What small DFW things will you be doing this week? WC 03/07

determined_new_ms · 4 July 2017 at 8:53AM

Morning

today is the big day and madam is now 4! Who can believe 4 years whizzed by like this! She's currently in the garden playing with her toys :smileyhea

I've had a chance to tody up, just need to finish off

currently cooking the chicken. She asked for roast today so I thought I'd get it cooked so later it'll just be a case of cooking the veg

dd iscoming this afternoon, but already her emotions are going haywire

hope she's able to control it later...

oh has taken the morning off and I think we're intending to take madam to the seaside

Might get the op to go to the allotment tonight. Would really like to so I can sow a couple of things!

that's me. If we go to the seaside apart from an ice cream and some pennies for the arcade the end of money haemorrhaging from my account is here :T

Have a great day guys!

Oh FVD courgettes don't tend to freeze very well precooked but are fine once they're cooked

little_pink_purse · 4 July 2017 at 11:36AM

Good morning Gang
hugs to all that need them

Well after to small ops I am back on my feet
on very little pain meds

over the past few weeks I've been pulling every thing apart
as I've had the time to do

1 finances omg really need to get this back on track and fast

2 ebay is it still worth doing ie shop cost postage etc

3. sales units are there worth keeping

so far its the finances going to start on ebay

food shop
i was going wild with the shopping and eating out and take away
we have done well so far the food budget is £25.00 spent / £150 budget.

better get a move on still in my pjs lol

have a great day lpp xxx

FatVonD · 4 July 2017 at 12:47PM

Afternoon all, I have slept for a solid 12 hours but refuse to feel guilty as my body must have needed it. Somehow I don't think my week off is going to be quite as productive as I had planned

Today's little plan is a circular route (to save time/petrol) to collect my prescription from the GP, Sansbugs to get it filled and return some impulse buys, collect forms from new GP to be, buy fish food and another plant for the tank (one has just disintegrated and they like to hide in it, I hope there aren't more babies on the way), pick up some butter as we've run out.

Ring Sky and Santander to sort out new deals.

I too am planning a roast today DNMS, I have some YS chicken breasts in the freezer and will make cauliflower cheese with yesterday's YS cauliflower, I'm going to try roasted courgettes with it too. I need to remember to defrost some sausages to skin and mix into the stuffing mix, last time I grated a courgette and mixed that in too but it might be courgette overkill

Have a good day all!

Foxgloves, what are you writing?

uphillstruggler · 4 July 2017 at 1:11PM

Hello everyone,

I hope everyone has had a good start to the week and Dawn I hope your appointments have gone well.

Some weeks I just feel like money is slipping through my fingers! Must get cracking with some serious DFW action this week. You are all such an inspiration to me. If I ever feel that I'm losing control you bring me right back into focus. Thank you! :T

Today I have/will:
*[STRIKE]check all accounts[/STRIKE] done
*[STRIKE]transfer money to currrent a/c for CC DD[/STRIKE] done
*close creditbuilder CC account. Small loan is now paid off and don't need credit accounts on my credit file - called and just need to remove small balance from the account :T before I can close it...Payment made, will transfer straight to credit card balance...Account now closed and remaining balance transferred to pay off CC
*[STRIKE]couple of small admin tasks for work[/STRIKE] done
*sell fitness tracker - surprised myself by using it religiously but has now been replaced by a gift

so hoping to boost funds from selling it
*[STRIKE]meal planning for this week. Work shifts and if I don't plan well I resort to grazing...and this is expensive![/STRIKE] done. Must try not to graze so much...
*[STRIKE]update work expenses spreadsheet[/STRIKE] done and all up to date
*[STRIKE]washer-dryer is being fitted this week so need to keep on top of that with lettings agency[/STRIKE] done
*[STRIKE]food shopping at A**i (do not go to the expensive supermarket! Resist!)[/STRIKE] done! Week's meals all planned and bought - now for the food prep...
*[STRIKE]call credit agency to correct a missing repaid loan on my credit report[/STRIKE] done. Report looks shocking but as time goes on this will improve - just have to be happy that I'm doing everything I can to improve it

Have a great day, everyone.
US

determined_new_ms · 4 July 2017 at 1:22PM

FatVonD wrote: »

I too am planning a roast today DNMS, I have some YS chicken breasts in the freezer and will make cauliflower cheese with yesterday's YS cauliflower, I'm going to try roasted courgettes with it too. I need to remember to defrost some sausages to skin and mix into the stuffing mix, last time I grated a courgette and mixed that in too but it might be courgette overkill

Have a good day all!

Foxgloves, what are you writing?

my 2 fave ways of cooking freshly picked courgettes - sliced and steamed for a couple of minutes or sliced and fried in garlic butter.

