Well it’s 9am and time to go wake a sleeping husband. So far this morning………
- A full load of towels is out on the line blowing in the wind. Another load is on the way. We deliberately haven’t put a drier in this house so we don’t get tempted although there is room for it if we were to sell the house.
- The dishwasher is humming away on eco setting after an hour of baking has helped fill it up to full load. The dishwasher goes on during the day/evening now so that I can stop the dishwasher when it gets to dry mode and just open the door to let the dishes air dry – saves about 15 minutes of power with my machine cycle.
- Chocolate slice is setting in the fridge and a batch of pikelets has been made and packaged away in the freezer. I’ve been really impressed with how pikelets freeze, they come out exactly the same as they go in. Today was the first time I managed to put a whole batch in the freezer without being tempted!
- Crumble has been made (5 minute job) and put in the freezer ready to use for desserts the next few weeks. Crumble doesn’t really freeze – it just stays in the same state and can be put straight onto the top of canned/stewed fruit. Definitely worth making. Really easy for kids to make.
- The fridge has been checked out for things about to reach their expiry date so they can be used up. The cream is almost there so pasta has been put on the food planner for tonight and steak taken out to thaw. I’ll have to hunt out my jelly/cream mousse recipe to use up the rest of the cream. I read the other day that you can freeze milk which I have to admit I never thought of in terms of using up milk but I’m looking forward to trying when I need to. At the same I’ve filled up the extra spaces in the fridge with water bottles to make the fridge operate more efficiently and it means that we always have water for emergency situations.
- The spending for the week has been entered in our finance spreadsheet on the computer. I use this so we can keep an eye on where spending is going in order to make better informed decisions. The food bill items get entered also so we can keep track of when food prices are good value.
- The bills for the next week have all been sorted and paid electronically so I don’t lose out on prompt payment discounts.
- The cats have been fed and their can washed for recycling. Steel can recycling from the last few weeks has been packaged up ready to go out on rubbish day. Aluminium cans have gone in the garage to be taken to the recycler for cash when the amount has built up enough.
Not that hubby will probably notice any of this! But it all makes for an easier week for me as my job is pretty full on and it all helps keep costs down in various areas so I don’t mind getting up a little early to get it all done.