Weezl and friends Phase 2 -giving it a whirl for Shirl! Testing meal plan for a month

domesticgoddess789

weezl74 wrote: »

Hi arty,

I posted about kitty being delayed, but d'you think it'd be helpful if I said more/did a recap?

Yes please Weezl, if you don't mind that is:). I must admit I am feeling a bit lost and not sure what is going on at the moment with Joel and Kitty's planners

weezl74

ok

Well 2 weeks ago there was a snag on calories and so I needed to do some thrashing out with lesley and there were some issues with me not understanding how the spreadsheet worked properly, but once we'd fixed that I'd lost the window my dad had set aside for his bit of kitty stuff. Now he and I have done 12 hrs of our remaining bit, but dad has 2 more 8 hr days on Kitty, these are most likely tuesday and thursday but he can't definitely promise because he gets given work at short notice by his major client.

Joel is something I've been trying to do to respond to people feeling like shirl+kitty won't be enough as just 2 planners on the site, so I did a bit of the development of that while I waited for dad to do his bit.

Sorry I thought I'd posted the above, but p'reps I didn't, and the thread does gallop along at times!

Ermmm so there we have it, I'm sorry it's later than expected

Is that kinda what you meant lovely Hayley? xxx

domesticgoddess789

weezl74 wrote: »

ok

Well 2 weeks ago there was a snag on calories and so I needed to do some thrashing out with lesley and there were some issues with me not understanding how the spreadsheet worked properly, but once we'd fixed that I'd lost the window my dad had set aside for his bit of kitty stuff. Now he and I have done 12 hrs of our remaining bit, but dad has 2 more 8 hr days on Kitty, these are most likely tuesday and thursday but he can't definitely promise because he gets given work at short notice by his major client.

Joel is something I've been trying to do to respond to people feeling like shirl+kitty won't be enough as just 2 planners on the site, so I did a bit of the development of that while I waited for dad to do his bit.

Sorry I thought I'd posted the above, but p'reps I didn't, and the thread does gallop along at times!

Ermmm so there we have it, I'm sorry it's later than expected

Is that kinda what you meant lovely Hayley? xxx

Ah that has made things a lot clearer, thank you. You do not have to apologise for things being "late" though- this is your project and I am just along for the ride You have a real life that comes before any of this and I, and I'm certain everyone else, wholeheartedly understand that.

weezl74

pinkhayley789 wrote: »

Ah that has made things a lot clearer, thank you. You do not have to apologise for things being "late" though- this is your project and I am just along for the ride You have a real life that comes before any of this and I, and I'm certain everyone else, wholeheartedly understand that.

no worries

Anyone else feeling a bit in the dark about anything?

HowlinWolf

I might be free the weekend of the 21st (I want to be) it depends on the finances and cost of train fare etc. Plus I will only be able to come down for a day, can't afford to stay overnight so I'm waiting for everyone else to decide on the definite day of the meet before committing myself to booking anything. It'll probably just be me too, I don't think we have the money for train fare for paul and joe as well

System

weezl74 wrote: »

Joel is something I've been trying to do to respond to people feeling like shirl+kitty won't be enough as just 2 planners on the site

I'm very surprised to hear that you think the hardcore plan is driven by other people's perceived criticisms of the other two plans. I thought that it was a direct response to your own statement in Post 5180:

weezl74 wrote: »

I wonder if I have helped her to challenge her original non-negotiables (which I did actually want to do)

and Post 5182, where you wrote about how :

weezl74 wrote: »

There are some non-negotiables which don't fall into this category. But for me, the 3 we have chosen to focus on are not those right (in my view) and legitimate ones. I hoped in some way, that the planners and living then might highlight this to shirley.

and then Post 5184, where you explained your apparent disappointment:

weezl74 wrote: »

well, originally I thought it might challenge the non-negotiables.

But now I realise it won't and can't.

In response to that (and similar statements), yes, I suggested that you do a hardcore plan. But only because you have said or implied on several occasions that the other plans don't reflect your aims or hopes. What I actually said was:

me: wrote:

if your true ambition for the project is to encourage people to adopt a different way of approaching their menus, then I think you should present that ideal to them. Otherwise, how are they to know that it exists?

My intention was to encourage you to present your *own* plan, that actually achieves what you set out to achieve, not some polluted hybrid of what you think people want to see. No plan can please everyone, so why not at least please yourself?

If you think that the hardcore plan is there to fulfil someone else's wishes for your project and not your own, then you shouldn't waste your time on it. If it helps, I withdraw my suggestion. :-)

weezl74

thanks avocet. I think perhaps I have been a bit confusing.

As I read back those posts I can see I have contradicted myself.

Since the skype meet last night I have been reflecting on whether or not to do the joel planner, and what merits it might have.

Please don't think I had a problem with what you suggested or why.

I genuinely always think you add great value to the thread. I remember saying to you back in 2008 how it felt like meeting a whole spare brain (That's a compliment BTW!)

weezl74

HowlinWolf wrote: »

I might be free the weekend of the 21st (I want to be) it depends on the finances and cost of train fare etc. Plus I will only be able to come down for a day, can't afford to stay overnight so I'm waiting for everyone else to decide on the definite day of the meet before committing myself to booking anything. It'll probably just be me too, I don't think we have the money for train fare for paul and joe as well

aw thanks howlin! Don't overstretch yourself to get here, no point all being friends on a frugal website and then bankrupting ourselves to meet up! Altho it would be lovely to see you if it's doable

twinkle_star_2

I'm going to be off work today so if anything needs doing let me know.

Although maybe nothing too cerebral as one of my wisdom teeth is coming through and I'm stuffed full of codeine. :rotfl:

weezl74

aless, could do with a quickie conflab with you about a new comment on FB?

going to post a do list on here so's you'll kick me up the bum if I fail

today weezl aims to:

publish shirl's alternatives article
publish morags new revised FAQs

QOS, any chance of a catch up with you about the batch article, I'm wondering if my brief was a bit unhelpfully loose