What small DFW things will you do w/c 19th November?

1LuckyLady

Afternoon all,
Clf, hope you get it sorted quicker then we did!

Not much to report..
* ds2 to free school breakfast club
* gym session done and refilled water bottle twice
* took ds1 & niece into town (inset day) we parked out of town and walked in, so no parking costs
* had brunch in town but that was better then a breakfast and a lunch!
* bought some books in the oxfam book shop that were on dh's wish list
* ds bought a game using his money (gutted as it was what I had my eye on for him for xmas!! ) so I have updated his pocket money page in the cashbook
* called into icyland for some oven chips and paid for them with rm survey vouchers so no cash spent in there
* rm surveys done
* didn't get school trousers but he tells me that he has one pair that fit
* heating on this afternoon more then usual (as I won't put it on if its just me at home but as there are 3 of us here and all in jumpers I thought I would
* fridge/freezer use up tea tonight with some of the oven chips followed by more stewed fruit and yogurt.
* unsubscribed from several emails as I'm fed up of all the black friday/cyber monday sales stuff

Thats about it.
Take care all.

DawnW

Evening all
One of those days when I have lots of jobs on the go, but have so far finished very little
Shopping at Mr S this morning, went early to avoid the crowds. Only bought the groceries on my list, though I did look at their homewares and they have some lovely things atm (shan't be buying them though).

Delivered GD's 5th birthday card by hand, as I had forgotten to post it. I will keep her little present here till I see here, probably tomorrow, as she has lots today. I haven't bought her much as I paid half towards her party at a local soft play place - rather that than yet more plastic tat, of which she has an inordinate amount :eek:

Went along to antiques arcade to check on my sales unit - it looked like a bomb site and there were gaps, so I decided to do a partial restock. Came home and sorted out items to take down, and did so after lunch.
Also decided to sort / clean loft conversion bedroom and ensuite, which is a real mess, what with kids' toys and my sales stuff all over the place :eek: Decided to try to rehome a couple of small bits of furniture. Definitely to sell rather than freecycle, as they are lovely antiques, but even though they are only small pieces, I don't really have room for them. I have too much furniture One is now in my sales unit and the other on FB Marketplace for now. Fingers crossed they sell. If not will try ebay. Meanwhile I have to contents of one of them all over the spare bed :eek:
I want to put away some of the 'stuff' on display downstairs too, and have started to sort this out. Unfortunately it is one of those jobs where it looks worse before it starts to look better
Did a little bit in the garden, tidying round the compost bins. I have other things to do out there, but decided today wasn't the day.
Then there is the marmalade... the peel is simmering on the stove right now. It needs to be lovely and tender before I add the sugar. Ever had marmalade with unpleasant, hard bits of peel in it? That is because the peel wasn't cooked sufficiently before the sugar / hard boiling stage. I am going to steal your muffins idea btw Foxgloves


So I have lot of half done things which are not all going to get finished tonight. I will do the marmalade and see how we get on from there!

natlie

Hi All

Haven't been on for a while been hectic and working late.

Stall was ok today, actually made a bit more than i thought I would yay have left over products to take to next fair

I haven't been very MSE the last couple of days, the ovens been on low non stop and the hob cooking things for the fair. I have managed to tidy the kitchen and do all the dishes

We've also had two cheap take outs, 1 chips and 1 noodles both paid for with eBay money
chased unpaid invoices again - more excuses

2 new buffet orders

Have avoided the black Friday sales except to buy 54 Andrex loo rolls for £19.98

Hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend
Nat

PurpleFairy26

Evening all :hello: didn't manage to post this morning, but a good DFW today. Things include:

Washing machine and DW loaded and on timers for overnight
Checked banking
Didn't get to eat lunch at work so had it for tea instead
Took hot drink for commute
Lovely friend treated me to a drink and biscuit today
Swerved all the rubbish at school fair, smalls bought a cake and book each from pocket money
I bought something from a stall to save some p&p that I was planning on buying anyway
Didn't get smalls anything from tuck shop as we have sweets at home
Got something out of freezer and updated inventory
Blended pea soup I made last night in sc. added ham from freeezer.
Double checked meal list and there is enough on there for this week with only a small shop required :T

carrielovesfanta

Evening folks!

Thanks for all the boiler wishes. British Gas are coming tomorrow, but the good news is that I tried it on the off chance and it worked so we've not been cold this evening.

I suspect that the dicky temperamental bit is getting more temperamental. Can ask the BG chap about this tomorrow.

OH feeling a tad under the weather (I think he might have the lurgy that I had a couple of weeks ago). Poor lamb went to bed at 8, although I can't pretend I'll be far behind him.

Rock and roll!

