Cheery's buttling diary: tea in one hand, plant pot in the other, running shoes on

Cheery_Daff

Well I'll be beside myself next week when we finally get a bathroom door :rotfl: :rotfl:

rtandon27

Happy Birthday Cheery!!!

Cheery_Daff

Thanks RT :kisses3:

Still very much enjoying boinging up and down the stairs :rotfl: i keep forgetting as it's the same colour as the old one was, then I stand on it and remember :rotfl: and get to the top of the stairs and it isn't stained and patchy and unravelling, and it's such a novelty havig carpet up to the attic!! :j Most pleased

Had a cheery plasterer round today to look at the entrance bit that needs a new ceiling - he'll email me a quote ober the weekend. Had another plasterer who was meant to be quoting but he's ruled himself out now - (a) he rang and left a message at half past 12 one night :eek: (b) he rearranged TWICE because he was jetlagged (presumably explaining the odd middle of night call) and the (c) he didn't turn up at "teatime" today and when I texted at 6.30 to say I was going out at 7, he didn't reply... ^o)

Hey ho, I liked the other guy and he did everything he said when he said he would so as long as quote isn't outlandish, he"s in :j

Just been a right idiot. We ran out of milk, but when I went out I forgot purse so had to go home and back out again. Bought 6 pints (two for an event tomorrow), plus bag each of carrots and parsnips reduced to 15p :money:

Got home and opened fridge - to find 4 pints of milk, and a bag each of carrots and parsnips... :rotfl:

Carrot and parsnip soup for us all weekend then - and a whole load of milk :rotfl: Idiot :rotfl:

Also remembered that I'm going to need to pay door fitter geezer and plasterer this month so will have to NOT add any to house fund after all ^o) All in a good cause though!

Cheery_Daff

Morning all :hello:

Another list is needed today else I fear the day will drift and nothing will get done... :eek: Which is all very well if there is nothing to do, but there isn't :rotfl:

I've already been out for a run, had breakfast and a shower, but that's it.

Other things that need doing...

HOUSE TIDYING
* clean bathroom
* wash sheets and hang to dry
* wash last night's dishes
* hoover downstairs
* hoover upstairs
* unpack and put away stuff from my six bags in living room - seem to have used a different one each day and they're all full of stuff :eek:

OTHER ACTIVITIES
* meal plan
* shopping list
* YNAB
* blog post
* batch cook soup for work lunches

DIY THINGS
* check if I have paint for windowsills and outside garden wall
* sort out bathroom carpet and fit edging thing

ERRANDS
* get paint if we don't already have
* food shopping

Hmm, best get a wriggle on I suppose... :eek:

Cheery_Daff

Might put it in order first

11.45-12.30 HOUSE TIDYING
* wash dishes
* clean bathroom
* put washing on
* unpack bags

12.30-1.15 LUNCH
* make and eat lunch
* meal plan
* shopping list

1.15-2.30 ERRANDS
* food shopping
* buy paint
* garden centre for house plants

2.30-3 SIT DOWN
* always feel the need for a sit down and a cuppa when transitioning from outside to inside :rotfl:

3-4 DIY
* sort out carpet in bathroom

4-5 HOUSE
* hoover everywhere

5-6 FOOD
* put shopping away
* make tea (not sure what we're having yet)
* blog post while it's cooking

LATER: LEFTOVER STUFF
* YNAB
* pay plumber's invoice
* text plasterer to say go ahead and sort date
* anything else I've not done
* nice relaxing sit down before work

Right. I do like a plan :j

Cheery_Daff

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

11.45-12.30 HOUSE TIDYING
[STRIKE]* wash dishes[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]* clean bathroom[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]* put washing on[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]* unpack bags[/STRIKE]

12.30-1.15 LUNCH
*[STRIKE] make and eat lunch[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]meal plan[/STRIKE]
*[STRIKE] shopping list[/STRIKE]

1.15-2.30 ERRANDS
* [STRIKE]food shopping[/STRIKE]
* buy paint
* garden centre for house plants

2.30-3 SIT DOWN
* [STRIKE]always feel the need for a sit down and a cuppa when transitioning from outside to inside[/STRIKE] :rotfl:

3-4 DIY
* [STRIKE]sort out carpet in bathroom[/STRIKE]

4-5 HOUSE
* hoover everywhere

5-6 FOOD
[STRIKE]* put shopping away[/STRIKE]
* make tea (not sure what we're having yet)
* blog post while it's cooking

LATER: LEFTOVER STUFF
* YNAB
*[STRIKE] pay plumber's invoice[/STRIKE]
*[STRIKE] text plasterer to say go ahead and sort date[/STRIKE]
* anything else I've not done
* nice relaxing sit down before work

Right. I do like a plan :j

Not doing tooooo badly! Just about to get on with tea and knocking up a quick lentil soup for the freezer :j

rtandon27

Wow Cheery - that's quite the list & amazed how much you got through!

Cheery_Daff

I'm pretty amazed myself :eek: especially as I felt like I spent most of the day wandering around in a bit of a daze and not doing very much :rotfl:

To be fair, at least two of the things on my list were 'sit down with a cuppa' and 'have lunch' and another one was 'send a text' so much of it wasn't exactly taxing...

Main time consuming bits were trotting to the supermarket (left the blithering list at home :rotfl: ) and fixing the carpet trim, and making tea.

Still, have also hoovered downstairs, removed a small plastic owl from the hoover which has increased its sucking power no end and done YNAB - had an APPALLINGLY spendy couple of days :eek: lunch out yes but also stuff like new razor, lipstick, slippers, leggings... all things that were either necessary or falling apart so *nice* to have new, but I'd still be alive if I hadn't bought them

Hey ho, line drawn, back to thrifty ways. Sometimes I think when you're quite frugal and resist spending things, occasionally all your stuff does actually run out and you do have to replace things Wasn't exactly extravagant but even so...

Rejigged the budget for this month as I'd put £700 into the house fund but remembered that I'll need it to pay the plumber (£70 very well spent as he kept our ancient heating system going), the guys who are coming to fit the doors tomorrow (about £250 I think - also well spent, as they're a blithering nuisance and we've not had a bathroom door since before Christmas :eek: ) and the plasterer (£280, not coming til later in the month - this is the final bit of 'major' work and I'm not willing to attempt the ceiling or the hiding of pipes!) Tis expensive this getting people in to do stuff for you malarkey :rotfl: I can see why we usually try and do stuff ourselves! :eek: :money:

There might be a little left over from all that I suppose to stick back into the house fund

In more thrifty/less spendy news - I've made a big vat of lentil soup for work lunches :j Although I'm working at home tomorrow so it doesn't make any difference :rotfl: but it'll do the rest of the week too!

Oh, and the car is back in the garage tomorrow :eek: Blithering thing. They'd best fix the right thing this time!

Cheery_Daff

Right, car is in garage, blokes are here fitting the doors, and the sun is shining :j :j

rtandon27

Hope the car repairs went smoothly!:) - any news on the bathroom door?????:D

Popped on to share our contents insurance win! This year we saved up to pay the full lot upfront, but pesky company sent a document with a 50 pound increase! Went online and took 5 minutes to get a quote from their own website, as we were prepared for a 15% increase & low and behold, quote was for 60 pounds less than their quote - we have saved 10 off from the price we paid last year.

Remembering the frustration you had earlier this year with trying to get the price lower, I quit while ahead!:o so 124 for the year instead of 187!!!:T:T:T (and the bloke I spoke with was not even surprised when I told him to cancel the renewal of the other policy and why!:eek:)