Make do, Mend and Minimise in 2019

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make Do & Minimise: Food from freezer & stores

Minimise: More wool - 9th scarf knitted & started on no. 10

Minimise: Christmas cards from stash

Mend: DH has just replaced the flush system in the upstairs toilet :T

silvasava

Make do - food from stores and freezer
Minimise - Christmas card stash - need some more though and stamps
Found a pack of cards & envelopes that were gifted to me but too 'twee' and some card blanks and evelopes in a pack to make your own that I'd hardly used so popped them in to my local hospice craft shop
Mend - SNAP! Dh replaced flush system in downstairs loo!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make Do & Minimise: Food from freezer & stores

Minimise: Wool - have now knitted 11 scarves for the homeless

Mend: nothing

calleyw

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

Mend: DH has just replaced the flush system in the upstairs toilet :T

I just had to do down stairs loo as it sounded like a fog horn when flushed and then I had to replace the shower. Should have been a straight swap but not so easy. Put me in a bad mood but finally got it sorted and now after a week or so got a shower that is boiling hot rather than stone cold.


Oh and now the washing machine is leaking. Really annoyed as only 3 years old as well. Another job for me to tackle as my partner does not have a practical bone in his body!!!!love him to bits though.



Would have got a plumber in to do the toiler/shower but getting anyone to even come and look and quote is like finding rocking horse poo :rotfl:and would have still had a stone cold shower and fog horn flush.


Yours


Calley x

nannygladys

Hi everyone
Make do: using the rest of the food up in fridge before buying anymore fresh, I have plenty of tomatoes, cabbage and onions!!!
Minimise: Been to take another couple of bags, an old tv and one odd chair to CS. (some of it was dds, but not all mine)
Mend: still using scraps to make things but no proper mending at the moment.

calleyw: well done on the diy, I wouldn't know where to start!

Nannyg

Siebrie

Husband has been complaining about the cr*p on the landing, and I gladly informed him that it was all his He had planned a month ago to take some old winter gear to the immigrants camping in a park in Brussels, but hasn't yet.


The box of our own winter gear is also still out, because not all family members (read: husband) have picked out scarves and gloves for this winter yet.


There is also a very large flimsy box (very shallow with many cubby holes) with beads, taking up a lot of floorspace. I have to train dds to take their toys back down to their play area...... I try, but they resist......

silvasava

Well Sunday's dinner was Beef & Ale from the freezer with dumplings made freshly. I found a Lardy Cake that escaped the trade description so defrosted, sliced and buttered and became bread and butter pudding.
Went to the club and there was onion soup on the menu which looked and smelled delish so bought some back for DH & I for yesterday & we'll finish up the Beef and Ale today. I've also sorted out some nice curtains that were surplus to requirements to pass on to a friend & DH has mended the base of my cleaner. He's not to confident it will fix it but it's given me good service so if it doesn't work I'll meet have to get a new one.
Siebrie - I'm sure it gave you no pleasure to point out to DH that the cr*p was his lol.

nannygladys

Todays
Make do: eating out of fridge still, that cabbage is sure big, going to make a cabbage style shep. pie tomorrow!!!
Minimise: well nothing gone out of the house, but my purse hasn't been open so that will have to do.
Mend: perhaps not mending, but made a couple of Xmas cards from stuff I had in, and sowed a couple of buttons on one lol!
Nannyg

calleyw

nannygladys wrote: »

calleyw: well done on the diy, I wouldn't know where to start!
Nannyg

Nannyug,

Thanks but when you don't have have the money you just learn to do it. And Youtube is fab for things like that.

Just need to sort out the washing machine now!!! Will try a few things and then after that no idea what I will do. As a new one is not on the cards and the quote to move the washing machine so I can fit a free dish washer. Is £400 + plus vat so that wont be happening.

Everyone take care

Yours


Calley x

nannygladys

Hi everyone
Been out most of the day, so
Make do: made a potato and cheese pie out of what I had in.
Minimise: Keep trying to buy things in less plastic but its very difficult, I wish the producers and manufacturers would take notice and cut down on the amount they use.
Mend: Nothing to mend at the moment - yay!
Nannyg