PurpleFairy26

Morning folks :hello: it's Saturday :j

We're planning a quiet weekend, but still want to achieve things iyswim hope its good boiler news today Carrie hmm, like the sound of pink grapefruit marmalade. Couldn't stand grapefruit as a child but I've grown to like it as an adult and pink is definitely my favourite variety. Will keep a look out for barginous ones.

Today's list:
Check banking
E mail supplier about something that has not arrived and packed has been tracking as on way to courier for 4 days
Took some burgers and buns from freezer for tea
Look for a recipe for some of last years christmas cheese, maybe put some in some scones and Sunday's cauli cheese
Quick shower
Tidy through
Small to party, present and card from stash
Make a cake/ biscuits for pudding/ snacks for the week
Hm soup for lunch

That'll do for now, have a good day everyone. Purps.

determined_new_ms

Morning purps yippee to the weekend! :j We're out on a rare night out tonight madam is going to mil's overnight and there's a group of us going to a disco night :beer:

Not up to too much today beforehand. Want to do some cutting out squares/sewing scraps of fabric into squares - great way to use up all the odds and sods! I also want to do an hour knitting :cool::cool:

Going to take the pup for a walk in a minute & another later on

[STRIKE]did onepoll[/STRIKE]
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checked banking & did some transfers[/STRIKE]

Need to get washing under control

nipping to Mr A as lamb leg currently £5.97kg. Also nip into Lidl and get more of their cava as currently on offer for £3.50 a bottle :money: I was planning on getting 2 people a bottle of wine so that's sorted for half the price

flylady house - oh & I will take a floor each :cool:

Ok that's me I think! Have a good day

carrielovesfanta

Morning (just!) folks!

BG man has been. As I suspected, it's the diverter - the bits that switches from hot water to heating. It's getting stuck on hot water. It's always done this, but could be freed up by turning the hot water on and off a couple of times.

The man has applied a load of lubricant to the diverter and says that it is better than it was, but he's going to come back on Monday with some sort of part. I was a bit surprised as the last man said that you can't get parts for the boiler any more (it's about 24 yours old) . Perhaps this is just a standard component as opposed to a part though IYSWIM

Either way, my day is much chirpier now.

I've been a busy bee and finished my spruce up of the kitchen window. I even got the sewing machine out to hem the new curtains!

Today's mission:

• B/L/D from stores
• Make a massive frittata for brekkie/lunch and use up a load of bits from fridge - done
• Heating off until later and then low and little as poss. - totally off. I'm toasty warm
• Knit sock - am currently on the heel flap - done
• Look on Ravelry for crochet scarf pattern for Christmas presents - found one that is easy and effective. Am currently crocheting it!
  
• Tidy round - done
• OH gigging but afternoon gig and he'll be back for tea
• Check over paperwork for OH's accountant

Not much from me

Have a good one all

clf x

1LuckyLady

Good afternoon all,

Katy_ann, I hope your ds has a lovely birthday
Dnms, have a fab night out.
Clf, good news about the boiler
Pf, hope you get your quiet weekend, sounded like you could do with one after your busy week.

We're having a bit of a back to front weekend as we've had Sunday lunch today (my folks are going on holiday tomorrow so we all got together today to have a catch up before they go)

Todays small things
* ys bread used for breakfasts
* Fridge bottom veggies all cooked up to go with lunch
* stewed some bruised apples and mixed with some berries out of the freezer as the base of a crumble for dessert
* ds dropped off at his friends for his first ever sleep over (he was VERY excited bless him, I don't think they'll do much sleeping)
* popped into sainsbugs with a list and used £10 off £50 and at triple points voucher
* received a £5 voucher from rm surveys - popped into my purse for next time I go to icyland

An evening of cwtching up with ds2 with a picnic tea whilst watching a film from our stash sounds like a good plan now!

Take care all.

DawnW

Afternoon everyone
Continuing with the ongoing jobs today. DD came round with the children for several hours, but I have:
Wiped and labelled the marmalade jars - finished it off last night and left it to cool till this morning. It has set beautifully DD grabbed a couple of jars on the way out :rotfl:
Received some Christmas stamps and a diary from RM surveys

Planted up big pots in front garden - bought a few polyanthus and pansy plants at the market the other day, and used some rosemary cuttings I rooted back in the summer for a bit of structure / greenery
Did some tidying in the back garden, sorted out some pots that can go and put them on freecycle
Have hopefully sold an antique wall cupboard that I like but have no room for. Should be picked up in the morning
Some of the ebay items have bids
OH cooking tonight, if warming up leftovers and putting some potatoes in the oven counts as cooking :rotfl:
Sorted out a few items to take to sales unit on Monday - coloured glass items to make it look Christmassy Must go through some of the boxes and find some other bits.

Operation loft conversion bedroom is ongoing :eek: