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Storm89 · 8 January 2018 at 10:23AM

You guys are lucky having a tumble dryer - we don't have room for one so everything is on airers or radiators. I usually do my washing Friday through Monday and then ironing is done by the following Friday when it starts again.
I'm baking a lot too , I used to easily spend a tenner on cakes and chocolate each week. The kids are loving helping too so I feel like we're spending more quality time together alongside saving money. Great that Sunday was a NSD , here's to another frugal week

Mumoffourkids · 8 January 2018 at 11:15AM

My tumble dryer and washing machine are out in the garage storm as there isn't room in the house for them. I also have my overflow freezer out there. I sort all the washing out here into whose it is as well. I have some plastic vegetable baskets that are stackable. Each child has a basket and once it is dry, I sort into whose basket it is. Then when the basket is full, the clothes get taken upstairs and put away. It keeps the washing out of he house I suppose and stops me having piles of clothes hanging around!

Storm89 · 8 January 2018 at 11:21AM

That sounds very organised mumoffour. We don't have a garage either just have a parking space so couldn't do that. All these little things are what I think I'd like when moving house. Having clothes hanging around the house is annoying.I like the idea of an overflow freezer too . I suppose you have to run the house so organised with having a big family.

Mumoffourkids · 8 January 2018 at 11:33AM

Yep it's good having a garage but in the fact that it is generally filled with carp! Also you can't get to it from inside the house, you have to go outside. And yes I have to be very organised although I do hate sorting clothes out! I often get it wrong whose clothes are whose!

Honeysucklelou2 · 8 January 2018 at 11:19PM

I often end up folding something and having to ask the older DDs whose item of clothing it is:rotfl:.

You're right Storm, I am lucky to have a tumble dryer. I try hard not to use it because of the cost of running it but the mountains of washing we have make it necessary to use in the depths of winter. That's great that you are enjoying baking with your children. Cooking with children has got to be one of the best things to do!

Honeysucklelou2 · 9 January 2018 at 9:17PM

Payment to the cc by direct debit happened yesterday so another £25 paid. Every little paid off is going in the right direction:).

Honeysucklelou2 · 11 January 2018 at 10:41PM

NSD #4 today - hurray. I had hoped to have a few more NSDs this week but running low on milk and then DD3 having a cookery lesson at school did away with that hope. I wonder why cookery lessons never seem to need the things that you have readily available at home??!!

Cherryfudge · 11 January 2018 at 11:48PM

Honeysucklelou2 wrote: »

NSD #4 today - hurray. I had hoped to have a few more NSDs this week but running low on milk and then DD3 having a cookery lesson at school did away with that hope. I wonder why cookery lessons never seem to need the things that you have readily available at home??!!

I remember my parents and I frantically trying to decipher the ingredients needed for next day's cookery lesson and I was getting tearful because I would be in trouble for not having the 'lerion' listed in my scruffy handwriting. It was my Dad who finally worked out what it was. I often think of that when I cook with a lemon.

Mumoffourkids · 12 January 2018 at 7:12AM

My eldest two’s school you don’t have to provide all the ingredients. Sometimes it is just a couple and sometimes you don’t have to provide anything. I just have to make a contribution of £10 towards ingredients for the year. I think they are trying to stop parents having to buy stuff they wouldn’t necessarily have. So for example, this week my daughter was making savoury rolls but all she had to bring in were whatever savoury bits she wanted. The school provided the ingredients to make the actual rolls. It’s so much easier as all we had to find was bacon and cheese on Sunday night at about 8pm!

Honeysucklelou2 · 13 January 2018 at 12:12PM

That's a really good idea Mumoffour...might have to suggest that to our school.

NSD #5 yesterday:).

I've planned a menu for the week with DD3. I went through the freezer yesterday and realised that I have a few bags of frozen soft fruit, so have planned a raspberry custard tart for tonight's pudding ( DS2's favourite). Hoping to get some baking done later to fill the tins. DD2 gave me 2 lovely tins for Christmas...not sure if it's a hint to fill them up more :rotfl:

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