Sat/Sun 23rd/24th January - What small DFW things will you do this weekend?

allydowd

princess_pea wrote: »

December? :eek:

Sorry, it was the gin typing.

crazy_cat_lady

Just popping on again to thank Foxgloves for her fantastic 'annoying jobs' list. I finally got around to taking 2 bags of clothes to the cash for clothes place a mile up the road and came home with a tenner.
dd is already looking to try and fill another bag :rotfl:

Bobarella

Morning
It's lovely and sunny here today and I'm feeling quite lively.
Only a week till the end of Jan..and payday! My stretch target for Feb will be to kick the number under 2...exciting times

Spent an hour cleaning the kitchen so that's all nice for batch cooking tommorow and new groceries coming in. Managed to get all the dry clothes away too.
Decluttered a very old body lotion that no one uses and some baby information leaflets.

Son is at an activity morning till 1 then a climbing party this afternoon so just me OH and the baby which is so lovely.

Need to take back the library books to avoid fines plus we can get a free dvd with our points from borrowing 6 hires before hand.

Have a wonderful day all.

Bob

DawnW

Morning all
Grandma day (again) today as DD2 is doing something with her students. Hoping she won't be late back.

So, very modest list today:
Put clean straw in the chickens nestbox (I wish they wouldn't sleep - and poo :eek: in there!)
Ocado delivery arrived (so not a NSD ) Grumpy driver today - last couple of times they have been a bit off Perhaps I don't live in a posh enough road for their liking :rotfl:
Another dog walk (OH did the morning one as I was waiting for little GD to arrive)
HM meals - leftovers for supper today, and I have enough leftover pasta and cheese sauce for GD's lunch Not sure how hungry she will be as she got a packet of hot cross buns out of the shopping and ate one and a half :rotfl:
Finish putting shopping away - I bought lots of fruit and veg on offer, and I need to find space in the fridge for some of it.
See if anything needs using up, as I fancy making some soup - I know there is a leek, some odd looking celery and some carrots, so perhaps a veg soup with a turkey stock base
Perhaps take little GD to the library when she wakes up, depending on when that is - she awoke really early this morning apparently, and is really tired
Any surveys, FPL etc, but this will have to wait till GD goes home

Anything in addition to this will be a bonus
Happy Saturday everyone

Baileys_Babe

Thank you Ally for starting us off this weekend.

Hello everyone

We had a fairly slow start to the day and then OH bought me breakfast in bed

Today is mild and dry, but the garden is still waterlogged so no getting on with a lot of the jobs out there.

Today I plan to:
NSD
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
Post letter today so it can go 2nd class
Take meter readings
Submit meter readings
reusable sanitary ware
Meal plan, stick to the plan
B/L/D from stores
make bread
Reserve library books
Look through library loans and decide if their are any that we have finished with
Check and reconcile bank accounts
Look into moving OH current account, we would get £200
PAD into saving £3.66 -1p
Soak porridge overnight
Set DW to run overnight
Set WM to run overnight
Freezer inventory, keep up to date
Unpack bags
Pack snacks
Make packed lunch
Make packed tea for us to eat whilst at our evening activities
Freezer inventory, keep up to date
Check FPL
HWB for children’s beds instead of heating
Educate children for free
Entertain children and us for free
Walk everywhere
Dry washing on airier
Keep heating to a minimum, we have jumpers and blankets
Light the stove, burning free wood, we will only do this if the temperature drops later in the day
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
10 minutes shredding

ClootiesMum

Hi folks,

Thanks for the start Ally - I really must get my arris into gear & post on here more regularly.

Today not a NSD but have only bought basics as we're off on holiday this week and intend using up a few vouchers for meals etc.

Am having a tidy house day & looking @ the bills so that we can go away for a night (already booked) with complete peace of mind. I'll clean the house tomorrow when DH is having long lie.

So today's list:-
Print off M&S voucher e-mailed to us
Clean out fridge & menu plan meals available
Tidy house
Do not get annoyed a the noisy thumps on the living room tiles as the dogs chomp on the free bones from the butcher (this is a hard one - but they are sooo happy )
Work out finances after payday
Sort out & tidy all bits of paperwork in the living room (DH puts stuff in piles)

Did I mention our good news? DH is on the waiting list for a new knee :j:j:j
That's enough for today methinks - have a good day y'all

princess_pea

allydowd wrote: »

Sorry, it was the gin typing.

Happens to us all! :)

princess_pea

Pace my credit score has gone down too this month. Totally agree with it being a marketing ploy (probably as it's post Christmas). That advert where the couple "find" their neglected score in the attic and clean it up really annoys me! Another example of consumerist keeping up with the Jones's mentality. I wouldn't worry about it!

ziggy2407

Good Evening

Ally - Thanks for starting us off today, hope you enjoy your trip out
Archer - Welcome aboard, great list
Clootiesmum - Great news for your DH

Hi to all of the regulars and a BIG welcome to all the newbies, this is a really FAB thread with so many lovely, caring, considerate and supportive people.

Haven't really done much today but I have

Shopping with list and vouchers
Meal with DH's family for his brothers 70th - all paid for and no cost to us at all
Bought bulb for car headlight - DH will fit himself (hopefully), Halfords wanted £7 to fit it :eek:
Bumped all sale listings/freecycle/facebook
Checked Banks
Continued decluttering - 2 x planters to sis-in-laws, instruction booklet sent to nephew that had some sports equipment from us, 3 x books to great nieces, bag of paper shapes to great nieces for crafting
Entered a few comps
Breakfast and snacks from cupboards/fridge/freezer
Checked https://www.freepostcodelottery.com - Remember there are now 5 chances to win
Checked Lucky Phone
Create annoying job list

Hope you have all had a good day! Love to you all!

C x

Bobarella

Well I decided to get ahead of myself and do batch cooking for the week ahead today instead of tommorow. Have now got
4 x chilli portions. One tub is bigger so will do that for the 2 of us with rice and reserve the other box to do with jackets.
2 x portions of home made baked beans to have with cheese and chorizo.
Lasagne. We used 2 portions tonight for dinner and put 2 large in the fridge for another meal in the week.
I saved some of the home made betchemal sauce from the lasagne and will do bacon and leek pasta bake with that.

Still to do, leek and potato soup and a beef in gravy pot pie.

Oh plus froze 4 home made burgers for the freezer for son's dinners.

Hopefully this will save me a lot of time on week nights.

Bob