Memorygirls - Make Do and Mend

workinmummy

Wow, wow, wow. MG.

Finally read all of your diary (ssshhh two days reading at work). And I am in absolute awe. I do remember you from your previous make do and mend diary and wondered what happened to you.

I am totally unmotivated and in desperate need of being "Gokked" and kicked up the backside.

I need a challenge of my own. But actually sorting out my clothes and filling the new draws that OH put up weeks ago, would be a start. But after a full day at work and wrangling a 6 year old and a 10 month old baby after work, i'm left totally drained. I seriously don't know how you do it.

Off to work out my income (small) and expenditure (huge) and set up a few spreadsheets to see where i can and will cut back.

Also, good luck to you and all your followers with your respective challenges.

Edit: Just remembered. I have a Full Fat Coca-cola / Pepsi addiction. I was buying a can every day at work. Then the new Lidl opened up right near home. I now buy the 4 for £1 there. I got all excited when I saw you mentioning this (Sad? Moi?) and had never actually calculated the saving.
In 50 weeks worked one can at 60p per day was £150.00 per year. Lidls offer now makes it £50. A saving of £100 per year on cans of Coke/pepsi. How good is that?

boredofbeingathome

Memory_Girl wrote: »

Well that really blasted through the "middle of the afternoon fog" - I think I will keep th eroll of black bin liners out and use as a quick "energy burst" in the middle of the day.

You know ............ sing-along-a-fill-a-bag time;)

Wonder if its possible to keep a 100 a day habit up for the full 100 days? Imagine how clear your house would be???

Oh well - I can dream:D

Memorygirl

I have one of those with a zip in it- for those days when OH really does get too much:eek::rotfl:

It is a good habit to be in and i must remember to de clutter the shed from my last lot of de cluttering of house. I have become so lazy lately.

Memory_Girl

Not only that - but I got back from my sprint with the buggy to the closest Charity shop so full of enthusiasm that I actually went and posted on the MFW forum.

Now I am on a new mission to find 1000 ways to create £125 and pay off the mortgage ........... not in the next 100 days, well the ideas can be in the next 100 days, but I'm sure the paying off will take much longer IYSWIM???

As for the electricty for making the bread - you are not spending the money on petrol going to the shops are you???? Should wash out as far as I'm concerned - LOL

Memorygirl

Memory_Girl

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

I have one of those with a zip in it- for those days when OH really does get too much:eek::rotfl:

It is a good habit to be in and i must remember to de clutter the shed from my last lot of de cluttering of house. I have become so lazy lately.

:rotfl::rotfl:Good one Bob.

I've already sorted another 20 things whilst watching telly about a Victorian Farm?? I knwo its early days and I can't really see the benefit yet - but I have faith that at some point soon I won't have to do so much cleaning every week.

I also quite like the thought that the boys and i could live wherever in the world we choose - and I'm aiming for the day when we could pack a case each and spend one day puttin some personal stuff in storage before lettingthe house and taking off.

Oh! I am full of dreams today .........gotta go, fruit bread coming out of the breadmaker.

Mmmmmmm

Memorygirl

lucielle

Lob me a slice over please. Then again better not got fat class tonight and dreading it.
L

Memory_Girl

workinmummy wrote: »

Wow, wow, wow. MG.

Finally read all of your diary (ssshhh two days reading at work). And I am in absolute awe. I do remember you from your previous make do and mend diary and wondered what happened to you.

I am totally unmotivated and in desperate need of being "Gokked" and kicked up the backside.

I need a challenge of my own. But actually sorting out my clothes and filling the new draws that OH put up weeks ago, would be a start. But after a full day at work and wrangling a 6 year old and a 10 month old baby after work, i'm left totally drained. I seriously don't know how you do it.

Off to work out my income (small) and expenditure (huge) and set up a few spreadsheets to see where i can and will cut back.

Also, good luck to you and all your followers with your respective challenges.

Edit: Just remembered. I have a Full Fat Coca-coal / Pepsi addiction. I was buying a can every day at work. Then the new Lidl opened up right near home. I now buy the 4 for £1 there. I got all excited when I saw you mentioning this (Sad? Moi?) and had never actually calculated the saving.
In 50 weeks worked one can at 60p per day was £150.00 per year. Lidls offer now makes it £50. A saving of £100 per year on cans of Coke/pepsi. How good is that?

