What small DFW things will you do w/c 2nd September?

determined_new_ms

Morning purps hope the long day on a Friday doesn't feel tortuous!

I don't have big plans for the day. I may go out with a friend this evening but am in two minds as it could be great or it could not...

Today:

* make loaf of bread
* cut and dye my hair
* go for a run
* TOMM
* sewing
* check meal plan and get anything out of freezer that's needed
* take some photos of things to sell - I really want to do this today!
* collect pup and take him to the dog park for a quick run
* call the union
* contact Amazon about items that haven't arrived

Ok that's enough

trailingspouse

Really cross with myself today.


I have a day off, and decided I would go Out. For the first time in a long time. I want to visit Harewood House, which isn't very far from here but I've never been. You have to pay to get in, but it's cheaper if you buy online ahead of time - so I did. Tickets are sent to your email address - which is all fine and dandy. Except I gave them the wrong email address.


My old personal email address was a hotmail one. All my work email addresses are hotmail ones. My new personal one is gmail - but I put hotmail by accident. And didn't realise until it was too late. So obviously, no ticket.



I need to ring them to see if I can rescue the situation - I'm guessing there should be some proof somewhere that I've paid. The House opens at 10, but I'm hoping they start answering the phone at 9, so if I can get it sorted I can still be there for 10 and get a full day out of it.


Updated to add - I couldn't get through on the phone, so I emailed them, and they resent the ticket within 20 minutes! And with a lovely personal email attached. Couldn't have asked for better or quicker service, particularly as it was all entirely my fault in the first place. So, I'm off to print it, then I'm off to Harewood House!! Will tell you all about it when I get back.

determined_new_ms

Hope you get it sorted trailingspouse

Baileys_Babe

Good luck trailingspouse and I hope you have a great day out, please can you post a review, we don't live to far away either, but we have never been.

I'm not sure of the big picture today so I will make a list of the little things and hope I can fit them round whatever we decide to do.

Todays list:
Post letter, using RM survey envelope and stamps OH posted it when he was in town
Make bread Done
Make cake Done
Make porridge Done
B/L/D from stores Done
Stick with the meal plan Done
Clean the fridges
PAD Done
Pmp etc
Home educate children for free Done
Dry washing on the airer, I will also put the dehumidifier on as currently we don't have any heating on, otherwise the washing will never dry

Dd's room has got out of hand (again), I need to find time and a way to help her reclaim it. I've already thought of some rules that should stop this happening in the future, well a girl can dream. Work in progress, I've explained the rules going forward which she has happily agreed to

Hopefully I will manage to complete the last few items on my list this evening

Toni'sfriend

Morning

Hope you're feeling better, DNMS and Dawn[/B.]
Bailey Babe - Me too. I think I'm going to have to find out how to set an alarm on my phone.

So today

Check banking
Check plants (basil is starting to root)
Charge tablet and phone
Take medication
Download some more free kindle books
Baked potato for lunch
Chicken and roast veg for dinner
Check shopping list
Go to butcher and Aldi
Tidy some books
Couple of things in a cupboard to go in box for charity shop

All simple things but writing them down and ticking them off is helping me get organised.

Have a lovely day.

determined_new_ms

Baileys_Babe wrote: »

Dd's room has got out of hand (again), I need to find time and a way to help her reclaim it. I've already thought of some rules that should stop this happening in the future, well a girl can dream.

At the risk of sounding like I'm on commission :rotfl: check out the clutter buster method on The Organised Mum Method and do it with her. I found it really helped and I generally have a problem with being able to tidy when things get messy

In essence you mentally divide the room into 1/4s, start in the left hand corner make 3 piles/bags 1. to keep, 1 to donate & 1 to dispose of. You don't move on until the 1st 1/4 is done. Then move round clockwise until complete.

Since doing it I now just quickly tidy up as I'm making her bed in the morning and get her to do a 10 min tidy up in the evening. 4 weeks in and it has made such a difference!

La_escocesa

determined_new_ms wrote: »

At the risk of sounding like I'm on commission :rotfl: check out the clutter buster method on The Organised Mum Method and do it with her. I found it really helped and I generally have a problem with being able to tidy when things get messy

Are you getting a cut of her new book sales?! :rotfl:

determined_new_ms

La_escocesa wrote: »

Are you getting a cut of her new book sales?! :rotfl:

I've got a nice little side hustle going on :rotfl:

1LuckyLady

Afternoon all,

Another rubbish nights sleep, awake from 3am til at least 5:30 then I've fallen back asleep and missed the alarm clock at 7am! Woke at 7:15 which was then a mad rush to get boys up, sorted and out to school!! Need to set an alarm on my phone as well as watch like I had last school year.

So on to today...
* all had omelettes for breakfast/brunch - all ate at different times but a great thing to have ready for mornings like today!
* two gym classes done again. (I'm looking forward to a weekend off classes now though!)
* dh working from home so no fuel costs there and he'll eat leftovers rather then needed packed lunch food.

To do
** check banking/update cashbook
** open new regular saver
** rm surveys
** clean kitchen using stardrops and washable cloths
** we are having a filmfest today/tomorrow, watching Avengers Infinity war today and then End Game tomorrow. We bought the dvds with birthday money.
** Treat food night - kids have chosen pizze (ready in the freezer) dh is thinking curry
** if I get a reply to a dm soon I'll pop out to the post office and post a parcel, will help me to declutter too. If not I'll go tomorrow or Monday.

Right need to crack on! Take care all.
Trailing, glad to see you got your ticket sorted!

trailingspouse

Just got home after a lovely day out at Harewood House.


It's cheaper to buy tickets online, so that's what I did. And once I'd sorted out the pig's ear that I made of it, things got better.


The grounds open at 10 and the House at 11 - I got there at 11:15, and went straight into the House, and by the time I'd been round, the weather had improved enormously and I had a lovely walk in the grounds.


Baileys Babe - how old are your kids? They might find the House a little tedious, but there's loads for them outside (adventure playground, ice cream kiosk, bird garden, ferry across to another part of the site, penguin feeding, and lots of room for just running around and being a giddy kipper).



It wasn't a cheap day out - £13.50 for one adult, plus petrol, then I had lunch (sandwich + drink £8). And then I decided I might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb, and had a scone with jam and cream mid-afternoon (£5). I could have taken sandwiches and not bothered with the afternoon cuppa and scone. The whole day probably cost me £30.



But it's the first day out I've had in about 3 months, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. So I'm not going to feel guilty about it.