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What small DFW things will you do w/c 17th September?
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Morning All
I don't really have time to be here but I feel I must pop in to keep us on track.
Today the children are starting a new sports training group, we will have an hour from when that finishes to get home, eat lunch and hopefully some chores until we are out again to a separate lot of training in a different town. Both lots of training will need parking to be paidThe first lot I don't think there are no options on where to park. The 2nd lot I can park in the local shop's carpark as long as I am a customer, this is no problem, I will select a couple of things from the shopping list and buy them there. The things I select will be either cheaper, at the same price or things my main shop doesn't sell. So in effect, the parking is free. I am going to have a look around the first location to see if I can find a suitable alternative.
Today's list:
PAD Done
B/L/D from stores Done
Stick to meal plan Done
RM survey Done
Only buy what is on the list Done
Turn off lights and appliances when not in use Done
Use soup in use up box Done
Home educate children Done
Swish & swipe I plan to do this just before we go to bed
Take drinks & snacks with us Done
Hopefully, more will occur...
Bought ds a pair of shoes using vouchers from RM surveys, free shoes :money:
Manage to find free parking for the first set of training today
Set dw to run overnight
Set wm to run overnight and hope we can dry it outside when the weather is behaving
Requested a library book for me, for free
Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
One income, home educating family0 -
Morning all
Baby GS is asleep, so managed to achieve a couple of things
Roasted a big bowl of HG tomatoes and put through the mouli to make a sauce. 2 pots of sauce now in freezer (must update list). I find this a good way of concentrating down large quantities of tomatoes! And it is nice with pasta in the dark, cold days of winter when fresh tomatoes are a distant memory (except for tasteless bought ones)
OH and I managed to peel and cut up a large slow cooker full of quinces. Currently poaching with sugar and a little lemon juice. There are about 6 left to do, but the SC was full so we stopped. I will need to find freezer space for these somehow :eek:
Washed out and pegged on line 6 freezer bags that I liberated last night when I redid the freezer inventory (by putting small quantities together in one bag). I don't do this with bags that have been used for meat or anything greasy, but if only fruit or veg why not?
I can hear GS, so peace is now shattered, and won't resume till around 5.30pm, with double trouble after 3.15 when we need to pick up GD!0 -
carrielovesfanta wrote: »I'm a bit peeved this morning. Essentially a very rash promise was made by a family member and it was always likely that it wouldn't be fulfilled. They have now said that OH and I will need to fulfil it. I get very cross about being put into situations where I can't say no. I am practising what I am going to say to them on Thursday.
I'm not surprised you're a bit peeved! I would be mightily peeved indeed! Hope all goes well tomorrow x
In merida-world it's the end of my pay month and I have an announcement to make... drum roll please... I have made an extra payment to the CC! :money: A grand total of £4.80 :rotfl: Oh well, every little helps I suppose and not too bad given the car drama. Thank goodness for the moneysaving mudguard solution, or I'd have been over budget this month.
Today's activities:
- biking to work etc etc
- leftovers lunch at home. Didn't eat the chilli last night in the end (late gym class, had a pile of toast before and protein shake smoothie thing afterwards) so that'll be tonight's supper.
- Parcel to be sent plus birthday card - if I send today I can use up one of the 2nd class stamps from last Christmas :rotfl:
- booked supermarket delivery for silly time tomorrow evening to get free delivery
- MUST SORT EXAM BOOKING. Discovered yesterday they've gone up by £6 per exam since July! Not pleased with that particular development at all.0 -
Afternoon all,
:wave: to everyone :grouphug: to those who need it
Welcome to lurkers and newbies
I'm another short on time to get a list up but here goes today's listSwitch dss alarm clock off at the wall for the daytime done
Ds to free school breakfast club & drop off books I'd offered yesterday done
Go to gym after dropping the kids off to make the most of my membership. Will fill up water bottle done
Call into ald1 but only buy whats on the list done
Clear the conservatory so very many dead flies and cobwebs :eek: so that my friends son can give my ds a starter lesson for the guitar he got for his birthday - not sure how it will go as ds has the attention span of a [insert name here of something with no attention span -- my brain is mush this afternoon!) done
Clean kitchen using stardrops/micro cloths
Clean bathrooms/toilets as above
Rm other survey correctly delivered one done
Triage fridge to make sure nothing goes to waste done
Make families lunches for tomorrow done
Check banking/update spreadsheet done
Hoover round everywhere
Meal plan for the next few days done
All meals from stores
Get the freezer list back up to date after ald1 done
Share bathwater and continue use up of lotions and potions
Check surveys,
Continue going through my cupboards and reorganising/get rid of anything not needed to the charity shop/tip and put into the car ready for dropping off on Friday morning
Got to remember to go up to the school for a "meet the teacher" session later
Book dh a drs appointment - putting on here as I'll remember then! (just tried but they're shut between 1-2) done but no joy.
