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HairyHandofDartmoor

You sound like you're on top of Christmas purplemum, well done .

I'm hoping to get a bit more on top of it this weekend.

[Deleted User]

Morning,

I've had a fantastic weekend and we've been thoroughly spoilt, they've gone home now and are weedling their way on the motorway as I type.

Parents also brought down lots of washing powder, fabric softener and dishwasher tablets so no need to buy any for a while. Mum said she'll keep me stocked up next year.

Dinner has been prepared and is in the oven ready to be switched on later...beef casserole just need to do some mash later and any left (if DS doesn't snaffle thirds) I'll take for lunch tomorrow.

Scary to think that next Sunday is Christmas Eve.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend xx

mummytogirls

Happy have a great day PMO2, weekend sounds lovely for you xx

HairyHandofDartmoor

Deleted_User wrote: »

Morning,

I've had a fantastic weekend and we've been thoroughly spoilt, they've gone home now and are weedling their way on the motorway as I type.

Parents also brought down lots of washing powder, fabric softener and dishwasher tablets so no need to buy any for a while. Mum said she'll keep me stocked up next year.

Dinner has been prepared and is in the oven ready to be switched on later...beef casserole just need to do some mash later and any left (if DS doesn't snaffle thirds) I'll take for lunch tomorrow.

Scary to think that next Sunday is Christmas Eve.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend xx

Glad you've had a great weekend, you deserve to be spoilt :T.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: to next weekend being Christmas eve! I'm not ready

[Deleted User]

