Wed 20th Jan - What small DFW things will you do today?

PaceThePixie

Greensalad I feel your pain about letting agents! I too rent and where I live we have a couple of infamous letting agents :mad: it can set your day / week right back to zero

La escocesa sorry your tenant is deserting you! :eek: bad drills. Hope you find another tenant very quickly.

Hope everyone is ok otherwise. I have had a quiet day reading while wrapped up in blankets :T

Group hug :grouphug:

Bobarella

Sorry La E. It does sound really stressful anyway though. Perhaps selling is the best way.

lego_mum

Le, you are in a tough situation there. I'm lucky that my dad deals with our tenanted houses (have 2) I just help out if needed but the houses are 2 and 4 doors down from mine so easy to mangae ourselves.
Another thought is to ask your current tenant if they know anyone who is looking for somewhere to rent.

DawnW

Evening all
Busy thread today! Thanks for the start Ally
Nice to see Jojo back, I was wondering if she was ok

Late check in as I have had little GD all day - therefore I haven't accomplished much

* HM meals from stores
* Entertained baby for free
* Walk with dog and baby this afternoon, visited the post office with some postal survey stuff
* A few online surveys
* NSD :T
Still got a few bits to do - a dress to iron, the washing up to sort out etc. Better get on with it.

A more ambitious list will be required tomorrow!

lego_mum

lego_mum wrote: »

Health & Fitness plans (lose this weight once and for all, no fad diets ever again!)
:starmod: Walk the boys to & from the bus stop :A
:starmod: Walk at least 7000 steps to get bounts points :A
:starmod: Eat for health :A
:starmod: Drink water through the day :A
:starmod: Monitor fitness goals etc using my fitbit daily & adjust when needed :A

Daily jobs:
:starmod: [STRIKE]Wash a load at 30 degrees [/STRIKE]:A not enough for a load
:starmod: [STRIKE]Hang washing on the line if dry/radiators if not[/STRIKE]
:starmod: Check banks/update spreadsheet :A
:starmod: Delete junk from emails :A
:starmod: Clean & tidy fridge (make sure we don’t waste anything) :A
:starmod: Use something out of the food use up box :A
:starmod: Plan today’s meals from stores :A ys sausages with mash & veg tonight
: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 :A
:starmod: Swagbucks :A
:starmod: Check Fpl :A
:starmod: Check luckyphone :A
:starmod: Check for surveys :A

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

Extras
:starmod: Make a date cake
:starmod: Email a thank you to my mother in law. :A
:starmod: Dh had to go to a meeting this morning and was sent a hire car for the day so no fuel/wear&tear costs for his car today :A
:starmod: DH will also get his lunch bought for him so lunch needed from me :A
:starmod: Message my mum and ask if she's got the local What's on brochure that would cover February half term, need to look for cheap activities to do with the kids :A

Hope everyone has a good day.

Got on well with todays list and dh arrived home at 5:30pm rather then the usual 7pm so we took the kids to karate and then we popped up to Tesco's and Ms food, our ys stuff
2 gammon joints that we usually buy for £5 each 1 reduced to £4 & 1to £3.25 - girl on till said she'd put them both through on the cheaper price These will be frozen for Sunday lunches
2 packs of pitta's 24p
(ok I know this next one is a bit random but....
a tennis racket for £5 from £10 this has been put aside for ds2's birthday in August as his brother got a racket for his birthday in Oct and he's mentioned it several times since

In m&s
2 Danish pastries 20p given these to my dad
Twin pack raspberry panacota 60p x 4 we are about to eat one pack now
sticky ginger loaf 25p x 2 going to slice and freeze will use these in the kids lunches - not as good a bargain as DNMS's frozen cake the other day!
pitta bread 10p
8 profiteroles 40p (I only bought 1 but could have got about 30!!) kids have had 2 each, I've had one and the other 3 are sat in the fridge, will let the kids have them tomorrow
4 egg custard tarts 40p sent to my dads
5 double choc chip cookies 80p one each in the boys lunch bags for tomorrow and I've frozen the other 3
All the m&S stuff was bought on a gift card I'd got from surveys

crazy_cat_lady

Hi everyone!
So LAZY!! This morning I couldn't drag my backside out of bed so ended up in a bit of a rush. Then I've been non stop with work stuff from then till now so I'm just getting time now to check in with you all.
Thanks for the start today Ally - your oh sounds like my kids in the kitchen. They seem to leave a heap of mess and dishes making a piece of toast or a bowl of cereal.:rotfl:
LaE - sorry to hear of your tenant troubles. I have everything crossed that something will work out soon.
Nice to have you back JoJo
So, today I have
checked banking and PAD to the Christmas fund
read Martin's email
rejig the budgets to hopefully survive until payday
full day of teaching
meeting after work
got dh to attend a mental health conference in town (where he got repeatedly fed and watered for free)
caught up with an ex colleague who needed some help with something work related
added more jobs to the annoying list but haven't had time to do any yet
taken the kids to the free Young Carers club after work - they loved it.
had a quick look online to see what discounts I can get with the Max Card the kids have been given for being Young Carers. If there is any upside to dh being so ill it's that there is some fantastic stuff available for the kids that won't cost me any extra. :T
did a load of washing and some washing up
nsd
meals from stores
I still need to
exercise
get an early night
do some crochet
finish catching up on here.
Better make a move as it's almost 9pm... :money:

determined_new_ms

determined_new_ms wrote: »

Morning guys :wave: thanks for starting the thread ally. Your kitchen sounds like my whole house every morning :eek::o:rotfl:

eek to those of you out in the frosty weather this morning. I just put the bins out and for those few short minutes it felt lovely and crisp.