Courgette cake is good as is this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/broadbeanandcourgett_91842

I once had such a glut of courgettes oh said he was going to write to a woman's mag with the story "my courgette hell" to get the pay out

FatVonD · 4 July 2017 at 4:12PM

determined_new_ms wrote: »

my 2 fave ways of cooking freshly picked courgettes - sliced and steamed for a couple of minutes or sliced and fried in garlic butter.

Courgette cake is good as is this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/broadbeanandcourgett_91842

I once had such a glut of courgettes oh said he was going to write to a woman's mag with the story "my courgette hell" to get the pay out

Lol! When I was googling whether you can freeze them I came across a post on another site from a poor woman who had planted six of them :rotfl:

I want to make a courgette and lemon cake that was on a page I worked on but I don't have a mini loaf tin and they won't be half as pretty baked in a muffin tin!

Baileys_Babe · 4 July 2017 at 8:46PM

FatVonD wrote: »

I want to make a courgette and lemon cake that was on a page I worked on but I don't have a mini loaf tin and they won't be half as pretty baked in a muffin tin!

They will still taste delicious

Bob great to see you posting.

DNMS happy birthday to GD.

Today has been a nothingy sort of day, we have only left the house to go to the children's evening activities. Did lessons and dd made a card for a birthday party she is going to tomorrow, the present is coming from the cupboard. I have also done some HE admin including lesson planning for ds maths, pleased as this isn't the next unit but the one after that. I have 1 more lesson of the current unit planned, the next unit planned, and the first few of the following unit all planned

All meals were from stores, I made oat chocolate squares puddings and snacks this week again from stores. We dried the washing on the airer as it was raining this morning and showers this afternoon. We just seemed to plod, nothing good, nothing bad.

La_escocesa · 5 July 2017 at 7:01AM

Hi gang :wave:

Hope your DGD had a lovely bday yesterday DNMS!

Nice to see some familiar posters back again! Hope you are recovering well LPP

OH got a puncture yesterday. It was such a relief that we had £££ in the 'car maintenance' fund and were prepared for the 'expected unexpecteds'.

Yay to budgeting :T

Here's me:
Cheapo porridge brekkie
Packed lunch
Dinner from stores
Reading free ebook
Check banking/reconcile
Making a few dishcloths - v chuffed I found a ball of dishcloth cotton in the cupboard as I was in a craft shop just the day before looking for some

https://www.thespruce.com/puff-stitch-lace-crochet-dishcloth-978587
Found £2 :cool:
Lots of free exercise with my walk to/from work

- I've really enjoyed it - gives me time to think as well

Right, might go and do a bit of yoga before work.

Happy Hump Day!

determined_new_ms · 5 July 2017 at 7:26AM

Morning La E

It does make life easier having funds in various pots to deal with when shtf

LPP hello & lovely to see you positing! Hope you recover quickly from your op x

Dawn sorry to hear of your health problems but glad it was nothing more serious x

Madam's birthday was great. She had a great time. DD kept it together for madam. There were a couple of wobbly moments when she was upset but all out of earshot of madam so she was none the wiser.

[STRIKE]This morning I'm getting madam ready to go to mil's[/STRIKE] as I have a job interview.

[STRIKE]Picking her up at 1 so will go to the allotment on the way back for an hour or so[/STRIKE] went for 1/2 hour. Only really had time to harvest 4 courgettes, 2 lettuces, a few radishes and 200gms french beans

everything coming along nicely :T 2 cucumber plants doing well and my squashes over the arch are going crazy! They are planted in manure and it's definitely giving them a boost!

[STRIKE]Not intending on spending any cash[/STRIKE] scrap this as have realised we're out of washing powder and almost out of coffee :eek: ha ha its back on! Decided I had enough coffee for a cup in the morning and I could live without washing for a day

[STRIKE]dinner will be broad bean & courgette pilaf with fresh home grown veg mmmmmm
[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]cook sausages got out of the freezer for madam and oh on Monday but not cooked/used. [/STRIKE]Might have to freeze them as already have lo chicken

[STRIKE]lunch for me will be lo dinner from yesterday
[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]madam has school this afternoon. After that we'll be playing with her birthday gifts[/STRIKE]

might go for a run this evening

load of washing and line dry

[STRIKE]fed all plants[/STRIKE] - tomatoes are starting to ripen :j

vacuum d/s and wash kitchen floor

do a small bit of research for my idea for a support service of carers for people with pd

Ok that'll do. Happy hump day guys

determined_new_ms · 5 July 2017 at 9:18AM

La E what is the gel nail kit you have?

What small DFW things will you be doing this week? WC 03/07

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