Brilliant - thats how good that is!!!!! BTW have you tried LIDL own brand?? Its pretty Yummy and I just fill up a bottle to take out with me and no-one every knows I'm "non-branded"

Its those little steps that make the difference in the end. My few pennies saved on the weekly shop got converted into Storecupboard stuff - which now means that I've enough flour, pasta, noodles, rice, pulses, dried milk, yeast, tinned tuna, tomatoes n stuff to make up the basis of our weekly menus - currently this weeks budget looks like coming in under a fiver:j:j

Meaning more pennies from weekly budget available for debt busting, buying of freezers and renovating the house:)

Takes a while to build up - but one of the best things I have ever done for my finances - especially as I now have my freezer and food waste is approaching zero in our house.

Teeny baby steps are the way to go - don't Gok yourself tonight. Sit on the sofa and write your list instead:rotfl:

Memorygirl

Memory_Girl

lucielle wrote: »

Lob me a slice over please. Then again better not got fat class tonight and dreading it.
L

I will save you a slice for after - cos its a well known fact that food eaten after weigh in and before the next mornings kick-off doesn't count .....................which might explain why I've still got a ways to go :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Memorygirl

lucielle

Same as broken biccis have no calories as they've all fallen out!!!!
L

Memory_Girl

Second installment of the "Rubber Cauliflower"

VEGGIE BAKE

Steam until tender some vegetables

2 cauliflower florets - broken into small pieces
Dozen Green Beans - choped
1 carrot - thinkly sliced
1/2 onion finely sliced
1 garlic clove - crushed
Handful of cooked beans (optional)

When tender stir into 1/2 cup well seasoned cheese sauce. (Or use Carrs sauce flour, skim milk and cheese from SW Plan

Top with 1 large potato cut into thin slices, then cut into matchstick strips, tossed in 1/2 tsp of oi - or sprayed well with Frylight

Bake at 180 until potato is brown and crispy.

Eat Mmmmmmmmm - can't wait its cooking as we speak :T

Memorygirl

Buffythedebtslayer

dfw844 wrote: »

Hi Memorygirl,

Going great guns as always!

To everyone who is hoping to declutter, I've just done a marathon session myself. Took a good few months, a lot of discipline, and more time than I care to remember on ebay and queuing at the post office.

My house is now sparkling, and organised, and I put things away! I never used to do that, but now, as only one thing that I have used is 'out' it looks so obvoiusly messy that I want to put it away. I read a book on decluttering (lent it to a friend, so don't know the title, sorry!), and it really helped. The basic principle was to group things together where you use them. So don't put all the stationery in one place because it's stationery. Put the scissors and the selotape near the jiffy bags (yep, ebay). Keep the pens near the phone with a pad. I also now keep my sticky labels in the kitchen (so I can label a jar with the date it goes off, good for long lasting things like curry paste, that say three months and I can't remember when that is). It's called something along the lines of 'the toothbrush principle'.

Anyway, this weekend was the first time the house truly took care of itself. All I did was put things back when I used them. And I must say, it was a strange feeling. It was calm, not having things everywhere. But it also felt odd. I wasn't sure what to do with myself (and I am usually very busy, so that I always have a reason NOT to pair the last of the socks etc). Once I didn't have a job that I was avoiding doing, the free time seemed a bit strange. However, I settled down with a take that DVD, and then a good book, and loved it!

So I guess what I'm saying is, to all those declutters, keep going! And once you've got everything organised (a place for everything!) it is easy to keep it tidy. You just have to get cleared out to the point that you can put everything somewhere.

And mmmm to all the cauliflower recipes. I have a whole tub of plain natural yoghurt I bought for a recipe I didn't need (grrr). Any suggestions for me? Thanks!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Banish-Clutter-Forever-Toothbrush-Principle/dp/0091935024/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279562727&sr=8-1

Its that book and it is great - well so far I am theorising it would be great if I had actually got off my backside and did it all! However your post has really made me hope that it might work - did you really follow all her ideas (which sound very good and SO logical)

Hello all btw just got a bit excited about the book! xxx