Living for the Present...after all who doesn't love a gift!

hillside777

Hi DFW,

It seems everyone buys panto tickets early. :eek:
Who would have thought in July that there would be so many sold.

I wish when we log on to online banking and move money around that it would somehow increase in value. :rotfl:

I hope you're enjoying the week-end.

debtfreewannabe321

Morning!

Well today is a cleaning day! Deep clean too by the looks of the living room!

Will list some jobs and report back

• Food top up at shops
• hoover all of downstairs
• hoover upstairs
• sort out DD cake for next week (think i can get a small one made for around £10 so only few quid more than tesco)
• empty things out of house into garage
• empty car
• catch up with washing
• dust
• sort out clothes into correct rooms
• tidy toys away
• change beds
• make roast (already delegated to dh haha)
• try out car- pray it is working
• sort through bank statements collate with spreadsheet!

Enough for now and have dh and ds1 to help with this if i get through it i'd like to list some bits on ebay!

slm6002

busy busy day then - we will be doing the same only spending no money on shopping as we have none until tomorrow! Think we will be baking some cakes, trying to make crisps (for pack lunches tomorrow) and have already taken chicken out of freezer ready for roast tonight.

Have a great day

debtfreewannabe321

slm6002 wrote: »

busy busy day then - we will be doing the same only spending no money on shopping as we have none until tomorrow! Think we will be baking some cakes, trying to make crisps (for pack lunches tomorrow) and have already taken chicken out of freezer ready for roast tonight.

Have a great day

Oooh you're making crisps?? lovely, if they turn out well pls share recipe now that is something i'm willing to try cooking :rotfl::rotfl:

debtfreewannabe321

debtfreewannabe321 wrote: »

Morning!

Well today is a cleaning day! Deep clean too by the looks of the living room!

Will list some jobs and report back

• Food top up at shops hubby doing it now!
• hoover all of downstairs
• hoover upstairs
• sort out DD cake for next week (think i can get a small one made for around £10 so only few quid more than tesco) Hubby wants to make it!
• empty things out of house into garage
• empty car it's all now in the kitchen *sigh*
• catch up with washing half way there i can't see it all being done today just too much from DS1 school bags never mind all the usual lol
• dust- done downstairs
• sort out clothes into correct rooms
• tidy toys away I did this - i'd like to know why they are all out again *grr*
• change beds
• make roast (already delegated to dh haha)
• try out car- pray it is working decided to switch on today!
• sort through bank statements collate with spreadsheet!

Enough for now and have dh and ds1 to help with this if i get through it i'd like to list some bits on ebay!

Have pulled a muscle in my back & neck so am finding it hard to carry on with jobs now so think i will leave the front room and the heavy lifting (i like to move all the furniture to hoover lol) and do some sorting out of washing!

slm6002

Well crisps were half a success - i think with some work we could get everyone liking them.

Take value lasagna sheets and cook in saucepan until done. Remove from water and cut into bitesize pieces. Bake in oven until dried out - i did it at 200 celcius for around 15 min but my oven never keeps to normal cooking times so just watch them until they look slightly browned.

I sprinkled some with paprika before cooking - these didnt really have much taste but i did some plain ones and then once cooked i shock some salt over them. These were nice and we all prefered them. I think if you need crisps and no money but have sheets in cupboard its a good alternative - however walkers have been perfecting their crisps for a while so obviously they taste much better. Would imagine my home made ones are slightly healthier though as no oil?

Give them a go - wondering if i could just use pasta shapes?

debtfreewannabe321

oh wow! I tried them ONCE way back in the slimming world days but i used really thinly sliced potatoes....would NEVER have thought to use lasagne sheets ! And always have tonnes of those so may have to give that one a go thanks hun xx

slm6002

No problem - just experiment with the flavourings

Also made cheese straws and blueberry muffins as clearing out freezer

debtfreewannabe321

Well kind of gave up on cleaning as i wanted stuff cleared straight into garage but its wet wet wet and i think dh & ds1 are scared of melting in the rain So the stuff for the garage is piling in the front room! So will get back onto that once the rain clears a little!

Have listed 8 items on gumtree, about 6 items on FB, 6 on ebay. the ones on ebay are on for 99p :eek: some are expensive BUT i want to clear the house out so will / am taking a risk! One item has a bid on already so if nothing else i have made 99p :rotfl:

I've also just made £7 on a small bundle of clothes on fb :j all monies this week are going towards DD cake i have ordered :T and a sweet tree....I got a giant cupcake with her name on & age for £15 :T -£12 off normal price :money: i pleaded poverty and it worked :rotfl: Also getting her a little sweet tree & girls goodie bag (not sure what is in this) as the lady who makes them got rained off the boot fair bad for her good for me :money: can get both for £9 rather than the usual £15 :money::T So i need £24 in all to put towards this so i don't need to raid the weekly money.........game on! £7 down....... £18 to go

debtfreewannabe321

Have now sold:

Little rain mac-£2 (cost me £1 )
Bundle of girls clothes (mentioned earlier post) -£7
Duvet set (wasn't planning on selling this but i have spares and someone was asking for one lol) -£2 (only cost me a fiver many moons ago!)
=£11 from fb.

Ebay bids on 1 item for 99p with 3 watchers already. Another item has 2 watchers. Not bad as only put them on a couple of hours ago

Nothing from gumtree yet!