Olive Oyls 12-month Countdown

hypno06

good luck with the lodger!

mumoftwins

OliveOyl wrote: »

Lodger arrives tomorrow - I'll have to be on my best behaviour then

How can I lose a couple of stone in 3 weeks? I need to look fab on the beach :rotfl: )

Good luck with the lodger Olive

How to lose 2 stone in 3 weeks.....................umm if you find out the answer please be sure to post it on here as I would like to do the same

Have a good day and hope that the tension at work has disappeared now xx

OliveOyl_2

Lodger is seriously easy going. She hates cooking, so I get that job, which is good because
a) I quite like cooking and b) I get to control the budget
When I told her that I'd cleared DD's mountain she said "I only need a bed and a wardrobe, don't worry" One of my anxieties is that the 1 - 1 1/2 hours I spend on Skype with Popeye in an evening will be interrupted/curtailed. But I suppose then I could actually get things done :rotfl: :rotfl:

We think this will be short term, when she gets herself sorted (her Dad died, her Mum is now in a nursing home and the family home sold to pay for the nursing home place :eek: ) she'll want to move out and be independent. So we're thinking 6months to a year. Which is absolutely perfect for us

The diet is failing abysmally. There is still an open tin of Belgian Chocolate biscuits which I'm working my way through and last night I scoffed ALL the snacks I'd bought for the weeks packed lunches

OliveOyl_2

Hmmmm I really don't want masses of rules for this poor lodger. But when I explained all the recycling system there was a look of sheer panic on her face :rotfl: It was only when I listed:

• paper in the blue box
• organic & vegetable matter in the compost bucket
• glass in the big black box
• cardboard in the green bin
• plastic and tins in the small black box
• Freecycle for much else

that I realised how complicated I'd made it. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: I mentioned Squeedgying down the shower after use and then had to stop giving instructions/rules, or it would have been too unwelcoming.
So this morning when I get up (she leaves before I wake ) and found lights on all over the house I wondered how "green" or "mean" I am prepared to look :rotfl: :rotfl: She'd left more lights on than I have on when I'm awake and moving around. :eek: She's a sensitive soul, so I imagine when she sees me turning lights off all the time she'll get into the same habit - I'm hoping

I've been de-cluttering, and it makes me feel soooo good Yesterday I could even wear novelty socks (Betty Boop) instead of grey woolly because I had cleaned out my sock drawer (Sundays declutter) and I found them at the back I'm doing a lttle something everyday. Took an old cupboard to the tip on the way to work this morning. It'd been annoying me for months on the patio, I emptied it and it's gone

So today I shall/have:

• brought in lunch and a snack
• charged phone at work
• found 10p on a machine at the gym last night :j :rotfl:
• do on-line banking
• make brussel sprout soup (I've found a recipe which apparently tastes good ) to use up old-ish sprouts.
• NSD (apart from my budgeted 20p at drama tonight). -I'm refusing to order OH a new book from Amazon, even though I have a £5 voucher because I don't want to ruin my NSD run, and I want to beat him (he did 4 last week, we drew)
• supper from the fridge tonight, whatever needs using up.
• Do my scratchcard.

boredofbeingathome

It is a hard one that. You want to gain a little extra dosh from having a lodger and everyone needs to be conscious of bills etc.

Howabout saying something casual about energy saving lightbulbs? If you have them already fair enough but talk about replacing them.

I think this morning could have been a touch of disorientation at being in a different house..there is always leaving stickers on about switching off lights when not using as well.

OliveOyl_2

:rotfl: :rotfl: at leaving stickers on the light switch.
Reminds me of the hint to students in a shared home: put a notice on the fridge door saying "Warning, I LICK my food"

All the bulbs are energy saving, it amounts to pence. But then, I'm a regular poster on the "what small DFW things" thread, and we know that every little helps

Maybe it was dark when she left for work, it's so light when I get up/leave that I don't bother putting lights on at all

boredofbeingathome

OliveOyl wrote: »

:rotfl: :rotfl: at leaving stickers on the light switch.
Reminds me of the hint to students in a shared home: put a notice on the fridge door saying "Warning, I LICK my food"

All the bulbs are energy saving, it amounts to pence. But then, I'm a regular poster on the "what small DFW things" thread, and we know that every little helps

Maybe it was dark when she left for work, it's so light when I get up/leave that I don't bother putting lights on at all

:rotfl: We used to do that when we lived at home:eek: My brother's were pigs and didn't care if you had licked it:o

You could be right about that( dark when leaving) and i know what i am like in a strange place, it takes me a couple of days to orienatate myself ..especially with light switches:rolleyes:

OliveOyl_2

nasty row going on at work, I'm hiding in here.

boredofbeingathome

Again? It must be like working in a war zone.

beanielou

A war zone indeed.
What a yuky place to work