Take care all.
Sticking with the "Small things" thread to keep up us on the straight and narrow.
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Congrats on the extra card payment Merida! I was making a payment a day to mine when I was clearing it. A few pence here and there, but it gave me that feeling of moving towards being debt free so I found it a big boost.LBM 11/06/2010: DFD 30/04/2013Total repaid: £10,490.310
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Good Afternoon All
Today we will
Check Bank & Make PAD - Done
DH to hospital - Done, managed to find free parking too
Topcashback clicks - Done
Swagbucks - Done
Purge a few emails -
Enter a few comps -
All meals from cupboards/fridge/freezer -
Check: Tombola Stars, Lucky Bob, FPL, WinaDinner -
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Have a great day!
C xGoodreads 2025 Challenge :16/75
Goodreads 2024 Challenge: 65/80
Goodreads 2023 Challenge: 77/520 -
Hi folks,
I want to run an idea past you. Our house helpfully has lovely air bricks built into the walls in several places. Great for letting in nice cold draughts.
Now I can't fill them (not our house) and I suspect that the ventilation may be a good thing?
Do you think it's worth me making some fabric covers for them? I thought if I made them elasticated like a shower cap, they might sit over the vent covers and lessen the draught. (might also stop spiders?)
Any other ideas?LBM 11/06/2010: DFD 30/04/2013Total repaid: £10,490.310 -
Merida any extra payment is worthwhile - I used to send pennies to my card debts, and then once they were paid, to my mortgage, once I found out how to do so online
:rotfl: Bet they wished I hadn't found out :rotfl:
CLF - I would have been annoyed too, but equally unwilling to let a child downAirbricks are there to aerate the building, thus preventing damp. Can't see a problem with fabric covers, but if you start to see any damp, remove them!!
Bleurrgh, GS slept for about an hour and that was it, all day :eek: Seriously, there is a reason why 60+ women don't have babies!! Still, I kept him happy, fed GD when OH picked her up from school, and remained sane :A Starting to recover now - excellent idea to have leftovers in the fridge for dinner though!0 -
DH to hospital - Done, managed to find free parking too
The free parking fairy was definitely looking after us todayBaileys_Babe wrote: »Morning All
I don't really have time to be here but I feel I must pop in to keep us on track.
Today the children are starting a new sports training group, we will have an hour from when that finishes to get home, eat lunch and hopefully some chores until we are out again to a separate lot of training in a different town. Both lots of training will need parking to be paidThe first lot I don't think there are no options on where to park. The 2nd lot I can park in the local shop's carpark as long as I am a customer, this is no problem, I will select a couple of things from the shopping list and buy them there. The things I select will be either cheaper, at the same price or things my main shop doesn't sell. So in effect, the parking is free. I am going to have a look around the first location to see if I can find a suitable alternative.
Today's list:
PAD Done
B/L/D from stores Done
Stick to meal plan Done
RM survey Done
Only buy what is on the list Done
Turn off lights and appliances when not in use Done
Use soup in use up box Done
Home educate children Done
Swish & swipe I plan to do this just before we go to bed
Take drinks & snacks with us Done
Hopefully, more will occur...
Bought ds a pair of shoes using vouchers from RM surveys, free shoes :money:
Manage to find free parking for the first set of training today
Set dw to run overnight
Set wm to run overnight and hope we can dry it outside when the weather is behaving
Requested a library book for me, for free
Also refilled water bottles at both training venues
Off now to collect dd from "after school" group.Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
One income, home educating family0 -
carrielovesfanta wrote: »OH still hasn't realised that food doesn't magically appear. In fact his recent habit is to just turn round to me and ask "what's for tea?". I pointed out that this enrages me as what I hear is "although we are both adults and you are at work all day, I have decided not to take any responsibility for what we eat and I expect you to". My answer is often "well if you don't know, why should I?".
this is such a gear grinder for me! and no different in our house - I took responsibility for grocery shopping & cooking as 1. I'm a better cook & 2. I'm more focused on being frugal in this regard.
However it isn't a shock to me I'm going to need to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner each day - insightful right??! - In the mornings I think about what we'll eat at night and get something out of the freezer. But my oh is taken by surprise each and every day :eek:
I try not to let it get to me too much. There's lots of stuff he's better at than me and (shock to you all I know) I'm not perfect and he puts up with all my kooky ways....DF as at 30/12/16
Wombling 2025: £87.12
NSD March: YTD: 35
Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
GC annual £449.80/£4500
Eating out budget: £55/£420
Extra cash earned 2025: £1950
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