What small DFW things will you do w/c 20th Jan?

PurpleFairy Thanks for starting this weeks thread :A

I've not read this weeks so sorry for not sending hugs, congratulations, condolences as appropriate.

Today's achievements:
Shopped and stuck to the list
Put all the shopping away
Took snacks and drinks out with us
Updated spending diary
Home educated the children
Prepared tomorrows dinner (we are out a lot tomorrow and have a quick turn around so this will save me stressing or resorting to convenience foods)
RM survey
Pmp etc
Entered a couple of competitions
Lit the stove
Kettles on top, giving us plenty of hot water

Morning purps thanks for starting the thread yesterday Your day sounds fun. Hope you have a great time

Welcome to the thread Elisheba, Daphne16 & sunflowerlady (from last week!) stick with us and keep plodding and you'll get there. I know there are several of us who have been posting on here for years! (I think I'm up to around 12 :eek:). It has been a source of comfort and solidarity. We've laughed and been excited through the big events, virtually held each other's hands through the hard times, cheered each other on as we've watched ppl become df. Hope you'll all stick around

I have been up since 5. I would :eek: but this is my new reality. Had 6 hours last night so that's a win...

Today:

* have cut out fabric for baby wipes - part of baby gift for dd. she's due mid Feb so could be any day now :j Will sew these up later
* TOMM
* hang up washing in machine
* go for a run at 10
* all meals from stores
* I'm going to dig out my Portuguese stuff from years ago and look in to using my free time in the evenings a couple of times a week to pick it up again. Be good to get to a point where I can converse with oh and surprise him :cool:
* make a loaf of bread - oh & I are in a mexican stand off. He's won!
* call dentist :eek:

Ok that'll do me

Today is very busy, I will be spending my afternoon and evening ferrying the children here there and everywhere. We need to make the most of the time we are home this morning, mainly lessons and chores.

To do:
Using the water heated on the stove last night to make my breakfast cuppa, I stored the water in the flask overnight and then brought it up to the boil in the electric kettle
Swallow a frog
Work out our order for the wholesaler
Washing to dry on the airer
Check bank accounts
Home educate children for free
Plan for an NSD
Record any spends
B/L/D & snacks & drinks whilst out and about from stores
Submit meter readings
RM survey
Pmp etc
Get ready for tomorrow

I've not been sleeping well over the last couple of nights, I would like to get to bed at a more reasonable time tonight.

Morning all and welcome to Elisheba, Daphne16 & Sunflower Its a lovely thread so I hope you stay with us.

Todays list (a day at home as still not feeling 100 % but I still want to be productive so I'm setting timers for 15mins doing stuff then 10mins rest, I always find it surprising how much I can get done)
:grinheart Cheap but healthy porridge for the kids for breakfast this morning with a few sultanas thrown in for good measure! ✅
:grinheart De-iced my car with a scraper that I've had for at least 15yrs - on my 15 min drive to get the kids to school and back, I didn't see a single other person de-icing that way, everyone else I passed was either using a kettle/hot water or de-icer spray ✅
:grinheart Check banking/update spreadsheet - ✅ the moneys come in for the phone I sold for my mum so that was the last selling thing I was waiting on completing
:grinheart Cook two chickens at once in the oven - ✅ and pulled apart, juices in the fridge for a leek and potato soup I'll make later in the week and the carcass is in the slowcooker to make stock
:grinheart Make banana bread or banana/peanut butter muffins for packed lunches (and to use the bananas I bought yesterday but when I've unpacked them they're not very good)muffins it is, out of a bag of 7 bananas only 3 are good enough to eat normally, so I've made (kind of ) double muffin batter (put less sugar in for health and less peanut butter.. well because I ran out! :rotfl:) I'm using a new silicone mini muffin tray I got from Lakeland ages ago but not got round to using til now, so first batch is in, will have to keep an eye on them as I'm not sure about cooking timings as I'm thinking they'll need to be out a lot sooner then normal size muffins!
:grinheart Spot clean the carpet in the front room that the kids use, much quicker and easier then getting the whole carpet cleaned ✅
:grinheart Dishwasher is on a quick wash, will need emptying - ✅
:grinheart Put away the dried washing from yesterday ✅ - I'm hopeful none of it will need ironing as I try to only iron work shirts/trousers✅ It was a couple of shirts and a pair of trousers - but I now do have an empty wash basket! :T
:grinheart Get the duster out (not :money: money saving but if I put it down on here I've got more chance of remembering to actually do it!)
:grinheart Make families lunches for tomorrow

That's my start. Hopefully I'll be back to update in my next mini break!

Take care all. :beer:
✅ ✅ grilled the last of the pack of cooking bacon I got to try last week, will chop up with some of the chicken and a bit of mayo so that dh & the kids can have this in their sandwiches tomorrow for a change
✅✅ Whilst under the sink for the carpet stain remover stuff, I tidied that cupboard, still a few bits in there that I wouldn't usually have (I kept and used stuff left in rental house when we cleared it) but its getting better and there was some mould spray in there so I used a bit of that around our bedroom window.
✅✅ Continuing using up the green tea bags - no waste here!
✅✅ Sewn up a small hole that was forming in the back of a jumper of dh's - I'm gutted as he's only had it since October and wasn't a cheap purchase! :mad:

Good evening all and thanks to PF for a lovely new thread. I am just exhausted, twisted my ankle last night while running after finally coming back from fall before Christmas. I think my asthma makes me a bit unsteady when I try really hard! Very annoyed. But will do core for the rest of the week and see how it goes.
Am technically having a NSD day today except I just dropped £106 at the postoffice for my ds first UK passport. It has been planned since 2017 and he needs it now, it's all done. A bit of a milestone really and it means it's just me left in the 'other' line when we come back from visiting family.

Went straight for the couch when I got home as am cold and dont want to cook dinner. I think it will be sausages, vege and sweet potato bake and I will have to start it in a bit.

Otherwise it's tidying up in all the stuff I isn't do last night as ankle was defunct.