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10 positive steps a day challenge - 2012

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  • purple.sarah
    purple.sarah Posts: 2,517 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Today I will:
    Clean the rat cage
    Give the rats their medication
    Clean the litter trays
    Walk the dog
    Unpack and put away all my clothes (moved house recently)
    Get the mail redirected (been putting it off)
    Do laundry
    Have a shower
    Go to work
    Make dinner
    Clean out the fridge and find the source of that funny smell!
    Hoover
    Empty the bins
  • princesst84
    princesst84 Posts: 641 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Today I will:
    Clean the rat cage
    Give the rats their medication
    Clean the litter trays
    Walk the dog
    Unpack and put away all my clothes (moved house recently)
    Get the mail redirected (been putting it off)
    Do laundry
    Have a shower
    Go to work
    Make dinner
    Clean out the fridge and find the source of that funny smell!
    Hoover
    Empty the bins

    Hey Sarah :wave:

    Glad its not just my fridge :o I tackled mine yesterday, ashamed of the amount of food I throw away
  • Xandersmum
    Xandersmum Posts: 493 Forumite
    edited 10 August 2012 at 3:34PM
    Hiya Guys, and welcome to the newbies :T

    Well Thomas land was lovely, but we had a tyre blow on the way home so spent 3 hours sitting on the hard shoulder, being rescued and then waiting for motability to aprove paying for a new tyre!!

    Xan's Birthday tomorrow, possibly going to the farm, will see what the weather is like!

    Tonight/Tomorrow I want to

    • Post Parcels :)
    • Overpay CC
    • Wrap Pressies :)
    • Put Bins and recyling out :)
    • Food shop - or at least buy some food!! :)
    • Iron a weeks worth of shirts
    • Get a Thomas Birthday Cake - Asda I think! :)
    • 5 new ebay

    Make £10 a day June 103.04/300


    Declutter 2018 in 2018 3/2018

  • Loobeyloop
    Loobeyloop Posts: 164 Forumite
    Morning all, hope you are having a good day so far, this will be my 1st positive list, not sure if I can think of 10, but here goes...

    put washing on and put out on line

    wash up get kitchen looking 1/2 tidy (bf decided to try and plumb a dishwasher that we were given a year or so ago, and has pulled out everything from cupboard under sink and has just left it all :mad:)
    sort out/tidy said cupboard


    start reading for ou assignment that's due next Tues

    do a survey done

    make a dent in the mahooosive ironing pile

    make mushroom risotto for tea


    Suppose I better get off and make a dent in this list!
    Hope you all have a lovely positive day! :)
    August 13 NSD 4 /15.... /4 in a row!!!! Credit cards as of [STRIKE]13/4/12[/STRIKE] 31/07/12
    Virgin [STRIKE]73.08[/STRIKE] 0.00:T Nationwide[STRIKE] 1336.57[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1446.20[/STRIKE]1405.23 Tesco [STRIKE] 2392.11[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2376.91[/STRIKE] 2761.93 Halifax [STRIKE] 2746.05[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2774.12[/STRIKE] 2186.06 B/C [STRIKE] 2559.72[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2569.62[/STRIKE] 2341.02 Santander [STRIKE] 3221.43[/STRIKE] 3119.57
    :mad:
    Overdraft:800 :(
  • Sligo
    Sligo Posts: 210 Forumite
    edited 10 August 2012 at 12:49PM
    Morning all!!

    A reasonable step-py day yesterday. A few rollies for today as the cheque is now cleared so I can gallop to the bank at lunch!

    The lovely sun has disappeared and it's grey and overcast again but at leat it's not raining (SSh! Say that real quiet in case the weather is listening!)

    Today's list is:

    - check bank done :D
    - polls & cashback site done :D
    - get sterling at bank done :D Awful exchange rate!!
    - pay off Mr T credit card at bank done :D
    - tidy desk :(
    - do dreaded work list :(
    - one job at home :DLoads of washing

    have a good day everyone!