218 things in 2018

• Reduce Barclaycard - PAW?
• Reduce Capital One card with Surveys/Quidco
• Reduce MBNA
• Get a quote to fix my engagement ring
• Hopefully get my engagement ring fixed
• Make additional payment in to kids accounts - £109 each or £9.08pm each
• Change any remaining addresses over
• Build up Pots/funds
• Pay off DD!!!8217;s travel !!!8211; pots fund?
• Start Christmas savings !!!8211; Aim £400
• Pay in to Tesco Christmas saver - £10 pm?
• Build an Emergency fund !!!8211; Aim £218
• Do something for Charity
• Walk more !!!8211; Aim 10,000 steps per day
• AFD!!!8217;s !!!8211; Aim 218
• NSD!!!8217;s !!!8211; Aim 218
• Decorate the house
• Read all Terry Pratchett Books
• Build up my James Herbert collection on my Kindle
• Build up my Richard Laymon collection on my Kindle
• Holiday? Camping or caravan site !!!8211; DH wants abroad
• Visit parents and see my friends
• Be more organised !!!8211; use Filofax/calendar/write glass
• Go out on my bike more
• Finish my tapestry and start a new one
• Sew DD!!!8217;s badges on to her camp blanket when she gets them
• Sew any badges that DS gets when he gets them
• Get more sleep
• Sort the garage out
• Go see C&V
• Let the kids have a sleep over
• Let the kids camp in the garden
• Have everyone over for dinner
• Invite P up to see the house for the weekend
• Invite A/K up to visit
• Invite A/T/S up to visit
• Invite J, M and kids up to visit
• Invite C&V up to visit
• Invite A, T and kids up to visit
• Invite Ge and L up to visit
• Spend less time online
• Sort out the Extract above the hob
• Reduce weekly grocery spends
• Keep up with meal plan !!!8211; variety?
• Spend quality time with the kids !!!8211; If they let me!!
• Sort Ariel out on roof so kids can watch tv
• Sort DD out a TV in her room
• Clear email inbox
• Delete years old emails
• Regularly back up phone
• Regularly back up iPad
• Start an Overdraft fund
• Start a Mortgage Overpayment fund
• Maximise the use of holidays from work
• Go to the cinema with the kids
• Save the change
• Sell DD!!!8217;s old bike
• Sell kids scooters
• Keep up with surveys
• Check and change gas/elec suppliers if needed
• £10 pw allowance at work
• Lunches to work
• Drink more water !!!8211; 2L per day
• Check and change home insurers if needed
• Check and change car insurers
• Sim only deal on my phone?
• Fix my phone screen
• Swimming with the kids
• Climbing with the family
• Park with the kids more
• Try Wombling again
• Keep a running total of extra payments made from Jan to Dec
• Keep a running total of all survey money/vouchers earned Jan to Dec
• Keep finances spreadsheet up to date
• Try something new !!!8211; experience/eat?
• Comping again
• Eat healthier !!!8211; less fat/sugar
• Try to lose weight
• Exercise more
• Take more photo!!!8217;s !!!8211; hardly any to record for 2017
• Aim to reduce CC debt by £4k
• Organise an A catch up
• Organise a P catch up
• Catch up with C
• Eat a proper breakfast
• Be more productive
• Eat more fruit
• Keep up with the garden
• Sort large planter and plants out for under bay window at front
• No unnecessary spending
• One carrier bag of stuff to the charity shop per month/2 months
• Buy canvas photo of the kids !!!8211; also idea for Christmas for mums
• Buy new bedding
• Buy new clothes !!!8211; limit £218
• Buy sideboard for lounge
• Clean and set up chest freezer
• Sort out a pantry in garage
• Reframe painting of DH!!!8217;s
• Buy Spice rack for kitchen
• Clean the oven every 3 months
• Buy clock for kitchen
• Sit out and enjoy the garden more
• Have more !!!8216;Me!!!8217; time
• Clean outside of my car every two months
• Sort scratch out on my car - Car is being changed so this one is obsolete
• Clean inside of my car every month
• Cut my hair every 2 months
• Cut DD!!!8217;s hair every 2 months
• Dye my hair regularly
• Make Christmas as cheap as possible present wise !!!8211; January sales
• Learn to crochet !!!8211; YouTube?
• Stop procrastinating about things
• Join the local library and use it
• Go on family bike rides
• Go through wrapping paper/cards check got enough !!!8211; January sales
• Write tags/cards out in August
• Learn to cross stitch !!!8211; YouTube?
• Sort organisation in ensuite
• Keep dishwasher regularly cleaned
• Keep washing machine regularly cleaned
• Keep dryer regularly cleaned
• Scrub patio
• Invest in decent garden furniture for the garden
• Find a nice spot in the garden for dads!!!8217; plaque
• Buy a nice Clematis and pot for corner of garden
• Dig out dead tree
• Go for free/cheap days out when off with the kids
• Talk to DS more, help him more
• Talk to DD more, help her become independent
• Organise the paperwork in the kitchen - weekly
• Clean the fridge out monthly
• Visit local farm shop
• Listen to music more
• Build up my online music catalogue
• Help kids with their homework where possible
• Defrost fridge freezer twice a year
• Sort out Christmas decorations
• Sort kids clothes out 2-3 months
• eBay kids clothes
• Sort my old clothes out
• eBay my clothes
• Paint upright outside house
• Organise a window cleaner
• Scrub front door twice a year
• Scrub garage door twice a year
• Scrub/wash driveway
• Upcycle/paint bathroom cabinet
• Organisation for family bathroom
• Frame my Spitfire tapestry (properly) and hang in DD!!!8217;s room
• Go through kids!!!8217; board games and organise neatly
• Try to set up a skin care regime
• Get kids photos developed from their disposable cameras !!!8211; from Primary School
• xxxx
• Make our bed every morning
• Flyladying as much as possible - Signed up to the 2018 thread
• Hang the washing outside as much as possible
• Have the windows open when the weather is nicer
• Paint my nails again !!!65533;!!!65533;
• Sort the glass on the shower out !!!8211; try other methods
• Take the kids on the train to somewhere an hour away from home
• Label the fuse switches in the kitchen
• Sort school uniforms out, don!!!8217;t buy all new
• Sort DD!!!8217;s curtains out
• Take DD for regular bra fittings
• Take advantage of the Boots/Superdrug website for toothpaste etc
• Buy more flowers
• Do more baking !!!8211; cakes, flapjacks and cookies
• Let DD paint my nails - Gulp!
• Send more flowers
• Play board games with the kids
• Find local museums to visit with the kids
• Go to the pub and watch a live band
• Give the kids a disposable camera for the day
• Give the kids chalk for outside in the Close
• Go to the family golf place
• Donate to the food bank once a month
• Feed the ducks at local Country Park
• Have an Easter Egg Hunt with the kids/neighbourhood kids
• Go bowling with the kids
• Go to a zoo
• Free day !!!8211; let the kids choose where we go
• Free day !!!8211; let the kids choose dinner
• Go to the waterpark
• See Wokingham at Christmas
• Watch the Glenn Miller Story
• Sort out the cupboard in our bedroom
• Picnic at local Country park
• Visit local fairs
• Check & sign kids!!!8217; planners weekly
• Buy new underwear !!!65533;!!!65533;
• Decorate the downstairs bathroom
• Keep calendar updated
• Declutter toys
• Make bread - experiment
• Go fruit picking/PYO with the kids
• Talk a walk around local church and graveyard
• Pay it forward/random act of kindness once a week
• Drink less caffeine
• Learn to meditate
• Learn a deep breathing exercise
• New pillows for our bed?
• Pay off Council Tax !!!8211; or at least half of it !!!8211; use pots account?
• Get my eyes tested
• Sort out a dentist for the kids
• Make vegetable soup - DONE
• Do something spontaneous
• Have a herb garden
• Go ice skating with the kids
• Take the kids to the Museum of Aviation at Woodley
• Take the kids to the beach
• Send a postcard or two !!!65533;!!!65533;
• Keep a note of anything good that happens and read them at Christmas
• Make own decorations for Christmas
• Play the lottery once a month or 4 times in the year
• Send a message in a bottle
• Prepare Wills for DH and me
• Get a heater for the conservatory
• Do a list for 2019

