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Stressed,
Dear son has just announced that I need to make chocolate chip cookies with him with Fair Trade chocolate in them, tonight, for a school, Fair Trade, coffee morning on Friday, which I HAVE to attend grrrrrr, because he's running a stall.
I don't have any of the ingredients, I'm the world's worst baker and I'm working on Friday, also mucks up today's schedule.
Oh, if only all I had to do was be the perfect Yummy Mummy. Rant over.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 -
Here we go again:-
The 3 Must Do's
- VAT payment
- Cookies made with DS for school Fairtrade morning - will hand them in Friday morning
- 2 hour timed house clean - look out MK
Plan for today:-
07.15 - 08.00 - Family up and out - Sandwiches etc. Tong hair and DTS - Porridge
08.00 - 09.00 - Pick up kids and Lollypop - RB/TD
09.00 - 10.00 - First timed hour on house - RB/TD
10.00 - 10.30 - Chill
10.30 - 11.30 - Second timed hour on house
11.30 - 12.00 - Baked potato, cottage cheese and salad lunch
12.00 - 14.00
Paperwork:
- Invoice to two mystery shopping companies
- Ebay parcel post
- Mobile to Tesco mobile
- 15 minutes sorting out clothes in DS room
- VAT payment
- Print off Cookie recipe
14.30 - 16.00 - Lollypop - go to Post Office - Buy cookie ingredients
16.00 - 18.00
DS maths homework/Spelling homework
Make DS cookies
Find MK
DVD for J.
18.00 - 18.30 - H/M tomato soup Soup
18.30 - 22.00 - Out at friends.
Bed.
A good day today, I started off quite lethargic, but managed to motivate myself to get going and pretty much stuck to the plan, it felt really good. The cookies were a success and taste yummy. Beginning to feel more in control again, which is where I want to be.
Plan for MARVELOUS, MAD MARCH
STICK TO BUDGET AND HAVE £10,000 IN MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT AT END OF 2010 - MARCH TARGET IS £430.00 and 6000 Tesco points.
Plan
Ebay profit - £20.00/£80.00
National Childbirth Nearly New Sale - £0.00/£60.00
Vouchers/Coupons/Grocery savings- £0.00/£20.00
Mystery Shopping - £0.00/£100.00
Surveys - 0/£10.00
Quidco - £60.00
New business - £100.00
Tesco Points - 6000 points - 0/6000
Total - £20.00/430.00
WEIGHT TO GO DOWN BELOW 10.5 STONE - THE END OF A FLABBY BODY
Plan
The Shred DVD for 20 minutes 4 x a week
Gym 2 x a week
1500 calories a day
Weight March 1st 2010 - 11stone 7 lb now 11 stone 4 lb - 3/14
4500/4500 calories
1 x hour swim/15 mins fast cycling ex bike/
PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - POST ON MSE EACH DAY
2/31
FLYLADY
Plan
Put a housework task in each day and stick to it.
One - two hour intense session a week.
Absolutely no housework at the weekends.
NATURE/CULTURE/OUTINGS
Plan
Family trip to Edinburgh Castle with Historic Scotland
Family meal out with Tesco vouchers - Cafe Rouge
Trip to cinema with friend
Read The Now Factor again
DOUBLE MY INCOME IN 2010 CHALLENGE - £20,010 in 2010.
Plan
Make £430.00 from £10.00 a day challenge - new business
Earn £788.00 from Accounts job and Lollypop
Special Project - 15 hours
DT/RB each day
TW/MT each week
TW/WA during the month
CLOTHES CHALLENGE
Plan
£60.00 for two smart outfits/shoes suitable for business wear
NEW BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
Plan
Transfer mobile to business use
Decide exactly what my service is going to be
Leaflets for business
List of target clients
Make sure accounts are up to date
Fill in VAT return
Set up basic web site
Change business cards
Chase up BT over business phone
Apply for CCLI 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 -
Here we go again:-
The 3 Must Do's
- Attend school coffee mornining
- Leave keys with CS
- Finish cleaning the house - so no housework at weekend
Plan for today:-
07.15 - 08.00 - Family up and out - Sandwiches etc. Tong hair and DTS - Porridge
08.00 - 09.00 - Pick up kids and Lollypop - RB/TD
09.00 - 10.00 - Accounts job
10.00 - 10.30 - Leave to go to school coffee morning - Milk and money
10.30 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 13.00 - Lollypop
13.00 - 14.00 - Macdonalds treat with DS
14.00 - 16.00 - Hour house clean and
- Airmiles sorted
- Ring about hair appointment - 9.30 am - Thursday 5/3
- Menu plan and shopping list - Done cost £60.00 inc. delivery searched high and low and found one code for £5.00 off.
