What small DFW things will you do this week - w/c 29th August

Bobarella

Welcome back Ziggy hope your American hols were fab and that you didnt bump into Trump unless you were holding a brick at the time that is...

Bless you Legomum & PF he was raring to go this morning. Will shortly know more!

maria3104

Hi All

Mrs F wish I had a tomato glut, the recipe sounds fab. Ziggy hello there and hi to everyone else as well.

Wish I was a teacher. No days off over the summer and none for me until XMAS day. I did enjoy the august bank hol. I am self employed and short staffed so no days off. It will be a long year. Hopefully feb I can take a break for lambing.

Eating from fridge all week and trying to keep purse firmly closed.

Did a budget round to xmas 2016 and I need to be as careful as possible to ensure jan liabilities are met. So far just do able.

Have fun all.

M

Bobarella

I hear you Maria I havent really been off either and similarly wont be taking a proper break till christmas. But I dont think I could be a teacher, putting up with all the little gets out there (mine included)

determined_new_ms

ergh to being a teacher! I could not do it, what with all the kids and all the pressure that is being piled on.

legomum hope you're feeling brighter x

crazy_cat_lady

I know that many of you will hate me for saying this, but I genuinely don't feel refreshed or even a little bit ready to go back to work. I know how incredibly lucky I am to get the time off that I do but I am utterly exhausted a lot of the time... I wonder if I'm just lazy, or if I did a different job would I be so tired at the end of the day/week etc.
A couple of people have mentioned that I should have a thyroid function test but it's not that important, and it would be a miracle if I could ever actually get an appointment at my doctor's surgery.

crazy_cat_lady wrote: »

check banking and PAD
keep up on YNAB Still to do, but I have all my paperwork here to update it.
[STRIKE] drop dd off as she's going on a shopping day with her new friends :cool:[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:p meet up with bestie and our boys for lunch[/STRIKE] All you can eat Chinese Buffet
[STRIKE]:p make a shopping list and keep my spending diary[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:p washing done and line dried[/STRIKE] 2 loads done, 2 to go
[STRIKE][STRIKE]:p go to the bank and pay in my little savings pots from home[/STRIKE][/STRIKE]

DawnW

determined_new_ms wrote: »

* have a load of toms that need using up - dawn & foxgloves care to share your recipes for tom sauce to freeze?

* picked some veg (really slowly down now. Have loads of toms that haven't even begun to colour. Will they go red before it's too late?

Well, I use an idea from Hugh Fearnley-Wotsit..... Cut up the tomatoes if they are big ones (I grow cherry ones so don't bother), chuck them in a roasting pan with a few cloves of garlic, salt and pepper and a glug or two of olive oil, and roast till soft and bursting, and skins are looking a bit caught (about 25 mins or thereabouts), then sieve to get rid of the skins and seeds. I use a hand mouli that I picked up at a car boot sale, but I guess you could blend and then push through a normal sieve. Check seasoning, add a pinch of sugar if needed, and job's a good'un I usuallydo a batch when the oven is on for something else, as it doesn't matter about the temp, or whether you put them at the top or the bottom of the oven.

As for the tomatoes ripening, well, what I will do is, any that haven't ripened by the end of this month, I will pick off and put in a single layer on trays, some will ripen, some will end up in green tomato chutney

Not much moneysaving going on here as I have been busy working on my business

Ocado delivery as I cba to go shopping - still not caught up with myself after the long weeken away. Only spent the minimum amount needed to qualify for the delivery, and to be honest I had run out of quite a few staples due to not having done a proper shop for a while.

Neighbour gave me a bowl of lovely ripe figs. She was given loads, and couldn't use them all

HM meals, finished off some beef and bean stew out of the freezer, with rice and HG veg for dinner.

Paid milk bill

Walked dog for free exercise

A few surveys, getting close to payout on Onepoll

And that is about it! Must do better tomorrow!

DawnW

crazy_cat_lady wrote: »

I know that many of you will hate me for saying this, but I genuinely don't feel refreshed or even a little bit ready to go back to work. I know how incredibly lucky I am to get the time off that I do but I am utterly exhausted a lot of the time... I wonder if I'm just lazy, or if I did a different job would I be so tired at the end of the day/week etc.
A couple of people have mentioned that I should have a thyroid function test but it's not that important, and it would be a miracle if I could ever actually get an appointment at my doctor's surgery.

Been there, and remember it well. Couldn't be a teacher now though, far worse than back in the day :eek: And not the kids!

We have a similar issue with trying to get GP appointments here. It is really worrying, as symptoms WILL get missed / overlooked / ignored and in some cases sadly outcomes will be worse because of it :mad:

determined_new_ms

Morning guys :wave:

the conversation about being tired and doctor appts made me feel sad cat go and get yourself checked out! It is important, you're important and your good health is everything. Please go, just imagine if there was something that could improve this continual tiredness for you - it'd be the biggest and best raise you could get!

No great shakes in the DFW realm for me today

* go to work
* packed lunches for us all, foraged fruit for me
* pack things for camping tomorrow
* bake a cake to take - think i'll just do a lemon drizzle
* get sausages, steaks & bacon out of freezer to take
* possibly pick up a couple of bits to take - stuff to make somores, milk & bread - but might just do this tomorrow
* look through the fridge and use/freeze anything that needs it
* try to do something with the mountain of veg we have :eek:
* feed veggies and admire my aubergines - I have 7 now :j

that's it! Like I said not trail blazing or anything! Happy Friday y'all x

Just did mega budgeting session and sorted out what's what in bank account, pers account & monthly cc. Have about £60 in my pers account until I get paid at the end of the month. After the last few months this seems a fortune! doubt I will spend it all

PurpleFairy26

Morning all :hello: nice to see you back Ziggy glad you had a fab time.

Cat agree with DNMS please get an appointment, even if it's difficult to do, once that hurdle is over at least you'll get to see someone.

My list today:
Work from home (first time this week and it's felt a long time coming considering I only did a 3 day week this week )
Meals from stores
DH pay day :j knew for first time how much he gets on his new hours (couldn't work it out as it was a premium rather than hourly rate) and we like it :T can no make a pad to savings too
Freeze plum DH picked up that were on offer outside DD nursery yesterday
Freeze stock I made with chicken carcass (it's a bit purple as I used a beetroot that was on the turn in the stick )
Box and freeze chickens that were stripped yesterday
Work out meal plan
Label
Put an item of furniture on local selling page
Check banking, surveys and FPL anf £co

Think that's about all, check back later. PF.

ooitsme

Morning everybody!

This is my first day of utter determination!

I am a bit of a one for writing huge To Do lists and then beating myself up for not doing them, so I'm starting fairly small...

1) first of all I will check in on here every day, as I will be going online for survey purposes anyway, so I will commit to doing this!

2) add up everything I need to pay and pop it on a signature for motivation!

3) ring sky

4) do the first letter re reclaiming the payday loans thing (I have 6 to do so one a day for a while)

I have decided that the credit card is the first thing to work on as that is costing me the most money (and I would feel so much happier knowing that I have it there, clear, costing me nothing, in case of dire car emergency, at the moment I'm winging it, and without my car I have no job). But I seem to have no money left at the end of the week, so it gets left.

Good luck for today everyone - I'm off for a run. I run the Great North Run next week!