Single, six kids and going to be debt free!

bd80s

All sounds like its going well with you, great money making with the cushions although how you possibly find the time to do them with everything you have going on is beyond me

Mumoffourkids

missymoo81 said:

Hey lovely! Super well done on the money making from sewing! Clever you! I’m so pleased your little girl is happy. Stressed families are never a good thing. You’re doing so well with everything as always x

Thanks Missy, I am so happy my daughter is happy and it is making for a much less stressful house.

Mumoffourkids

bd80s said:

All sounds like its going well with you, great money making with the cushions although how you possibly find the time to do them with everything you have going on is beyond me

Thanks BDS. I find the time somehow although what I normally do is cut out in one stint which I can do in about half an hour for one cushion. Then I sew four squares together to make a strip, and then sew each strip together to make a square. That takes about half an hour as well. Then it’s just making the envelope back from four pieces of material and putting the cushion together. Because I do it in stages, I can always find half an hour here and there to get the next stage done. I currently have three lots of uniform ready to cut out, then I have ten masks to make and four other cushions to make. Not sure how much I will get done today, masks is top of the to do list I think, but I have other stuff I want to get done which is making a little den for the youngest two under one of their beds. It’s a cosy little space which can only be got to by the bottom bunk bed, but I want to clear it out, cut an old mattress up to make the flooring and then cover it. Then put a load of cushions in. I might try and get some fairy lights or led lights to go in there. It will make a lovely little den for the youngest two. I bet the next two will like it as well!

Mumoffourkids

You know those days where you have loads to get done, but you just sit on your phone browsing on here, Facebook and the internet in general. Well that’s been my day so far! I have just done a meal plan for the week trying to use up stuff in the freezer and amended my food order for tomorrow, so that is one thing done. I need to do some white washing, then dark washing and I need to work out how I am going to move the caravan from the driveway to the patio! I also still have masks to make! Oh and the downstairs of the house needs a good tidy and clean. But as usual I am still on here. I need to find some motivation from somewhere!

jak

Yay for the pip award! Well done that’s great new xx

missymoo81

Hey, I definitely have days like that. Several in fact, but I pretend I’m doing a good thing by reading diaries and getting tips on how to save money etc, meanwhile the 5 loads of washing are still languishing on the landing and the frid he is full of unprepared food. But that being said, we all need a break sometimes. 

Queen_of_the_Hive

I've got my hand up and the same too! I've got job applications and studying to do which I don't mind but yeah enough said 😉

Mumoffourkids

I’m glad it’s not just me that has days where you just don’t do anything! 

Today I have just dropped off the youngest two to my ex for the day, so at least I don’t have those two following me around, my food order should be arriving soon, but I think I am going to go and hoover the big bedroom as last night I got all motivated and cleared the floor but I couldn’t really be hoovering at 10pm at night! Then I’ve got dark washing to dry and towels to wash and dry. I’m also going to clear the floor of the tiny bedroom today and have a tidy up in the living room seeing as the youngest two aren’t here. I’m also running later on tonight with my friend. Day 3 of week 2 of couch to 5k. I also want to sort out my youngest’s clothes as I think she may have finally grown out of 12-18 months clothes!

trix-a-belle

Thanks for the suggestion of a little bit of each project each day, i've got loads of big jobs that are making me feel guilty for not getting them done so am going to try and cut them up into bite size chunks this week to make some progress & mix the day up for me so that I don't get bored on one and just stall (warning I may reach the end of the week looking like i've been dragged through a paint store backwards though)

Well done for sticking with c25k!

Mumoffourkids

Thank you. Been for another run tonight. Last day of week 2 today. Next week it starts getting serious with running for 3 minutes. Let’s hope I can manage it!

And thanks for trying out the little bit of each project each day. It seems to have worked for me this week as I have tackled two of the children’s bedrooms and they are mostly tidy and have been hoovered. The big room has stayed tidy, I just need to move some clothes around next week, but the clothes could do with being sorted out at the same time. Next week, I am concentrating on my room and the caravan, in addition to sewing of course! I am hoping to get the caravan moved to it’s final resting place this week, then I am going to make a start on sanding and painting the desk in there. I actually have a page in my organiser for each main project and once a week, I add things to do to each project list. Then each evening, I take things from each project and add them to my to do list for the next day. This seems to work for me and I don’t spend too long on each thing as each to do item doesn’t take too long.