NST June 2019 - Ninja powers

laurenh1

foxh0les Happy Birthday
Dolly sorry DD is having a hard time of it at school, indeed children & teenagers can be vile!!

apple_muncher

Hugs for your dd dolly. It is so hard to see it happen, and well done to dd for her resilience.


Happy birthday f0xh0les!


Today I am grateful for a dry day, a very helpful colleague, for a not-so-busy day meaning that I had time to move around slowly at work, for my knees mending, for dh prepping tea, for driving with the windows down.

XSpender

Gorgeous day here today.

Minimise:
Bills 1) Swap my mobile phone provider 2) Reduce gas usage - no heating on tonight today
Clutter 1) [STRIKE]Dining room unit [/STRIKE] DONE2) [STRIKE]Pink bedroom[/STRIKE] 3)[STRIKE]Dresser drawers DONE [/STRIKE] cleared the 2 drawers in the hall too
Spending 1) Groceries budget £300/£28.45
Unnecessary spends 1) Stick to our budget 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) - Made paella for dinner and lunch tomorrow and curry for tomorrow’s dinner from yesterday’s wubbery chicken, used a wrinkly pepper in the curry and found a bag of mini creme eggs in the back of the cupboard

Maximise:
Dreams (dream big) 1) Debt free in 2 years, mortgage free in 10 DD for BT cc came out, good for the debt balance but tough on the budget
Education 1) [STRIKE]Sales efficiency analysis [/STRIKE]DONE 2) Yoga 3) Clean eating diet and keeping it up to include batch cooking, motivation, tactics to avoid eating carp etc.
Fruit and veg intake 5/day every day including at least 1 green veg everyday 45/150 portions Green Veg 9/30 eaten well today, back on the healthy eating wagon except for the ice cream I had to cool my mouth down after I made the paella too hot!
Getting niggly jobs done 1) [STRIKE]DS CTF/ISA[/STRIKE] DONE Finally!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) - Aiming for Another half stone by 20th July
Meal Planning - will post them and be accountable to keep me on track. working well
Moving more - Exercise 3 times per week and walk dog everyday I am home - Exercise 5/12, Dog Walks 6/20
Time with those you love - [STRIKE]Phone D&S[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]phone S&J[/STRIKE], visit Mum planning first week in July on way too/from citybook 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 5/10

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Evening everyone

f0xh0les - hope you've had a happy birthday
dolly - my DDs both had a tough time at High School on occasions & I hope your DD is getting through it ok
lauren - well done on reducing Fb - I deleted the app from my phone last year and feel much better for it!

hope everyone else is doing ok xx

My update - bit spendy today - bought another birthday present for DD1 via £co; paid for 6 exercise classes for the price of 5; paid car tax. Budget still looking ok...

Haven't eaten well today - mostly toast, crisps and custard cream biscuits - eek! However, this was all free at work so not all bad

Gratitudes - great exercise class; free food at work; both DDs having lovely caring boyfriends

Nite all
Deni x

sashanut

Hi all:j


Happy Birthday Foxholes!!

Minimise: Minimising yet more brambles in the garden..note to self - do NOT wear short sleeves when doing this. Look like I've been attacked..

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: Quarterly water bill in today, now metered the cost is 1/4 of what it used to be, happy DH.

Clutter: Lots to clear before even survey to do windows could be organised. Keeping going with the clutter, a little every day. I WILL get this house cleared. More clearing done, hoping that the 'puddles' will eventually join into a lake..

Spending: Need to budget for groceries. Starting with £300 including pet food. Have receipt ready to file, but about £35/300. No spending today.

Unnecessary spends None.

Waste: No waste today - DD turned up with some groceries & gifted me a couple of things from her fridge, also she brought soup & some packs of nuts etc from her pantry. I had some soup for lunch & she had leftover curry in a JP, then DH & I ate the rest of the curry for supper. Will make the chicken soup later.

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 £££. Listed some things on FB but no sales as yet.


Fruit and veg intake: Definitely need to increase F&V consumption, on this. Fruit with breakfast & some fruit throughout the day.