Friday - Toad in the Hole
Saturday - Roast beef and trimmings
Sunday - Chicken curry
Monday - Tuna Steaks and Veg
Tuesday - Spaghetti Carbonara
Wednesday - Sausage Caserole
Thursday - Minestrone soup
Friday - HM pizza
- Invoice filled in for Tern
- Sheila's Wheels
- Shopping
- Phone insurance about stain on carpet - Coming to assess on Thursday 18/3 - between 9.00 am and 2.00 pm. - Looks like it is a goer - new hall and stair carpet and a £100.00 cheaper renewal quote with £45.00 cashback through Sheila's Wheels.
- Toad in the Hole for tea
- Wash hair - luxurious bath with my new body shop bubble bath.
- Two washes in and out
- Do 10 minutes of Shred DVD - Can't get myself going with this - but I will
- Watch Last King of Scotland and chill - chilled but watched America's Top Model - had a bad head and couldn't face an intelligent film.
A good day, I had a bad head, and would usually have given in, but kept going and accomplished most of what I intended to. 9/10 - 90%
Well, even if I say so myself, DS's homemade cookies were delicious, and were the first plate to be emptied. There were obviously a lot of other non-baking mums there too, as some of the offerings were definitely of the very burnt, sacrificial kind. Felt very smug. DS was running the Tombola stall, so I put in £5.00 which got me 20 tickets. I won nine, really nice prizes, but my conscience made me put four back to give the other mums a chance. So I have a jar of home made chutney, a big box of quality biscuits, a new pair of slippers and an M&S toiletries selection. I also picked up four good books for £1.00 at the book stall. Not going to ebay this haul though, that would be too, too mercenary, even for me.
Not all going well though, I have spilt some cleaning fluid on the carpet and i'm hoping the insurance will pay for a new carpet, if not more expense, sigh, but if yes, it could turn into a blessing because the carpet has another stain on it from when the radiator leaked. We shall see..... Edit - New hall and stair carpet here we come, just £25.00 excess.
Plan for MARVELOUS, MAD MARCH
STICK TO BUDGET AND HAVE £10,000 IN MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT AT END OF 2010 - MARCH TARGET IS £430.00/£85.00. and 6000 Tesco points.
Plan
Ebay profit - £20.00/£80.00
National Childbirth Nearly New Sale - £0.00/£60.00
Vouchers/Coupons/Grocery savings- £5.00/£20.00
Mystery Shopping - £0.00/£100.00
Surveys - 0/£10.00
Quidco - £45/£60.00
New business - £100.00
Tesco Points - 6000 points - 0/6000
Total - £20.00/430.00
WEIGHT TO GO DOWN BELOW 10.5 STONE - THE END OF A FLABBY BODY
Plan
The Shred DVD for 20 minutes 4 x a week
Gym 2 x a week
1500 calories a day
Weight March 1st 2010 - 11stone 7 lb now 11 stone 4 lb - 3/14
4500/4500 calories
1 x hour swim/15 mins fast cycling ex bike/
PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - POST ON MSE EACH DAY
2/31
FLYLADY
Plan
Put a housework task in each day and stick to it.
One - two hour intense session a week.
Absolutely no housework at the weekends.
NATURE/CULTURE/OUTINGS
Plan
Family trip to Edinburgh Castle with Historic Scotland
Family meal out with Tesco vouchers - Cafe Rouge
Trip to cinema with friend
Read The Now Factor again
DOUBLE MY INCOME IN 2010 CHALLENGE - £20,010 in 2010.
