Thursday 7th January - What small DFW things will you do today?

DawnW

Morning all
Thanks for starting the thread Ally
Raining again here Hope it stops soon! Stopped raining, and turned really windy and cold :eek:

List for today:
Used apple pieces and blueberries that baby GD didn't eat yesterday with my breakfast porridge
See to hens Done, 1 egg today
Dog walks x 2, weather permitting (rain doesn't bother me, but bothers very small mutt, who refuses to walk in it :rotfl:) Done. Put his jumper on this afternoon due to the cold wind and yesterday's haircut at the groomer's. OH then decided wouldn't come with me after all :rotfl: Micro-mutt won't walk in a proper dog coat, so I got him a hand knitted jumper in a tasteful shade of pale blue from ebay. It is beautifully knitted and cost less than £3
Heating only in bathroom and airing cupboard, but will light the wood burner later Done
Check banks Done
Any online surveys, check FPL etc A few surveys for onepoll today, and one for Yougov
Make a loaf in the BM Done, granary bread today
Go to sales unit to tidy up, see if anything needed etc Done, a couple of bits had sold, although the town is very quiet at the moment
Take a bag of paper recycling to put in the recycling bin at the supermarket car park Done
Avoid going into supermarket, as I don't need anything today Done
Aim for a NSD Done :T
HM meals from stores Done. Leftover soup plus cheese and biscuits for lunch, and sausages with onion gravy and yummy carrot + parsnip mash for dinner
Clean up after naughty puppy and baby combo yesterday :eek: Done
Walk all journeys (nothing heavy to carry, and I need the exercise!) Done

OK, that should keep me busy for a while. Will check back later
Hope everyone has a good day (thinking particularly of CCL, hope your meetings go ok).

foxgloves

Morning all,
Not a good start to the day as I woke up with a rotten headache & have had to take some codiene. We also overlay as mr f seems to have done his old trick of switching the alarm click off in his sleep, so we woke up at 7.50 a.m. He needs to leave for work at 8.00 as has a 26 mile commute! Cat chose today NOT to start clawing the bedroom door at 5 a.m. Grrr.
Headache picking up a bit so going to rest for another hour & then make a start.
*Do 2 tasks from 'Annoying Things List 1'. This includes one I planned to do yesterday but friends called round & stayed all afternoon. Gave friend her bday gifts to take with her to save postage. Early but prob won't meet up agsin before bday.
*Dinner as per meal plans - Turkey chilli I batch cooked & froze.
*Use up tortilla wraps. Quesadilla for lunch & wraps for tomorrow's packed lunch.
*Wash hair & dry naturally.
*Finish 3 library books for return tomorrow.
*Top up worm composter with scraps. It's been so mild, they haven't done their usual winter catatonia & are still scoffing. More scraps=more free compost.
*Start meal plans for next week.
Ok, must stop looking at screens & concentrate on vanquishing headache if I'm to achieve anything today.
Keep your hands on your pence,
F x

allydowd

* Had some fun on the Royal Society of Chemistry website. The interactive Periodic Table page is fascinating. There's lots of great free home-schooling resources too, some of which might engage school-educated children on rainy days. (Link) (Link2)

lego_mum

Good morning all, Thanks Ally for the start & I hope you enjoy your weekend
Foxgloves, hope you are feeling better soon
CCL, Hope today goes well.
Wishing everyone else a good day.

I'm typing this looking out at blue sky!!! sods law that ds2 is home poorly from school today.
Not sure how much I'll get done but this was my planned list.

Health & Fitness plans (lose this weight once and for all, no fad diets ever again!)
[STRIKE]:starmod: Walk the boys to & from the bus stop
:starmod: Gym class – aiming for 5 a week (works out to less then 80p/class!)
:starmod: Fill water bottle at the gym
:starmod: Shower/dry hair at the gym, save my water & electricity! [/STRIKE]
:starmod: Walk at least 7000 steps to get bounts points
:starmod: Eat for health
:starmod: Drink water through the day
:starmod: Monitor fitness goals etc using my fitbit daily & adjust when needed


Daily jobs:
:starmod: Wash a load at 30 degrees :A
:starmod: Hang washing on the line if dry/radiators if not :A
:starmod: Check banks/update spreadsheet :A
:starmod: Delete junk from emails
:starmod: Clean & tidy fridge (make sure we don’t waste anything) :A
:starmod: Use something out of the food use up box :A ds1 asked so sweetly last night for a curry for tea that the kids made on a cookery course last summer, so that's used up a bag of green beans in the freezer that no one was keen on.
:starmod: Plan today’s meals from stores :A left over turkey dinner for us (didn't have it last night as ds2 wasn't well, and kids having the curry, made enough for tomorrow too
:starmod: Make families lunches for tomorrow :A
:starmod: Minimum heating on (set for 30 mins before dh gets up), plenty of blankets & jumpers available :A

Tidy home = Tidy mind
:starmod: Hoover carpets
:starmod: Clean the kitchen using minimal products :A
:starmod: Tidy at least one cupboard
:starmod: Gather together items for the cs

Money making schemes
:starmod: Inbox pounds 4 searches
:starmod: Swagbucks
:starmod: Check Fpl
:starmod: Check luckyphone :A
:starmod: Check for surveys

Freebies/vouchers/offers
:starmod: Check 02 priorities :A
:starmod: Check tcb/quidco :A
:starmod: Check cos/shopit :A

Extras
:starmod: Make a date cake tomorrow will do

determined_new_ms

Morning guys :wave: thanks for starting us off ally :A hope you enjoy your weekend

Darn Murphey's law legomum! My eyes always water at your list. How can you get so much done in a day??!


