Best wellyboot forward. Pips frugal edible garden adventures.

Pippilongstocking

hey starnac I'm just the same but its a start.

And yes, one with the 4th year uni student on his break in late Jan. A kind of 'not christmas' for me as they're going to dads so I'll get a week with him then. We're watching the cheap deals the now. Fingers crossed we can get something for <400 pp (all in)

And perhaps, if I can get a hold on these spends another cheap as chips one in mid/late april we got an apartment last time for £125 and the flights were peanuts and the lift passes reduced as it was last week of the season.

I still can't quite get my head round the fact that I like it.

Mind on, slipping between nice food to the next nice food isn't all that bad.

So that's my goal - both trips paid up front if possible if I can get a handle on this money leakage.

You got any nice family time planned?

Pippilongstocking

Morning lands

Today's a work day
6 hours in garden
2 hours womble to get something ready (done half hour already)
Dugs to walk
Hens to feed
Lunch to take for me, he's already gone with his
Home meals later - spag bog i think
Freeze duck carcass stock into portions
Freeze leftover spag bog into lunches
Freeze pasta courgette sauce.
Beds to change for the weekend
Bit of tidy up to do in front bedroom
Touch base with DS chum who's coming up
Touch base with DD and DS about weekend
Bit Wii
More walking maybe
Fly lady
Life paperwork and a couple emails.

That should be me!

Likely I will have forgotten something.

Oh yeah fill up stick baskets after yesterday's monsoon.

Pippilongstocking

Work done. Time to get sorted for the real world too.

Kids both got their money. I like to check they get it by sending them messages early.

Just to show I care and support them. Nothing to do with making sure they're up for the day at all.




£50 to cc too.

Pippilongstocking

Mischief managed.

Pippilongstocking

So at work today I gave it my all. Did a bit of forward planning and wrote

THE BIGGEST to do list for November on my whiteboard. And I drew up the rota and put in my days.

Absolutely NO time to get rid of me. Far too much to do.

And if they DO get rid of me, heaven help the poor B*****d that has to work through my list.

gien

Sounds intriguing???

I just wanted to ask if you are following fly lady from the official website or from the old style board on these forums. Have you found it useful? We have decided to move back to the UK and if I need to shift a load of stuff before I pay hard cash to cart carp half way across the continent.

Pippilongstocking

gien wrote: »

Sounds intriguing???

I just wanted to ask if you are following fly lady from the official website or from the old style board on these forums. Have you found it useful? We have decided to move back to the UK and if I need to shift a load of stuff before I pay hard cash to cart carp half way across the continent.

I'm following from the official site I get daily emails. I am finding it useful, I don't stick to it like glue but I'm finding that it works when I have a wee bit of time I can think RIGHT! and get on with something.

Its also if I'm honest making me less overwhelmed at the thought of actually starting anything. The other day I swept and mopped the floor almost by accident. I just thought - come on it will only take five minutes. And, it did.

Moving back sounds intreguing too. :T Hope you manage to declutter. Fly lady's decluttering works brilliantly for me.

Good luck! :A

starnac

Love that you swept and mopped the floor by accident :rotfl: although I did too! I dropped a bowl which smashed and while I was sweeping up the broken bits I thought "I might as well do the rest of the floor" and actually did! :eek:

:rotfl: at your work list! Never underestimate the sneakiness :rotfl:

rtandon27

Pips darling - I'm utterly baffled that you could mop a floor by accident!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Working from home today - spent the time I'd normally be commuting on a super swift house tidy...
kitchen counters cleared
dishwasher filled & on
recyling & garbage out to the bins
birdy food put out in the feeder
living room put straight
OH admonished for being untidy & they herded out the door to work
dehumidifier emptied
load of laundry in the washing machine
weird breakfast of leftover bits
diaries caught up on

phew - now I can settle down & log into work!

Hope you are having a fabby day & that the rain has avoided your part of the world!

starnac

rtandon27 wrote: »

Pips darling - I'm utterly baffled that you could mop a floor by accident!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Working from home today - spent the time I'd normally be commuting on a super swift house tidy...
kitchen counters cleared
dishwasher filled & on
recyling & garbage out to the bins
birdy food put out in the feeder
living room put straight
OH admonished for being untidy & they herded out the door to work
dehumidifier emptied
load of laundry in the washing machine
weird breakfast of leftover bits
diaries caught up on

phew - now I can settle down & log into work!

Hope you are having a fabby day & that the rain has avoided your part of the world!

Wow you've been busy and it's only just 9.10am. I may need to go back to bed to compensate for your eagerness :rotfl: