Saturday, February 25, 2012

Jobs that I hate doing, but that I feel 100% better after doing, and in an ideal world I need to schedule in at 7am when I am alert

- running
- completing tax return/doing accounts
- doing a budget/cash flow forecast
-talking to husband about money
- putting clothes away
- washing
- cleaning
- filing
- sorting
-tidying
- working
- writing
- reading
- transcribing interviews
- learning IT/doing IT
- car boot sale
- clearing clutter
- making bread

Jobs I only really like to do in daylight

- cleaning
- tidying
- put clothes away
-washing
-put clothes out to dry
-filing
-sorting
-putting rubbish out

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Favourite free (ish) treats

These are the rewards I give myself when I have done a run or something else physically exhausting:

phone call to friends/family
husband time
lipsyl
hand cream
aromatherapy
acu pressure
a doze/meditation
amazon wish list
telly
read self help books
chewing gum
make up
put contacts in
stroke cats
look at magazines

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Recipe for bread in bread machine

There are eight ingredients.

I put the wet ones in first:

1) 7 fluid oz of warm water
2) tsp oil
3) 1tsp honey
4) 1tsp brown sugar

5) 430g granary flour
6) two tsp of dried milk
7) one packet of yeast
8) two pinches of sea salt
(optional tiny bit of Vit c)

Switch the machine on.

Three ways to properly get to know people

1) Live with them
2) Work with them
3) Go on holiday with them

Saturday, February 04, 2012

Wise Words of Wisdom

My good friend had three pearls of work wisdom to pass on to me the other day: 1) pay 2) the work itself 3) the people you work with. If you have 2 of these then you're ok.