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  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    ZTD wrote: »
    I can.

    Provided they are both at hand...


    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,424 Forumite
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    *Hauls Z & Taxi's minds out of the gutter* :D

    Quiet-ish day here today, got another three Avon orders delivered this evening, just got 5 left to do now, one tomorrow and four on Saturday. Plan is to get the Saturday ones done and then head straight to the bank to get the money paid in. Then I can get the invoice paid and forget about that side of it for a couple of weeks again!

    Another NSD today means I'm nearly there on my challenge to do 15. :) Today was easy - I just set myself lots of tasks to do around here so there was no incentive to go out! :D Really beginning to see the results from the decluttering too although the spare room is still defeating me. I might have a real go at that tomorrow - the problem is that there is a lot of *stuff* in there and nowhere for it to really live. I think I need to be ruthless with a cupboard in the absence of MrEH, and get the stuff I clear to the charity shop before he comes home! :rotfl:

    I have £10.00 in my purse (NSD's are great!)
    I have £2.74 credit on my mobile (and an extremely rude joke from a friend which was well worth a text back to say thank you for! :rotfl:)

    Plans for tomorrow are a walk if the weather is nice - probably to the local nature reserve. In the afternoon I might be needed to give our friend and neighbour upstairs a hand with the food for her birthday party tomorrow night, and I'll try to do some more decluttering too. Then the party tomorrow night. :)
    🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
    Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
    £100k barrier broken 1/4/25
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  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
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    hi EH, i've got a quiet weekend coming up so think i may have a little declutter and blitz, i have the same problem as you though, i get to the stage where i just have nowhere to home things. What makes things hard are that i've decluttered so many times the things i have left are things that i really want to keep.
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,424 Forumite
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    I know - tricky isn't it! I *did* tackle that cupboard though, and although nI don;t seem to have got a lot more in there I have cleared some stuff out, and there is now room for a few more odds and ends when I need it. The stuff in there is slightly more logically organised too.

    I have also done half an hour of photographing for eBay - the pics will still need processing through photoshop and sorting out generally but at least I've got a load of stuff done and ready. Am now hopeful that there is going to be am imminent announcement from eBay in relation to a free listing weekend....next week maybe?

    Jobs for this afternoon:
    Write two birthday cards and take one to the post office with a first class stamp on it. :o
    Change my reminder on the iPhone so that next year it reminds me 5 days ahead of that birthday, not 3.....when the birthday concerned falls on a Sunday that turns into a problem! :o:o
    Deliver one more Avon order.
    Declutter at least 5 further items from the spare room
    Update client invoice
    Update income -v- expenditure sheet. (Including travel)
    While I am through in that room print my next lot of Avon brochure flyers.
    🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
    Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
    £100k barrier broken 1/4/25
    SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculator
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  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,424 Forumite
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    edited 1 February 2011 at 7:40PM
    Morning all!

    Bit of a list required for today I think, and probably some 15 minute blitzes on things to motivate too.

    TA DA!
    Dishwasher Emptied
    Washing from Airer > Folded and put away :D
    Washing from Machine to Airer
    Washing up done - INCLUDING pans! :D
    Cut up some Avon leaflets on the trimmer ready for door stuffing when I need them
    Charge iPhone plugged into the laptop - also lets it Sync which was overdue

    To Do:
    [STRIKE]Hoover[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Write letter to insurance company cancelling policy which is costing £20 p/m and is essentially useless now I am Self employed.[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Draft two more letters to insurance co's cancelling policies ready for when our new one comes into force.[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Pay Avon bill[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Sort out something in the slow cooker for dinner[/STRIKE].
    [STRIKE]Tidy front room[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Wander out and collect any Avon books left out for me
    Sort out next load of washing[/STRIKE]
    When OH is home go through the holiday lists/notes to check on stuff we need to do
    [STRIKE]Declutter at least 5 items.[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Try to get Nectar Card linked to BG account
    Start client invoice ready for February
    Update income/expenditure sheet[/STRIKE]


    Checked the banking last night - MrEH's pay has gone in so the mortgage will go out OK today. Having paid in my Avon money on Saturday too I also shifted £10 from my account into savings, leaving me with a grand total of £73 in my account I think. Such a positive feeling to be able to save something, even if not much, again though! My aim is to spend as little as I can manage out of that account this month again as I need to amass as much as possible for when the speedway starts again. On that subject :

    I have £6.00 in my purse (2 x bargain LOreal eye makeup remover and a treaty bag of peanuts from Sainsburys! Then the odd change into the savings pig)
    I have (I think) £1.64 credit on my mobile, so that will imminently need some credit adding on.....

    I achieved my 15 targetted NSD's in January.....with one spare for good measure, so new challenges/targets/must-do's for February are:

    NSD's : 14/28
    Grocery budget : Average UNDER £3.00 per day spent
    Add at least £15 to my VSP
    Interesting thing to do : Chinese New Year London - next Sunday.
    Declutter: At least 5 items per day, every day.
    If there is a free listing weekend list at least 25 items on eBay
    Cancel Insurance policies as and when new one is in place.
    Defrost one freezer
    Pay balance on holiday Cottage

    Off to change my signature for the NSD's......you don't get long to bask in a warm glow of achievement, do you! :rotfl:
    🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
    Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
    £100k barrier broken 1/4/25
    SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculator
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  • Swinstie73
    Swinstie73 Posts: 2,897 Forumite
    Wow that's some list Essex, but at least got loads done already. Thanks for the reminder about birthdays, I have two this month and one is going to Canada!
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,424 Forumite
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    Glad to be of assistance Swinstie! :-)

    Now got a power cut here which has slowed progress somewhat! Been off over an hour now!
    🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
    Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
    £100k barrier broken 1/4/25
    SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculator
    she/her
  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    By gum, i am exhausted reading all of that EH..I bet it feels good to complete your list though :)
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • vl2588
    vl2588 Posts: 1,352 Forumite
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    Very organised :D
    Weight loss: Start weight: 80kg; Current Weight: 77kg; Target weight: 55kg
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,424 Forumite
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    It's that "O" word again! :eek::D Honestly, I'm far from organised - the lists are because I'd forget what I had to do without them...so it's desperation, thinly disguised as organisation! :p

    Two more items off the list, which I will cross off now. :) Also managed to catch up with the diaries today which was another aim.
    🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
    Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
    £100k barrier broken 1/4/25
    SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculator
    she/her
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