What small DFW things will you do w/c 22nd April?

determined_new_ms

Morning Still off of work until tomorrow and madam is back at school today. she's also going to a friend's after school as I have an appt at 5 so I have a full day ahead of me

Today:

* update cv, write covering letter and send off - fingers crossed!
* go to the allotment for a few hours
* alter my cardigan
* make a batch of giganti plaki (ala Jack Monroe ) and a frittata for work this week
* make a banana bread to use up some brown bananas currently in the freezer. Will make some jackets while the oven is on as well
* quick shower and let hair dry
* assemble pdf pattern and cut fabric tonight
* energy supplier search - purps can you send me that referral link please?
* los for dinner, just need to do a veg side
* read newsletter

ok that's me

PurpleFairy26

Morning all :hello: I'll send you the link in a minute determined hope you have a good day, positive vibes on the job hunting front. - just sent on messenger. Glad I went on they want to reduce my dd by £10
My list today:

Check banking, no movement until payday Friday but good to check for reassurance
Something out of freezer for tea
Portion of stew out for lunch go take to work
Fill in a couple of forms for small that I printed at work yesterday
Track food - it really does make a difference on waistline and purse
Claim a free drink that expires tomorrow
Reconcile just for points cc, should be no change too

Think that's about all. Have a good day folks.

carrielovesfanta

Pip_Boy_111 wrote: »

No expert but I've done a bit of powerlifting until injuries got the better of me (210kg back squat :j) have you tried backing off by 10kg and then working back up in small (2.5kg ish) increments until it stalls again? Rinse and repeat.

Cheers pipboy - I'm going to speak to my coach - maybe i'm not training right to be increasing.... the squat depth and quality are improving so maybe I should be happy!

carrielovesfanta

Morning folks

Was feeling pretty fed up by the time I left work yesterday although mood improved a bit when I saw the amount of thorough housework OH had done.

Today's mission:

• B/L/D from stores. Sadly some questionable milk in work ruined my porridge by turning it into jelly *bork* but I have scrounged replacements from colleagues - done
• Charge phone in work - done
• No alcohol - done
• Gym at lunchtime - done
• Hope my free pond plants arrive! - they have!Plant them as soon as I get home - done
• Hope for forecast rain to water plants for free - done
• Take meter readings. My gas reading has "disappeared" from the app again - done
• Have a really good think about my nutrition goals. I'm not quite happy with my eating at the moment - I'm eating too many sweet treats since cutting back on the booze. - done. Apparently sugar cravings are very common in people who cut down a lot on alcohol so I'm going to cut myself some slack and just try to make good choices

Have a good one all

clf x

merida88

carrielovesfanta wrote: »

Cheers pipboy - I'm going to speak to my coach - maybe i'm not training right to be increasing.... the squat depth and quality are improving so maybe I should be happy!

Form improvements are still improvements! The weight may well bounce up all of a sudden after all this form work

Yesterday's list:
- two load of washing out to dry - done!
- wash all the free dog stuff received this weekend - bedding done, going to stick the bowls in the dishwasher but not enough space yesterday
- bike to work (am & pm, got to get used to this since the car *is* going) - done!
- start supermarket delivery order. Mr T's has been rubbish in our area lately, not sure if it's worth trying one of the others? - done, mysupermarket said Mr T was cheapest so sticking with them
- small top up shop for OH lunches (benefit of cycling, it will have to be small) - done! It was small - ham, cheese, bread and a yellow sticker pack of hot cross buns
- take the recycling out to the bin instead of hoarding it indoors :rotfl: - not done, turns out we're hoarding it because the bin is FULL
- sort out gym bookings this week - done!
- no alcohol - done!

List for today:
- bike to work (it's raining, blast)
- all meals and snacks from stores
- text friend re. dog care this weekend
- put away mountain of clean laundry (my regular nemesis it seems)
- jam any further recycling into the bin and put it out
- no alcohol

I'm not going cold turkey with the caffeine thing, but trying to cut down - today I had one full-caff cup with breakfast and one half-caff cup at work. Will be on the decaff for the rest of the day. Might swap out the next coffee order for decaff, then go half-caff at home too for a bit.

