What small DFW things will you do this week? w/c 05/12

1LuckyLady

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

Hope the cake turns out OK PF. Woke up feeling down in the dumps, mainly because today is Sunday which means work tomorrow. I cant change my job at the moment but I cant spend every Sunday feeling down because its the last day of the weekend. I need to work on this.

Very mild here again and it's not quite as dull and dingy as the last few days. Might even get some washing out. Going to potter gently today, make some lists and plans for the week. Have taken some chicken thighs out of the freezer for tea so will get those in the sc before we take DS2 to footie. The dog needs a walk and I want to ring my Mum for a natter. That doesnt sound a bad day does it? Not going to spend a penny.

Yorkshirelass, sorry to hear that you are feeling down, hopefully getting out for a bit of fresh air will help. Are you going to have much of a break at Christmas?

La_escocesa

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

Hope the cake turns out OK PF. Woke up feeling down in the dumps, mainly because today is Sunday which means work tomorrow. I cant change my job at the moment but I cant spend every Sunday feeling down because its the last day of the weekend. I need to work on this.

Very mild here again and it's not quite as dull and dingy as the last few days. Might even get some washing out. Going to potter gently today, make some lists and plans for the week. Have taken some chicken thighs out of the freezer for tea so will get those in the sc before we take DS2 to footie. The dog needs a walk and I want to ring my Mum for a natter. That doesnt sound a bad day does it? Not going to spend a penny.

Sounds like a lovely day Yorkshirelass. I know it is easier said than done but do try to focus on just today and not worry about work tomorrow. One book that really helped me was 'How to Live on 24 Hours a Day". It's a really old book so you can get it free on Project Gutenburg. The main thing about it (for me) is that rather than thinking about your days as ruled by your 9-5 and everything else as just the time around it/periphery/time to wait to go to work tomorrow... You think about your day as 5pm one day to 9am the next morning (or 5pm on Friday to 9am Monday) - concentrate on that as your time (you don't need to think about the 9-5 because that is a given and will always come around) but then you can concentrate on what you want to do with your 'real life'/all your time out of work. Sorry for the pep talk but it really did help me...

xx

Baileys_Babe

No jam tarts here, but dd did make a batch of mince pies yesterday with HM mince meat, she is such a good chef.

Today I need to email my parents a list of present ideas for us (this was requested, not me being cheeky), they will already got a few bits for the children, my Mum if she has found the time will have knitted them a jumper or a cardigan (much treasured by the children and garments often returned when out grown for Grandma to work her magic and enlarge so they can continue wearing )

This evening we are joining friends and family to celebrate the third Sunday in advent as well as working on our advent puzzle throughout the day.

OH & dd are out at martial arts training, so I want to make the most of the next couple of hours and get lots done.

This afternoon me & dd are going to our monthly meetup with friends, crafts, soft play, chatting and lovely free mocha for the adults. Leaving us not much time to get today's list done, I must go and get a wiggle on.

Today's list:
Open curtains to make the most of the natural light
Close curtains befor it gets dark
Turn off lights and appliances not in use
Make a batch of porridge
NSD
Set DW to run overnight
Set WM to run overnight
Check library loans and do renewals
FPL, Ashleigh
PAD
Pack bags for tomorrow's activities
Stick to the meal plan
B/L/D from stores
Write shopping list for tomorrow
Keep heating to a minimum, we have blankets and jumpers
Entertain us and the children for free
Educate the children for free

Tidy house = tidy mind:
Tidy email accounts, I was on top of this earlier in the year and then it went to pot :mad: 6 accounts to deal with, wish me luck
Blitz the kitchen
Living room we have under control, spend 10-15 minutes maintaining that and making some improvement
Deal with confidential waste
Prepare RMS items for the rest of the year

Baileys_Babe

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

Not going to spend a penny.

Yorkshirelass your a better woman than me, I can barely go an hour without spending a penny

MinnieMousesMummy

Good morning, Its a rather dull day here this morning. Despite the weather I am in a positive frame of mind as last night was great and the kids really enjoyed it.

My list for today:
Feed the animals and check for eggsDONE
Check banking and pay billsDONE
Spend 4 hours on uni workDONE
Check uni experiment and record dataDONE
Deal with Mr T deliveryDONE
Catch up with the laundryDONE
Clean the sitting room DONE
Put up the Xmas treeDONE
Declutter kichen cupboardDONE
Put food for Xmas into the now clean cupboardDONE
Wrap 2 presents 1 which needs posted and the other to go to nurseryDONE
Do 3 surveysDONE
Check fpl/luckphone/numberplate/JPJDONE
Check TCBDONE
Clean out the guinea pigs
Help dd to do her homeworkDONE
Spend an hour decluttering the bedroom
All meals from storesDONE
Look into Amazon streaming, this is something which I have with my student account but not been using
Updat xmas list and bankingDONE
Delete 50 emailsDONE
Look into AA discountsDONE
Look into NUS discountsDONE
Sort clothes and bags for MondayDONE
Chill for an hour with YTDONE
Revive swagbucks account

Saturday
Delete 50 emailsDONE
Finish writing xmas cards

Wednesday
Look into and apply for marriage allowance
Make a start on UCAS form, hoping to change uni for the rest of my course
Put loose change into the jar
Dust around the sitting room
Sort out pile of paperwork and shred or file
Check emails and get rid of 50 (almost 2000 in inbox at moment)
Pair up the massive pile of socks and put away

There is a lot of stuff to get done today, however dh is here for most of the day so hopefully he will help.

FatVonD

Morning all, it's bright and sunny here today.

My mum is buying us a carvery lunch today and I have pizza in the fridge for tea tonight so that's food sorted for the day.

I do need to buy another set of outdoor lights for one of the bushes as DS and DSGF snaffled one of a matching set for their room. I may just buy a cheaper set and swap with them.

We did the deep clean and decorated the sitting room yesterday and it looks lovely. I used some ribbon to string the tea light holders from the garden from a curtain rail so that didn't cost a penny. We now can't close those curtains of course but we back onto farmland do aren't overlooked. At the opposite end I did the same with a pack of baubles hung from ribbon attached to the curtain rail but further back so we can close those ones. Thank you pinterest :rotfl:

I have a few items ending on eBay today but only one with bids, I'm hoping for a little flurry closer to the end time. I didn't get to photograph anything new yesterday as DH got a bit previous with the tidying and put it all away in th garden store so, if it's still light when we get back, I will have a root around and try to photograph later. I'm finding the eBay money really useful at the moment, I must keep this up.

Have a great day everyone!

determined_new_ms

How annoying I wrote a post out a couple of hours ago and it has disappeared! Yorkshire sorry to hear things are getting on top of you. Remember this too shall pass x

Have been on a mission to sorted out our house. Got oh to put some pictures up, did some sorting out and took madams toys upstairs. Oh has gone to b&q to buy some shelves for an alcove

Got up this morning and the cheese cake I made yesterday hadn't set so I scooped the topping off, whipped it in the fp and reassembled it and it's come out OK! Also have 8 jam tarts

I have a lamp but the shade is too big for the fitting, so faffed about with some cardboard and made 2 inserts to fit and unless you gave it a full inspection you wouldn't know looked online and they are £4.99 to buy in b&q! Ching ching!

Madam had a dodgy tummy again last night so another day at home and oh will stay with her tomorrow. We have been making xmas Dec's, bead candy canes and a star and also some paper chains using strips of paper we already had in.

Going to nip to the sms shortly as I am determined to find a turkey ys before Xmas!

Make my lunch & get my things ready for work tomorrow.

OK that's all I think x

DawnW

Afternoon all
It actually isn't raining today :T Not exactly sunny, just not raining, and dark!
So far I have:
Blitzed the bathroom, hoovered upstairs
Load of washing, to go on airer later
Prepped the RM surveys stuff for the week
Packaged up 5 ebay sales from yesterday ready to drop off tomorrow
Listed a few more items

Still to do:
Write Xmas cards (MUST do this!)
Make a pie for dinner
Dog walk
Post small ebay item, for which I have used a recycled jiffy bag and a free large letter stamp from RM surveys :T
Paperwork for post office drop off thingy for parcels

Hope everyone is having a good day - ((Hugs)) Yorkshire, I remember that Sunday /dreading Monday feeling well I like the sound of the book suggested by La E though!

foxgloves

Yorkshirelass - I too like the sound of La E's book.
I can really sympathize with your Sunday -nearly-Monday feeling. I used to work with a horrendously difficult individual & my stress levels would be buulding as the weekend progressed so were pretty bad by Sunday night.
That's how my 'Sunday hour' started. At around 4pm on Sundays, I'd throw myself into a vigorous hour of preparing for Monday: washer loaded, packed lunch made, clothes put out ready, bag packed, synchronised diaries with mr f to get ultra-organised, then run a hot bubble bath & wash my hair. Given that I had to go to work because I needed the money, I couldn't do anything about that, but I COULD spend that hour getting as organised as possible to make Monday morning go as smoothly as possible. As soon as the Sunday Hour was done, I made sure I concentrated on me-time only. It didn't solve the problem of the horrendous colleague (sadly neither did Management) but as a coping strategy, it helped me x

determined_new_ms

Whoop just back from ys haul. Sadly no turkey yet but managed to get meat for another 6 meals, 18 fromage frais yogurts for madam, 2 x 1pt of semi skimmed, a load of veg and weirdly a pack of breaded carvery ham with a bb date of 21/12 (?) All for ££9.50 all divided up and put in the freezer

Re turkey. I absolutely want to get a ys one. So am thinking of getting a chicken and putting in the freezer and then holding my nerve until I find one, even if it's xmas eve. Need to speak to dd as if she's not on board and we don't get one that is something that could trigger her on Xmas day and see the whole day ruined for everyone