Make do, Mend and Minimise in 2020

ailz95

Make do:  Made a sourdough starter as I've no yeast.
Mend - nothing
Minimise:  cardboard boxes from the garage and some shrubs and old wood onto a bonfire

CraftyLittleLisa

The lockdown is really making me look at what jobs I have outstanding that won't cost money to carry out and I'm seriously catching up which is quite a nice feeling but I am getting tired of my own company.  Anyway the MMM's I have done since I last posted are:

Minimise:

- Made some more bits for the local premature baby unit from my stash of baby wool.

- Threw out an old blind that was in my kitchen as it was impossible to clean.  After I decorated the kitchen I didn't really want to put up a dirty blind again.

- Following decorating my kitchen I cleared out a load of old jars and bottles that I was keeping just in case.  I had far too many.

- I also cleared out some old books from the kitchen that I haven't used for years and which are past their best so are only fit for the recycling bin.

- Used up some half used packets of ingredients to make up flapjacks.

Made Do:

- Some old fruit was getting a bit passed its best so I baked it and used it as a pudding.

- Some courgettes were getting a bit old so I made a courgette cake out of them.

- I tidied up the edges and path in the allotment by using an old slab and some old bricks that I had stashed behind the shed.

- I was a bit low on my compost store so I emptied what was left in the compost heap to stock up.  I should be okay for a while.

- I found some old potatoes that were starting to shoot in my cupboard so I have put them in some soil to see if I get some in the next harvest.

Mend:

- Re-decorated the kitchen.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make Do & Minimise: Wool from stash - scarf no.39 completed
Make Do & Minimise: Food from freezer & stores
Mend: Three pairs of knickers

CraftyLittleLisa

I'm feeling rather drained at the moment.  I am concentrating so much on getting jobs done that I don't seem to be having any downtime.  I have next Friday off so I am planning on having a quiet weekend next weekend.  Anyway back to the MMM's.

Made Do:

Made broccoli and stilton soup to use up veg.

Made a veg au gratin - well if was veg in a white sauce that I just conjured up to use up veg that was getting passed its best.

Minimised:

I decided to get rid of a handbag it has a habit of the zip jamming and proving difficult for me to open it up again.  It did it again on Saturday and I couldn't get it undone for hours.  Its had its last chance.

I also knitted some more baby stuff. My pile of wool is slowly decreasing.

Mend:

I put up a blind that I needed to install without any help from anyone else.

That's all I can think of at the moment for this week.

MrsCD

Well done, Lisa, on putting the blind up by yourself! 

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make Do & Minimise: Wool from stash - scarf no.40 completed

MrsSnowy

Make do: egg fried rice using up all oddments of veg. In fact most recipes lately are make do,and very tasty!
Mend;Kitchen  cupboard door hinge reconnected. Few repairs on DD clothes.
Minimise; dirt and grease! Windows cleaned in and out,plus net curtains washed ,all gleaming. Cooker hood taken apart ,OMG the grease,light bulb replaced,filters scrubbed.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make make Do & Minimise: Los from freezer to make a soup

villagelife

Haven't posted for a while.
Make do - fixed a bug hotel with an old bit of wood from a broken planter.
- Using up food from the fridge.
Mend - the bug hotel
Minimise - loads of paperwork!!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Make Do & Minimise: Wool from stash - baby blanket 
Make Do & Minimise: Food from freezer & stores
Mend: Pair of socks darned, DH’s trousers - hem repaired