Positive Steps Challenge 2013

suzitiger

fairyclicks wrote: »

Hello guys, lovely to see you all back - i was feeling lonely :rotfl:

I have made some good progress on the big list:

Caravan - now emptied, just need to figure out what to do with it now. I am going to go look at another house this week hopefully so its a bit in limbo until then.

Car Tax - checked the cost (£280) and set some money aside for this. £223 so far - need another £57 and then i'm ready to go pay it - seems a lot more manageable now Still to sort out other docs needed.

House Viewing - phoning tomorrow as bank holiday today

De Cluttering - good bit done and gone as been to two car boots some more ebay listing to do and some more sorting as well.

Meeting friend - been in touch and hopefully something sorted but dependent on car boots

Get rid of fish - added photos etc, still to contact shop

Collect Stuff - arranged when to do this

Other stuff still to work on but feeling A LOT better x

Wow Fairy you have done LOADS, did you find this much easier after breaking everything down into chunks?

Anyone seen Paul around? Haven't heard from him in a few days..

Quite pleased that i managed to get a bit done yesterday..
Today I need to:
Load dishwasher and set going DONE
Do feedback form and ask about new classes at my gym DONE
Look at local flyers that I picked up yesterday and research
Find out about a painitng at one of my workplaces
Watch Rick Stein's India DONE anyone else enjoying this? I love food!
Email my cousin a recipe (only managed to type up one yesterday)
Call lensmail DONE
Get back onto gym about pay
Sort out pub lunch with friends -txt everyone and book table
Book my train down south
Do CD of music for my cover teacher on Sat DONE
Put away clean washing
Hoover stairs and living room
Fill and put out charity bags DONE

suzitiger

Morning everyone! :wave:
I managed to get quite a bit on my list done yesterday.
I also managed to wash the rug in the living room and that dried on the line, and put all the beetroot that I cooked off (my 50p from the market bag) into a big jar to store :j
Really pleased with that as I sometimes buy these cheap things planning to do something with it and then don't...but not this time, hooray!

I am just making the CD to take into the gym for my cover instructor on Saturday at the moment. Glad I got up at 7 to start getting things ready.
Charity bags are now both filled (I did an extra one) and waiting to be collected outside.

At the gym where I haven't been paid yet today so I will hopefully sort that out too.

See you all later

his_missus

his_missus wrote: »

Hello all,

Got the afternoon off so going to take the dog for a long walk but also need to do a few things before/after.

Hubby's been talking about switching broadband to BT and Quidco have a fab cashback offer on at the mo, so that's top on the list of things to do. done

Also need to book spa day with friend, already bought the voucher. oops! forgot

House needs vaccing top to bottom - 5 cats and a visiting dog is taking it's toll. too tired after long dog walk!

Sort out freezer as it's jammed packed full but with what I have no idea! it's full of garlic bread and bolognaise it would seem:rotfl:

Also want to update Harley's blog but need to upload pics onto laptop first. put photos on my laptop at least!

Happy stepping xxx

We were all worn out after the 3hr dog walk (well stroll really, too hot for any exhertion!) and even strong coffee didn't perk us up! Everything seemed such an effort yesterday evening

Tonight I need to:
- iron
- make lunches and tea (darn, I've not got anything out to defrost..:mad:)
- vac the house
- watch The Apprentice

happy stepping x

emmaglet

So I've finally written my long list of everything currently plaguing me. Thing after thing has been added on a daily basis, it's been awful.

My list, for future reference, is:

Rental house repair quotes and get repair done (new problem this week!)
Rental house landlord course - about 25% complete. It is all online.
Arrange to get my windscreen chip repaired (new problem this week) - £10 excess paid and arranged for next Wednesday.
Royal Mail lost item claim - bf sent to get form
Cash cheque from Clothes for Cash - bf sent
Return an item I was sent two of - again, bf sent to Post Office with this
Order prescription sunglasses and normal glasses
Arrange to go do my CRB forms for volunteering
Get mortgage overdraft total
Rearrange rental property income and amend standing orders and DD
Fix the massive gaping hole in our living room wall, ASAP before the landlord pops over again (new problem this week)
Organise all the different e-savings accounts/pots for the million and 1 things I need to put money towards - I've written a list of what I need, now to just open them all.
Go to my Dad's and collect more clothes for Clothes For Cash - I'm earmarking Saturday morning for this. I'll go ahead and order my bag from them now. - Pack ordered

Tonight is date night so all I'll be doing is maybe digging out my online banking information for the mortgage overdraft.

