Squirrel's Smiley, Smart and Solvent Diary

beanielou

All sounding good Squizz

Karmacat

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

For future weekend walking adventures though.. we now have a tent! Well, we sort of have a tent, we bought one last night but when we put it up in the garden, discovered it had some little holes in the side, so Mr S is taking it back for a replacement today.

Thank goodness you checked it out first!

Had a good evening yesterday actually, Mr S had been busy doing DIY things on his day off - he was so much happier and chattier having done things all day... and when I got home we popped to my flat for some tools, then Homebase/ B&Q for a big plant for the dining room, some bits to put pictures up, odds and ends to fix various things, and ended up getting the tent in B&Q. Then we had tea (including our own potatoes and chard.. not managed to grow many potatoes though ), put up the pictures we got the other day, and then sat with a bottle of wine and a map and planned our first camping break

Had a really good meeting with my line manager this morning, basically we have to do this staff review/ appraisal type thing now, so have to think about targets for the coming year.. obviously some of the training fits in to that.

I am quite pleased with the plan above, although there's nothing earth-shattering in there.. it's all things that make me happy. Will be interesting to see if it turns out like that!

You know what? It sounds idyllic - well, not the meeting with the line manager tho even that sounds good - just the whole thing, as you say - really following up on what you want. :T:T:T

redsquirrel80

ps high kicks Bob - cool

redsquirrel80

Idyllic hmm? I've been thinking about that since you posted it this morning.. I guess it is quite.. it's only taken me 30 years to figure out what actually makes me happy! Well, OK when I was little it was fairly easy, but I can't remember being this close to contentment in most parts of my life for a very long time. There's still things I regret not doing, finishing any of my Uni degrees for a start.. but would that have actually made me happy? Who knows.. still time I guess!

Karmacat

Oops.

30 years isn't bad, you know! And any regrets you have, you have time enough to make up for - good lord, *I* still have time enough to make up for *some* of my regrets! One that will never be fulfilled, is to be a space scientist, working in the Mojave Desert, in the private sector - but I'd never be able to stand the heat, for one thing

I'll just have to get rich enough to co-sponsor a rocket or something

I'm really glad for you that you feel so happy!

sallyx

Squizz lovely to hear you so content...there isn't much I regret in life but finishing my degree is one of them, not necessarily the degree I was doing then but I wish I had changed over to do something that I wanted, would make life easier now!

Life sounds good for you and I am soo pleased

boredofbeingathome

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

ps high kicks Bob - cool

:j:j < Impression of me high kicking:D:rotfl::rotfl:

I am a multi talented person ...hobbles off while no one is looking...:rotfl::rotfl:

redsquirrel80

*passes Bob some Deep Heat*

Thanks Sal.. things are good, I just need to remember to appreciate them now - I think you can get used to being stressed and down etc that you still feel it even when you're not (does that make any sense?!)

I don't think I have anything of interest to add today!

sallyx

Totally Agree with you on that Squizz...I don't really have any reason to be down either but I do think its very easy to get sucked into that mentality, yes things are a little stressful but I have my health, I have a job (not great but pays the bills) a beautiful daughter and a man who loves me...shouldn't complain hey!

redsquirrel80

Well I think there's always something that can be complained about - live is never perfect.. but I am trying to work on the 'be grateful for what you've got' principle, with a healthy dose of also striving for what you want.

Got a replacement tent yesterday - not actually put this one up yet as it was a bit wet last night, fingers crossed there's no holes in this one! Also spent about an hour in B&Q looking at paint for the living room - how can there be so many shades of cream?! Picked a shade of cream for the walls eventually, and testers of a couple of slightly darker shades to try on the skirtings, so had fun trying them out last night.. also tried to figure out if we could re-cover the chairs and sofa ourselves.. think we can give it a go.. had a good look through the Ikea catalogue stealing ideas, lots of fun We also met a friend of Mr S's in B&Q who is a proper artist, and she gave us some ideas about painting, i.e. pictures which we might try out if we can find some cheap canvases.

I am rapidly discovering that the secret to cheering Mr S up in the evenings is to be busy doing stuff! He is desperate to get on with the painting now, so I think that's what we'll be doing this weekend. And I need to try and find a cheap second hand sewing machine that can cope with upholstery fabric...

Have very little to do so far at work today.. could so happily go back to bed! I will actually get on with my staff review stuff instead though, and maybe a bit of my other job work if nothing comes up.. yaaaaawn