What small DFW things will you do this week 1409/20?

rugbymadfamily

alt80 said:

Seen my accountant didn’t really tell me much more than I already knew re business tax / Range Rover. Wife came and felt the need to tell him we were there because I live my life on the ‘never never’. Absolutely mortifying. Rubbish day generally.

Believe me, he will have seen it and heard it before (and worse!). Might not feel like it right now, but she will get over it. You're both responsible for the finances of your family (she's responsible for family spending even if you're the only one that tracks it). I've tried to make my husband realise this...I might be better at maths and spreadsheets, but he still needs to understand where our money goes. Best of luck with it all, I'm sure there will be bumps along the way, but keep your goal in mind and you will get there.

1LuckyLady

Good afternoon all, 
A productive start to the day until rain stopped play at lunchtime... but we did make a start at least..
in the way of small things..
Washed a load and pegged out to dry (didn't fully dry before the unexpected rain)
Made boys packed lunches for tomorrow ( @determined_new_ms ) I always struggled with the packed lunches but since they were home for lockdown they ate far more variety at lunchtimes so we've just carried that on. 
I finished off last nights stroganoff with a piece of bread for dipping for my lunch. 
Swept the drive (lots of leaves already off the trees) - garden waste is collected tomorrow so wanted to make the most of it! 
Was due to have a mr t collection for tomorrow but have postponed it as nothing is needed urgently so changed it. 
Sorted out £1.50 veg box from lidl that my dad brought me this morning,  was great and included a bunch of flowers today  
Thats about it,  take care all. 

Baileys_Babe

Yesterday was very busy as the children's training in a nearby city resumed yesterday after a local lockdown. The time has been changed and there is a break for cleaning between sessions so I am now sitting outside for longer than earlier in the year. We will need to change how we do things and see what we can do on Sunday to make Mondays work better as yesterday was hard work.
I did manage to:
Home educated the children
Took packed lunch and water to training
Recorded spends
BLD from stores
Dry the laundry outside on the line
Pmp etc
Process the latest windfalls
Pick tasty apples for lunch

Baileys_Babe

Today I have:
NSD ✔️
Checked the bank accounts ✔️
Set up a new bank account for the latest savings pot ✔️
Dried laundry outside ✔️
  B/L/D from stores ✔️
  Pmp etc ✔️
Work on the email project ✔️
 Home educated the children ✔️
 Collected the and process the windfalls that fell today ✔️
  Picked apples from the tree for lunch, delicious variety but does not store well ✔️
 Made some progress on my email project ✔️
 Updated freezer inventory ✔️
 Update spending diary ✔️
Made a cuppa tea cake, the recipe makes 2 cakes, one is possibly being sliced and frozen ✔️ we enjoyed a slice each this evening

This week I would like to, all rolled over from last week:
 Rearrange dd bedroom furniture ✔️ we have moved some of the furniture but dd needs to do more decluttering before the rest is in its new position - this will be on next weeks list

 Rearrange kitchen shelves, this is dependant on finding the right free boxes when I go shopping ✔️ some progress has happened, I wasn't able to get the type of box I was hoping for but I did manage to get 1 similar, more boxes are needed 
 Continue processing the windfall apples ✔️

alt80

rugbymadfamily said:

alt80 said:

Seen my accountant didn’t really tell me much more than I already knew re business tax / Range Rover. Wife came and felt the need to tell him we were there because I live my life on the ‘never never’. Absolutely mortifying. Rubbish day generally.

Believe me, he will have seen it and heard it before (and worse!). Might not feel like it right now, but she will get over it. You're both responsible for the finances of your family (she's responsible for family spending even if you're the only one that tracks it). I've tried to make my husband realise this...I might be better at maths and spreadsheets, but he still needs to understand where our money goes. Best of luck with it all, I'm sure there will be bumps along the way, but keep your goal in mind and you will get there.

Thank you just needed a bit of encouragement after a difficult evening generally. 

That's a good view for a bit more responsibility on both - she does need to understand. I will show her the spreadsheets and go through what's happening and why we need to do this.

Rubbish day today and unproductive after the meeting but onwards and upwards for tomorrow I think. 

determined_new_ms

Morning my tooth is a lot better, it's just a temporary solution until I get the appt at the sedation clinic. I rant the risk that it wouldn't help at all and I would still be in pain, but thankfully it's ok, a little niggly but nothing like the world of agony it was...

Today:
* take dog for walk
* do an hour's prep in the kitchen. Think this will be it for the sanding
* TOMM - not doing as well this week....
* a couple of hours sewing - just need to add bust darts to the sweatshirt I've made
* dinner will be spag in the pressure cooker
* water greenhouse veggies
* go grocery shopping. This will be when oh gets home as I'e lost my keys! (hoping they are in his car or turn up while I'm sorting out the house)
* make madam's pack up using meal plan
* get up in the loft
* maybe play a board game with madam after school. We are severely limiting her screen time to 1 hour a day....
* might make some more marrow & ginger jam as dil loved it. Think I'll give it to him for xmas
* carry on knitting sock

ok that will do

carrielovesfanta

Morning folks

WFH today but not really a saving in petrol as we had to drive there and back this morning due to a lack of organisation on my part (ooops)
Good gym session this morning as managed a sub 8 min run (I only have short chunky legs anyway!) and my dedlift has jumped up by 7.5kg so moving back towards my old lifts (only about 7.5kg under now!)

Today's small things:
B/L/D from stores
Check PMP
Reconcile budget sheet for EoM
Nip up to allotment after work? 

Have a good one all

clf x

Baileys_Babe

Glad to hear you have some relief from the agony @determined_new_ms

Plans for today:
  B/L/D from stores ✔️
  Pmp etc ✔️
 Work on the email project ✔️
 Home educate the children ✔️
 Collect and process the windfalls that fall today ✔️
  Pick apples from the tree for lunch, delicious variety but does not store well ✔️
 Updated freezer inventory ✔️
 Update spending diary ✔️
Meal plan ✔️
write a shopping list ✔️
go shopping and only buy what is on the list ✔️
Put ALL the shopping away ✔️
Correctly delivered survey ✔️
  Ongoing survey ✔️

This week I would also like to, most are rolled over from last week:
 Rearrange dd bedroom furniture, we have moved some of the furniture but dd needs to do more decluttering before the rest is in its new position

Rearrange kitchen shelves, this is dependant on finding the right free boxes when I go shopping ❌ no they didn't have any suitable boxes
make a tiny batch of blackberry jam

carrielovesfanta

oh sorry @determined_new_ms - we cross-posted! I'm glad that your tooth is much more normal now

alt80

Picked up the phone to initiate the voluntary termination but put the phone down before speaking to someone. I know it needs to be done soon. So was going to be a big step in the right direction but didn't manage it.