MistyMountainTop

That's some list!!! :eek:

I'm afraid my 2018 list will be very similar to my 2017 list as not a lot from it got done.

Number one on my list will need to be staying organised so I can plan out my weeks better so this time next year I won't be saying "I'm afraid my 2019 list will be very similar to my 2018 list as not a lot from it got done..."

WannabeFree

Wow ages since I posted, thought I'd replied at the weekend. Losing my mind :cool:

Glad MIL results where nothing serious - I do hope they have sorted her meds out though!

Well done on being so organised! You sound so much happier since starting the new job.

I LOVE your 2018 list and I'm going to steal some of your ideas :rotfl:

Hope you've had a good day x

[Deleted User]

MistyMountainTop wrote: »

That's some list!!! :eek:

I'm afraid my 2018 list will be very similar to my 2017 list as not a lot from it got done.

Number one on my list will need to be staying organised so I can plan out my weeks better so this time next year I won't be saying "I'm afraid my 2019 list will be very similar to my 2018 list as not a lot from it got done..."

:rotfl: sounds like mine for this year :rotfl:

WannabeFree wrote: »

Wow ages since I posted, thought I'd replied at the weekend. Losing my mind :cool:

Glad MIL results where nothing serious - I do hope they have sorted her meds out though!

Well done on being so organised! You sound so much happier since starting the new job.

I LOVE your 2018 list and I'm going to steal some of your ideas :rotfl:

Hope you've had a good day x

Feel free to steal away Hun x

HairyHandofDartmoor

Wow your list is very long and on the list you've got 'have more me time ' :rotfl: If you do all of that you'll be superwoman :rotfl:.

It's good to write it all down though and you can always go through it and set priorities.

My list will come at some point but I don't think it will be as long as yours .

[Deleted User]

DD has just rung, they've finally finished school for Christmas.

She got a 100% attendance award and a Bronze award for having 430 reward points. Safe to say I think she's settled in to Year 7 lol