fairyclicks

Whew its been a mad day in fairyland! Was up at 6, emptied car, collected stuff i have been putting off for months cos it was so far away, met friend not seen for a year, bought thread to work on cross stitch, went to charity shop and bought a few bargains to hopefully sell on, went to dental appointment, went to visit mum, took step dad his birthday pressie a month late lol, dropped off a train set, collected a stand and a desk and then drove home - been back about half an hour and KNACKEREEEEEEEEEED LOL. Going to bed as up early again tomorrow for a bootsale!! Was hoping to unpack and pack the car this evening but going to bed instead

ScarlettMcCain

Hi everyone,

Late response for me, I meant to post more positive steps sooner but am working two jobs at the moment so spend most of my time cream crackered!! Anyway, tomorrow afternoon I am off work which gives me time to recover before going to work in the evening; also my partner is off to a motorbike event for the weekend so in a way it will be nice to have some time for myself to take stock of things

Sooooo, the positive steps I can think of at the moment are:

1. Send my latest credit card letters on to CAP Money - Barclaycard & Natwest are asking why they haven't been paid.
2. Contact CAP Money to see why they haven't responded to my last few emails & phone call - maybe they've got fed up of my moans & groans and gone down the pub?! Couldn't blame them.....
3. Buy (as cheaply as possible, using store points & a voucher I got for Christmas) more sun cream, some hair dye & a new diary, as mine is an academic year one.
4. Go through the fridge & freezer and make a proper list of what I have, what I need to buy and what to cook for the week ahead. I hate cooking, but it needs to be done
5. Get all my stuff ready for work next week - I do feel better when all the washing, ironing etc is sorted.
6. Clean the flat - I'm not running at the moment due to the heat, so could do with the exercise!!
7. Work on my self esteem. Sorry if that sounds very 'me me me' but I think part of the reason I overspend AND could do with losing a bit of weight is that I honestly don't think much of myself and hence never take the time and trouble to do things properly. I want to have a good think about what I can do to change that, whether it's physical (running, yoga etc) or mental.

Phew! It's a relief to get all that down properly..... Night all and good luck with your positive steps for the lovely sunny weekend!!

fairyclicks

Morning all you lovely steppers

I am so proud of us all this week we all seem to be going through lots but yet we are working through it all at quite a pace

Emma i hope you feeling a little less overwhelmed and life is giving you a break from the one thing after another thing - i hate when that happens It will stop though, it always does!

Ruby, don't worry about being mememe on this thread, thats what it is here for its great that you are doing something to work on your self esteem well done!! xxxx

Paul - whereeee have you gone? hope all ok xx

Now what am i going to do today??? hmmmmmm

post ebay sales
list more stuff on there
sort more job lots to get rid of
tidy up living room
tidy up upstairs where all the car boot stuff lives
water the garden
sort more car boot stuff for tomorrow
lodge money from last week

think that enough for now

Good luck with all your steppings xxxx

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I have been doing very little over this past week, other than meeting up with friends. Everything seems like so much effort in this heat and I have a pile of Ironing to do but can't face putting the Iron on!!

I have booked a short break for me and OH at the end of the month. This is OHs main holiday so he is off for 2 weeks. We are going away for 6 nights, initially to Fort William where we are booked to go onto the 'Harry Potter' train on the Sunday. I have always wanted to do this train journey as it goes across the Glenfinnan viaduct. We are then heading over to Skye for a few nights. I am really looking forward to it.

My plans for tomorrow:
Reschedule dentist (been needing to do this for about a month!!) - done finally - new apt on Aug 24th.
Letter to bank to cancel overdraft - done and handed into bank
Letter to curves to cancel membership - done and posted
Swim - done 30 lengths.
Yoga session - not going to happen.

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Most of today will be taken up with travelling to and the attending a Buddhist meeting. Other than that I plan to have a swim this evening - hoping to do 40 lengths this time.

fairyclicks

I have been getting little done apart from bootsales this week - feel like i have been to about 20 when its only been 4 LOL but my house is a tip and i'm glad to have a break now for a few days!

This afternoon i want to tidy up downstairs even if that means just taking stuff upstairs to the spare room. - Started!

I'd like to also:

change bed
tidy bedroom
blog updates - done
sort out some more job lots to list on ebay
parcel up ebay sales ready to post tomorrow
sort through the remaining boxes in spare room.
unpack car - started
list summer stuff on ebay and facebook - 4 things added

Thats probably about a weeks work of work really but will see how i get on

Allie you will have to tell me all about the Buddhist meeting - sounds fascinating