Anyone fancy a challenge?

donnajt

donnajt wrote: »

Challenge success:
1. three bedrooms all decluttered, clean and gorgeous
2. bathroom decluttered, clean and gorgeous
3. Project 333 wardrobe completed

Challenge for next week:
1. Declutter kitchen
2. Stock take of kitchen
3. WASH UP every night so sink is empty and shiny each morning

Well Day 1 of challenge and i FAILED TO WASH UP BEFORE I WENT TO BED :mad::mad::mad::mad:

winniepooh

Dont be too hard on yourself just try again tomorrow

flyingmamma

Fudge was a disaster .... Didn't set ... Will pour over icecream instead! Crafting projects were much better once I got the hang of sewing machine... Not sure i have the patience for pinning tacking sewing straight but my daughter is delighted with the little skirts I made ... Total cost £5 for 2 skirts and matching hair bands. Very similar to ones retailing at £30 online.... Obviously those will have nice straight sewing! But hey my 3 yrs old loves them.... Priceless! Not sure what the next challenge will be... Any ideas? Good luck with your challenges all and keep us posted!

dbt3mummy

Would you mind if I tagged along?

I'm 30wks pregnant and my maternity leave starts on 1st feb so I've already started coming up with a list of things I'd like to do each week.

This week I wanted to finish the new baby's personalised baby blanket which I'm very proud of. I made one for my nearly 4 year old and as we've made a pact to treat them equal so that's one thing off my list!
I also made my husbands birthday cake and used up the last of the xmas chocolate.

This week I want to inventory the medicine cabinet and set up reminders for when things go out of date - sounds anal but fed up of having loads of different cough mixtures open and all going out of date at the same time.
As its just me and my oldest until end of Jan, I'm planning on doing very small food shops if needed. Not only to help with the bank balance but to get the freezer and cupboards empty for a deep clean.
It's my 30th birthday when husband gets home from Bermuda so I want to make sure I'm thoroughly spoilt

I'm doing homemade birthdays and Xmas..... Or personalised gifts. I've made my nan vanilla infused preserving sugar. We both make a lot of jams etc and so I had all the ingredients and spent about £3.50 on a nice resusable jar for her to keep.
My other nan I'm a little stuck with....probably a homemade goodies food hamper.

Might forward plan the rest of the year so I've got something to concentrate on as I get bored very easily in my free time.

joedenise

flyingmamma wrote: »

Fudge was a disaster .... Didn't set ... Will pour over icecream instead! Crafting projects were much better once I got the hang of sewing machine... Not sure i have the patience for pinning tacking sewing straight but my daughter is delighted with the little skirts I made ... Total cost £5 for 2 skirts and matching hair bands. Very similar to ones retailing at £30 online.... Obviously those will have nice straight sewing! But hey my 3 yrs old loves them.... Priceless! Not sure what the next challenge will be... Any ideas? Good luck with your challenges all and keep us posted!

No need to pin, tack and then sew. If you pin at right angles to the sewing line the sewing machine will happily sew over them without problem.

Denise

winniepooh

:j:j. Hi everyone well 5 minutes ago I completed my challenges well kind of.

1. One hour for cross stitch - done
2. Bake a Victoria sponge-done. I thought it was a bit dry but everyone ate it.
3. Sausage rolls with Apple - was ok couldn't really taste the apple.
4. Flap jack for packed lunches - done and im pleased with them. I shall never buy another flap jack again.

I did have Malteezer cheesecake on my list however I forgot some ingredients so that shall be added to next week.

I shall post my new challenges on Thursday.

How are you all getting on?

donnajt

flyingmamma wrote: »

Fudge was a disaster .... Didn't set ... Will pour over icecream instead! !

flyingmamma - what recipe did you use? I tried this Kirstie Allsopp one for my xmas hampers and its absolutely gorgeous and really easy to make:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlJxHntgwo0

donnajt

winniepooh wrote: »

Dont be too hard on yourself just try again tomorrow

thank you winniepooh - I did and I was a very good girl and did all the washing up last night!:j

donnajt

winniepooh wrote: »

:j:j. Hi everyone well 5 minutes ago I completed my challenges well kind of.

1. One hour for cross stitch - done
2. Bake a Victoria sponge-done. I thought it was a bit dry but everyone ate it.
3. Sausage rolls with Apple - was ok couldn't really taste the apple.
4. Flap jack for packed lunches - done and im pleased with them. I shall never buy another flap jack again.

I did have Malteezer cheesecake on my list however I forgot some ingredients so that shall be added to next week.

I shall post my new challenges on Thursday.

How are you all getting on?

Well done winniepoo - what flapjack recipe did you use? never found a decent flapjack recipe which is probably a good thing cos I would scoff the lot!!!

dannie

Hi, still finding this challenge thread difficult. Last week just involved sorting out the kitchen/food ingredients which wasn't too dissimilar to what I normally do. However, the task did make me think why I do this a lot, along with other repetitive tasks. For the next challenge, I'll be working upon improved time management.