Memorygirls - Make Do and Mend

Memory_Girl

Hi Guys

Started to think about what should be in a book whilst doing the ironing - Oh!! what an exciting way to spend your Friday night.

So I was thinking

1. Intro
2. Memorygirl's family's story - the lowest point
3. Getting a grip - crisis budgetting
4. Making a plan - setting a timeline
5. Creating a "Good Life"
6. Making Do and Mend - getting crafty
7. Frugal Feasting
8. Creating your financial future - additional revenues
9. Memorygirl's family's story - the higher point
9. What does Success Look like to you?
10 Create your plan - all the tools n tips

How does that grab you all as an outline???

Memorygirl

PS More flowers from you know who?? - mostly to say goodbye though:( But it sure was fun:T

Firewalker

Hi Memorygirl,

Sorry if it is presumptious of me to offer advise on this one but I am just trying to be helpful - my wish to the Universe is that this book sells. Thinking about it my wish is more specific than that - it is for the book to become a bets-seller and a Hollywood movie with Julia Roberts playing you. Well George C can have a minor part...

Could work - but needs more focus. My intuition tells me that it can be a best seller if it centers around the following messages: 1) limited means don't have to mean limited life (here would be the place for all the tasty recipes, mending and creating); 2) limited means don't last forever - being broke is temporary; 3) ways to extend one's means (this can be a tricky one since extending means will be very specific to different people).

Firewalker

Memory_Girl

Firewalker wrote: »

Hi Memorygirl,

Sorry if it is presumptious of me to offer advise on this one but I am just trying to be helpful - my wish to the Universe is that this book sells. Thinking about it my wish is more specific than that - it is for the book to become a bets-seller and a Hollywood movie with Julia Roberts playing you. Well George C can have a minor part...

Could work - but needs more focus. My intuition tells me that it can be a best seller if it centers around the following messages: 1) limited means don't have to mean limited life (here would be the place for all the tasty recipes, mending and creating); 2) limited means don't last forever - being broke is temporary; 3) ways to extend one's means (this can be a tricky one since extending means will be very specific to different people).

Firewalker

Wow that's a really good way of focussing in - and a much "bigger" message. One thats definitely more inspiring and relevant to many more people.

I'm up for the Clooney - but looking in the mirror today Dolly Parton better be the one that plays me - :rotfl::rotfl:. Repeat after me Memorygirl, this too shall pass. Please I want to not be opening doors with them anymore (although they did bag me a toyboy for a while there - LOL)

Keep it coming O wise one:A

Memorygirl

Off to create draft 2 (well anything to stop the ironing really;))

cha97michelle

Sounds a great plan to me. As long as it includes your tree idea, your £100 challenge, and your menu planning i am sure it will be successful.

I remember the soreness after breastfeeding being worse after my DS2. I second the warm bath and expressing a little milk to make it feel easier.

Firewalker

Memory_Girl wrote: »

Keep it coming O wise one:A

You talking to me? You talking to me?! (imagine me looking like Robert DeNiro)

And looking forward to the next draft. For me - too hot to even think of wiritng anything sensible.

Firewalker

Memory_Girl

Firewalker wrote: »

You talking to me? You talking to me?! (imagine me looking like Robert DeNiro)

And looking forward to the next draft. For me - too hot to even think of wiritng anything sensible.

Firewalker

:rotfl::rotfl:LOL Firewalker - would have thought with a user name like yours you would be used to the heat.

BTW it rained here all day yesterday:cool:

BUt onwards and upwards today.

I have decided I am feeling so unmotivated today that I hereby designate today a "15 minute Power Day" - (mostly to distract from the painful unmentionables)

So for the rest of the day I will be using my timer set for 15 minute intervals to do all those crappy jobs I have been putting off - you know the ones, the ironing, scrubbing the kitchen floor.

In between I am gonig to create some stuff for my "future wall" to keep me plodding on upwards - and firing off emails to people I wuld like to help me a little to get me back to work.

That way, by the time I drop into bed tonight I should be feeling much better (and I should have a tidy house)

Righto!!!!

First 15 minutes, shower, dress, make bed and hoover bedroom

Memorygirl

Memory_Girl

Done!!!!!

Next 15 minutes ...............

Get the baby dressed
Find all the laundry and put on first load
Take out kitchen bin
Skim the cooked mince and thicken with bisto

BAck later

Memorygirl

Memory_Girl

OOh that one was tight - just ladled the mince into the freezer containers.

Out of two packets of reduced mince, two manky onions and half a dozen floppy carrots I have got 7 "Chinese containers" of mince mix ready to be topped with mashed potato and popped into the freezer. I make the total cost to be £3.25 for 7 containers - or 46p for 2 dinners. Each container does me and DS2 with cabbage, beans and corn as a main meal.

I have managed to acquire 2 white ceramic dishes that take a "chinese container" of frozen food and can be popped in the halogen oven. So I am in the process of making and freezing food in these containers, popping them out of the plastic into freezer bags for storage (and so I can reuse the plastic containers). I can then take a bag from the freezer, peel out the contents, put into ceramic dish and store in the fridge until ready to cook in the evening.

So today its Shepherds pies, but I've already got Stovies, Gratin potatoes and blended strawberries in there.

Next 15 minutes - gonna play with the baby

MG

Memory_Girl

Happy in front of a puzzle and a favoutirite Disney Vid.

Next set of jobs

Top the Shepherds pies with mash
Clean the bathroom - including the mirrors and floor
Put the kettle on for a cuppa



Has anyone Gokked their wardrobe??? I'm just thinking that I seem to always plunck for my Mommy uniform of Jeans n top. Wonder if I can rake through all my bits and put together a wardrobe of 24 pieces?????

I'm thinking that to shake up my life - maybe I should shake up my wardrobe and start taking better care of ME!!!

Just a random thought .................... might take more than 15 minutes though - LOL

MG

Firewalker

How do you manage to get so much done in 15 minutes? Please share...

Firewalker