Sat/Sun 11th/12th May - What small DFW things will you do today?

Miss_S_4

I have Pinecone invites if anybody wants one??

carrielovesfanta

Morning!

Surely it's far too early to be up on a Sunday?

OH says we are going into town today but I will be good and resist buying anything too frivolous or non-essential. Treated us to 4 tomato plants yesterday on the basis that they are further along than my poor seedlings so I can stagger my crop a bit. (Got some free tomato feed with it!) Who would have thought you could get brownish purple tomatoes?!

Today I shall attempt to !!!!! (ahaha, mse has edited out pr!ck, which I assure you is a proper gardening term!) out some of the salad leaf seedlings so I don't waste loads by just thinning them.

Put down some broken egg shell by the radishes as the first line of the slug defence. (Have spotted a few nibbles out the leaves)

Found that OH's wallet has a hole in it (must be what's happening to all his money then :rotfl:) so I will buy him a new one for wedding anniversary.

Poss bake something

Start second dandelion wine. Just need a satsuma.

Have a good one guys xx

Argh been out into the garden to find the biggest dirtiest protest yet from the cat/fox. Had a brainwave though. Let's just say I have some rather fine and mature holly trees in my garden :rotfl:

clairey_em

I'd like a pinecone invite pleeeeeeese! :-)

allydowd

Morning friends,

Carrie: hahaha regarding the 'rude' gardening term. I had a similar problem the other day.

Clairey: just go to this link for instant access to Pinecone Research (Link)

Today I will:

1. Look at Jack Monroe's "Below The Line" recipes. (Link)
2. Do Nectar AdPoints. Yay! I'll get a £5 Sainsbury's reward tomorrow.
3. Do OnePoll. Done
4. Home-made crêpe pancakes for breakfast. (Link) Done

MONEY-SAVING TIP FOR GARDENERS by Rebecca Mecomber:

Repel slugs by:

1. Putting down crushed egg shells. Thanks Carrie
2. Watering the garden in the early morning. Many slugs are nocturnal and love water. Watering early part allows the plants and topsoil to dry out before nightfall.
3. Laying squares of cardboard outside the vegetable garden bed, to create a shelter trap. Check underneath the cardboard for slugs every morning, and discard them or place in your bird feeder.
4. Sprinkling wood ash or sand around the plants or around the garden edge. The sensitive mucous bodies of slugs and snails are damaged by the tiny jagged edges of these materials.
5. Nailing thin sheets of copper foil or copper tape onto wooden boards and placed around the perimeter of the garden. Copper ions repel slugs, causing a chemical reaction that slugs and snails dislike.

FREEBIES:

1. Free Greek yogurt at Waitrose. (Link)
2. Free two-month Friends and Family Railcard via Daily Mail for a third off adult fares and 60% of childrens' fares. For each journey there must be at least one adult and one child travelling together. (Link)
3. Free tickets to Goodwood Moving Motor Show. (Link)
4. Free sample of Artificial Grass. For crafting? (Link)
5. Free issue of Cyclist magazine. (Link)

OFFERS

1. In today's Mail on Sunday, page 84 voucher for Les Mis DVD redeemable today in Tesco, WHSmith, Eason or selected independent stores. (Link)
2. In today's Sunday Times, page29, free Sky NowTV 24-hour pass worth £9.99, watch all 6 sports channels.
3. Amazon Trade, submit £10 worth of books, get a £5 off £10 spend voucher. (Link)

Candy0107

Morning gang !!!

Yay, Sunday morning :T

Today I have/will:

• Meals from stores
• Checked online banking
• Freebie postcode and birthday lottery
• Study !!!! Need to read 2x chapters of 2x textbooks
• Need to make breakfast and lunch for tomorrow
• Need to shower and have an early night
• Need to copy some bits n bobs for college
• Need to think whether to get a docs apt - cant work out why I am continually tired
• Need to do some research as I've got a job interview tomorrow afternoon

Think that's it for me

Candy xxx

kjp

kjp wrote: »

Morning all!

Have a whole week off from college and no exams to revise for, feels very weird! So today I will...