Foxgloves hope you feel better soon. I've been having several vision migraines recently which are stress induced, really feel for you x Oh am making headway on the socks :j (helpful to distract me from the stress of my dd being so ill at the moment. Have been drowning recently but I believe she has come to the peak of it and things will now start to get better again, I managed to meet with her yesterday and she is willing to return home and make a referral to the mental health team)


Hope the rain clears up wherever you are x

So today's efforts:

*checked banking & did a couple of bills
* need to return library books & pay some money into the bank
* working 12-6
* got Christmas dinner soup out of freezer for dgd & me (oh is on a super rigid diet so is looking after himself! :rotfl:)
* tidy up so tidy for oh when he gets in this evening
* meal plan & write up shopping list. Should be sub £20 if I plan cleverly
* any tips received will go into debt overpayment pot - decided to do this last week and any extra cash I get so we can aim for paying oh's mum back by the end of the year. I've worked out if we can make overpayments of £60pm then we should be able to clear in December. So far there is £30 in there :T It's a real struggle at the moment though as I am earning so little and both my ds & dd need some financial support at the moment. Hopefully though my ds will start work on Saturday
* reading and knitting for entertainment
* try to get an early night

Think that's my lot. Have a great day x

Baileys_Babe

Morning everyone, hope all are well Ally thank you for getting us started today.

I don't think today is going to be very productive as ds is still asleep!! he has a cold and related symptoms, so I am just going to let him sleep a while so his body can put its energy into fighting it and dd is currently snuggled up on my lap sucking her thumb, I suspect she is about to develop a cold she isn't ever wriggling or constantly chattering!!!

Today I have/will:
NSD
No shopping, last shopping done 24th December, 14 days without shopping :j
Post on this thread for support, motivation and inspiration
Open curtains fully
Close curtains before it gets dark
Turn off lights and appliances not in use
Stick to meal plan
B/L/D from stores
Renew library books
Check and reconcile bank accounts
PAD into saving £3.66 -1p
Soak porridge overnight
Set DW to run overnight
Set WM to run overnight
Check FPL
Educate children for free
Entertain children and us for free
Walk everywhere
Read Martin’s email
Dry washing on airier
Keep heating to a minimum, we have jumpers and blankets
Light the stove, burning free wood
put kettle on stove for free hot water, put water in flasks if boiled before ready to use and refill kettle, water used for making hot drinks (we drink plenty of these, cooking rice, pasta etc, washing up etc)
Cull 100 emails
Research this years maths curriculum for ds

I haven't managed to read today's thread yet, thought it was best I wrote my plans for the day, I'll catch up later with a cuppa :coffee:I all is well with everyone, hugs to those that need it.

princess_pea

Morning all, thanks for starting Ally

How is it the 7th January already?!
Not a NSD as I'm getting my hair done at home tonight but it is budgeted for
All meals from stores - leek and potato soup for lunch
Had some leftover cake for elevenses
No extra hours today as I have to leave at 4pm
Banking checked, FPL and surveys to do
We need to do an ALDI shop but I think this will have to wait until the weekend
Shattered today as we stayed up until midnight catching up with the darts :eek: I would have switched it off and gone to bed earlier but OH wanted to keep watching, I think I've converted him
Iron some cardigans tonight - oh the glamour!


Have a great day everyone (the sun is actually SHINING here!)

allydowd

Oh my great Smurf! We just took down our homemade pinecone Decemberfest decorations. You should have seen the state of the sitting room. Wee bit of pine and berry EVERYWHERE. We ended up having to deep clean the whole room. So another wee list:

* Lots of Stardrops used.

* De-cluttered the whole sitting room. Thick pile of paper recycled. Table reclaimed from OH's camera kit. Display unit reorganised. Huge pile of DVDs put away. I like the Mount Vernon Method of tidying myself.

* Secondhand Dyson given lots of exercise.

* Found a book of stamps which I will sell.

And on it goes...

* Re-organised OH's wardrobe so that there is now a Camera Shelf. This means that our house no longer resembles a smurfing Nikon showroom.

* Didn't shower til after the grunge work was done.

* Read meters. I'm a week late doing this as I couldn't be smurfed. We are £5 in credit so far this quarter. I'm happy with that.

* Hang up and use calendar given to us by a relative.

* Finish last of the homemade soup.

* Listen to some free podcasts.

* Now planning on relaxing with a DVD and getting some sleep. I've been up for 22 hours.

crazy_cat_lady

allydowd wrote: »

* Had some fun on the Royal Society of Chemistry website. The interactive Periodic Table page is fascinating. There's lots of great free home-schooling resources too, some of which might engage school-educated children on rainy days. (Link) (Link2)

You should look at ASAP Science on YouTube - they have some brilliant science questions and answers on there, and there's a brilliant Periodic Table song.
*not that I'm a chemistry geek or anything*
Right, off to hospital after a productive morning - will report in later.

princess_pea

I've just signed up to the crazy clothes challenge and earned my second MSE star!