| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| Chez |
This week's LIST1. Find somewhere to live - ongoing.2. Sort out books. 3. Sort out cupboard in Leo's room. 4. Sort out airing cupboard. 5. Sort out boxes of clothes under bed. Involves coming to terms with fact I will never be a size twelve again. 6. Inject chickens. 7. Ensure mother (arriving at lunchtime today) is sufficiently reassured by my competence, ability and togetherness to stop worrying about me. 8. Keep knees together firmly enough to prevent early onset of labour. 9. Take boxes of not-needed sorted out stuff to charity shop. 10. Take time to relax with Arvo and Leo. |
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| sally_in_wales |
Hmm, this week:
try to find out whats happening about van survive work get ready for the August fair at the medieval village get loads of post out write up a knitting pattern finish the second goatskin outfit shake off this very mild cold that is mostly just annoying work on deflabbing upper arms send health insurance paperwork off, get some money back for new specs attempt to dry some laundry if it ever stops raining mostly I need to haul my backside off this sofa and just get on with it all though 
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| Green Rosie |
I have 'til tomorrow at about 6pm before our next lot of friends arrive and this is what I must try and get done before then  :
Measure height of boys Change boys bedclothes Put beds back in the right rooms Sort clothes drawers Hoover whole house Dust whole house Washing Tidy toy/front room Freeze and cook veg Make cucumber pickles Bake cakes Weed polytunnel Sow green manure Clear finished broad beans and dig Label jam and put away Library Split stored spuds into smaller bags and check for blight damage Help OH put up tent Clean out animals Take dry soil down to compost toilet Do recycling Reading with boys Sort out new passports fo me and small boy and all the other things I have forgotton!! |
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| marigold |
1. Get going on the decluttering again
2. Finish something from my WIP list 3. Buy new fridge/freezer 4. Be grateful that I can afford to buy fridge/freezer even though I'd rather spend the money on a pair of heavenly Arche boots... 5. Meet with friends to do creative things and chat 6. Remember to go to the farmer's market on Saturday 7. Order bread (today!) 8. Bake cake, biscuits and courgette/cheese bread 9. Pick more blackberries 10. Find amazing bargain treadle sewing machine in excellent working order for sale locally for less than £30... I'll start by getting dressed... |
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| Green Rosie |
Always a good start - I am hiding on here rather than getting on with my mega list
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| Chez |
I am having coffee and dreaming of sardines. | ||||
| sally_in_wales |
Ok you've shamed me into getting dressed too. Was good and threw out a load of undies due for retirement whilst I was at it, so I'm counting that as a job done.
I really really just want to curl up on the sofa and knit, drink tea and feel mildly sniffly today. not really at all enthused by my to do list and the left shift button has died on my laptop, so my typing is going to get even worse until I remember that there is one on the right hand side
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| Cathryn |
Lists.
Only here because I have already had phonecalls and got several things organised this morning and exciting ones to do with work. Feeling a good sense of achievement already. 
Next, deal with mild but persistent headache before putting back on filthy work clothes from yesterday and finish nailing down wire to old stone outhouse and soon to be new broody chicken home. Done. See if I can persuade cockerel down from his bedroom to enjoy his new home. Think I will probably pass this one over to the several children I am "looking after" today. (More of a damage limitiation thing than a looking after thing.) He's gone back to bed, who can blame him, weather is vile. Darn, get lunch out of freezer, don't make bread but make biscuits for when Lottie delivers hen (and a couple of fertile eggs ) later on. Forgot to do this so instead distract children with chocolate topped doughnuts, while boston baked beans slowly thaws in oven, no complaints so far.  Lottie don't rush, serious delay caused by forgotton optician's appointment and definite need to answer rather nice email.
Hen arrived, thank you so much you two. Lottie's ability to count is marginally better than other downsizers brandishing eggs, but only marginally...