    I have also:

    - posted me mam's birthday cards :D
    - bought runners for DS-1/3 off in the sale! MSE all the way :D - driven 35 miles dropping off & collecting darling children!! :D
  • purple.sarah
    purple.sarah Posts: 2,517 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Today I will:
    Clean the rat cage :D
    Give the rats their medication :D
    Clean the litter trays :D
    Walk the dog :D
    Unpack and put away all my clothes (moved house recently):D
    Get the mail redirected (been putting it off) :D
    Do laundry :D
    Have a shower :D
    Go to work :D
    Make dinner :D
    Clean out the fridge and find the source of that funny smell!:D
    Hoover :D
    Empty the bins :D

    Today I will:
    Walk the dog
    Take the dog to the vets
    Go to work
    Make dinner
    Contact a charity about volunteering
    Tidy the kitchen
    Tidy the bedroom
    Tidy the bathroom
    Cancel my lovefilm subscription
    Get the shopping in
  • Sligo
    Sligo Posts: 210 Forumite
    edited 16 August 2012 at 2:41PM
    Hi Steppers

    Friday again and looking forward to a few days away. Next week is a biggie as DD1 get her results (equiv of A Levels) so hopefully it will take our minds off that! Will need to be very MSE in the future to pay for her at Uni. No student loans here. Bank of Mum and Dad expected to pay! :eek:

    My steps today:

    - check bank, transfer into pots & pay bills done :D
    - polls & cashback site done :D
    - take money out to pay my garage bill done :D
    - buy dog food done :D
    - get a small shop done :D
    - print off all stuff for trip away done :D
    - copy book list for another mum done :D
    - finish washing and start packing bags done :D
    - bring DD2 & mates to free concert! done :D
    All done!!! Yay!!! :T
    Hope you all have a lovely sunny weekend!

    Sligo x
  • So yesterdays list was:

    Bought wallpaper :)
    Washed up & put away :)
    Dusted, cleaned all glass, hoovered and mopped living room :)
    Dusted, cleaned all glass, hoovered and mopped dining room:)
    Cleaned kithcen floor :)
    Cleared all junk from top of fridge :)
    Sorted through junk drawer in kitchen :)
    Went to my friends for lunch :)
    Had a good few hours reading my book :)

    Didnt want to miss a day of updating my steps though, even if I am late :o
  • princesst84
    princesst84 Posts: 641 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 11 August 2012 at 11:02AM
    So today I have already:
    Washed up and put away :)
    Put 3rd coat on ceiling and walls :)
    Had lunch with friend :)
    Dropped friend off at cinema :)
    Bought an extension lead :)
    Cleaned garden table, chairs and lounger :)
    Cut half the hedge, cut through the lead so now waiting for OH to come home and fix it :mad::mad:
    Started strimming garden, new extension broke, brought old one from another room. Ran out of strimmer wire a quarter way through :mad::mad: Garage is locked and OH has key :mad:
    Somehow I dont think I should be gardening today :rotfl::rotfl:
    Had an hour reading my book :)



    This week
    Cut front grass
    Cut back grass
    Cut front hedge
    Cut back hedge
    Take hanging basket down
    Remove one border and pot plants
    Paint fences
    Brush decking down
    [STRIKE]Clean table
    [/STRIKE]
    Remove all junk from decking
    Put together a litte bag with stuff in for other office -Started this
    Work out cheapest way to buy deodorant :)
    Remove all stuff from junk room :)
    Tidy kitchen cupboards x 5 - One Done :)
    Clean kitchen drawers x 4 - Two Done :)
    Clean big dining room cupboard out
    [STRIKE]Clean top of fridge
    [/STRIKE]
    Get TV out of junk room to friend
    Ebay like a mad woman
    [STRIKE]Paint junk room - [/STRIKE]All walls & ceiling done x 3 :)
    Find wallpaper I like :)
    Wallpaper spare room


    So after deciding to give up on the gardening I am off to do some wallpapering!! :D

    Didnt manage the wallpapering but did:
    Sand the windowsill :)
    Sand door & frame :)
    Undercoated windowsill, door & door frame :)
    So getting there slowly........
    Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather

    x
  • Xandersmum
    Xandersmum Posts: 493 Forumite
    edited 11 August 2012 at 9:45AM
    Afternoon All!

    Glad the birthday festivities are finally over!! Can now get back to getting the house blitzed and finding room for new toys!!

    It's free listing this weekend yay! Lot's of ebay for me!!

    Today and this weekend I want to:

    • Get 30 SH items listed
    • Post prescription request to docs
    • Parcel and post ebay
    • box up some of Xan's old toys
    • Iron a weeks worth of Shirts
    • Frontline Cats :)
    • Upload shop and scan
    • DY review
    • Overpay CC
    • Catch up on surveys

    Make £10 a day June 103.04/300


    Declutter 2018 in 2018 3/2018

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