Plan
Make £430.00 from £10.00 a day challenge - new business
Earn £788.00 from Accounts job and Lollypop
Special Project - 15 hours
DT/RB each day
TW/MT each week
TW/WA during the month
CLOTHES CHALLENGE
Plan
£60.00 for two smart outfits/shoes suitable for business wear
NEW BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
Plan
Transfer mobile to business use
Decide exactly what my service is going to be
Leaflets for business
List of target clients
Make sure accounts are up to date
Fill in VAT return
Set up basic web site
Change business cards
Chase up BT over business phone
Apply for CCLI 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 -
Here we go again:-
The 3 Must Do's
- Meeting with G and P
- TW done
- Spend a timed hour on paperwork filing
Plan for today:-
08.00 - 10.00 - Wash hair and dress to shoes - Get letters ready
10.00 - 12.00 - Meeting with G and P - RB/TD x 2
12.00 - 12.30 - Post office - post letters and pick up Recorded Delivery. PU Earl grey tea and good bread.
12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch with nice bread - Put away Tesco delivery.
13.30 - 14.30 - TW with DS
14.30 - 15.30 - Chill
15.30 - 17.30 - Finish anything outstanding from week's lists - organise for Sunday - check ebay
17.30 - 23.00 - DH makes roast dinner - Iron clothes for ebay while watching Last King of Scotland.
A good day today. I've had a nice ploddy day, doing and bit and chilling a bit. DH normally cooks tea on Saturday, but he's working on accounts so i'm going to make roast chicken with a lemon sauce, and open a nice bottle of the fizzy stuff. I spent a couple of hours going through paperwork and found a few things that needed to be located. On a negative note dear son's passport needs renewing and I can't find mine, so that will be £140.00 to find this month. Dear sons was budgeted for, but not mine. Need them for a trip in April. Always something to grab your money eh.
Edit - Found my passport yippee.
Plan for MARVELOUS, MAD MARCH
STICK TO BUDGET AND HAVE £10,000 IN MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT AT END OF 2010 - MARCH TARGET IS £430.00 and 6000 Tesco points.
Plan
Ebay profit - £20.00/£80.00
National Childbirth Nearly New Sale - £0.00/£60.00
Vouchers/Coupons/Grocery savings- £10.00/£20.00
Mystery Shopping - £0.00/£100.00
Surveys - 0/£10.00
Quidco - £45/£60.00
New business - £100.00
Tesco Points - 6000 points - 1000/6000
Total - £75.00/430.00
WEIGHT TO GO DOWN BELOW 10.5 STONE - THE END OF A FLABBY BODY
Plan
The Shred DVD for 20 minutes 4 x a week
Gym 2 x a week
1500 calories a day
Weight March 1st 2010 - 11stone 7 lb now 11 stone 4 lb - 3/14
4500/4500 calories
1 x hour swim/15 mins fast cycling ex bike/
PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - POST ON MSE EACH DAY
3/31
FLYLADY
Plan
Put a housework task in each day and stick to it.
One - two hour intense session a week.
Absolutely no housework at the weekends.
NATURE/CULTURE/OUTINGS
Plan
Family trip to Edinburgh Castle with Historic Scotland
Family meal out with Tesco vouchers - Cafe Rouge
Trip to cinema with friend
Read The Now Factor again
DOUBLE MY INCOME IN 2010 CHALLENGE - £20,010 in 2010.
Plan
Make £430.00 from £10.00 a day challenge - new business
Earn £788.00 from Accounts job and Lollypop
Special Project - 15 hours
DT/RB each day
TW/MT each week
TW/WA during the month
CLOTHES CHALLENGE
Plan
£60.00 for two smart outfits/shoes suitable for business wear
NEW BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
Plan
Transfer mobile to business use
Decide exactly what my service is going to be
Leaflets for business
List of target clients
Make sure accounts are up to date
Fill in VAT return
Set up basic web site
Change business cards
Chase up BT over business phone
Apply for CCLI 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 -
Oh can I join in please?
