cards, pin etc...

If I remember bout the last hurrah. It was an actress called 'Emma something and she had her legs done by laser to get rid of veins etc and then wore glamourous skirts and showed them off all the time.

Now Scrooge, I turn my back for a second and you have managed to squeeze in another job!! Good news about hubby tackling the kitchen, softly, softly catchee monkey ha ha!

Am going to flylady my bathroom...NOW!

scrooge2008

Hi there, One day a bank will get it right :rolleyes:. Yep, DH is making a lovely job of the kitchen.

Well that other job, the dreaded Yellow Pages, has been a turning point for me. I am going to use my brains in 2010 to earn me some money, and not my brawn :eek:.

Its the "£20,010 in 2010, Double my Income Challenge." I'm quite excited about it.

How is the Five Year Plan coming along?