The Small Things thread - can't keep us down!

allydowd

Hi January Joy-Seekers,

Trying to make the most of my time before work later.


Debt Free-Nillionaire Continuity Plan Year Three:

* Checked online banking.

* Keeping an eye on Broadband Allowance. Bought an Add-On as we're going to go over the allowance. Buying an Add-On is much cheaper than going over the allowance unauthorised.

* Day One of 21 Day Anti-Anxiety Programme App. Used a discount code for said purchase. I think I need to invest time and a few pennies in sorting my mind out as I'm really unhappy at the moment.


Onwards and upwards.

carrielovesfanta

Morning folks

Not a problem on the posts

Well I did have a couple of glasses of wine last night, but in an enjoyable way, not a "I hate my job" way.

Today's mission:

• B/L/D from stores
• Stretch legs at lunchtime - done
• Put my clothes away
• Sew on some badges
• No alcohol
• Charge phone in work - done
• Move some monies as it's payday - done
• OH hopefully to hoover upstairs
• Put bedding back onto spare bed
• Had a tinker with the "offtime" app on my phone. Trying to have more offtime. - done
• Didn't buy anything in Asda at lunchtime

Have a good one all


clf x

carrielovesfanta

Oh - thinking of slow cookers, I discovered that you can do jacket potatoes in the sc. This is a fab revelation.

carrielovesfanta

1LuckyLady wrote: »

ooooo tell me more......

You just dab them with a bit of oil, salt and pepper, roll 'em up in foil and bung 'em in! 4-5 hours on high or 7-8 hours on low


I popped some in on high at about 8am and they were ready for lunch. I have a tall type sc and did 4 so I swapped the top and bottom ones half way through. Apparently they can sometimes go a bit darker inside than they would in the oven but ours looked normal to me.

DawnW

Afternoon all
Ally, take care
CLF thanks for going to the trouble of rescuing the thread yesterday
Today's list:
Did a shop at Lidls - £26.05 spent. Coudn't get everything needed, but did get most of it
Took some items in to sales unit
Paperwork for business
Checked banks
Updated spreadsheet - spending has been atrocious this month :eek:
Load of washing out on line - must get it in shortly! And another load in machine
Bits from fridge for lunch
Have pheasant to cook for dinner. Not my favourite, but no waste here.

Not a very inspiring list today - I am a bit down in the dumps too today, mainly about the situation here atm

foxgloves

Hi Wednesday People,
I don't think I've done two jobs alike today, then I had to go out for a meeting tonight, but I've kept the MSE faith:
*Took ingredients out of freezer for early start with the slow cooker tomorrow.
*Did 4 surveys. Am up to over £25 on Prolific now, £41.75 on Yougov, £21 on Onepoll & not too far to go to get my £40 cashout on Toluna, so must keep at it.
*Entered 1 prize draw.
*Blitzed my desk. De-cluttered & found a number of useful items inc 2 knackered phones I could sell, a pile of birthday cards I recycled into gift tags & a bookmark & a barely used bottle of ink. Annoyingly, I bought an identical bottle of ink last month having not ventured to the back of my desk draws for an absolute age, so £5 wasted.......though sufficient ink to write my journal & letters for months!
*Whipped the washing off the heated airer the minute it was dry to save a bit of electricity.
*Paid another 50p into my sealed pot & small change to shrapnel jar.
*More marmalade money added to Loan Pay Down Fund.
*Sorted my seed box & decided what food to grow this year. Have to be sensible & cut down bearing in mind I need a major surgery. Anyway, was pleased to find that I only need to buy 5 packets of veg seed & no flower seed, as I have lots of useful stuff left from last year.
*Did a crossword competition. Hope I win!
Sorry to hear so many of our.number are feeling out of sorts & stressed. Intrusive anxious thoughts are so crippling to day-to-day life & it"s so important (& difficult) to keep things in perspective.
F x

foxgloves

Good morning comrades!
I wrote such a good job list for today but have unfortunately had a terrible night of insomnia - 2 hrs sleep max - mostly because of a badly pulled muscle I managed to do yesterday. It hurts when I breathe in - intercostal muscles - have done this before. Grrrrr! So, will be working through my list (minus clearing & digging over flowerbed!) & will hopefully still be able to kick in a list of money saving achievements later.
Hope everyone else is getting off to a better start!
F x

allydowd

Hi February Fabulistas,

Optimistically sprang out of bed a minute after the alarm went this morning.


Debt Free-Nillionaire Continuity Plan Year Three:

* Checked online banking.

* Keeping an eye on Broadband Allowance.

* Day Two of 21 Day Anti-Anxiety Programme App. Used a discount code for said purchase. I did feel a bit better yesterday.

* Driving DW to work to save on the £9 bus fare. Gives us an extra 30 mins together too.

* Time the heating of the water so we can get two showers out of the boiler at the same time.


Onwards and upwards.

Happy_Kitties

Good morning everyone

Actually managed to get my list completed yesterday.......makes a change!!
DW on in a minute-quick cycle wash
WM on it a minute-30 degree wash
Leek and potato soup cooling down, will have some for my lunch
Wheelchair to be fixed this morning after breaking it at the weekend
Run the hoover over upstairs and down
Litter trays still to be sorted.
Banking all checked, everything ticking over nicely
Need to pop out later to do RM surveys and pick up prescription
Planning not to do anything else after but have some 'me' time
Dawn I know not so easy but I hope things begin to settle down soon for you
Have a great day everyone x

determined_new_ms

Morning Foxgloves & ally I'm feeling really poorly so now oh has taken madam to school I'm heading for my bed. I've tidied up d/s already ("what would bff do?" is serving me well! :rotfl:)

I'm going to keep my list small and achievable today
[STRIKE]
* load of washing & hang up on dryer[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]* fold and put away the load on there currently....[/STRIKE]
* all meals from stores
* dinner is the chilli I defrosted yesterday that we didn't eat....
* read library book
* do ins quote - current provider has sent very reasonable renewal quote though
* going to neighbour's who I am now sharing my allotment with at 2 for a cup of tea and a planning session. Not sure how productive I will be....
* I'm fairly confident I'm going to achieve a NSD
* could do with a budget check in....
* make birthday card for my godson & wrap his present
[STRIKE]* cook gammon joint[/STRIKE]

ok more than enough! Going to make some porridge and go and rest