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Thursday 29th March - What Small DFW Things Will You Do Today??!!

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  • bt1
    bt1 Posts: 443 Forumite
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    Happy birthday Perni!!!! :) xxx
  • abundant1972
    abundant1972 Posts: 1,754 Forumite
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    edited 29 March 2012 at 5:06PM
    Well... I was given 2 days off from work so not in until Monday yippee!!! I requested leave ages ago and was told there was no cover - but something came up and here I am - free to enjoy the sunshine!!! :)

    Sometimes being off work can be more of a temptation to spend than being in... so I am determined to be productive... So far:

    :starmod: Go to the gym - haven't been in aaaages!

    :starmod: Do some cheap home cooking. Made a barley & veg casserole and a thick vegetable soup. Yum.

    :starmod: Get laundry up to date

    Still to do:

    :starmod: Fill out my expense claim form for the agency I volunteer for

    :starmod: Walk into town to collect a couple of things (resist spending!!!). I did spend... 24 stamps BUT only because they are going up next month from 46p to 60p so i saved erm £3.36 really! You can keep using old ones so long as they say 1st on them (or 2nd).

    :staradmin: Change bed and vacuum house for family visit tomorrow.

    :starmod: Change the heating timer to minimum to save money!!!

    Good luck everyone!!! x
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  • OrangeFairy
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    Afternoon All!!!!!

    I apologise for being MIA lately! Life gets in the way!

    Had a lovely walk on the beach with my Mum and her dog this morning - Mum bought a years pass for the beach for £115. Sounds a lot but to park by our beaches in the summer is about £6 a time. It isn't tied to a particular car so she said we can borrow it when needs be! :D

    Today

    Hour and a half walk
    Drink 1.5l of water
    NSD
    Check banking
    Surveys
    Mushroom soup and hm rolls for lunch
    Update fitness pal
    Finish off the kids entries for the egg competition!
    Update MSE diary
    Kids in bed early
    Practise DD2's assembly words for tomorrow
    Get washing out in the sun! :D
    Housework
    Prepare lunches for tomorrow

    That is me

    Happy Birthday Perni!!
    DNMS - i hope you have a great evening
    Abundant - good luck at the gym- when OH gets his hours back i hope to join a gym
    Orange Fairy
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  • ziggy2407
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    ziggy2407 wrote: »
    Good Morning all

    kjp - Thanks for starting us off
    Perni - Happy Birthday, have a wonderful day :A

    Gorgeous here again today so just taking it easy and will try: (very repititive but helping at the moment)

    Work (11.30-1.30) - Done
    Check Banks - Done
    Check Swapits - Done
    Keep up to date with surveys -
    Keep on top of emails -
    Upload pics taken of babies - struggling with OH's new camera but I will persevere
    Update food tracker (31lb off) - in progress
    Read Library Book in sun - Done
    Quick tidy round - Done
    20 mins on Yantra mat -
    Comps - Done a few
    Filing & Shredding - Done (so much easier to keep on top of now, let's hope I dont slip again)
    Bake apple pie - Done
    Cokezone & McVities Codes - Done
    Knitting (?)
    Ring Tax Credits -

    Hope you all have a great day, catch you all later, love you all

    C xx

    Not a bad day, tired now so off to bed. Night all xx
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  • ziggy2407
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    high five euronorris!!! Am on NSD 3 - unheard of for me! and yet I have met with friends twice this week for lunch (one was a picnic & another was a lunchtime walk) have been to a lunchtime concert (classical chineese emsemble), have been to a lecture and am meeting my best friend for a catch up in an hour. Will take flask of home made latte for us. Just goes to show with a little effort the best things in life come for free :beer:

    lunches are becoming very interesting though. Today I have a little cambells cream of mushroom soup - lo from a pasta bake earlier in the week, added milk to make it more than a mouthful and the last slice of tomato tart out of the freezer

    High-five to you both euronorris and DNMS you are both truly inspiring. Your lunchtimes, lectures and concerts sound fab DNMS :D
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  • josiebabie
    josiebabie Posts: 1,224 Forumite
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    Pants to this just lost a really long post!!!

    Happy birthday Perni.................! xxxxxxxxxxxx
    Nothing to report as yet...give me a minute...!
  • euronorris
    euronorris Posts: 12,247 Forumite
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    OK, update from me:

    [STRIKE]- Bring in own lunch (have it with me!)
    [/STRIKE]
    - Put bins out for collection This was done also. The strikethrough has disappeared.
    [STRIKE]- OH is continuing with cleaning/wiping the old laptop for me today! :D
    [/STRIKE]
    - [STRIKE]Prepare lunch for tomorrow (veg soup)
    [/STRIKE]
    - [STRIKE]Have a nice home made meal for dinner (from stores) - I'm thinking baked potato with half a corn on the cob (cos we have one left that needs to be eaten), and half a chicken breast each
    [/STRIKE]
    It was jacket and beans in the end. Chicken still needed to defrost, so will have something with the chicken and corn on the cob tonight instead
    [STRIKE]- Do some dish washing
    [/STRIKE]
    - Put clean clothes away
    - Hoover the rugs in living room and in kitchen
    - Sweep floors
    [STRIKE]- Dig out the hayfever tablets - must remember this!
    [/STRIKE]
    Can't find any! Boooo! Have to call docs for prescription then
    [STRIKE]- LSD! (I only need to get some apples and bananas on way home from work)
    [/STRIKE]
    - Drink lots of water again (instead of nasty, evil diet coke) FAIL! I succumbed to the diet coke at lunchtime!
    - Tidy the coins around the apt into the change jar I forgot all about this!

    Alright, onwards and upwards! It's Friday! Thank God! I'm so tired, I think I will sleep until noon tomorrow (in reality, I'll probably wake up at 9! lol).

    Thanks Ziggy. Not really inspiring, just doing what I said I'd do for a change! :rotfl:Helps to have it written down, otherwise I forget!
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