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What small dfw things will you do this week beg 31/08?
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Morning
ahhhhhhh feels so good to be off work! Today madam is going to stay with dd so I have the next few days completely to myself
Things to do today:
* remind oh t sign the mortgage paperwork
* take dog for a walk
* TOMM. It's the bathroom today and I honestly can't see I have 30 mins of cleaning to do in there!
* book dentist and doctors appts
* deal with yesterday's veg from allotment
* replace zip on cushion. I will get this done today! Also take up sleeves on top. Need to think what my next project is going to be. Would like something that is a challenge
* overlocker llesson
* some form of exercise
* all meals from stores - get something out of the freezer for tea
I'm supposed to be going to a friends this evening. It's her birthday soon. Not sure what the details are and if it's even happening....
That's me!
DF as at 30/12/16
Wombling 2025: £87.12
NSD March: YTD: 35
Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
GC annual £449.80/£4500
Eating out budget: £55/£420
Extra cash earned 2025: £1954 -
Morning folks!
@ditty1234 - I'm glad to hear that your mum is doing well
@Baileys_Babe - thank goodness it's not just me!
Like @determined_new_ms I'm also off work today. I feel like there's a lot to do, although a lot of it exists in my head. The main tasks for today are to:Sew some more masks for OH as he goes back to work on Monday. Probably just need 2 more. I'm trying a different pattern though. The ones I made previously are the pleated type. I'm trying the "Mortal Kombat" type now to see if it's a better/more comfortable fit. - not today although I've printed out the pattern and looked for the fabrid
Reconcile budget sheet while peeping through my fingers as several large transactions have been made - done
Pick up shopping - done
Strip - done and remake bed
Make a packed lunch for tomorrow
Oh blimmin 'eck. Feel like a right rum idiot. Had a bit of a work-related "moment" and had a panic attack at the gym. Everyone very sweet but I feel like a right tit.Chopped another bin-full of the overgrown trees down. Arms very tired now. Good for getting rid of the extra adrenaline.
Have a good one all
clf xLBM 11/06/2010: DFD 30/04/2013Total repaid: £10,490.313 -
Today I am a more focussed and whole human, got my tooth and my mum fixed up yesterday, so now I an get on wiht everyday stuff. House badly needs scrubbing and so does my class room. so will try to do both today.Isa help to buy: 1000/3000 33%
Emergency fund: 100/1000 10%
Weight loose 8.6 kg - while having fun. 0/8.6 0%
Focus debt to clear HSBC £10/1111, 0% updated May 254 -
Good Morning
Sun's shining and no big plans, which means my depression is spiralling and I'm feeling arghhhh which is also one of the reasons I've been absent from posting, I don't want to bring you lovely lot down and know that others are going through far worse. Had a nightmare with builder and kitchen renovation so we'll be finishing/sorting it ourselves. So far
Checked Bank & made PAD
Spoke to mum (and will again later)
Broken sink taken to tip
Still to do
Drop DS off for Interview
Bake
Knit or read
Purge a few emails
Enter a few comps
All meals from cupboards/fridge/freezer
Check: Lucky Bob, PMP, WinaDinner -
Have a great day everyone!
C x
Goodreads 2025 Challenge :16/75
Goodreads 2024 Challenge: 65/80
Goodreads 2023 Challenge: 77/525 -
@ziggy2407 you never bring us down and we're always here for you xxxLBM 11/06/2010: DFD 30/04/2013Total repaid: £10,490.315
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Ziggy, you don't bring us down. Sounds like a nightmare with your kitchen renovation, enough to get anyone down!Ditty, wishing your Mum a speedy recoverySpent a chunk of the morning going to the surgery for a blood test. A bit of a palaver. Anyway, all done now. Hopefully they will find no change from last time (it won't ever be 'normal' again, but then that would be boring, wouldn't it
) Other than that I have:
Dog walk first thingHG raspberries for breakfast fruitSorted out my meagre crop of shallots, which had been drying on a tray in the woodshed for agesSorted out the fridgeMade a big pan of chicken and veg curry (using up various oddments from fridge), some for tonight, some for the freezerCooked up some gifted plums and a few blueberries from the garden, will pop a crumble mix on topPrepped, blanched and froze a washing up bowl full of French beans. Watered a couple of pots in the front garden using the water with which I had cooled the beans.Whizzed a leftover, slightly stale bread roll in the processor, and froze resulting breadcrumbsOH has picked yet more raspberries and cherry tomatoesWashed out some good quality freezer bags that had only been used for fruit or veg, and hung them to dry. Also hung out a dog poo bag (unused of course, but it had been through the washing machine in my jeans pocket). OH's face said it allJust heading out to the garden to repot a blueberry bush, see if anything else needs watering, and do some tidyingMight make a start on the housework, which I have pencilled in for tomorrow.4 -
@ziggy2407 Hope you're doing ok lovely lady, keep posting
Hope your ds's interview goes well too!
@ditty1234 Glad to hear your mum is doing ok.
@carrielovesfanta I hope you're feeling ok now
@determined_new_ms Glad that madam enjoyed school again (and enjoy your few days!)
In the way of small things ....
all meals from stores
banking checked and spreadsheet updated
picked more blackberries on a walk this morning with ds2 (I will miss our little walks before lunch when he's back in school)
rm survey
started writing more lists of things I want to get done when the kids go back to school Tue/Thur next week.
Thats about it for today (my lists are going to get back to mega-lists by this time next week!Sticking with the "Small things" thread to keep up us on the straight and narrow.
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Morning guys
I woke up at 5 with tooth ache, took some pills and then went back to sleep until 10.30! Ah the bliss of being child free!
Today with my child & housework free (Thank you TOMM!) I plan to:
* go for a lovely long walk with dog and oh
* will take some tubs in case we find any blackberries but I think I left it too late this year!
* sew the zip on the blinking cushion cover! Hem the top & get these items off of my side!
* I also want to get to the allotment at some point and refashion one of oh's white shirt's in to a a fitted wrap shirt for me
* dinner will be spag bol in the PC using veg from the allotment
* free pizza for lunch
Going to go in the hot tub for a quick dip with oh first
Hope you all have a lovely day!DF as at 30/12/16
Wombling 2025: £87.12
NSD March: YTD: 35
Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
GC annual £449.80/£4500
Eating out budget: £55/£420
Extra cash earned 2025: £1955 -
Good Morning
Thanks for all your kind words.
@ditty1234 - hope mum continues well on the road to recovery. Hubby had a bypass in 2017 and is like a different bloke now
So far we have
Checked Bank & made PAD
Spoke to mum (and will again later)
Fitted pelmet to kitchen cabinets
Still to do
Pamper Time at home
Bake
Knit or read (while footie is on most of day)
Purge a few emails
Enter a few comps
All meals from cupboards/fridge/freezer
Check: Lucky Bob, PMP, WinaDinner -
Have a great day everyone!
C x
Goodreads 2025 Challenge :16/75
Goodreads 2024 Challenge: 65/80
Goodreads 2023 Challenge: 77/524 -
Morning so far have done a free weigh in, a free 10 k run, even if my shoes are about to give up, a yummy dark rye, cheddar and chutney lunch from fridge and about to do some tidying, cleaning and then some drawing later.
A, also trying to decide when to go see my mom when she gets out of hospital.Isa help to buy: 1000/3000 33%
Emergency fund: 100/1000 10%
Weight loose 8.6 kg - while having fun. 0/8.6 0%
Focus debt to clear HSBC £10/1111, 0% updated May 255
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