Daffy's 'patchwork dreams' diary

MrsMoo2U

^^^^^^^^what KC said doubled.

RubySewSew

Oh Cheery! You make me laugh!!!

I was in the same position with lunches a few weeks ago and it was making me really poorly. I started giving the kids hot school dinners because I was so disorganised but then just completely failed to feed myself! I also really struggle because when I come in from a long day at work and still have clubs to get the kids out to I really, really don't want to cook and clean as well. I haven't got it perfect yet but these things have helped:

• making big one pot dinners like chilli - that way I can either divvy up into lunches or freeze for another day.
• prepping tomorrow's dinner on my at home days so that I can just cook and go when I get home.
• cooking 2 meals at once - if I'm in the kitchen cooking one I may as well cook two.
• the odd carton of soup, reduced price ready meal or on offer veg pot keeps me stocked up and doesn't do anyone any harm
• I always have a big of carrots because it is the last fresh fruit and veg I run out of and I can feed them to the kids and guinea pigs endlessly!
• buying milk in 6 pint cartons (I don't know why this makes such a difference but it does!)
• buy a loaf, freeze a loaf.

It's not perfect but I am so tired at the end of the day that every little helps. I tend to do a big shop and then a few little shops and then a big shop etc etc

I really need to plan my internet shopping but its soooo boring!!

Cheery_Daff

Oooh, thanks Ruby! :T :T Will read that again when I'm awake enough to take it in and act on it :rotfl: :rotfl:

:rotfl: at you lot

Bought lunch at work today £2.70 for a sandwich! :eek: although it was a very nice onion bhaji sandwich And it wasn't just a sandwich either...

Anyway, noticed I had some oatcakes in the drawer in the office, so I've now picked up a couple of bags of salad, and a bag of sprouted bean things - both things I usually avoid buying, salad because it's expensive, and beans because I always think 'I could sprout them myself for pretty much nothing!' (and then often don't...). Anyway, altogether that cost me less than one sandwich, and together with a bit of cottage cheese (which I already had), it'll last several days! Silly girl...

MrsMoo2U

I am always promising to sprout beans but I have no clue where to start. I agree Salad is expensive..... I like it but wont buy it out of principle that I could grow it cheaper (groans......... so why dont I?).

Yum oatcakes. They are lovely with avocado too.

Karmacat

I've given up buying avocadoes - I have no sense of when to buy or when to eat, and whenever I open them there's always huge amounts of black no matter what I do - so nowadays I have organic avocado oil, and tipple it over stuff - at least I get avocado-shaped micronutrients

Cheery_Daff

Ooh I love avocados! On toast, with grated cheese

Well, I enjoyed my lunch SO MUCH today, I've learned my lesson. Probably half a bag of salad (it was reduced so whole bag was 70p), a bit of reduced cottage cheese (55p for whole tub but it was huge and I just had a bit), some leftover pasta a friend brought round last night, and probably a quarter of my (£1) bag of sprouted beans. Oh, and some of Mr Daffs' scones that he made ysterday

Considering I spent nearly £5 the day before on sandwich, yogurt and chocolate, I reckon I can stretch to a bag of salad and some beans now and again.

Lesson learned - and no more beating myself up because I 'should' have grown them myself! I will when I get round to it, and that's not right now

What is right now is a bath. Just got in after my second 13 hour day <yawn> Back out the door again at 7 tomorrow for another one - and we've got our (bit scary) meeting/workshop/event thing at work tomorrow which I'm presenting at - wibble!

RubySewSew

Good luck Cheery!!!

Boo to long days! I've done overtime every day this week and I don't even work on Mondays! Should fess up though - stayed behind today so that I could go to garden centre and plant up garden for open day tomorrow - not exactly a hardship!

Cheery_Daff

I can't complain really - my actual day in the office yesterday was 9.20 - 4.45 :rotfl: Today I managed a more respectable 9.20 - 5.45 Trouble is that involves being out of the house from 7am-8pm...

MrsMoo2U

Oh Cheery I sympathise. Make the most of working at home days as often as you can. I know that you dont drive but would the journey be quicker or shorter if you did? Could you drive one day a week if it was shorter. Mind I much prefer a longer journey on a train because I can get other things done and feel relaxed.

Cheery_Daff

It's not that bad really Mrs Moo I usually only do 2 days a week - just we've got an event this week, and 3 days in a row feels a bit much while I'm still getting over a cold!

Could drive - would still be an hour and a half each way though - no motorways, all windy roads, no exercise (from walking to/from the station), can't read/work/snooze in the car, and at the minute it's only £12 on the train, plus a max of £2 on the bus, and I'm not sure I'd be able to drive 120 miles on £12... And I have no interest in spending 3 hours a day in the car! And we share it, so that would mean Mr Daffs didn't have it, and I'd have to pay to park at work. And environmentally I generally prefer the train if I can. And I'm never entirely convinced the car is reliable enough to get me anywhere I *need* to be without breaking down All in all, better on the train I say!

(just need to stop moaning about it )