NST June 2019 - Ninja powers

Kerry_Woman

NSD today - 4/20.
Grateful for:
My toothpaste in a jar order got delivered.
Going for a walk.
Good night sleep.
Making a phone call to government pension regarding my NI contributions. Getting useful information.

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for dd sleeping well, for my morning stretches, for headspace, for getting a couple of loads washed and mostly dried outside, for remembering to water/save the fuchsia in a pot that I was only given 3 weeks ago - oops!, for being able to go and see dd at a sports event at her school, for remembering to post big sis' bday present so it'll arrive for her bday.

XSpender

Back from a few days working in Scotland. Cream crackered and have that awful tired/not tired feeling from too much driving and eating rubbish.

Minimise:
Bills 1) Swap my mobile phone provider 2) Reduce gas usage - no progress
Clutter 1) Dining room unit 2) Pink bedroom 3)Dresser drawers no progress
Spending 1) Groceries budget £300/£90.70
Unnecessary spends 1) Stick to our budget OK so far 2) First monthly budget meeting planned with DH for 2nd June -Deferred until end of week when I am back from a work trip 3) Cut back to avoid using CC nothing spent on it

Waste 1) Minimise food waste ( I can't afford to waste anything this month) - DH has not eaten the food I defrosted for him while I have been away :mad: smoked salmon needs eating by DH as well

Maximise:
Dreams (dream big) 1) Debt free in 4 years, mortgage free in 10. DH is motivated to clear mortgage in 10 years (a very tough target) so I want to keep him focussed on this with any tactics you lovely peeps would like to share. Debt is all on 0% and will run down in the background. - read a personal finance book seen on diary on here and have had a massive lightbulb moment :eek::money:, feeling so excited to realise our dreams earlier and DH even says he will read the book now :eek:
Education 1) Sales efficiency analysis (work) started 2) Yoga 3) Clean eating diet and keeping it up to include batch cooking, motivation, tactics to avoid eating carp etc. - failed as ate carp when away and now feel carp
Fruit and veg intake 5/day every day including at least 1 green veg everyday 16/150 portions Green Veg 4/30 portions - must catch up this week
Getting niggly jobs done 1) DS CTF/ISA 2) Sort pink bedroom back to a bedroom instead of a dumping ground 3) List freezer and re-organise contents 4) Paint porch interior 5) Paint utility, downstairs loo and spray paint cistern and replace loo seat. no progress
Health Lose another 7lb (ideally by 25th June but this will be tough) - stayed the same
Meal Planning - will post them and be accountable to keep me on track with eating well, weight loss and grocery spending. not stuck to tonight's plan
Moving more - Exercise 3 times per week and walk dog everyday I am home - Exercise 2/12 - half an hour run, Dog Walks 2/20 (doggie's been staying at DMIL while I have been away)

Time with those you love - Phone D&S, phone S&J, visit Mum, book meet up with J&C, phone JP, phone JL nothing done and DM is on hols
NSD Aiming for 10 due to wanting flexibility of buying fresh food every couple of days 1/10

bizzie

Up to 4 NSDs so far this month, tomorrow likely to be a spend day as need to top up fruit and veg supplies.

Minimise:
-waste leftovers have been used up
Maximise:
-education have signed up for a course
-generosity have started volunteering for a local charity
-pennies still going strong with the 1p challenge

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Evening everyone!
been spending on some food supplies over past 2 days but keeping budget planner up to date and all on track so far. Buy eggs from a local farm and they deliver to the door, so they will arrive tomorrow. Tomorrow need to pay for next pilates course and it's gone up for the first time in about 5 years! Have been walking each evening and today I stopped my busy brain for a few minutes and listened to all the different birdsong - it was lovely and relaxing:) I've eaten more veg. My friend has passed my number onto a handyman to see if he can do my ceiling repairs.
I am grateful for - phone call with DD2 who is still at uni; laughing with my work colleague at the ridiculousness of our workplace; messenger chats with my sisters who live 200+ miles away.
Nite everyone and see you tomorrow
Deni x

sashanut

Hi all:j

Sorry didn't get on yesterday as stupid amounts of prep left me tired out.. but all visitors now gone - hurrah!! Lovely to see them, but not all in the same week in future please folks..

Minimise:

Bills Looking to get some secondary DG on our old windows to help with heating this place. This will be a long-term project IMHO. To that end:

Clutter: Lots to clear before even survey to do windows could be organised. Started in room that visitors are due to be sitting in on Monday..Progress in room 1 including removing some items, installing others. Clearing out fire grate where bird came down, ugh. Shoved old pillow up chimney (we don't light this fire) to stop any further problems until we can get someone to fit some sort of cowls. Got up early as still loads of cleaning to do before visitors arrived, plus baked a cake as well. Still it looked pretty good I think but more to do in the other rooms now DH has informed me he has a) set up an ebay account & b) found his old PayPal ac - in order to start selling things...I have both those things already so no excuse - other than no time atm. No progress today as dealing with visitor - who brought stuff rather than took away...only an orchid though.

Spending: Need to budget for groceries. Starting with £300 including pet food. Spent yesterday in Lidl. And in CS. Have receipt ready to file, but about £32/300

Unnecessary spends Try to avoid shop visits with DD who is an avid consumer. And then I spend when I didn't intend to. DD as ever went to shops but DH went with her - & he doesn't spend anything. No spends for me today. Possibly DD will not be shopping so much in future as her housemate is leaving at the end of the month, so that means a big hole in her - already stretched - finances. No spends today.

