What small DFW things will you do w/c 06/05

crazy_cat_lady

Hello :wave:
Sounds like people have enjoyed the bank holiday. I have as well - without leaving the house. It feels and sounds a bit lazy but has been one of those days we all need from time to time. I got a bit of a lie in, ds had a friend round, I started watching Game of Thrones, did a bit of crochet, a bit of cooking to use up some leftovers and bagged a nsd as well. Happy days, and I will look back on this and be very grateful when I'm back into the 16 hour work days of exam season.
Lovely to see you back HK. You really are such an inspiration - you just keep going no matter what life throws at you. I hope that the operations are very soon and do exactly what they need to.
I too have had the heating on today - it only comes on if the temperature in the living room falls below 13 degrees, which it did today. Brr.

ditty1234

Hiya, I am yet to work out how to socialise without spending much, had a super quiet BH weekend, all day Saturday on the couch, yesterday and today doing bits and pieces, avoiding writing an application for funding for a course I want to do in July. My new"Bank Manager" tells me I can only do it if I get funding, but writing my application means I have to face the fact that I haven't fed my creative monster for a long time, and hence have no results to show/talk about.
Apart from that I just went to Tesco and bought a lot of vege and fruit, had to buy yet more revision papers and work books - only a week till it all starts for my DS.
Rest of week will have to be NSD as paid monster water bill, and put the rest of my money in my budget/savings account. They will eventually have to be separated out, but at the moment they have to double up.
The big reason I got into debt in the first place was that all my family lives in europe, and I am now at the point of the year of facing not going this summer which is hard. On Thursday I'm going to an NHS open house and hoping to apply to work as bank staff for the summer to top up my income. As this will distract me from going!
Anyways I started my running course last week and managed to top up with 2 runs this weekend, so with a but of luck I will start to meet more people in time.
Also have sneaky plans to rebuild a dress to a skirt, it's a but clunky so it will take a bit of work. Might bring into work tomorrow for a bit of feedback - but I really need a summer skirt!
Have a lovely short week.

Baileys_Babe

Ziggy Thank you for starting this weeks thread :A

One of the major things we did today is have a good sort out in one of our main rooms which had turned into a dumping ground. We are all responsible, but dd is the worst culprit, I'm going to try and keep on top of this room, wish me luck.

Today I managed to:
Home educate the children for free
NSD
PAD
PMP etc
All meals from stores
Lit the stove, kettles on top for plenty of free hot
water
Put the washing to dry in front of the fire overnight
Made bread
Made porridge
Mixed up a batch of porridge
Written shopping list

I also saved money as both the groups the children usually go to on a Monday were cancelled because of the bank holiday, no subs and no fuel used running them around

Baileys_Babe

HK good to see you're back. You are always so positive and an inspiration to us all.
I hope your treatment goes smoothly, you recover quickly and you get the results you want.

PurpleFairy26

Morning all :hello: thanks for starting us off Ziggy we were out at friends and had a lovely day. Lovely hearing all your news and BH days. Back to it today. List includes:

Get some chicken out of freezer to make tea and tomorrow's lunches
Activate an account online for a works thing now a code has arrived I need
Washing shuffle
Check banking, over paid loan and updated my tracker
Fill in some forms that are needed for smalls activity (prepaid) tonight
Wash hair using shampoo bar, quick shower
Try and do some exercise later of some sort
Reconcile just for points cc
Hot drink for commute

Have a good day all. Purps.

trailingspouse

Chilly start to the day - woolly socks on.
I have no plans, and nothing out of the ordinary that needs to be done - which I hate. I'll be spending the day looking for work, and write a bit for my blog. As it's a non-gym day, I'll go for a walk. Raining at the moment, so probably won't go walking! It cleared up!! So, off I went. Decided to go a different walk - I normally walk along the canal, but there's a public park at the top of the road, so I walked up there and explored. Discovered an area of heathland at the top of the park, full of bilberry bushes - who knew!! I'll be up there when the time comes, gathering enough for a pie!!

It might be a good day to make a start on cleaning the old car - we have an old MGB in the garage, which we're going to sell and split the proceeds between us, but it needs a bit of fettling before we can put it on the market. I've been waiting for soon-to-be-ex to come over and do it with me, but that doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon. If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing yourself... Just spoke to him on the phone, he's 'pencilled it in' for Saturday. Seriously, his life isn't one non-stop whirl of excitement, there's absolutely no need for him to 'pencil' anything in - he just needs to crack on. I think I'm expected to have no plans myself, and to be grateful when he deigns to show up. I'll be cleaning out the inside this afternoon, then next time the weather's OK I'll get it out and wash it. Just want rid of it now, but it needs to pass its MOT before we can sell it. Got the inside cleaned out, so that's a good job jobbed. Hopefully himself will turn up on Saturday and we can get the rest sorted.

determined_new_ms

Morning purps & trailingspouse

ziggy thanks for starting this week's thread! Hope you're feeling better today x

Woken up today and feeling a little anxious. God I'm so sick of this! Wish I could just shake it off :'( thankfully I'm still off of work

Today:

* I need to take our duvet to a launderette - will do tomorrow when going in to town for an appt
* while in town go shopping - we are almost out of everything. ditto I think we can last another day [STRIKE]Need to write a meal plan & shopping list....[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]* 2nd coat of gloss on cupboard[/STRIKE]/undercoat on shelves upstairs
[STRIKE]* pot on plants [/STRIKE]- must do this today
[STRIKE]* make loaf of bread[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]* sand down wood on mirror and spray paint it gold [/STRIKE]
* take pup for walks x 2. Will wait for madam to finish school for 2nd
* go to the allotment for an hour or so
* unpick sleeves on top and redo as not happy and hem
* set up my dress form properly and start using
[STRIKE]* hang washing that has just finished out on line [/STRIKE]

Trying to work out if I have time for anything else or whether that is too much! Might be back with more....

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allydowd

Hi May Money-Marvelousos,

Finally a precious day off....<long story :wall:>


Tomorrow marks the start of my 5th year being debt free! :beer: Where has the time gone? :think:



Debt-Free-Nillionaire Continuity Plan Year Five:


* Check online banking. Done.

* Continue my Challenge 500 miles challenge to travel 500 miles for free before the end of 2019: walking, hiking, climbing, cycling, running and swimming. I'm up to 177/500. Will walk.

* Defrost batch cooked soup. Done.

* Clear out In Tray. Done.

* Clear out wallet. Done.

* Clear emails. Done.

* Check if expenses have been approved. Not yet. :mad:

* Make plans for holiday. It's in three weeks and we've paid for it but made few other arrangements yet. Progress has been made.





“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.”

DawnW

Morning all
Today's plans:
Wash hair and leave to dry naturally Done
HG fruit from freezer for breakfast Done
Check banks and update spending diary / spreadsheet where necessary Done, no surprises!
Tidy kitchen
Price up stock and take to sales unit, quite a lot to do there...
Some gardening - I need to sow more seeds ready to fill gaps in my beds / pots!
Water pots in front garden due to the horrible cold, drying winds we have been having
I have plenty of food already made, so minimal cooking needed today :T
Pack a couple of ebay items ready for posting tomorrow
OK, better get on!