From Little Acorns...

WhiteSnowdrop

Thanks Goldiegirl. I've not heard anything so far so fingers are slowing uncrossing (sad face). Oh well if it doesn't work out there is always something else and the main thing for me to take away from this is that I've started looking at jobs and have now done another application form and updated my cv. Both positive things to have achieved!

Today
1. PO with parcels and thank you cards
2. pick up last few food bits
3. transfer op's over after posting parcels
4. PACK!!!!!!

See you all next week - have a lovely weekend

Goldiegirl - have a lovely holiday!

Goldiegirl

Enjoy your break !:)

WhiteSnowdrop

We are back!! Had a lovely but muddy few days away, saw some amazing things and spent some wonderful time together as a family, all the kind of stuff money can't buy. :j

Right back to reality and to getting rid of the mortgage!

Money Generating
The 7 items on flea bay - 1 bid but several watchers so fingers crossed. I'll do the photos for the next items I'll put on the bay as I believe tomorrow I get my new allocation to list for free. Contact job as I haven't heard anything still….It would be nice just to be told no!

Money Saving

Menu plan meals this week - project use up the freezer continues!

To Do
1. photos of flea bay items
2. meal plan - small shopping list for fresh stuff
3. Washing - catch up
4. Ask DH about the cots

Enough for now.

WS

WhiteSnowdrop

oops really didn't get much done yesterday.

Washing is on at the moment and should take me all day! I'm going to keep my grocery spends at £250 for this month which will include a weekend away. We have a take your own food birthday BBQ this weekend which I haven't really accounted for so will need to have a think and think what to take with us… I'm thinking hm burgers, hm pittas and some salad bits - I think the new potatoes are ready in the garden so might take a potato salad.

To do list
1. pick all fruit from the garden
2. clean fridge
3. check potatoes
4. CD's/DVD's for MM - can I scrape £5 together to sell? - NO!!!
5. contact research participants
6. catch up on emails
7. Plant some salad leaves
8. Make hummus
9. try healthy brownie recipe
10. kids snacks for the week - flapjack and ice pops?
11. make granola
12. soak chickpeas
13. DL
14. Photos for flea bay - 9 items
15. contact flea bay to up limit
16. post 3 items on flea bay
17. Trousers to dry cleaners
18. clear 2 drawers out in kids c of d for more clothes!
19. Make hm chips for freezing
20. make pitta bread x2
21. veg curry in slow cooker
22. tidy greenhouse and water
23. plan meals for weekend away
24. camping stuff away
25. clear car out

Also op the £20 I was under the grocery budget last month

Sorry for boring list but loads to do to catch up!:eek:

WS

WhiteSnowdrop

A really busy day yesterday trying to clear my to do list. Managed quite a bit so will finish the other ones today.

Money generating
I put a couple of other items on fb, found a couple of other selling pages so will have a go here. I want to put a few items back on GT today as I'm up to my allowance on flea bay and still feel like I have thousands of items to sell!

Money saving
I cooked up a storm yesterday so should have enough things to keep us going this week. Had a NSD yesterday one out of my 15 for July should be able to manage another one either today or tomorrow.

To do

1. uni work
2. GT items x2
3. finish jobs from other list
Lunch - pitta bread and veggies for kids - curry and pitta for me
Dinner - pasta for the kids and salad for me

katiegizmo

Have to say you are amazing the amount you get done, esp with 2 little children! I don't achieve anything like as much as you do and I only have one! It's very motivational x

WhiteSnowdrop

Thank you very much - yesterday was exceptional and I'm afraid the kids went a little feral!!! I'm just playing catch up at the moment and don't think I'll be able to keep this pace up, you never know tho..
Do you have a diary?

WhiteSnowdrop

Slowing getting through all of the jobs!

Money generating
Put a couple of items on GT and FB - no response yet. Need to make some time in the next few weeks to price up everything I'm taking to the sale beginning of Aug - the worst bit but really makes the day much easier. I'm attending a networking event next week to promote my business so need to really perk my website up before then, and other social media bits associated with my business. Some flea bay sales go live today with others finishing on Sunday so fingers crossed for some interest. Most are low value items which if they don't sell I think I will take to the kids sale before re-listing.

Money Saving
I'm continuing to use up my food stores and am cooking/baking from scratch mainly. I will need to pick up a couple of items today, milk etc as I'm at the shops to run a couple of errands and I'd rather do it today, even though we only had a Mr T shop on Tuesday as I'm hoping for another NSD tomorrow. I've managed 2 NSD so far and thinking I may be able to do another one if not two this week. EDIT - going to do errands tomorrow so should have another NSD today - 3 on the trot!

To Do
1. Uni work
2. Errands - trousers, paper for printer, milk etc
3. Kids drawers - clear space in 2 of them

Other to do stuff for other days but that are in my head at the moment
a. the garden needs a real tidy up and I need to see if I can plant anything else - lettuce etc
b. pick herbs/freeze or dry etc
c. pickle cucumbers from g.house
d. make burgers for sat
e. print off lego cards for the kids I made
f. take down birthday cards!!!!!
g. elec/gas - could I move?
h. packing list


Food for today
Lunch - beans on toast/jacket/curry
Dinner - paella and chopped salad

WhiteSnowdrop

Kids up at 2am and 5am - yuck! Typing this whilst curled up on the sofa with DS watching Thomas!
I had a fairly productive day yesterday, my mum looked after the kids so I could study. Today I need to focus on catching up on all of the little jobs that need finishing off in the house, upstairs looks like a laundry with all of the clothes I have washed that now need to be put away! I managed a NSD which means I have completed 1/5th of my target :j

Money generating
Put another couple of things on GT before the weekend. Create another p*interest board for my company, this doesn't directly generate money but does help. The first few items on Fleabay finish on Sunday, two already have bids but others have watchers so fingers crossed for an exciting finish! All the ones finishing at the weekend I'm counting towards by June target as thats when I listed them so once thats all completed I will be able to do final figures on my £300 target. I'm pretty sure I will be about £100 short but its a good effort to start with and I have a couple of high value items to sell later on which should make up for that.

Money saving
Keep food spends to a minimum today, make food for the BBQ tomorrow.

To Do
1. put all clothes away
2. bathroom
3. make burgers
4. do shopping
5. make pitta bread
6. use up fruit
7. read 2 articles
8. methodology - updated
9. Tom sauce - make quite a bit to freeze
10. make pesto - freeze
11. make hummus

Lunch - pittas and left overs
Dinner - stir fry/egg fried rice and pizza

WhiteSnowdrop

Run out of steam a little today. Fingers crossed I feel a bit more the thing tomorrow. Is is sad that i keep pressing refresh on my ebay sales even though they don't finish until Sunday? I have someone coming around tomorrow to collect one of my sales through GT so a little less we now owe the bank.

WS