[STRIKE]Check banks
Check CC
Update MS money[/STRIKE]
Surveys
[STRIKE]Get back into Swagbucks
Night in, watch a borrowed film
Get a couple of things ready to list on EBay[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Free haircut at my usual salon with a trainee - first time doing this so a bit apprehensive, but how bad can it be?!
Work out budget for June[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Tidy up bedroom![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Work out what I'm doing with Shop&Scan[/STRIKE]

Think that's me, have a great day all!
Kxx

Morning (just!) all!

Haircut was remarkably successful, would definitely do again! Took a while, but for free cant complain.

In addition to the above I didn't do yesterday, today I will:

[STRIKE]1 hr of work (no more as I won't get paid for it!)[/STRIKE] ended up being only half an hour, bonus!
[STRIKE]Tidy out the car and do basic maintenance checks, now I'm single I want to try and get into a regular routine...[/STRIKE]
Get bike sorted for summer, pump up tyres! didnt manage, raining too much!
[STRIKE]Check TCB
Check postcode lottery[/STRIKE]

Think that's me, right, now, time to get out of bed!!

Have a great day all xx

clairey_em

Thanks Ally! Off to do that in a sec.

NSD here, have cleaned entire house as a) it really needed a good dust and Hoover, and b) bro in law and niece are coming to stay :-) Ds2 currently napping, ds1 playing angry birds.

All food from stores, might go to the park once they get here.

So a nice easy day here.

MinnieMousesMummy

Good afternoon everyone. I'm feeling a little bit better today so hopefully I can get a lot done, as really need to get myself into gear.

My list for today:

[STRIKE]Get wood for the hen house and[/STRIKE] build a suitable enclosure Got the wood but I didn't get around to actually building it, a job for tomorrow
[STRIKE]Sort Avon paperwork for this week[/STRIKE]
Get a quick shower
[STRIKE]Laundry -will need to hang it indoors today, as its raining here[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Catch up with emails[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Check postcode lottery and birthday bingo[/STRIKE]
Sort cartridges for recycling
[STRIKE]Sort bags, clothes, lunches and list for tomorrow[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort alarm clock so that I will hopefully get up on time tomorrow[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort Mr A delivery - scan and put away[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Submit s&s information[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Print of account paperwork and get company accounts up to date[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Check to do lists and diary for this week and see if anything else needs to be added[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]All meals from stores - beef, roast potatoes and vegetables[/STRIKE]
Sort through course work and schedule deadlines - I really need to get this more organised
[STRIKE]Check digitial cameras that Argos have - I want to get one for going on holiday and I have £20 for Argos.
[/STRIKE]
I think that is everything that I need to get done today, I best get myself going so that I can get through the list. Hope everyone has a good Sunday, hugs to those that want/need them x

little_pink_purse

Afternoon

ive been a busy bee today

shopping done
wash on
meal prep done

the weather rubbish here so all on horse
have a great sunday xxxlppxxxx

Pernicious

Hi everyone,

Thanks for starting us Ally, happy anniversary for yesterday. Just read your comment on Friday's thread & I am glad I am not the only one that has to say no sometimes!
Candy - You may be tired because of stress, you say you're not happy at work & all this job hunting can't be easy so try & make some time for yourself to relax.


Busy weekend for me:-

• All food from stores
• Log calories & exercise on free apps
• Dinners from meal plan
• Checked postcode lottery & birthday bingo
• Charging phone via pc
  
• Heating off
• Check online banking
• Checked for new mystery shopping opportunities
• Enter some comps
• Do some surveys
• Declutter & flylady
• Went to 2nd job last night
• My Dad fixed my car yesterday, slightly more work needed than anticipated but still spent less than £50 rather than a fortune
• Changed bulb in car myself today, never actually done this before & it was a little confusing as first as it didn't look like the picture in the book but I didn't give up & managed to figure it out, & now I know for next time!
• Washing on eco setting using less than the recommended dose of washing liquid
• Hang up to dry
• Printed off £1 off Clover coupon, thanks Ally
• Package up item that sold on fleabay ready to post tomorrow, check fleabay for other payments
• Pop to Mr T's - stick to list

Hope everyone is ok & has a great, MSE day x