Pip_Boy_111

"Form improvements are still improvements! The weight may well bounce up all of a sudden after all this form work"

This is so true. A well executed squat at 70kg is far better than an ugly, half depth, squat of 100kg. Remember progress is not linear forever. Think of it more as an upward trending wave (3 steps forward 1 back). A reset just gives the body chance to adapt and catch up before breaking through a plateau.

Easy nsd today as at work.
All meals from home.
Not much else to report. Chill out before bed once I get home.
Looks like the sunshine has had its day. Rain is imminent here.
Have a good day all

carrielovesfanta

merida88 wrote: »

Form improvements are still improvements! The weight may well bounce up all of a sudden after all this form work

Pip_Boy_111 wrote: »

This is so true. A well executed squat at 70kg is far better than an ugly, half depth, squat of 100kg. Remember progress is not linear forever. Think of it more as an upward trending wave (3 steps forward 1 back). A reset just gives the body chance to adapt and catch up before breaking through a plateau.

Thanks guys

foxgloves

Afternoon Campers,
The promised rain & thunderstorms have not yet materialised & I feel quite disappointed, as the garden badly needs rain. We still have a 'yellow warning' here, so hopefully it will arrive later & my plants will all get a drink.
On the frugal front today:
*Two baths from one lot of hot water.
*Still using up Mum's vast supplies of shampoo & conditioner.
*Froze the lamb stock I made in the slow cooker yesterday.
*Altered meal plans because I couldn't stretch the roast lamb joint to an extra day, then the back-up meal I planned to make which was Rose Elliott's red bean pie topped with cheesy mash fell foul of the discovery that we have no kidney beans! So store cupboard & freezer odds & sods to the rescue & I'm going to make tuna & jalopeno pasta bake with salad. Tweaked tomorrow's meal plan as well, as decided that having a jacket potato night would facilitate a few more use-it-ups, so the meal I'd originally scheduled for tomorrow will be rolled forward to next week.
*Small free fitness contribution walking down to post box with 2 letters.
*Updated grocery budget with figures from our final shop of April's budget. We came in on budget this month, probably partly because for two of our shops, we went back to A*di.
*Checked OLB to see if Holiday Piggy money I paid in had arrived. It had, so I paid it across to our 'Just for points' CC. That's the campsite booked. Next target cattery fees & spending money :-)
*Updated Presents Piggy - paid across a small gift spend to Just for points CC.
*Filing & general financial admin.
*Make packed lunch - still to do, but have rounded up crisps & snacks, so only need to do a sandwich.
*Rounded up a big stack of clean on one side A4 paper & have put it altogether in an empty printer paper box. I use it for working through different figures/scenarios on Budget Day, making notes, printing out unimportant docs, etc, it's a useful resource for these kind of jobs, on which new paper is wasted.
*Checked greenhouse for pests/problems, especially the progress of the tomato plants I planted into their pot-rings yesterday. All looks fine.
*Knit a bit more cardi. If I don't like the style on me, my sis says she'd really, really like it, but if it doesn't suit her either, she says she's happy to sell it for me, on her annual autumn knitting stall.
*Dug out free voucher for visiting a very expensive historical attraction in a neighbouring county, as need to check Ts & Cs to see if we can use it this coming weekend for my birthday outing.
I shan't get too much more done today, as I have to be out early tonight for a meeting. I've defrosted some home made scones from the freezer to warm up when I get home so as to avoid an 'I've just sat through a long meeting & now deserve to call into the shop to buy illicit treats' moment later.
So that's me for today,
F x

carrielovesfanta

The rain is just starting here foxgloves so it might be coming your way soon

DawnW

Well, our promised rain and thunderstorms turned out to be a couple of showers, but at least the plants had a drink!
Babysat smallest GS this morning while DD was working. Meanwhle, OH wood treated the back of the small lean to greenhouse that we moved out yesterday, and also did the fence behind it. (Much) bigger GS2 handily popped in for lunch, and helped lift it back onto its base afterwards, so I didn't have to
More sorting in the garden and garage this afternoon, all is starting to look better, though there is more to do.
OH is cooking tonight He has cooked a gammon joint, which we will have with jacket potatoes and salad
Nothing spent so far today, but need to order a birthday present for yet another grandchild, who will be 9 early next month. She wants a pogo stick, apparently - didn't know they were still a thing - I had one when I was about her age :rotfl: