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Veggie Prep paid off!

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 Last weekend I decided to try something new – prepping my veggies for the week ahead. After putting the shopping away I chopped up:

  • carrots
  • onions
  • zucchini
  • pumpkin
  • broccoli
  • beans
  • capsicum
  • salad greens
all put in bags in the fridge so we could quickly prepare a salad at lunchtime and cooked veggies in the evening. The next day I cooked a tray of pumpkin, frozen cauliflower, tomato’s & onions, made some salad dressings and a big pot of split pea soup (16 serves for the freezer). I’m just trying to get more organised so I have no excuse not to eat well when I go back to work.
Well the next day I ended up with a bad arthritis flare and I’ve been living on the lounge since only able to walk to the bathroom as my feet are quite painful. So no more spring cleaning has been done at all. 
But having done that prep work has made it so much easier to eat really well while being laid up. Lunches have been salads and soups, dinners have been steamed & stir-fried veggies, tray bake veggies and meat. Its saved so much time and its something I’m going to continue. 
Today I’m able to walk about a little more as the pain and swelling in my ankles is going down. This will certainly slow down my exercise & weight loss for a few weeks. But I’m feeling better today and plan on working on my budget and goals for 2021 while I rest up.

A quick update

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Its been an interesting week. I must admit my concentration and focus is not the greatest after three months working from home, I find I’m quite easily distracted  and my concentration is not as good as usual, so I think it will take me a bit to adjust to being back at work. My boss has said to come back gradually which is good. I’ll go in for a few hours on Monday to start with.

Financially we’ve had a few wins. I got paid $150 grocery voucher to do a 45 minute survey yesterday so that was a win. Grocery prices are still up so this is a big help. I’m just accepting that its costing more at the moment with the pandemic and its not worth stressing over.

DH will be going back to full time work next month. Even though he has enjoyed being part-time, it was never his choice to reduce his hours. So him having a full time income again will be good and help us reach our goals a bit easier.

In the meantime I’m trying to keep warm, we’ve had some really cold, frosty mornings here this week, focusing on one day at a time, and avoiding too much news.

Stay safe XX

Decluttering plans

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Yesterday was a public holiday here. We spent the day doing a general tidy up in the house, getting caught up with the washing and vacuumed all the floors. DH had to do some repairs on the toilet which took a while. I washed some curtains and hung another ‘new’ pair in the lounge room
Today I’m planning on taking a few loads of clothes and household items to the charity shop which will clear out some more room. Our local op shops open this week. I just hope they have room to take them as I’m sure lots of people have been decluttering while working from home the last few months so I’m sure they’ll get lots of donations in the next few weeks.
We’ve decided to turn DS’s old bedroom into a gym area. DS lives away and come home usually only at Christmas time. Over the years, instead of paying gym fees, I have bought a stepper, treadmill and rower which currently sit in lounge & family rooms – and occasionally get turned into temporary clothes drying racks! If they were all in the one room, along with yoga mats & hand weights – then it would tidy up our living spaces and it just means exercising in a different room. We could get a blow up bed for DS to use when he visits. 
So today, after we do the op shop run, we’ll be working on decluttering DS’s bedroom. There hardly any of his stuff there anymore. Its just become a bit of place to stash bits and pieces. 

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”William Morris