Do not forget to clean house for downsizer visitation on Wednesday. hmm...raining, bored children, some chaos. My lists aren't very tidy are they. Must do better. |
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| Fee |
I'm supposed to be back working today, only got back last night, but Happytechie is off until Wednesday, and my damn father is arriving tomorrow until friday (his first EVER visit to me since living at home as a teenager), so I can't see much work work getting done Fortunately he's bringing two of my younger sisters with him, aged 11 and 13.
So, before tomorrow I need to: - Do something about the spare mattress in the spare room - Clean the stair/landing carpet (it's getting embarrassing now, and that's saying something) - Wash and hang out clothes from week away - Try and make some room on the dining room table for eating dinners on (I'm sure they won't mind a barrel of beer as a centrepiece  )
- Find a knitting pattern to make some sort of very easy toy for my niece with my newly acquired angora wool (from Mrs Easter's wabbits on Anglesey) - Decide what I'm cooking while they're here and buy all ingredients (eldest of two sisters is a veggie) - Stop catching up on DS and get on with the list : failed - Send invoices for work carried out while on holiday : done - Do at least some work work |
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| mochyn |
Well.
The old chap's just tidied and hoovered the parlour and cleaned the bathroom. He's brilliant. It's because an old friend of his from Uni is arriving later. I'm processing tomatoes and there will be more of that to do this week. Hang up show prize cards Landry 8 cakes Lemon curd Bread (7 lots) Shopping General animal care Treat hens for red mite Bees? Keep picking fruit & veg Make stuff for Llanfair show craft classes Chutney Other stuff will be added... |
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| Chez |
Mochyn - I was wondering about bees. My Ma is here this week; as you know, she is our bee-guru. Shall I see how she feels about coming over with Arvo one day and whizzing through them all? I think I'm pretty much out of the game for a bit now, whether or not I can get the suit to do up notwithstanding ... 
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| mochyn |
Now, there's a plan.
Any day is good with me except Friday. ANd there can be cake... |
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| Chez |
I will enquire upon her arrival. She is currently just north of Hereford. It's out of The Shire, you know .
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| Barefoot Andrew |
Can the rest of us bring our Mums too? A. |
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| marigold |
1. Get going on the decluttering again
2. Finish something from my WIP list - two cloth bags finished, photographed and blogged 3. Buy new fridge/freezer - research done, decision made, need to eat most of freezer contents before ordering (and probably defrost the beastly thing so I can get the door shut properly for the next couple of weeks) 4. Be grateful that I can afford to buy fridge/freezer even though I'd rather spend the money on a pair of heavenly Arche boots... 5. Meet with friends to do creative things and chat 6. Remember to go to the farmer's market on Saturday 7. Order bread (today!) done, collect on Thursday 8. Bake cake, biscuits and courgette/cheese bread - deferred, pointless making more stuff for freezer when I need to empty it
9. Pick more blackberries 10. Find amazing bargain treadle sewing machine in excellent working order for sale locally for less than £30... I'll start by getting dressed... Quite a productive morning, I've also: Put the rubbish out Shopped for fruit and salad stuff Eaten cake, drunk tea Pottered a bit in the garden Hoovered the stairs and living room (did upstairs yesterday) Rest now, then: Pack and post http://www.greenmetropolis.com/ book order Do some administrivia Revisit list... |
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| Green Rosie |
3pm update:
Measure height of boys  Change boys bedclothes
Put beds back in the right rooms
Sort clothes drawers
Hoover whole house - upstairs done
Dust whole house Washing
Tidy toy/front room Freeze and cook veg beetroot cooked
Make cucumber pickles Bake cakes Weed polytunnel Sow green manure Clear finished broad beans and dig Label jam and put away
Library Split stored spuds into smaller bags and check for blight damage Help OH put up tent Clean out animals (actually OH did this)
Take dry soil down to compost toilet (and this)
Do recycling Reading with boys
Sort out new passports for me and small boy Make spinach pancakes for lunch - YUM
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| Chez |
You can't bring yours. She might tell me I'm too fat or have bad hair or something. |
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| mochyn |
You can bring her here, Andrew. As long as she can shut her eyes to domestic sluttery. What sort of cake shall I make? That's next on the list. |
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| Barefoot Andrew |
A. |
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| wellington womble |
Done:
Dogs Hand in Notice Bins out pick up veg try to remember what needs recycling tommorow To Do: Avoid watering system make chicken stock think of something for tea (chicken stock based, I expect) have a bath do some knitting of rather perplexing raglan yoke do some bits and pieces of 'stuff'send cheques to penny and marigold and find stuff for bagpuss Fee, I have a really easy peasy garter stich rabbit pattern, if you'd like me to look it out for you? Seems like a good bet for Angora! |
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| mochyn |
I'm processing tomatoes and there will be more of that to do this week.
