Weekly Flylady Thread 28th October 2013

Valli

pigpen wrote: »

Valli.. is that the homecare 300?? how much is it a month? mine is the 100 but doesn't cover the plumbing. I wasn't sure the 200 would benefit us as the heating system is cheap enough to repair it is the boiler that is expensive.. but I wasn't sure if the 300 was a good idea

It is. It's £32.69 a month and I get an annual service for that (and plumbing cover).
My boiler's broken down before (is worried is tempting fate) and I almost forgot about the plumbing...
they also service the gas fire (which I hardly ever use) annually and they have looked at sticky rad valves before and unstuck them for me, too.

pigpen

I just had the boiler service yesterday they were meant to call me about the gas fire being serviced too but didn't so it didn't get done I think the fire would be condemned tbh lol. The boiler repairs are covered too with a £50 excess. that's a big jump in price too.. the 200 is £14 a month.

Valli

Look what I made

mrs-moneypenny

very nice valli or should i say berry nice

have you tried it to make sure it taste as delish as it looks?

Dustykitten

mrsmortenharket wrote: »

I would like to report an update on the housework, but tbh, I've not done much.

I've been to homebase & bought a dehumidifier and a. Christmas tree. I also had a 15% off voucher so used that. Then went to sainsburys. Picked up my prescription & bought some Christmas presents.

Which dehumidifier did you choose? Have you had one before, just spent at least an hour looking into them and still can't decide if I could bear the noise (I hear white noise so think I would struggle) or the elecricity costs.

Need to go and get DS3 into bed.

Valli

no but I have sniffed it:rotfl:

mrsmortenharket

Dustykitten wrote: »

Which dehumidifier did you choose? Have you had one before, just spent at least an hour looking into them and still can't decide if I could bear the noise (I hear white noise so think I would struggle) or the elecricity costs.

Need to go and get DS3 into bed.

Just the homebase own brand. It will be mainly used upstairs & not overnight so the noise doesn't bother me. I certainly would t be able to sleep hearing the noise. I hate noise & light when I'm trying to sleep!

lynsayjane

Dustykitten wrote: »

LJ how much 'rent' was OH paying his parents.

Just asked, was £50 per week. Think I worked out that half the shared bills (ie not my mobile, gym or mortgages) is about £87.50 so not much more.

LJ
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nicki_2

Hugs, spoons, sticks, vibes etc as needed to all . I'm tired and nothing I've read has stayed in my head

Dustykitten wrote: »

Which dehumidifier did you choose? Have you had one before, just spent at least an hour looking into them and still can't decide if I could bear the noise (I hear white noise so think I would struggle) or the elecricity costs.

I can hear white noise as well! Glad I'm not the only one as DD thinks I'm just weird We have an @rg0s value one in DDs bedroom (the small £50 one I think it is) and although its audible it soon blends into the background and I don't notice it. I don't know how much noise a larger one would make though.

Not much achieved here. I've washed up, sorted through a pile of paperwork throwing about half of it out, updated finances (good job too as I discovered I'd paid my work bill by transferring money from my personal account as I couldn't get to the bank and had forgotten to put it down! I was only £250 down on what I thought so its a good job I didn't do any Christmas shopping as I haven't got the money until next weeks as all the big bills get paid Friday :eek:) and put a load of jacket potatoes in the slow cooker but not sure I'm keen on them cooked that way.

I'm just going to tidy up the livingroom then head to bed. I have work tomorrow and its going to be a complicated day as stuff is out of stock Thankfully I'm not delivering until Friday night instead of Thursday this time (I am not leaving the house Halloween night so I can tackle any eggings as soon as possible!) so I don't have as tight a deadline as usual. I still have to be up and sorted by 7am though

Best shift myself before I swallow the laptop yawning. Catch you all tomorrow :wave:

Valli

Thought I had better test it - it's very nice - can be drunk 'neat'.

It was really, really easy to make - blackberries, vodka (cheapest own label) and vanilla sugar. I filtered it back into clean bottles (rinsed out with just-boiled water) through a muslin. Quicker than sloe gin, apparently it's ready in a week - mine has has a few weeks longer due to mitigating circumstances. The bottles in the picture are the 'posh' ones, I have a half bottle as well.

Incidentally Aldi have huge cans of WD40 (ideal for getting labels off bottles) this week for £1.99!