NST June 2019 - Ninja powers

laurenh1

Hi all,


Just checking in.


Today was a spend day, as I knew it would be! We went to a family day at husbands work but we had a fab day & the cost was minimal. I bought the kids hot dogs, made a donation to the birds of prey there in exchange for a photo which I didnt mind, lucky dip at the air ambulance stall & bought a raffle ticket for another charity , we were there all day & there was quite a lot for the kids to do, bouncy castle, funfair , prizes so all in all I cant complain! I managed to win 3 Easter eggs which brings the total in our garage to 18...we will be making cornflakes cakes for years to come.


Used a coupon for more peppermint teas at Holland and Barrats, which I know seems crazy as I'm doing my best to get through all my fruit teas but peppermint is the only one I would chose to drink anyway & I enjoy :cool:


Did 45 mins on my bike :A, maybe need to mix it up and go for a run or something tomorrow.


Apple I'm glad your feeling better

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for dh dropping me and dd off at sainz on his way out for the day so we got the gf/df stuff really quickly, for bumping in to a lovely friend outside sainz, for catching up with a friend who's having a really tough time while dd was at dance, for another chat with a homeless man and finding that he had a place to sleep and a place to shower and change, for smooth buses, for a good book, for a mad-busy-but-productive late afternoon/evening, for a hot bath.

XSpender

Quiet day today, pottering at home. Sunny this morning and then cloudy and threatening to rain most of the afternoon. We managed to get 5 loads dried on the line/clothes horse and DH has done a pile of ironing.

Dynamic yoga class again this morning, I feel like I’ve run 10 miles when I come out:eek:

Emptied, cleaned and rearranged my freezers so that similar items are together I.e. all the veg in one draw, meat in another. I have 14 pots of HM soup!

Minimise:
Bills 1) Swap my mobile phone provider 2) Reduce gas usage - heating has been on for a while the last 2 nights. It’s supposed to be June!!
Clutter 1) Dining room unit 2) [STRIKE]Pink bedroom[/STRIKE] 3)Dresser drawers
Spending 1) Groceries budget £300/£10.37 over - Steak dinner for DH and DS for Fathers Day and some beers for DH pushed me over after a great weekly shop at Aldee
Unnecessary spends 1) Stick to our budget food budget over, under budget for Fathers Day gifts for DH and DFIL 2) [STRIKE]First monthly budget meeting planned with DH for 2nd June [/STRIKE]- DONE 3) Cut back to avoid using CC 1 item purchased which may be faulty and going back
Waste 1) Minimise food waste ( I can't afford to waste anything this month) - bag of OOD items from freezer and fridge went out today, used up some dodgy apples in a rhubarb and apple crumble, froze lemon and lime slices/wedges

Maximise:
Dreams (dream big) 1) Debt free in 2 years, mortgage free in 10 nothing specific
Education 1) [STRIKE]Sales efficiency analysis [/STRIKE]DONE 2) Yoga - loving my course and hoping to find another class to do during the week 3) Clean eating diet and keeping it up to include batch cooking, motivation, tactics to avoid eating carp etc. this is not going well this month and I feel worse for it
Fruit and veg intake 5/day every day including at least 1 green veg everyday 35/150 portions Green Veg 6/30 portions my eating has been dreadful this week
Getting niggly jobs done 1) DS CTF/ISA 2) [STRIKE]Sort pink bedroom back to a bedroom instead of a dumping ground [/STRIKE] DONE3) [STRIKE]List freezer and re-organise contents [/STRIKE] DONE4) Paint porch interior 5) Paint utility, downstairs loo and spray paint cistern and replace loo seat. no funds for this and the cistern is cracked!
Health Lose another 7lb (ideally by 25th June but this will be tough) - 5 weeks to DB wedding and I really want to be smaller by then, I have a dress I could wear if I lost some weight
Meal Planning - will post them and be accountable to keep me on track. meal plan done up until the end of the month and not much needed
Moving more - Exercise 3 times per week and walk dog everyday I am home - Exercise 5/12, Dog Walks 4/20 - only ran once this week!
Time with those you love - Phone D&S, [STRIKE]phone S&J[/STRIKE], visit Mum, book meet up with J&C, [STRIKE]phone JP[/STRIKE] phone JL
NSD Aiming for 10 due to wanting flexibility of buying fresh food every couple of days 4/10

indigowarrior

@laurenh sorry about your aunt.
I am really sorry for not checking in. I am up to NSD 10 I think. I am really rubbish at keeping track.

laurenh1

Hi all,


Just checking in,


Today is NSD number 9- I will be aiming to get to 14 by the end of this next week .


