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

wilf55

hi all

hope you are all well and keeping busy certainly looks that way

well yesterday i blitzed the living room but didnt do much else

but at least its one room off my list
today i need to do the same with my kitchen, i painted my back door yesterday, cos i had spare paint! and painted the legs on a table i got from freecycle
am going to put up the table later in my sparkly kitchen

ds has a golf lesson later so only have til 2 45 today and dont feel to good

need to spend lots of time on ebay as i need to make some serious cash to cover all the golf this summer also need to make some phone calls and write some letters etc
oh and as its nice could do with cutting the grass!

catch you later, i get too sidetracked on here!

scrooge2008

Marmite with lentils is a great idea Cha97michelle, thanks.

Well done Wilf, you are making great inroads into that list.

It's the 15th already - time for a mid-month review to keep me on track.

Plan for June

1. Budget

I've prepared a budget, which is quite comfortable, so no excuses for not sticking to it!

Sticking to budget so I don't need to make an excuse yet.

2. Weight Loss

I lost 4lb last month and 9lb since the beginning of March so I am losing an average of 3lb a month. I will continue to stick with my diet and exercise plan and Lou's weight loss challenge. I have set a target of 14lb over the next 10 week challenge or 1.5lb a week. Obviously, if I continue doing things the same way as I am, I will not achieve the goal, so I need to do more exercise. Although I have intermitently done The Shred this month, I have not stuck with the programme, so in June the plan is to give it another wholehearted attempt. I will also aim for 22 AF days again, and I will stick with my daily food diary.

I have lost 3lb so far this month and drank no alcohol. I have done The Shred every day, so this area is on plan.

3. New Business

- Logo completed
- Business cards finalised
- Headed paper finalised
- Licence applied for
- Website finalised
- Full pitch to client 1
- £100.00 of additional income

I got £200.00 of additional income and I have moved all the other areas on slightly, but I need to focus here to get these things finalised by month end


4. Family and Friends

- Meet up with close friends at least once in June.
- Ensure DS and DH get quality time
- Call/e-mail mum and dad regularly in June
- Speak to sisters and cousins at least once in June

I have spent plenty of time with DS DH and local friends, but I have not been in contact with my family. I need to make sure I ring them all this week


5. Flylady

The house has had a deep clean in May so in June I will do the Flylady weekly plan, to keep on top of it.

This area could do with some improvement. I need to become much more efficient with the housework, it still takes up too much time.

6. Nature and Culture

- Trip to the cinema with DS and DH
- Weekly cycle rides with DS and DH
- Read 'The Kite Runner'.

I have had a nice time with DS and DH, we have camped, been to the circus and had a bar-b-que in a country park, and gone on cycle rides. We will go to the cinema at the end of the month with my Tesco Cineworld vouchers.

I have started The Kite Runner, but I am also reading Cider With Rosie, The Alchemist and The Easy Way to Control Alcohol. I am enjoying them all and should finish them all by the end of the month.

7. £10.00 a day challenge

- £100.00 extra from New Business - £200.00
- £150.00 extra from Mystery Shopping - £75.00
- £50.00 extra from BT complaint - £25.00
- £30.00 extra from ebay - £0.00

I've nearly achieved the £10.00 a day target, I will ebay some items at the weekend, which should get me there.


8. Special Project

- 15 hours 5
- TW x 4 0
- BR/DT x 30 2
- MT x 4 0
- PS x 4 0
- TWA x 1 0

This area has been neglected and I will put some effort in here during the last two weeks of the month


Well that's June's plan.......... A mixed bag, but overall heading in the right direction.

wilf55

hi all

well didnt do much today

wrote 2 letters
cut grass
couple of phone
calls load of washing
golf lesson
driving range

sorted some stuff to ebay

micron_2

Hi-de-hi everyone,

I have still not found the time to catch up properly...:( but I have managed to complete Day 14 of The Shred - hmmm not sure if I can keep this up :eek: but I will give it my best shot. Well done scrooge for staying with it :T. How are you doing with the with AF days?

With time being so short at the moment I really do need to get myself more organised so I will quickly post my plan for today in the hope that I may actually get something done.

Plan for Today

Call garage company re door sensor
Call Pip re lunch
[STRIKE]Cancel RAC legal cover[/STRIKE]
Call MS
[STRIKE]Redirection address[/STRIKE]
Contact steel drum tutor
[STRIKE]Shred Day 15[/STRIKE]
Call JC
[STRIKE]Tidy bedroom[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Washing[/STRIKE]
Catch up on MSE threads and post
Emails to RWE, BH, BG, PR, JW
Call Linda Wilson
[STRIKE]Record UB [/STRIKE]
Complete paperwork for mum

Have a great day everyone.

scrooge2008

Morning all,

We are on the home stretch of 'The Shred' micron, it's downhill all the way to the finish line now, and our beach bodies. Keep focused, you can do it .

