Monday 19th July - What small DFW things have you done today?!

La_escocesa

Hey everyone :wave:

Back again for another round of DFWness. 'Tis a new week after all…

Here's my list:
- Find some coins for the jar - found 5p on my bookcase
- Free cuppa
- Email friends not call :A
- Try to figure out what I spent at the weekend while I was away - think just over £70
- Asked friends for the money they owe me
- Check banking and paypal
- Pay a bit off our honeymoon with some money we got
- Didn't dry/straighten my hair
- Caught up with the weekend's thread
- Blitz the house :eek:
- Asked for next Monday off work to blitz the house, visit a friend who's recovering from an operation and sort out stuff for getting the EA round. All free activities y'see. Quite excited…

Wee_Jo

La_escocesa wrote: »

Pay a bit off our honeymoon with some money we got

Ooooh! Where are you heading on your honeymoon, Escy? :cool:

redsam

I starting to feel a little obsessive with MSE and the forum threads but I guess thats better than spending money when bored or avoiding house work!

I have been to the allotment and watered the greenhouse, fed and watered the chickens, went to the local co-op with enough cash to get washingup liquid and dish cloths..at some point this afternoon I will clean the bathroom and work out which CC has the highest interest rate to throw as much money too 1st!

Wee_Jo

redsam wrote: »

I starting to feel a little obsessive with MSE and the forum threads but I guess thats better than spending money when bored or avoiding house work!

I have been to the allotment and watered the greenhouse, fed and watered the chickens, went to the local co-op with enough cash to get washingup liquid and dish cloths..at some point this afternoon I will clean the bathroom and work out which CC has the highest interest rate to throw as much money too 1st!

Ooooh! V jealous redsam, I would love to have chickens! Are they very hard work? (Not that it would be possible for us to have them in our one bedroom no garden flat in London but I can dream!)

London_Welshcake

Working from home today as had hospital check-up appt. All good on that front...

Today I have
- Had breakfast at home
- heated up HM soup and sitting here enjoying it with HM rolls - absolutely delicious

Today I will
- Write list for mini food shop later
- [STRIKE]Do another load in the machine [/STRIKE]and dry on clothes horse outside
- Make Dahl, Rice, Naan and chickpea curry for dinner (all from stores)
- [STRIKE]Join Fly lady thread over on Old Style[/STRIKE]
- Make packed lunch for tomorrow

Wannabe01

I would love to get some hens but OH is not keen on the idea. I guess it is probably not a good idea when I have 2 cats.

redsam

Jo_Rourke wrote: »

Ooooh! V jealous redsam, I would love to have chickens! Are they very hard work? (Not that it would be possible for us to have them in our one bedroom no garden flat in London but I can dream!)

Hi Jo-Rouke, they are so easy to look after as long as they have food and water and the occasional treat -corn, greens, slugs, snails and currently they are partial to gooseberrys and raspberries!

Why dont you see if there is a Land Share Scheme near you - free land for growing and and chooks or the nearest allotment for 1/2 a plot, Chickens dont need alot of space. We got a shed off Freecycle for them and was lucky enough to be given an electric fence from grandad before he died, we get lots of lovely tastey eggs, the keep the plot weed free and eat anything!

Its easy to keep chickens and grow some veg to help keep the budget down, ie - lettuce so expensive yet a packet of seeds is £1 or less for hundreds of seeds! the OH and I arent obsessive go down regulary and it not very time consuming!

Pippilongstocking

I've got hens as well, they don't take up too much room, - a couple fit in the size of a rabbit hutch

Cats not great with hens unless they are cooped (the hens not the chickens).

Redsam they aren't hard work at all, in fact I'd say they are the easiest, most productive 'pets' I've ever had.

Wee_Jo

redsam wrote: »

Hi Jo-Rouke, they are so easy to look after as long as they have food and water and the occasional treat -corn, greens, slugs, snails and currently they are partial to gooseberrys and raspeberries!

Why dont you see if there a Land Share Scheme near you - free land for growing and and chooks or the nearest allotment, Chickens dont need alot of space. We got a shed off Freecycle for them and was lucky enought to be given an electric fence from grandad before he died, we get lots of lovely tastey eggs, the keep the plot weed free and eat anything!

Its easy to keep chickens and grow some veg to help keep the budget down, ie - lettuce so expensive yet a packet of seeds is £1 or less for hundreds of seeds! the OH and I arent obsessive go down regulary and it not very time consuming!

A Land Share scheme - I have never heard of this before! What a fab idea!! Go0gling it as we speak!! Thank you so much! :j

csarina

Not going out today, so no spend day.
HM quiche for supper, made the case yesterday, filling going in shortly, bacon, cheese and mushroom. with a green salad and a jacket potato for OH, just salad for me.

Tomorrow will be a spend day, I need to get groceries from Tesco and Aldi........visitors coming at the weekend, have to make a carrot cake for them; think I will also do some fairy cakes, I think they call them cup cakes now, might also do a sponge cake, I have some hm strawberry jam, no cream though.