Monday 5/1/09 Wht small dfw things have you done today???

Pippilongstocking

Hey guys
Hugs to those who need it and bigger hugs to those who need it more.

I have a question............

Enquiries for two lodgers to come and stay for a year - (msc students at college) anyone any idea of a reasonable room rate for all in no food? Late Jan to jan 2010. Would really help with the bills and help me pay off a cc in a year - so its a good incentive.

Thinking some of you might know.......everytime I work out a rate it seems too much or unreasonable. I know the expenses of the house at mo, but guaging how much extra electricity etc we would use - anyone any idea how you judge it?

Loving being back in normal routine!

angelflower_2

So behind....came back to work today and been non stop already!

Anyway, the plan today

- [strike]go for Jan NSD no 2[/strike] passed the lunch time danger stage - I will def do it!!
- [strike]enter 10 comps[/strike] done 12 as found extra 2 I fancied
- [strike]quidco clicks[/strike] done
- [strike]check online banking[/strike] been paid tax credits a day early. am going to be £44 short this week - will need to do some shuffling about.
- [strike]packed lunch[/strike] done
- [strike]storecupboard tea[/strike] done, roast chicken, potatos and veg, yum yum. Going to have bit cake for putting in a while
- [strike]boil up chicken carcass for stock then freeze[/strike] boiling as we speak
- get my OU assignment finshed and sent help....cannot get motivated to do this and only got 2 hours 5 mins left!!
- [strike]Def not DFW but send deposit off for puppy[/strike] written and in envelope. stamps at home so promise will post tonight
- prepare letters to send out with my dmp review for people I ow money too
- [STRIKE]try write all the important dates so far in my diary (missed a rota I was meant to be on last night already doh!!)[/STRIKE] done as far as I have them!
- [strike]dd doing all the dishes today [/strike]bless all done aside from the tea ones which i will do in a bit
- [strike]make a pad if any money in account [/strike] done £3
- [strike]charge phone at work[/strike] [strike]doing[/strike] now done

Thats all folks!!

not quite.....stuff not done yesterday but completed today
- took extra dvd box set back to Mr S for refund (£27 to put towards this week shortage
- asked them to add the points on from the receipt and they put the whole lot on inc the ones for the box set
- took last lot of receipts to Mr T to get points added. Thats the last of them from when I couldnt find my card. I think they added about 100 points today!!

Feel like I have achieved quite a bit today and am very happy. Not often I get through my whole list like that!! Just to finish off my TMA now - deadline time of midnight LOL

Nic25

Morning all!
Not been on this thread for aaaages, need to get back on and get organised now everything's back to normal - its the only way I get things done!

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and a great New Year!!

Sarah, hugs to you and best wishes for your mum, that's horrible

Today my list is:

• [STRIKE]do 4 washings and hang on airers to dry[/STRIKE] 3 done, have officially given up!
• wash dishes
• tidy kitchen cupboards and use up/get rid of old food from festive season
• [strike]clear up living room from having guests last night - it looks like a brewery in here! :rolleyes:[/strike] done!
• re-post letter posted in our door by accident
• [strike]bank Ebay cheque[/strike] done!
• [strike] lunch and dinner from cupboard [/strike] lunch eaten and dinner in fridge!
• [strike]take photos of items to put on Ebay this week[/strike] woohoo - lots of pictures taken, though I haven't listed any of them yet!
• list at least 5 of them today!
• [STRIKE]tidy bedroom and sort out 3 'junk' drawers - where everything that doesn't have a place is flung - this is a hard one![/STRIKE] - tidied bedroom, didn't quite make it to the drawers! :rolleyes:
• [STRIKE]hoover[/STRIKE] OH done it for me!
• [strike]walk dog up to mum and dads and use Wii Fit - lots of nice free exercise![/strike] no Wii Fit yet, but did walk dog which was a little exercise anyway!
• [strike] buy sellotape and plastic spoons - hopefully in Woolies if they're still open so will be nice and cheap! [/strike] got sellotape, couldn't find any plastic spoons anywhere though! :rolleyes:
• [strike]check bank accounts and move money from current to bills account[/strike] done!
• [STRIKE]check survey sites[/STRIKE] done!
• [STRIKE]write 4 reviews[/STRIKE] number 4 being done just now!
• get SLP account up to £4.00 - really bad at this, it's hard work! :rolleyes:
• [strike]daily scratch[/strike] done!
• clear huge pile of papers and try to find my desk hiding underneath it!
• update diary on here
• change bedding
• if I have time, start my nice new cross stitch kit - good fun and relaxing!

That's all for today guys, will check back soon - hope everyone has a nice productive day!

EDIT: making headway, think I've got more of my list checked off than I usually do! Quite proud of myself for braving outside too - it's sooooooo cooold here!!

retrocircles

First official day where I'm 'unemployed'!

+ Job hunting
+ Finances DONE
+ Update spreadsheets DONE
+ Ebay listing
+ Enter some competitions
+ Do points clicks etc
+ Finish the mountain of ironing
+ Carry on reading 'The Thrift Book'
+ Write Halifax complaint letter
+ Send Tesco clubcard application off
+ Put change from purse over weeking into counting coin jar

Hopefully before DH comes home from work so we can do some work on the house tonight, or spend time on our business.

urg123

fayjmck wrote: »

Hey guys
Hugs to those who need it and bigger hugs to those who need it more.

