Wednesday 25/3/09 What small dfw things have you done today???

Pips_Mum

Oh dearlots of poorlies today, hope you all get better soon.

Shame about roof tiles SM

Fay glad you are not rocking back and forth in a corner after trauma of big city!!

Today I have/will:

• Daily scratches
• Washing hokey cokey at 30
• Tried drying washing outside but it keeps blowing off in the wind grrrrrr:mad:
• Walk to baby clinic to get Pip weighed (looks like it might rain so that will be pleasant)
• Pop in and browse the charity shops on the way back from baby clinic.
• Any surveys that come my way
• Heating off jumpers and blankets on
• Store cupboard tea
• MUST MUST MUST do meal plan
• Email venue about Pips naming ceremony and see if we can reduce the amount of booze they had proposed.
• Received luncheon vouchers from Pinecone:j

• Talk to veggie seeds to try and tempt them to grow (if its good enough for Prince Charles its good enough for me!!)

Love and hugs to all x x

kate_pixie

I haven't done an awful lot of DFW things for myself of late, attending a concert last night, forgetting packed lunch today....etc. But wanted to share my pride in doing a DFW Small Thing for someone else.:D

Yesterday I prepared a meal plan, freezer inventory and shopping list for my Mummy. It was quite shocking to see how much stuff we already have at home. We could eat for a fortnight just from the freezer. :eek:

So, for the next four weeks I'm going to be doing the family shopping and proving to my mum that I can cut the grocery budget from its current £400 (for THREE of us!! Crikey, what's the woman buying, gold?!!!).

If this works we may have another MSE convert! Wish me luck peeps.

andan

Good luck with your challenge kate pixie!

Crikey, still lots of poorly people here then, hope these bugs and illnesses start to shift soon.

Nice to see you back on here KT.

OH goes to Amsterdam today until Tuesday, lucky here, still not very impressed!! Having a nice positive day today, gardening is beginning to take shape now, as i have taken another six bags of garden rubbish to the tips and bagged up three bags for the recycling people for tomorrow.

Today's plans:
-taken stuff to tip on way home from work, so not out of my way
-Checked online banking
-Complained to megabus who have taken my payment twice, its only £2.50 but its still not on!!
-Checked business emails, optimisation and rankings
-Read business site for advice
-Bagged up garden waste for recycling men, saves me a trip to the tip tomorrow
-Spent a further 40mins in there cutting loads back, hoping to do loads whilst OH is away and am hoping by the end of April we will be able to have our first barbeque!!
-Will watch free lovefilm dvd
-Post lovefilm dvd back as they have sent me one i have already seen
-Checked credit card amount to see how much i have left to pay
-I will go to college despite really not wanting to, as i feel tired, but its all part of the big plan!!
-Will sort out and post off massage course application form
-Read some of O.U chapter
-Sort out mystery shops for tomorrow
-Check i have boots card so can collect points and take boots voucher so i can buy something from no 7 range
-Sort out cheques to take with me tomorrow
-also print off form re new tyres
-Have left over spag bol my oh bought and cooked so a nice free meal for me
-Take food and drink to college tonight so i don't have to buy any
-Read fave threads
-Keep heating off all night as i won't be home
-Have put seeds in the bath so they can have a nice drink

Have a great day everyone and will catch up with you all later.

Pippilongstocking

hi All

Andan - did you have any luck with the lettuces - two of mine are up? Well done with all the garden stuff by the way - sounds like you have been reallly busy.

Pip's mum - meal planning does work - although it makes me grumpy!! Yeah am rocking back and forth a bit - loved seeing the river and trees - but the litter, the rubbish the people - ergh. (no offence lovely DFW's) but tbh I think I prefer splendid isolation and less litter.

I also I talk to my seeds as well - told the clever peppers how clever they were to germinate whilst I was away and the other set (in the propagator as well) to get a wriggle on as I was getting bored waiting for them. Have quite a few flowers up - but no cucumbers or courgettes yet.

Thinking maybe if I plant the rest of the squashes etc they might grow too - why they can't get on with it without my interfering with them (ie putting them into compost and a tray) is just lazy xx

Marru

Hello!!!

Lilly - that is horrid!!!

All other poorlies - get well soon.

Everyone with additional challenges - good luck!

So today I have:

- scratchies
- Curly
- Cashback bingo
- Breakfast home
- Lunch salad taken with me
- Forgiven myself for pigging a pizza when came home (Ok it was coop one and in offer)
- Taken GP for a snip - when he recovers can move him to live with his girlfriend - less cleaning, less wood chippings and more time to do DFW things
- Tidied house - had to as my cleaner was coming, not very DFW but essential until I get better

I will:

- clean my animals
- watch apprentice
- really really need to get letter prepared and send to council
- really really really need to get SOA and letter sent to one collection agency
- if energy: continue with online banking vs spreadsheets

sarahb123_3

Hi all, today I have/will:

• coins in piggy
• check online banking
• free coffee in work
• check quidco/pigsback
• store cupboard meals
• order new paying in book

Think that's all, hope everyone is having a good day x

~Yorkshire_Belle~

Dashing in to say hi and dashing out again........ :hello:

sophiesmum_2

Fay - Good result with evil debt agency
My first courgettes have sprouted today, took 3 days but they are in lounge so nice and warm,, still got a few lazy peppers and some more toms to come through, then daren't plant anything else till my greenhouse is sorted and raised beds up.

Marru - Hope piggie recovers well, one less cage to clean sounds a good idea:D Hope you enjoyed the pizza;)

Hi YB

MrsAudus2b

Hi everyone

Today's list:

• Been to work - very tired again but home earlier than normal
• Ploughing through everything to catch up
• Sorted out work diary for this week and next
• Packed lunch
• Picked up parcel from post office
• Write two feedback responses on ebay
• Have checked emails
• Check online banking
• NSD
• Storecupboard tea
• Check Quidco
• Updated spending diary from yesterday
• Mobile bill now ready to view online
• Swimming tonight
• Catch up with friends using free texts
• Watch Waterloo road then get an early night

Hope everyone ok and happy
xxxx

bathgatebuyer

Changed my Egg direct debit from £110 to £200 per month which will allow me to close the account within the new 3 months - the outstanding balance was £2,300 less than a year ago, and should be gone by June!

Also filed away my credit card bill - RBoS card now £1,800 and have changed the direct debit on that to pay an extra £100 over and above the minimum direct debits I've been making of late;

Picked up a free paper from the top of the recycling bin tonight;

Saving my £20 worth of HMV vouchers for a good weekend - going to see The Damned Utd and then having a wander through HMV for some treats (the vouchers were from Valued Opinions and Pigsback);

Will be doing some cleaning tonight which isn't really money saving but it will heat me up and stop me from going on Ebay!