My aim is to have a lovely clean and tidy house by the end of this year
I also want to have a certain figure saved by the the end of November for Xmas
I'm going to have a think about this to work out how I can break everything down into bitesize pieces so that I can set myself a challenge a month if that's ok?
Have to go and collect my Betterware books right now so will be back later
Jenny Everything happens for a reason0 -
Hi JennyJewell,
Of course you can join in. Post what you like, when you like. Welcome.
I use the thread to keep me on track with all my challenges. Without it I seem to go off track. I suppose, like most people, I need to keep on top of a number of different areas otherwise the whole pack of cards comes tumbling down.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 -
Thank you scrooge2008
Will post on here later exactly what my challenge is going to be
Jenny Everything happens for a reason0 -
Here we go again:-
The 3 Must Do's:-
- Out with Family this morning - sandwiches and coffee
- TW done/Letters sorted and posted/ DT/RB x 3 (These were neglected on yesterday's list)
- Ebay - photographs and load clothes for sale - list 02 mobile broadbands if I can find them and vouchers.
Plan for today:-
08.00 - 13.30 - Sandwiches and coffee made. Out for trip with family.
13.30 - 14.30 - Go to Tesco Metro. Any 02 Broadband mobile - 500 points. Buy four if in stock.(Not going ahead with this - re-searched and not the re-sale value I need)
14.30 - 17.30 - Iron and photograph clothes - load on to ebay
17.30 - 19.30 - VAT form ready for posting
- Passport application for DS - fill in online - researched and will need to pick one up from central post office tomorrow and return it Tuesday.
- Letters sorted for sending
- Iron clothes for this week for family while watching a film
19.30 - 22.30 - chill
Well, not such a productive today, today, but I enjoyed it. I got very tired mid-afternoon and went down for a long nap, then I just slobbed about. I started reading a book that I picked up at the coffee morning entitled 'The rise and Fall of a Domestic Diva,' by Sarah May, which is very light reading, but enjoyable and compulsive stuff, so I've nearly finished the book. Oh well tomorrow is another day.
Plan for MARVELOUS, MAD MARCH
STICK TO BUDGET AND HAVE £10,000 IN MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT AT END OF 2010 - MARCH TARGET IS £430.00 and 6000 Tesco points.
Plan
Ebay profit - £20.00/£80.00
National Childbirth Nearly New Sale - £0.00/£60.00
Vouchers/Coupons/Grocery savings- £10.00/£20.00
Mystery Shopping - £0.00/£100.00
Surveys - 0/£10.00
Quidco - £45/£60.00
New business - £100.00
Tesco Points - 6000 points - 1000/6000
Total - £75.00/430.00
WEIGHT TO GO DOWN BELOW 10.5 STONE - THE END OF A FLABBY BODY
Plan
The Shred DVD for 20 minutes 4 x a week
Gym 2 x a week
1500 calories a day
Weight March 1st 2010 - 11stone 7 lb now 11 stone 4 lb - 3/14
4500/4500 calories
1 x hour swim/15 mins fast cycling ex bike/
PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - POST ON MSE EACH DAY
7/31
FLYLADY
Plan
Put a housework task in each day and stick to it.
One - two hour intense session a week.
Absolutely no housework at the weekends.
NATURE/CULTURE/OUTINGS
Plan
Family trip to Edinburgh Castle with Historic Scotland
Family meal out with Tesco vouchers - Cafe Rouge
Trip to cinema with friend
Read The Now Factor again
DOUBLE MY INCOME IN 2010 CHALLENGE - £20,010 in 2010.
Plan
Make £430.00 from £10.00 a day challenge - new business
Earn £788.00 from Accounts job and Lollypop
Special Project - 15 hours - 1/15
DT/RB each day 4/7
TW/MT each week 0/2
TW/WA during the month 0
CLOTHES CHALLENGE
Plan
£60.00 for two smart outfits/shoes suitable for business wear
NEW BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
Plan
Transfer mobile to business use
Decide exactly what my service is going to be
Leaflets for business
List of target clients
Make sure accounts are up to date
Fill in VAT return
Set up basic web site
Change business cards
Chase up BT over business phone
Apply for CCLI 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 -
Ok sorry - I fell asleep on the settee last night But I have thought long and hard and I am going to completely de-clutter one of my reception rooms that has turned into a major junk room! The room I'm talking about is actually called the 'cold room' - when we moved in 11 years ago it didn't have a radiator and my kids fondly called it the cold room, it's had a radiator for years but the name just stuck (Just a little bit of useless info there for you,lol)!
