Taka taking control!

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Hi taka, sorry to hear about you being made redundant I hope the advertised jobs turn out good.

You know we're all here to support you if needs be

taka

Almost the weekend... thank goodness! Mind you I have an insane to do list to get through in the next few days... :eek:

• Blitz box room - find a home for kiln, attach bead thing to door.
• Shred / bin / file the box of paperwork lurking under the comp table and in heaps on the table top.
• [STRIKE]All exercise stuff in livingroom to go in storage box 1 (under sofa bed)[/STRIKE]Done - including 2 fitness DVDs I've never used! :rotfl:
  
• All ebayable [STRIKE]tat[/STRIKE] wonders discovered in tidy up into storage box 2 (under sofa bed) along with any padded envelopes found!
• [STRIKE]Put all throws not in use in a storage bag instead of plonked on a spare chair and find a home for the bag.[/STRIKE]Done - bag now in wardrobe at least for now...
• Washing x 2. Load 1 on pulley
  
• Catalogue store cupboard and freezer - they're scarily full so I can't find anything and have no idea whats in them! Begun - 1/3 through store cupboard
• Meal plan when I find out what I have in and buy any missing bits for the week (or at least make a list!)!
• Make bread (breadmaker)
• Make yoghurt (easiyo thing)
• Go skating!
• [STRIKE]Go for a walk with Mum if it is dry.[/STRIKE]Abandoned due to intermittant torrential rain! :eek:
• Clothing - check if they still fit - anything that no longer fits that is ebayable goes into ebay box.
• [STRIKE]Clothing - work out if anything I have that currently fits me could be potential interview wear should I get any interviews.[/STRIKE]Smart trousers + at least 2 smart blouses now fit
• Make list of anything clothing needing to be bought and check web for possibilities - probably need a smart jacket for starters.
• [STRIKE]Watch Dr Who[/STRIKE] Very confusing... :huh:
• Update spreadsheets and transfer skating money.
• [STRIKE]Go to a leaving do for at a drink or 2. Not sure I can stay longer - he's not got another job either and its all a bit too close to my situation to be very enjoyable! [/STRIKE] Drinks gone to... much talking of redundancy - it seems the funding for at least another 4 or 5 folks there also ends before xmas! :eek: Good night out though!
• Find a better way of getting TV reception in livingroom than my indoor aerial wobbily perched on box on top of my other TV (meaning I can't use the portable TV elsewhere)! :rotfl:
• Buy (or borrow if they're out of stock) a digibox for portable TV and work out if another indoors aerial will work with this in my bedroom or if I should just give in and raid the piggybank and get a proper roof one fitted!
• [STRIKE]Work out which transmitter I'm getting digital TV via so I know whether final digital switchover part 1 starts on the 1st or 8th. (2 cover my area and aerials in my area point at either randomly!)[/STRIKE] Apparently the 1st!
• [STRIKE]Work out how to retune TV(s) for digital switchover! [/STRIKE] Yep!
• Collapse!
• Eat ice cream - I need the freezer space!

Radish72

Wow big list, my favorite is the last one though

Seems weird someone talking about digital switchover, seems so long ago since I lived in the first area to get done

I think your portable will be ok with a digi box but I would get a proper aerial and runs cable into all the rooms you might want a TV in

Have a great/busy weekend

taka

Well I tried... Gave up itemising my storecupboard when I dropped 500g cous cous absolutely EVERYWHERE! :rotfl:

Left to do tomorrow... :eek:

• Blitz box room - find a home for kiln, attach bead thing to door.
• Shred / bin / file the box of paperwork lurking under the comp table and in heaps on the table top.
• All ebayable [STRIKE]tat[/STRIKE] wonders discovered in tidy up into storage box 2 (under sofa bed) along with any padded envelopes found!
• [STRIKE]Washing x 1 if Saturday's load ever dries...[/STRIKE] done
  
• [STRIKE]Continue to catalogue [STRIKE]store cupboard and[/STRIKE] freezer[/STRIKE] Both done...
• [STRIKE]Meal plan when I find out what I have in and buy any missing bits for the week (or at least make a list!)![/STRIKE] Done
• [STRIKE]Make bread (breadmaker)[/STRIKE] Done and 1/2 of it eaten! :rotfl:
  
• [STRIKE]Make yoghurt (easiyo thing)[/STRIKE] about to do now...
• [STRIKE]Go skating![/STRIKE] Yep!
• Clothing - check if they still fit - anything that no longer fits that is ebayable goes into ebay box. Started but didn't get far...
• [STRIKE]Clothing - work out if I have a jacket that is interview friendly[/STRIKE] Bought smart jacket
• [STRIKE]Make list of anything clothing needing to be bought and check web for possibilities - probably need a smart jacket for starters.[/STRIKE] Bought jacket, nothing else urgently needed
• [STRIKE]Update spreadsheets and [/STRIKE]transfer skating money. Spreadsheets done and will transfer money on 1st
• Find a better way of getting TV reception in livingroom than my indoor aerial wobbily perched on box on top of my other TV (meaning I can't use the portable TV elsewhere)! :rotfl:
• Buy (or borrow if they're out of stock) a digibox for portable TV and work out if another indoors aerial will work with this in my bedroom or if I should just give in and raid the piggybank and get a proper roof one fitted!
• [STRIKE]Collapse![/STRIKE] Yep... :rotfl:
• [STRIKE]Eat ice cream - I need the freezer space! [/STRIKE];) Done... yummy! Stuff needing frozen now in freezer!
  

taka

Well I tried! I'm absolutely shattered! :A

Cataloguing my food took aaaaaaggggeeessss! I officially have an insane amount of food for 1 person!

