Positive Steps Challenge 2013

his_missus

Morning all!

Well, we didn't make it to the gym last night, this cough is really draining us so we've decided to wait til we feel 100% before we getting back into exercising. I'm not sure wheezing on a treadmill would be beneficial for us
Mr A delivery came last night so tonight is batch-cooking night so I don't forget to use meat/veg before bb dates.

Today's targets:

• make 2 ham & cheese pasta bakes tonight (using up excess ham I defrosted for butties but didn't need) One to freeze, one for tea tomorrow
• make 2 lasagnes to freeze
• update list of food in freezer
• start on card for best friend's daughter whose baby's due in a couple of months (babies ahve a tendancy to come early so getting ahead)
• walk into town at lunch for some fresh air but no spending!

Xandersmum

Quite a productive day for me today - long may it continue. Couple of rollies - the two calls weren't answering yesterday so wasn't for the want of trying!!

• Call College to register for level 2 course
• Call diabetecare to move appointment
• Take the tree down
• Assemble Ottomans to try and stash Xan's Xmas haul!!:)
• Make something new from my Jamie Cookbook
• Have a NSD
• Put all the bins and recycling out
• DY review
• Survey a day
• 5 things on ebay

contentK

Hello All and thank you fairyclicks for the thread! Inspirational!

This seems like a good place to start, I've been browsing around various threads for a few weeks now, got a few ideas for some money saving but this looks more like a place to set up camp for a while.
2012 was manic to say the least, a great year but I'm glad it's over. Right now all I want to do is settle down and start to get some direction in my life, without direction I slip into boredom and eventual sadness which I struggle to shake, so I'll start as I mean to go on with some targets.

Ok, some goals to start off with:
- Take the Dog for a walk every day - So far so good
- Sort out the ironing in the spare room - Will tackle tonight
- Bake a cake (for fun!) - Save this for Saturday
- Tidy, clean and hoover the bedrooom - Must do this tonight!
- Get the hallway light fixed! Can't get through on the phone so I've sent Customer Services and email
- Make sure my name is changed on all documents
- Clean the bathrooms, really clean!
- Compare Online food shopping with other Smarkets
- [STRIKE]Return Handbag[/STRIKE] -:)
- [STRIKE]Return tops to Primarni[/STRIKE] - and resisted the urge to 'exchange' :T
[STRIKE]- Pay above cash off CC[/STRIKE]

I have a few more ideas for things which need doing but I'll keep it as this for now.

Hope to get to know you all in the coming weeks and months :beer:

Giggles86

Hello ContentK! I hope 2013 is a much less manic and more cheerful year for you. You look to have some good initial targets and I think your most exciting is probably baking a cake! Hehe! I love cake!

fairyclicks

Zip it e doodaaaaaaaaaa....... LOL Guess What?????? Yes i am online via my laptop for the first time since my move I am almost scared to say it but so far it seems to be working

Its soooooooooooo lovely to have lots of familiar and new faces on the thread and i hope to see you all lots and achieving all your amazing goals!!!

Little warning to you all - stepping is addictive AND i can whitter on and on and on hehehehehe

If you are just joining us you are very welcome to the thread - everyone is lovely on here and soooooooo supportive (Huge Thanks to everyone listening to my ramblings for the last year ) and there is no right or wrong way to step - we aimed for 10 positive steps a day last year but its really up to you - some days i'm doing well if i get out of bed so don't be scared to list little steps - trust me they all add up

Today i have had a mega positive stepping day and managed all this:

finished knitting booties - just new sewing now!
Did some more sock knitting
Hoovered the entire house
contacted the council about my caravan - they are now not taking it away to be destroyed thankfully
replaced the needle on my sewing machine
contacted womens aid to help me with a form
paid the remainder of my rent
asked mum to collect my script for me
contacted the mortgage peeps to sort my arrears
contacted the bank about my out of date card
rang dla yet again - a decision is to be made in a few days so big fingers crossed for that
contacted insurance company
cancelled all my DD's to get me back in control of my account
cancelled most of my sky tv package
rang sky about the phone problem that developed
rang sky again as the internet went off 5 mins after engineers left and got it sorted (so far so good )
posted off the car parts for replacements
counted up all the meals i have food for - about 20 hiding in the cupboards and freezer

am now off to do 30 mins on the wii and thats me with a full and huge list completed today Trust me i am not always so productive :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Oh and i also started writing the mini steps i need to take to achieve the goals i have identified so far i will share these tomorrow as i've been going on and on for ages already - its a novelty being able to type on lappy keys rather than phone keys again so please forgive the essay

