Memorygirls - Make Do and Mend

Memory_Girl

cherisong wrote: »

Mmmm Douglas Adams, new one on me. Off to research. Oooo I love this thread it is stretching my mind, body and soul more than they have been for so long.

Back soon armed with some good quotes hopefully.

Oh Dear!! think we've corrupted cherisong - next thing we will be quoting Terry Pratchet:rotfl::rotfl:

MG

MrsMoo2U

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Always wanted to read that. Moves up my list of Must buy

nattypants

Firewalker wrote: »

Hi all,

today I went to a book shop and saw a book called 'The Mega Secret' by Mel Gill. Having done some research on the web I can find a videa but not a book - Amazon has a message that the book will be out in November 2010. Has anuone on here heard about this one and is it worth bothering with (the jacket claims that it goes beyond the law of attraction and sets out six more).

Firewalker

Hi Firewalker, I found this;

The Law of Attraction Is One of Seven Ancient Principles Here Are the Other Six. Enter.
www.themetasecret.com

The website shares the same branding as "the Secret" team

NP

Memory_Girl

Morning peeps - was mopping the hallway this morning and wondering.

i wonder how much of this house i ACTUALLY own??

So by pacing it out i think that the house is 11 metres by 10metres x 2floors plus about half the floor area for the loft. I make that roughly 275 sqm.

£126000 / 275 = £458. So every square metre of my house costs me £458. So at the moment I own three square metres of my home. Thats about the area of one of the kids beds -right??

Thats the happy thought, because some of these squares are really worth their money.The one around the hob which feeds us three times a day.The one with the freezer and the breadmaker. The one with the loo obviously:rotfl:, the shower, my desk where i write.

But some squares are less worthy. The cupboard in the hallway -a clutter magnet that I avoid going into,the space under the stairs, the unrenovated rooms that i can avoid going into for weeks. The piles of clutter taking up floorspace. All that stuff that is occupying valuable and expensive space in my home. Surely if its not worth £458 it would be better to let it go.

Time this evening to start clearing some squares and reclaiming this expensive spacefor me and the family to enjoy.

Off to screw together 12 wooden shelving units at the school. Back later.

MG

vasseur

Memory_Girl wrote: »

Morning peeps - was mopping the hallway this morning and wondering.

i wonder how much of this house i ACTUALLY own??

So by pacing it out i think that the house is 11 metres by 10metres x 2floors plus about half the floor area for the loft. I make that roughly 275 sqm.

£126000 / 275 = £458. So every square metre of my house costs me £458. So at the moment I own three square metres of my home. Thats about the area of one of the kids beds -right??

Thats the happy thought, because some of these squares are really worth their money.The one around the hob which feeds us three times a day.The one with the freezer and the breadmaker. The one with the loo obviously:rotfl:, the shower, my desk where i write.

But some squares are less worthy. The cupboard in the hallway -a clutter magnet that I avoid going into,the space under the stairs, the unrenovated rooms that i can avoid going into for weeks. The piles of clutter taking up floorspace. All that stuff that is occupying valuable and expensive space in my home. Surely if its not worth £458 it would be better to let it go.

Time this evening to start clearing some squares and reclaiming this expensive spacefor me and the family to enjoy.

Off to screw together 12 wooden shelving units at the school. Back later.

MG

I just love the way you turn everything on it's head and start thinking in a completely original way. I have never thought about how much of my house I actually OWN - probably roughly the same amount as you.

Happy shelving

Memory_Girl

Yeah -housework is dangerous stuff, it gives you all this time to think:D

Made up half of the shelves-and i've thrown the others in the boot ofthe car so that I can feed the kids and then screw the rest of them together when ds2 has his nap.

The school bus will collect them and the tables we've sourced tonight at about 5pm.

So with a bit of luck i can fit some proper work in around everything else.

First job will be to create a menu plan for DS1 packed lunch to make sure i am organised to do it as cheaply as possible.

Flapjacks ahoy - lol

mg

Helen105

Memory_Girl wrote: »

Oh Dear!! think we've corrupted cherisong - next thing we will be quoting Terry Pratchet:rotfl::rotfl:

MG

Please don't, DD3 already reads me chunks out of his books every time she catches me sitting down.

SmlSave

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett
:rotfl:

Memory_Girl

SmlSave wrote: »

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett
:rotfl:

A man after my own heart - so he is -

On shelving set 10 of 12 - and I am losing the will to live. Sheer b****y mindedness is all that will get me through this afternoon.

Universe send me some energy please

mg

Memory_Girl

:rotfl::rotfl:

Well the universe sent me some energy. But because everything has to balance it took it from my electric scewdriver.

The last three screws went in by hand - and nearly went in by hammer IYSWIM:rotfl::rotfl:

ALL DONE ..................... and I never want to look at another set of pine shelves in my life.

Wonder whats on the list for tomorrow

mg