Freezer yielded 36 meals worth + assorted pitta bread, 2l of ice cream and 40 frubes! :rotfl:

Cupboards are groaning... highlights include...
2kg cous cous (was 2.5kg but I spilt loads! ),
2.2kg porridge,
3.5kg pasta of assorted shapes / styles
2.2kg rice
1.4kg cornmeal
12 cans of baked beans
20 tins chopped or plum tomatoes
23 cans of chickpeas / kidney beans / butterbeans / mixed beans
2.5kg assorted dried pulses
1kg popcorn kernals
1kg quinoa
~8.8kg muesli :eek:
~5.7kg of mixed dried fruit / apricots / dates :eek:

Oh dear! :rotfl: Storecupboard challenge ahoy... I think I probably have enough staples to last till xmas!! :rotfl:

Meal plan

Breakfasts - porridge with dried fruit or muesli!

Lunches - Bread, soft cheese or bean pate, Muesli bar, assorted fruit and fromage frais or yoghurt except Friday (Pasta with tomato sauce and beans, + assorted fruit and yoghurt) and possible sat or sunday baked potato + baked beans

Mon - Veggie haggis neeps and tatties from freezer, salad
Tues - Meal out
Wed - Pasta with tomato sauce and beans, salad
Thurs - Bengali buttenut squash with chickpeas with nan bread or rice (or veg and beans with cous cous instead if I have to work late)
Fri - moroccan burgers with potato wedges, salad
Sat - Bengali buttenut squash with chickpeas with nan bread or rice
Sun - Veg roast + vegetables, salad

Off to put the yoghurt on and go to bed. :A

gallygirl

So glad you're back taka (if only cos the Bengali recipe sounds lovely :rotfl:).

Hope all works out for you

gg x

[Deleted User]

Oh dear on the cous cous disaster!! :rotfl:
At least you have a storecupboard list now! I find going shopping knowing what I already have in and planning meals around that can be a great way of cutting shopping bills! - I have had a few cupboard sort outs which have helped!

Good luck on the sorting and decluttering- music and a cuppa (or glass of wine if its that time of day!) I find always help!

taka

GG - It is fab! I use a bengali spice mix (from an asian supermarket) and just add some ginger / ginger powder and garam masala and a tiny bit of chilli flakes. Nom nom nom... :drool: Doesn't take long to prep/cook either so long as the butternut squash doesn't defeat me... I think I need sharper knives! :rotfl:

TYO - yep - spilt cous cous doesn't half fly far! :eek: Cheesy music definitely helps me clean / sort / declutter... not sure my neighbours are so keen though!

I'm sitting trying to decide when to take the rest of my holidays as I've still got another 12.5 days to take before the end of July. I've got Friday off but I need to decide on the rest... choices, choices! :undecided

katsu

Hi taka,

Looks like you are doing some great prep and have some options for work that we can keep our fingers crossed over.

I can empathise on the job front as I got made redundant at the start of the year and have just started a new permanent role. I think we all benefit hugely from the tips we've aquired here, as you say, to amek every penny count, but also the support. The MFWs and my old friends on DFW really helped me by supporting me through the anxiety. Also, being here means we have an emergency fund, and if this is that emergency, well that is what we saved it for.

My emergency fund's existance certainly helped me sleep at night as I went through the job hunting. Knowing we can pay the mortgage is worth so much.

Best wishes to you and slowly fading on your job searching.

taka

*Tip toes back in* :whistle:
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I'm back! (Again! ) What a [STRIKE]rubbish[/STRIKE] "interesting" few months...

To summarise...
I applied for lots of jobs, lots of which I didn't get interviews for.
I went for several unsucessful interviews.
I was made redundant at the end of July. :doh:
I gained about a stone in weight.
Had interview at my old work (the day after I was made redundant!!)... :cool: Burst into tears lots going back there - especially finding out my old desk had already been taken (one of my friends returning to this country but still! ). Interview was very odd and I was close to tears for most of it.


















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Got offered the job 4 days later after they had interviewed the last candidate.
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So I start at the beginning of September! :j Its a different project and new boss so I'll have a lot to learn but it sounds interesting!

The downside is going down a grade (which will screw up my pension as its a different (and worse) scheme for that grade) and a sizeable paycut. Ho hum... It's annoying but it's enough to pay bills and live on and leave enough to have a wee bit left over! That wee bit will be split between my skating, a holiday fund and overpaying. Nothing will be left to save... :eek: Gulp...

Right... time for lunch... Post part 2 to follow...