Actually, for the first time yesterday, I found it quite manageable, although I still sweated buckets.

No alcohol all month, and i'm not missing it at all, which is great. I need to strengthen my resolve for July and August though as we are spending a lot of time with my family and friends from England and they are all sociable, big wine drinkers, who will think it very odd to have a non drinker amongst them.

There's a lot on that list micron, but I think it feels good just to get it out of the head and on to the screen, then you know what you are facing.

Well done Wilf on getting the grass cut amongst all the other jobs.

Have a great day Cha97michelle.

Plan for today:-

[STRIKE] The Shred
Family up and out with lunches
Lollypop
Accounts Job
School Sports Day
Lollypop[/STRIKE]
Phone Solicitor to make appointment for client next week
[STRIKE] Help DH take up the hall stair and landing carpet
Make tea
Organise for Thursday[/STRIKE]
Change bed
[STRIKE] Body Pump class
Chill in the sauna/jacuzzi with my book
[/STRIKE]

wilf55

hi all

scrooge and others, you all appear sooo organised i just seem to jumble along

well today so far

filled in grant form - big job so happy it is out of the way
painted half the stairs - needs 3 more paints but can only do so much at at time so perhaps should read painted 1/4 of the stairs
washing out
done ds golf diary...dreading when the funding for it all is coming from! we seem to be away more than at home
caravan 1 week ramsgate booked and paid for
travel inn hemel hempstead booked and paid for
2 nights harrogate booked and paid for but need 3 more
delemere not booked and not paid for
southport not booked not paid for
thats besides food and eating out where we cant cook and petrol!!
last load in
about to hit the kitchen
golf club tonight with ds so might take pen and paper and do some organising there

keep going all


off to the kitchen for half an hour


doing dd1 garden tomorrow
digging turfing etc! but at least gd1 will have somewhere safe to play

scrooge2008

I hope you had another productive day Wilf. I just need to write everything down and plan each day otherwise I go to pot. You are probably naturally organised.

I have had no car today, so I have walked miles between jobs and the school, but it's been a beautiful sunny day and we live in a lovely area, so it's been very pleasant.

Good bye until tomorrow.

wilf55

ha ha ha i must be just about the most disorganised person going. I muddle through day by day hour by hour. I go and hand the washing out and end up weeding whilst in the middle of painting!!!

i really need some stucture and feel that i waste so much time, also i feel i am so busy but never feel i get anything done

anyhow

tomorrow

need to order turf and soil for dd1
phone golf club
check to see if start sheet is advertised
letters write and send
ebay post and pack
fathers day cards post
call and pick up bits from dd2
arrange visit
source blazer for ds1
and pair of pants
parking ticket for dd2 bf
tomorrow eve no golf so am going to ebay
need also to take photos for ebay


i waste to much time on here

micron_2

Had a bad day today... at work for 13 hours which meant didn't get much crossed off my list for today. Made sure I got The Shred done as a priority.

Hope everyone is well and catch up tomorrow.

scrooge2008

Morning micron et al,

13 hours :eek:. You already do two days work in one!

It's amazing that you got 'The Shred' done, Jillian would be proud :A.

I was starting to think that I over exercised yesterday, as I did 'the Shred', a 10 mile walk and a Body Pump, weightlifting class, in the evening! but then I remembered those contestants on Jillian's show. They do five hours of exercise, in some form, every day to get that fat off. There are no rest days.

I want rid of this last stone, it's taken me 18 years of over eating and under exercising to put it on, but i'm going to shed it, like a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly :rotfl:. The massive effort required to get it off, will be a huge insentive to stop me putting it on again. Keep up the great work micron. :T.

Plan for today

I'm at home today as we are getting a new hall/stair and landing carpet fitted, under insurance, as I spilt bleach on the last one.

It's a good opportunity to tackle lots of paperwork jobs

[STRIKE]- The Shred[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
- Cycle backwards/forwards to the school X2 = 16 miles[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- one hour cleaning the house[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Another hour cleaning the house[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Call solicitor to arrange appointment for client[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Pay accountant - Company House yearly fee[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Check all bank balances[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Card and chocolates to the school[/STRIKE]
- More stuff back to Anne
[STRIKE]- Give Airmiles details to DH[/STRIKE]
-[STRIKE] Find Tesco vouchers and do some bookings[/STRIKE]
- Tern invoice
[STRIKE]- Associa invoice[/STRIKE]
- Blackberry download
- Call client 1
- Fill in licence application
[STRIKE]- Call Logo lady[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Ring mum[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]dad[/STRIKE], sisters, [STRIKE]cousin.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- e-mail Newcastle friend[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Find CPP details[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Set up standing order to mum[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Make tea, organise for Friday and then CHILLLLLLLL[/STRIKE]

Bye for now.