What small DFW things will you do this week 07/12/20?

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster

Happy birthday CLF!

villagelife

A day off today so will aim to
Cook from stores.
Keep heating off until late afternoon.
Pay some cash into bank.
Do more surveys - nearly at payout on a couple of sites.
Must start wrapping some presents.

determined_new_ms

Morning thanks for starting the thread CLF Did my stint of shifts for this week and now off for 10 days   Was stressful at points yesterday!

* Today I am doing grocery shopping and getting a lot of our xmas things. Just leaving fresh items and chocolates/crisps/snacky bits till next week as if I get them now they're in danger of being eaten before xmas!
* Will do TOMM
* pop to the chemist for oh and pick something up that is cheaper to buy then getting a prescription
* made madam's lunch
* take dog for walk after school run
* load of washing and line dry
* really want to set aside an hour or two to do some sewing. Really need to get back in to it

Ok that's me for now 

[Deleted User]

Happy belated birthday @carrielovesfanta! 🎂 I've been awol due to being very busy with work- very much looking forward to the festive break! 😉 
I've been pretty good with some of the small stuff though - mainly with food - and am using up my stores! 😊  I had a tin of vegan meatballs for lunch and there's a lot of sauce in them which is basically like tinned tomatoes so I used the sauce to make a jackfruit chilli along with a bottle of chipotle chilli sauce which has been lurking in my cupboard for about a year! 🙈😂 I had a bit of excess gravy from a dinner this week so used that for breakfast gravy dips (basically a couple of slices of bread covered in gravy, mint sauce and tomato sauce);  the foil that I'd used to cover the excess gravy I reused to cover some tomatoes while I was roasting them in basil jelly in the oven and cooked some jacket potatoes while the oven was on. I also made baked tofu with a chilli and cherry chutney that has been lurking for a long time. 

I've also been mixing up some laundry liquid this week- we've got a lot of liquid that I really don't like (it works okay but smells wierd 😷) so I've been saving empty bottles and have done a 40/60 mix with stuff I do like - previously I would probably just have given up and got rid of it! I've got to do the same with the fabric conditioner now so need to save more bottles!! 😂 

I must admit that the majority of the 'small stuff' that I do is around food/re-purposing leftovers - I think that I find it easier than stuff like reducing heating (which in all honesty is something I'm not prepared to do) and hanging out washing etc but I guess anything is better than nothing! 

carrielovesfanta

Morning folks

@smushesma - breakfast gravy dips?! that sounds like a concept that my OH would get behind. He's a scouser so any foodstuff can be legitimately put between two slices of bread. I've seen him eat shepherd's pie sandwiches!

@determined_new_ms - enjoy those 10 days off!

I'm a bit late getting going this morning - I had a nightmare and had to keep myself awake for a bit to stop myself falling back into it so I didn't wake up til 8am. I'm not feeling in a study mood but I've opened the laptop and got my book out. Even if I do an hour, it's a good start. After that it'll be making/writing the Christmas cards. We were supposed to do them at the weekend one afternoon but OH took a 2 hour long bath instead, and there wasn't much chance of me sitting down to them at 8pm. 
We were booked into the gym then at 5.30 (hisses). Can't stand working out late as it screws up all your meal times. Need to prep something for when we get it to avoid Tesco/takeaway trap. Poss teriyaki pork.

I think once the Christmas cards are done, I'll feel a bit more settled. Then I just need to finish the cross stitch pictures for the neighbours, which we are plodding through. 

Have a good one all

clf x

Nagme

Morning, 
I'm enjoying reading everyone’s posts, especially the food ones! Today I have leftover mash and the remains of yesterday’s sausage casserole minus the sausages for lunch. 

Didn’t get to sleep till 3am for some reason, so I’m feeling slow today. Luckily dinner is sorted - chilli con carne from the freezer. Target for today is finish ONE parcel 🙄
whats TOMM? 

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster

Morning all. It feels really busy at the moment. Looking forward to the festive break too!

ditty1234

Just came back from shopping am a bit exhausted and am trying to get around to put up Christmas tree, it's still where I put it on Tuesday! Happy b'day clf and hope everybody else is well. 

villagelife

I will aim for washing to be dried on the line- virtually dried yesterday which I wasn't expecting.
Leftovers used up yesterday as a ham bake. Various veg cooked then mixed with some jam and cooked in the oven covered with a white sauce. The white sauce made with water I had cooked the veg in.
Limited heating on.

Today I will keep the heating off til this evening.
I have a time slot at the community fridge so will cook from whatever I get there. Always loads of lovely veg and the rest is variable as to what you can get.

determined_new_ms

Nagme said:

whats TOMM? 

It's The Organise Mum Method - google if you're interested. But basically it's a way of keeping on top of housework and you do a different room each day for 30 mins Mon: lounge; Tues: bedrooms; Weds: hallway; Thurs: Kitchen and Friday you do a more through go at another room which rotates over a 8 week period.

I find it really helpful and my house looks much better since starting it and I only do 30 mins hw Mon-Fri