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tattycath

tattycath wrote: »

New targets for July:

Make £200 from stuff I no longer need or want done
Continue to get loft sorted stalled at the moment
Plumbing work done
Electrical work done
Sort out shed* done
Sort storage space not yet
Kon Marie clothes again-I think they must be breeding up there! done
Save £300 done
Overpay on mortgage yes, but not as much as I would have liked due to other financial commitments
Sort out inventory of food not done
Menu plan not done
Sort out and pay change into savings still to do

I think that's more than enough to be going on with.

Updating July challenges

tattycath

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

Oooh how wonderful, lucky you - I would take it as an excellent omen .

Thanks P&F. My daughter tried to help me spend my surprise finds yesterday but I resisted. :T

tattycath

Targets for August .

Tidy garden and drive
Save £300
Overpay mortgage
Sort storage
Budget better
Menu plans
Use up stuff out of freezer
Sort door out**
Declutter lounge
Finish sorting bedroom
Sort out kitchen
Sort out T.R.
Pay change into savings

peaceandfreedom

tattycath wrote: »

Thanks P&F. My daughter tried to help me spend my surprise finds yesterday but I resisted. :T

Hmm, sometimes I think that if I won a large sum of money, I wouldn't tell a soul. Amazing how keen other people are spend someone else's windfall :rotfl:.

peaceandfreedom

tattycath wrote: »

Targets for August .

Tidy garden and drive
Save £300
Overpay mortgage
Sort storage
Budget better
Menu plans
Use up stuff out of freezer
Sort door out**
Declutter lounge
Finish sorting bedroom
Sort out kitchen
Sort out T.R.
Pay change into savings

Good stuff, Tattycath. Need to get my own list done. The 'use up stuff out of freezer' is a great one. I have chucked out a fair bit from my own freezer lately but there is more that needs to be used up. One freezer hasn't been defrosted for donkey's years because there's never enough room in the other one to hold all the stuff while it's defrosting .

How do people with just one freezer manage to ever defrost it, that's what I want to know :think:

tattycath

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

Good stuff, Tattycath. Need to get my own list done. The 'use up stuff out of freezer' is a great one. I have chucked out a fair bit from my own freezer lately but there is more that needs to be used up. One freezer hasn't been defrosted for donkey's years because there's never enough room in the other one to hold all the stuff while it's defrosting .

How do people with just one freezer manage to ever defrost it, that's what I want to know :think:

1) You get a big bowl/cardboard box/empty ironing basket.
2) empty contents of freezer into bowl/ box or basket
3) cover with cool towel/sheet
4) either use a bowl of hot water in freezer to melt any ice that may have accumulated or use a hairdryer, (this is very dangerous and not really recommended) this is what I do. Don't hold close to freezer so there's no chance of any water making contact with hair dryer.
This is the quickest way.
5) as soon as ice is loose enough scrape off.
6) clean and wipe freezer
7) organise food and refill freezer before food has had a chance to defrost
Job done
I am actually getting another freezer as there isn't enough room in the small one we have.

gallygirl

I used to put the fridge contents in a cool box then take out the fridge shelves and stack all the frozen food in there while I defrosted the freezer using the-not-to-be-recommended method . Took no time at all :T.

peaceandfreedom

Ah, both excellent ideas, thanks. Gallygirl - genuinely it would never have occurred to me to put the stuff in the fridge - and we have a massive fridge :rotfl:.

I feel a second-freezer defrost coming on .

Strongly disapprove of the hairdryer though ladies - I hope it's plugged into a power-breaker when you're doing your kamikaze defrosting :eek:

jwil

Well done tattycath - you did really well in July. What a fab money find too!

I defrosted my freezer the other week too when it was really hot. It's so weird being able to pull the drawers out without having to slam them back in amongst all the ice :rotfl:

greent

I've never had to defrost my freezer (Samsung American style f/f) in 10 years - I assume it does it itself! I used to do the 'pile everything in the fridge' method, though - but never with a hairdryer - I'd have large bowls of just-boiled water on each shelf and replace the water as it cooled. Was a relatively quick - but messy (involving lots of towels) job
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