My small plans for today:

*[STRIKE] checked banking[/STRIKE]
*[STRIKE] read martin's email[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]put a load of washing on[/STRIKE] and hang on dryer
* [STRIKE]put away washing that is dry[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]continue with the spring clean of the kitchen - can only do it in fits and spurts as have dgd and she wants to play all of the time Will wash the windows & maybe clean out a cupboard[/STRIKE] did one window - it's all about the small things riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight?
* [STRIKE]all meals from stores.[/STRIKE]
* put air in tyres - have borrowed my neighbours foot pump :T
*[STRIKE] do my meditations for the day. Have almost done my morning ones [/STRIKE]
* take dgd to a free play session this afternoon went to the museum instead
* submit meter readings
* [STRIKE]have updated frugal living s/s. We have really underspent on Jan grocery budget so should be able to put a bit extra to debt repayment :T [/STRIKE]
*[STRIKE] freeze some stewed plums I made yesterday - was from £nspired by Dawn yesterday [/STRIKE]

That seems like enough Hope everyone has a great day x

Pleasedwith my progress today will submit the meter readings & hang up the washing in a bit.

Popped into town and picked up some Aussie shampoo in Poundworld. Got 2 bottles for £2 so a saving of £3-£5. I use this regularly and at Christmas I bought some full price £3.50 :eek:

Also picked up The Night Before Christmas book in sale for dgd's Christmas eve box. It was £1.79 from £5.99 but I had £4.75 on a gift card so it was free to me :beer: I have now got almost everything for this box - PJs, slipper socks, a Christmas jigsaw puzzle all for £7.50 :T just want to get a Christmas themed dvd and I'll put in a bag of microwaveable popcorn nearer the time and it's done:D

dinner was pasta with a few veg lurking in the fridge, a yellow stickered stir in pasta sauce (reduced to 29p for what reason I can't work out as had months left in date. Wish I'd got more now as it was lovely!), a 1/3 of the 9p creme fraiche and a little grated cheese. Dinner for 3 with a small lunch size tub of los for less than £1

Did treat myself to a lush bath bomb though. I've liked them for a while and have bought them for gifts but never got one myself before. But today I wondered why I've been denying myself something I've wanted for so long that only costs £4.95?! I mean it makes 8 baths as well so hardly big spending! So have treated myself and am about to go and have a dip, will even stretch the looking after myself fest to a facial aswell

Like I say it's the small things x

PurpleFairy26

jonno7 wrote: »

Morning Ally, thanks for starting us off - your description of the kitchen made my laugh, my DH can be the same, why the need to use every utensil whilst cooking (and not put in DW on the way) is beyond me :rotfl:

My list for today will again be brief as long day at work and extra long commute each way to drop DD off to childcare:

Banking and spreadsheet
Surveys and £co
Meals from stores, lunch to work
Hot drink in car for journey
One thing off my January list
Decide where my tax rebate is going
See if my mum can pick up order for customer
Text customer and tell her amount for above order
Washing drying on rads whilst on anyway, rest on airer
Keep eye out for replacement f1tbit they are sending fir DH for free
Run tonight (no 4 in plan) will likely go to gym though as wont be back late and I'm not overly keen running late round the streets as there are lots of unlit gullys.

Think that's all, will check back later, J

Not too bad, not long back from the gym (don't know why I don't go more often :rotfl:)
Lovely tea of bream tasted even better as it was ys

Just going to do the washing shuffle on the rads ready for the morning put the DW and wm set for overnight and then I'm off to bed, sooooo glad it's nearer the weekend than not.

Keep us posted on job front Princess Pea

Baileys_Babe

Jojo great to have you back, I've been wondering what you have been up to. You disappeared whilst I was MIA.

Everything on today's list done except light the stove as we were warm enough and setting the WM as there wasn't enough for a load

xxxJOJOxxx

Cheers Everyone!

Can't wait to getting back to some balance. However, I have dd1 birthday to organise, a holiday in feb (all paid for with cash I saved for) works do & a few other bits. Will have to get everything budgeted. Also, as we me, working towards the next goal which is a 2 week holiday in Italy. Priced it up, now got to save it up :-D

Picked a new favourite saying up from my new pub. We do 9 pints get 1 free & when they have their free one they say it tastes better as 'they can't taste the copper :-D

Looking forward to catching up with how everyone's been doing