I have a question............

Enquiries for two lodgers to come and stay for a year - (msc students at college) anyone any idea of a reasonable room rate for all in no food? Late Jan to jan 2010. Would really help with the bills and help me pay off a cc in a year - so its a good incentive.

Thinking some of you might know.......everytime I work out a rate it seems too much or unreasonable. I know the expenses of the house at mo, but guaging how much extra electricity etc we would use - anyone any idea how you judge it?

Loving being back in normal routine!

Hi Fay

Not sure - it can really depend on where you live and the quality of the rooms. I suggest a couple of things:
Contact the University and find out what the going rate is.
Look at the local adverts (shop windows, local paper, gumtree) and see what they charge.
You might also want to ask the prospective tenants what they were expecting to pay.

Hope this helps

urg x x

andan

fayjmck wrote: »

Hey guys
Hugs to those who need it and bigger hugs to those who need it more.

I have a question............

Enquiries for two lodgers to come and stay for a year - (msc students at college) anyone any idea of a reasonable room rate for all in no food? Late Jan to jan 2010. Would really help with the bills and help me pay off a cc in a year - so its a good incentive.

Thinking some of you might know.......everytime I work out a rate it seems too much or unreasonable. I know the expenses of the house at mo, but guaging how much extra electricity etc we would use - anyone any idea how you judge it?

Loving being back in normal routine!

Fay, our school pay us £95 per week, this includes breakfast and an evening meal. In summer, ie july aug and sep, we get £115 a week including breakfast and evening meal.

When we used to have lodgers we used to charge them £325 a month, but i live in Winchester which is seen as an affluent area! Why not check the local paper to see how much rooms go for on there.

I would prob charge them £350 a month if it was me, thats per person.

WelshWoofer

Afternoon all!
Glad to be back in a routine but not happy to be back in work!

Today I have/will......

• Had brekkie at home
• Brought lunch to work (including drinks, saving me £1.20 from the evil pop machine!)
• Making veggie chilli for tea to use up veg and a few tins that have lived in the cupboard for too long - will also do for lunch portions for a day or two
• Ordered flowers for mums birthday through quidco
• Checked banks online
• Get a quote for old mobile recycling
• Go to work - boooo!
• Have a NSD - don't actually need to buy anything (don't count birthday flowers) but I'm hopeless at self control
• Pay Next bill online
• Walk dog for free exercise and some fresh (if cold!) air
• chase survey voucher if it hasn't arribed today
• done meal plan for the week
• find lentil dahl recipe to use up stuff in cupboards

That's it for today
Take care R

andan

Sarah, hope you get things sorted with your mum and i really hope she can recover after her stroke.

Sorry to hear about the job situation retrocircles

A big wave to everyone else and those who are ill get well soon

It was back to college this morning, so no more lie ins, plus my OH is annoying the hell out of me, he keeps pinching the covers so i got hardly any sleep again.

Things for today:
-Been to college, part of big plan
-Paid final cheque so i am now up to date with that college course, however i got it free as work paid for it!!
-Enquired about cancelling other course, they said as long as i bring in a letter i can cancel it and get my money back which is great!
-Avoided all munchies at college despite forgetting my bits and pieces at home, so just went hungry instead.
-Will walk into town later instead of driving, free exercise plus saves petrol
-I will go to a few shops to try and use up my vouchers and will be buying thing i essentially need for my kitchen, my chopping board is falling apart and almost all my sharp knives from the block have broke, we have had it years!
-I will attend supervision for my voluntary work
-I will do a mcdonalds mystery shop for my tea
-I will write up my report
-I have done daily scratch card
-i have sorted out rest of dry clothes and have got away with not ironing all but four items
-Have put dry clothes away
-I have created a blog for my 101 in 1001 challenge
-I will read fave threads
-I will update spreadsheets and challenges
-I have continued using up old beauty products
-I will phone college to ensure i am registered on counselling children course
-Check O.U for progress on funding
-Check out dental plan
-Put change in sealed plot
-Work on finances
-Enter twenty comps
-Have inputted meter reading in imeasure and nearly died at the amount spent on gas for the past week
-Am forcing partner to have the heating on low if he must have it on at all
-Create twenty makaton symbols for work
-Print them out
-Do other photocopy of form
-Type out letter to cancel course
-sort out mystery shop for later
-Look for more mystery shops
-Sort through emails
-Do any surveys
-Complete letters for nvq course and print them out
-Continue using up fruit that is about to go off
-check online banking
-Have looked for more friends on gumtree and will reply to add that i have seen, at least it is free to search
-Check freecyce
-Check ebay for bike and bid on one i have seen
-Check freebie section
-Check business emails and website optimisation
-Spend fifteen mins working on marketing business
-Get up to date with work folders
-Work on social story and other bits
-Make lunch from storecupboards
-Do review of goals for 101 things challenge

Think thats it for me today, have a great day everyone, catch up with you all later

mickey_mouse

Sarahs999 so sorry about your Mum- hugs

Retrocircles -hope you find a job very soon - more hugs

Cerisa

• Surveys and Polls
• Having a friend over for coffee instead of going to Costa
• Signing on (god i hate it)
• Applied for a few jobs
• Updated my Job alerts on totaljobs
• Posting two ebay packages.
• Checked Freecycle
• I plan to dress up in pretty clothes to give myself a free boost