Minimise-

Still working through a range of things that need using / eating.
Unnecessary spends- nothing
Screen time- really trying with this.

Maximise-

Fruit & veg intake - still watching what I eat.
Exercise & time with those you love- going to take kids out with a kite this morning to get us out of the house!

dolly84

lauren - it sounds like the Army invested heavily in Easter Eggs, hope you love crispie buns.


Ran yesterday and will cycle today. Sky has some blue today so hopefully it will stay dry for a change.



Bought some elastic and cotton yesterday to make a skirt with DD for her DofE practical, I think we may get started on that today. Yesterday I found 2 more books for my reading challenge and a third I just fancied reading, they were 3 for £1 from a charity market stall. Also bought more clothes from the CS, all lovely items and cheap individually but it all adds up and I keep saying I must stop but never do.

laurenh1

Dolly- you're not kidding , I've just made chocolate chip cookies with one of the eggs though, 16 to go :rotfl::rotfl:

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

hi all,
Quick catch up as I'm working all weekend at an event which is mainly outdoors so dodging the rain and the mud. Getting lots of steps in and being fed too so those are the positives! Will be glad to get to my bed tonight though...
Today is NSD 4! Keeping my budget on track and got paid early for my self employment role so will manage to get to pay day with money still in the bank!
Gratitudes: being appreciated by new colleagues at work; DD1 having a night out which she wouldn't have done last year and i'm still so pleased she can manage to do this; lovely text message from DD2; friend giving me a lift back to work last night so i could have a cocktail while dancing in the rain!! (i wasn't working last night in case you think i was drinking at work

Deni xx

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for dh giving us a lift to kids klub, for a good session there, for not getting wet, for superb bus connections home, for dd going out to play, for getting my important stuff all done before tea time, for cake + ice cream for pudding.

XSpender

Minimise:
Bills 1) Swap my mobile phone provider 2) Reduce gas usage - no heating on tonight so far
Clutter 1) Dining room unit 2) [STRIKE]Pink bedroom[/STRIKE] 3)Dresser drawers making a start on these tonight in front of the telly
Spending 1) Groceries budget £300/£16.36 over
Unnecessary spends 1) Stick to our budget food budget over, £20 spent on lunch/ice cream at NT place today 2) [STRIKE]First monthly budget meeting planned with DH for 2nd June [/STRIKE]- DONE 3) Cut back to avoid using CC 1 item purchased which may be faulty and going back
Waste 1) Minimise food waste ( I can't afford to waste anything this month) - Used up som bits from the freezer and struck them off the new freezer inventory

Maximise:
Dreams (dream big) 1) Debt free in 2 years, mortgage free in 10 will stop using my co car on a weekend and use DH co car as worked out his fuel costs are half mine
Education 1) [STRIKE]Sales efficiency analysis [/STRIKE]DONE 2) Yoga - loving my course and hoping to find another class to do during the week 3) Clean eating diet and keeping it up to include batch cooking, motivation, tactics to avoid eating carp etc. found a great new website/blog and an oat bran muffin recipe to try
Fruit and veg intake 5/day every day including at least 1 green veg everyday 41/150 portions Green Veg 7/30 eaten better today if you ignore the cheese scone and ice cream I had
Getting niggly jobs done 1) DS CTF/ISA 2) [STRIKE]Sort pink bedroom back to a bedroom instead of a dumping ground [/STRIKE] DONE3) [STRIKE]List freezer and re-organise contents [/STRIKE] DONE4) Paint porch interior 5) Paint utility, downstairs loo and spray paint cistern and replace loo seat. no funds for this and the cistern is cracked!
Health Lose another 7lb (ideally by 25th June but this will be tough) - tried on an old dress which would be perfect for DB wedding off I lose another half a stone - there’s my new incentive!
Meal Planning - will post them and be accountable to keep me on track. stuck to meal plan all weekend and tonight’s chicken will be paella tomorrow and curry Tuesday
Moving more - Exercise 3 times per week and walk dog everyday I am home - Exercise 5/12, Dog Walks 5/20 plus lots of walking without the dog at NT site !
Time with those you love - [STRIKE]Phone D&S[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]phone S&J[/STRIKE], visit Mum, book meet up with J&C, [STRIKE]phone JP[/STRIKE] phone JL
NSD Aiming for 10 due to wanting flexibility of buying fresh food every couple of days 4/10