Happy Thursday to you all - i hope its been a fabby day xxxx

Giggles86

Wow fairyclicks! Sounds like a VERY productive day! Mine hasn't been too bad. Tomorrow will hopefully be similar. I hope to:

1) Catch the bus home done
2) Go to Cubs
3) Print out things for displays half done [COLOR="rgb(244, 164, 96)"]Printing out the ink hungry pages at work on Monday[/COLOR]
4) Read for an hour done
5) Have a bath (may be done with 4) done
6) Charge camera batteries done (or will be done when the little light goes out.
7) Gather warm clothes together done
8) Make 2 birthday cards May have to wait until Sunday
9) Write list of ingredients for soup - about to do
10) Walk to gym to register (must remember wage slip to get discount!) done induction is on Monday
11) Cut out things for displays to do on Saturday evening

Edit: I have also found an address a friend asked me for , Printed forms to register at the doctors realised that sadly my Christmas tree needs taking down

Buffythedebtslayer

Hello again,

I would love to say I have been busy and productive but I really haven't!

So I am here half asleep (as normal) to make my list for tomorrow.

1. shower and dressed by 9. in clothes not my oh so comfy trackie bottoms.

2. clean out the gerbils.
3. hoover upstairs.
4. spend at least an hour in the loft putting stuff away
5. Either go to charity shop or tip.
6. meet friend for lunch at 12.30.
7. spend an hour in my room tidying, cleaning sorting.
8. check Bar bank account.
9. sort out present cupboard
10. Pack away dolls house
11. check loft situation.
12. tomorrow night after fish and chips go through one box of paperwork.

see you all tomorrow xx

Xandersmum

Cracked everything apart from those blooming calls - leaving it til monday now! Lists will be quite small for the next few days as want some family time before Xan goes back to school and I start work on Monday!

• Parcel and Post Ebay
• Buy Packed Lunch bits
• Make another Jamie recipe
• Survey
• DY review
• 5 things on ebay
• Make this weeks over payment

his_missus

Morning all!


Hope you're all well.


Yesterday's targets were:

• make 2 ham & cheese pasta bakes tonight done
• make 2 lasagnes to freeze done and also managed to stretch the mince out to make 2 chillis too:T
• update list of food in freezer done
• start on card for best friend's daughter whose baby's due in a couple of months too tired to do this
• walk into town at lunch for some fresh air but no spending! had to buy a £1 brolly as it started raining

This weekend's targets are:

• make card for best friend's daughter and card for SIL's birthday in Feb
• spend no money
• take down xmas decs and spring clean the lounge
• clear out wardrobe and bag up clothes for charity shop
• check bank acount and chase up hal!fax for my £100 for opening the account
• relax and get lots of sleep to try and shift this cough

contentK

Morning Everyone,
I see you all had very productive days yesterday! Well Done!

I was not so productive, but I will let myself off as I do work Mon-Fri leave the house at 7am and don't get home until 6pm. The weekend is where I'll get most things done.

So here's my plan this weekend:

Tonight
-[STRIKE] Dinner with DH[/STRIKE]- Walk with the Pooch
[STRIKE] - Have a go at fixing the hall light myself, turns out we are past our 2 year warranty on the house [/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Clear up the Ironing in spare room & tidy[/STRIKE]- Relax, it's Friday and there is a Peroni in the fridge with my name on it Saved the Peroni! lol

Saturday (DH us at work all day so I can really go to town!)
- [STRIKE]Clean bathrooms[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Do the washing[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Clean & Hoover all upstairs[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Bake a cake (not a second, i never baked the first one!)[/STRIKE]
- Make sure my name is changed on all documents
- [STRIKE]Walk with the Pooch[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Make my daily Payment[/STRIKE]
- Get Dylon for the Scheets in spare room - changed my mind

Sunday
- [STRIKE]Ironing[/STRIKE]
- Lunch with a friend cancelled on me!
- [STRIKE]Meal Plan for the week and confirm Online shop[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Walk the Pooch[/STRIKE]

I think that's enough targets...should keep me busy!!

Good luck everyone, make the most of the day, after all it is FRIDAY