Hang up show prize cards Laundry 1 lot in the machine 8 cakes Lemon curd Bread (7 lots) Shopping this afternoon General animal care ongoing Treat hens for red mite Bees? Keep picking fruit & veg ongoing Make stuff for Llanfair show craft classes first hat nearly finished Chutney Not very productive week so far: I'm a bit shattered and discombobulated. Other stuff will be added...[/quote] |
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| Green Rosie |
4 hours before friends arrive ......
Measure height of boys Change boys bedclothes
Put beds back in the right rooms
Sort clothes drawers
Hoover whole house (except toy/front room and I might just have to shut the door)
Dust whole house Washing
Tidy toy/front room Freeze and cook veg
Make cucumber pickles
Bake cakes (one boiled fruit and one mincemeat  )
Weed polytunnel Sow green manure Clear finished broad beans and dig Label jam and put away
Library - doesn't open 'til 4pm Split stored spuds into smaller bags and check for blight damage Help OH put up tent
Clean out animals (actually OH did this)
Take dry soil down to compost toilet (and this)
Do recycling Reading with boys
Sort out new passports for me and small boy Make spinach pancakes for lunch - beans on toast today
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| marigold |
Haven't done much this morning apart from wash my hair and reply to emails. I'm feeling all jittery and anxious (due to barmy menopausal hormones, I think) and can't settle to anything... It will pass (and quicker if I take some diazepam), but in the meantime I'm incapable of deciding WHAT to do, let alone concentrating enough to actually do it!!
Oh well, looks like it's lunchtime, so I'll go and gaze into the fridge for a while and see if I can decide what to eat...
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| Green Rosie |
Ahhhhh - thanks for the reminder - must do that now
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| Barefoot Andrew |
I'm trying to be productive and do work and not look at shiny new computer calling to me
A. |
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| Barefoot Andrew |
Cup of tea anyone?
A. |
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| mochyn |
I'm processing tomatoes and there will be more of that to do this week.
Hang up show prize cards Laundry 1 lot in the machine 8 cakes Lemon curd Bread (7 lots) Shopping
General animal care ongoing Treat hens for red mite Bees? Keep picking fruit & veg ongoing Make stuff for Llanfair show craft classes first hat nearly finished Chutney |
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| marigold |
I'm off to do 5. on the list... and to foist a bit more of my clutter on other people .
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| lottie |
The only things I really have to do urgently this week are lift the bulk of the potatoes and check the bees---and it just pours and pours---actually spent 3 hrs digging in the rain yesterday and ended up soaked and with 2" of mud on the bottom of my boots,the slugs will win if they're not up soon---which in the first year ever I've had no blight would be very irritating 
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| Cathryn |
Really is chucking it down isn't it which means I am going to get wet putting up a tarpaulin to protect broody hen from some of the weather. | ||||
| lottie |
Torrential here---O.H. has gone outside in his waterproof suit but I haven't lost enough weight to get back in mine yet
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| marigold |
We've had a bit of sun here this morning which is cheering, but the best thing is that the ******* wind has dropped to a gentle breeze
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