Getting niggly jobs done Painting inside & out, get builder to fit cowl on chimneys, get chimney swept, painting outside as well. All our jobs are niggly, but DH did get some outstanding ones done. Still need to see if the DW will work with the new hose he bought x weeks ago...will remind him yet again tomorrow.

Health: Lose approx. a stone & a half. Am trying with this, helps that DD is not here. Feel slimmer - does that count? Weigh in tomorrow, fingers crossed.

Meal Planning: Need to meal plan as tend to go with the flow, and it doesn't always work out. Have plenty of food in but still need to plan. Planned for tomorrow, rest of week needs sorting.

Moving more - Most exercise taken as gardening. Todays exercise was mainly gardening.


Time with those you love: Visit from friend tomorrow.

NSD: now 9/15


Check in every day Here I am, hello folks

SpekySquarehead

Good morning Ninjas!

My top-up shop happened yesterday, so no NSD. Still on 8.

I've got this weekend to myself and I'm going to be super productive, getting lots of little things done, most of which being very MSE!

Shrewbie

Happy belated birthday f0xh0les!

I think I'm only on NSD 6/15. Haven't been doing too badly with spending though. Sorry for being awol but work has been absolutely mental = last two weeks of term.

I have had a lovely tax windfall and can't wait to update my savings targets once it hits my bank account. Summer is shaping up nicely, I am going to spend 1 week doing the camino de santiago and then go home and surprise my Mum in the UK. can't wait!!

Hope everyone is doing well, I'm off to catch up on posts.

dolly84

Happy Birthday f0xh0les.


Thanks for all the support re DD and her school problems, I phoned the school this morning and am waiting for them to ring me back as yesterday the girls accused DD of stealing from them.


Have cycled this morning and ran yesterday but still no luck shifting any of the half stone I've put on. Made muffins yesterday (that'll help the weight loss), they were strawberry, apple and oatmeal.


Got lots of jobs done yesterday but still have a list as long as my arm for today. Tried to change my tv licence from quarterly to monthly to avoid the charge they make for quarterly payments, what a farce, anyway I paid the whole thing for the year in the end so I can just forget about that now. Bought a vest/cami top type thing on ebay, BNWT M&S one, this was really needed as I wear them under my sheer blouses and mine have seen better days. It was from a private seller so still fits with my not buying new.

laurenh1

Hi all



Just checking in.


Today is not a NSD so still on 10 as I've decided to go shopping & do my weigh in tonight. I was planning on buying a new outfit for the funeral but I cant really afford one so my friend is going to lend me something instead.


Hub has had his pay slip go up online & it's more than expected :j So I have bought a few more bits for Christmas that I'll put away. I appreciate I sound insane but we cannot afford it all in one go & it helps to have a few bits hidden away :beer:


Did another 45mins last night on the bike, interested to see my weigh in results as I've changed the diet I'm following as the last one just wasnt working.



Hope you are all having a good day & dolly I hope the school call goes well!

Calling14

Belated happy birthday wishes f0xh0les. .


Yesterday was a NSD up to 8 now.


Today well I have to get a copy of my marriage certificate(even though I am divorced years ago). Thought that was a bit of a con as original has to be filed with the courts so £14 sent to gov. Good news is that I have a tiny pension that will start later this year, didn't expect anything as only worked for that company for 5 years. Propose to take as much lump sum which should clear my mortgage which is under 20k and give me about 10k. Was dancing and smiling to myself all night last night as my job is set to finish in 2-3 years time. Will still have to find some income for that period but not having a mortgage will hopefully help me save a bit and have a holiday seeing last one was 7 years ago.



Today I treated myself to xmas pressie - tickets for a gig.



Other good news I went out on Saturday and came home and my jeans were dyed red - think the chair in the bar was freshly painted. Tried washing them no joy, anyway venue offered to pay for them. Luckily only Next ones.



Will get to grip with the rest of the challenge now excitement has dulled down.



My water rates gone up by £2 a month, less bathing and more showers. However nothing more relaxing than a bubbly bath - once a week now.


Trying to up my fruit and veg intake.



Need a list making of niggly jobs - tonights task.



Have a nice day