Waste: Do try not to waste, especially food but will be on it. Think DH is taking it too far when he is trying to stick together a cereal bowl he just broke - well it will be ok, it's only in 3 pieces. He did stick it together but had to admit defeat when you could still see daylight through it ! Mothernerd I think he just did it to wind up DD, I don't really think he was serious...but you never know! Had to throw away something that got forgotten & consequently had gone 'furry' ugh. Mission to clear out fridge(s) tomorrow, lots lurking in there - not all of it mine. Ate leftovers for supper, leftover buffet will be tomorrow's lunch.

Maximise:
Dreams (dream big): Would like to fit the DG as mentioned earlier, also need the driveway doing but would be a very large amount of cash as it's so big....Clearing the clutter will help enormously with this, both financially & in the long term. Outside painting needed now, will be a big job & need scaffolding. This again will be £££. No progress today.

Education

Fruit and veg intake: Definitely need to increase F&V consumption, on this. Not much fruit left but lots of veg included in Nasi Goreng we had for supper. Made a curry for supper & put in fair bit of veg, but could do better. Had veg in leftover curry half & half, and an apple plus blueberries with breakfast. More effort needed.


Getting niggly jobs done Painting inside & out, get builder to fit cowl on chimneys, get chimney swept, painting outside as well. No progress as yet. Too busy clearing/cleaning in prep for all the visitors. No progress yet. DH fitted new toilet seat yesterday, thankfully before visitors arrived as the seat was cracked, luckily he got it fitted as initially he said it didn't fit. Bravo HB! (& DH of course).

Health: Lose approx. a stone & a half. Probs no progress. See cake making & eating above. Same old same old. More visitors, another cake. Damn them all.

Meal Planning: Need to meal plan as tend to go with the flow, and it doesn't always work out. Plan for next few days so far. Tomorrow this is happening choose what.

Moving more - More exercise taken as gardening. Todays exercise was cleaning AND gardening. Only exercise cleaning in the last 2 days. Note to self, do not have visitors round when you have 3 very large hairy dogs (and a cat) and it has been raining.

Time with those you love: Visit of uncle & aunt today, great to see them & did get to discuss a bit of FH with uncle, so a bit useful as well. Visit of BF yesterday, visit of other BF & guest today. Was a hoot - and they gave me a gift card!! And an orchid, how kind. Wish all visitors would pay for their visits LOL. They also said 1. Your hair looks nice (!) and 2. Have you lost weight (absolutely not). They can come again, soon.

NSD: still 3/15


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apple_muncher

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thriftylass

Good morning.

Today I'll start with my gratitudes. I'm grateful for being woken by birdsong rather than my alarm after a good night's sleep, the kids' bedtime running smoother in the last few days, and being less stressed. I think all three are actually linked in a cause-effect-cause.......way

Yesterday was day three of my "a little declutter a day" project. Took all the kids books that were in the living room to their room where the actually look at them. Streamlined the gazillion Lego boxes, tidied the stack of dvds ect into boxes under the coffee table that just contained junk etc. Looks so much better and calmer. Today I'll tackle the coffee table drawer and the drawer where we keep the pictures and craft projects worth keeping.

Will go for a run at lunchtime.

I might also make a big batch of pancakes and low carb pancakes to try. Kids discovered pancakes for breakfast and I kept buying the cheap ones from Asda. But it's time to make our own and freeze some.

That a from rainy dreich Scotland just now. Have a good day

f0xh0les

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Today think I may have wasted £21 as booked Chester zoo for Friday now weather forecast is heavy rain and thunderstorms, fingers crossed it changes by then as taking 2yr old round in that won't be much fun.

They have a wet weather map, that shows all the indoor stuff. We could have spent an hour with the bats alone - if you are really still they can be encouraged to land on you for a second, very cool. Also the tropical butterfly house is fascinating for tiny people. Don't miss it!

Step-gran has had another fall.

Headboard woman did not turn up.
Nothing got done yesterday, apart from making a fab supper with leftovers and ys (ended up being a coconut & lemongrass, veg rice thing.
Today things will be done. But I have the urge to play hookey! So might go on a ys hunt on the way home (the budget still has £82/£100 for the week - on a Thursday! Really I should just come home and clean something (doesn't that sound fun! not)

Need to get f-i-l something for Fathers' Day (not something I usually do, but if he is ill, then it will not do any harm to suck up).
I will also make jelly

indigowarrior

Good Morning,

Yesterday was a spend. So am up to 3/5 not including today.

I am trying to be majorly positive but I am actually overwhelmed and stressed. :mad:

So I got paid on Tuesday, paid all my bills etc and have realised I actually don't know where my money is going at all or what bills come out of what account. I have as it stands £34 left in my account except for therapy money. I have just checked the other accounts I have and have had payments come out which I thought was sorted and has now made me overdrawn on both.

I have a decently stocked freezer and plan to plough my way through it but, I feel like I should cancel tomorrows therapy session. . The problem is next week is the anniversary of the final contact with my daughters and thought of not having therapy is making me stressed and overwhelmed. Everytime I feel I am making progress I get knocked back 10 paces.