Anyway that's my plan and I intend to break this challenge down into bitesize pieces
Good luck to everyone in their challenges
Jenny Everything happens for a reason0 -
Here we go again:-
The 3 Must Do's:-
- literary circle with DS
- Letters sorted and posted/ DT/RB x 4
- Ebay - Iron clothes and wash any that still need doing
(I am breaking ebay into smaller, manageable chunks as I can't seem to do it in one hit).
Plan for today:-
07.15 - 08.15 - Dress to shoes, family up and out - sandwiches made
08.15 - 09.00 - Pick up kids, Lollypop
09.00 - 09.30 - Letters RB/DT x 4
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts Job
12.30 - 13.30 - Post office - send off VAT form and letters - Lunch Baked Potato and salad
13.30 - 14.30 - Iron ebay clothes
- Hoover hall/stairs and landing
- Npower payment
- Clean out shoe cupboard
- Make pasta bake for tonight's tea
- Flylady task - kitchen - 'Scrub down your counter top'
-14.30 - 15.30 - Lollypop
-15.30 - 17.00 - Pick up passport form and get photograph of DS for application
-17.00 - 18.30 - Get things organised for Tuesday
- Gym stuff ready
- Clothes and sandwiches
- Passport application filled in
19.00 - Gym class
20.20 - Sauna and swim - read my Domestic Diva book.
22.30 - bed
Right, I'm running behind because I decided I needed to focus again on making some extra money this month. Managed to find and book a couple of mystery shops which should bring me £20.00, so that's something, but I need to keep my eye on the ball in this area otherwise there will be a shortfall. Anyway 40 minutes to catch up with plan - here goes ...............
Plan for MARVELOUS, MAD MARCH
STICK TO BUDGET AND HAVE £10,000 IN MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT AT END OF 2010 - MARCH TARGET IS £430.00 and 6000 Tesco points.
Plan
Ebay profit - £20.00/£80.00
National Childbirth Nearly New Sale - £0.00/£60.00
Vouchers/Coupons/Grocery savings- £10.00/£20.00
Mystery Shopping - £0.00/£100.00
Surveys - 0/£10.00
Quidco - £45/£60.00
New business - £100.00
Tesco Points - 6000 points - 1000/6000
Total - £75.00/430.00
WEIGHT TO GO DOWN BELOW 10.5 STONE - THE END OF A FLABBY BODY
Plan
The Shred DVD for 20 minutes 4 x a week
Gym 2 x a week
1500 calories a day
Weight March 1st 2010 - 11stone 7 lb now 11 stone 5 lb - 2/14
Calories week two - 0/1500 calories
Exercise week two - 0 x 1 hr.
PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - POST ON MSE EACH DAY
8/31
FLYLADY
Plan
Put a housework task in each day and stick to it.
One - two hour intense session a week.
Absolutely no housework at the weekends.
NATURE/CULTURE/OUTINGS
Plan
Family trip to Edinburgh Castle with Historic Scotland
Family meal out with Tesco vouchers - Cafe Rouge
Trip to cinema with friend
Read The Now Factor again
DOUBLE MY INCOME IN 2010 CHALLENGE - £20,010 in 2010.
Plan
Make £430.00 from £10.00 a day challenge - new business
Earn £788.00 from Accounts job and Lollypop
Special Project - 15 hours - 1/15
DT/RB each day 4/7
TW/MT each week 0/2
TW/WA during the month 0
CLOTHES CHALLENGE
Plan
£60.00 for two smart outfits/shoes suitable for business wear
NEW BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
Plan
Transfer mobile to business use
Decide exactly what my service is going to be
Leaflets for business
List of target clients
Make sure accounts are up to date
Fill in VAT return
Set up basic web site
Change business cards
Chase up BT over business phone
Apply for CCLI 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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