I have more than enough for my needs BUT I really WANT a landrover

MrsMoo2U

sparklymessygirl wrote: »

Hey

Been away for a few days and not caught up - but wanted to say re the envelope system - when I was getting used to a new budget I used the envelope system - but what I used was clear plastic pencil cases (bought cheaply at the time from Tesco). I then stuck plastic labels on each one. It worked well and I think I am going to start it up again. I had food, petrol/tram, clothing, personal. Everything else was by DD. Sounds like a plan

Will make a cuppa and enjoy a catch up. Hope you enjoyed the cuppa

Sparkly

"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings."
Eric Hoffer

Nice quote

Hi Sparkly - hope you are well, thanks for keeping up.

MrsMoo2U

Aspiring_Writer wrote: »

As for 'subscribe to this thread' , its not just me then! sighs with relief, I am not the only subscribe to this addict :j

On a serious note for mo, I promise you it won't last, I can never be serious for longer than 5 minutes. (clears throat) ...

I wrote loads of stuff today for my website, and just when I was about to finish I must have hit the 'please destroy all of this and send it into the eternal ^%**ing ether as I didnt want it after all' button :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: OH NO

I'm telling you, I was as mad as wee mad John of Mad Island in the McMad islands....grrrrr I am not surprised

I'm a writer, its bad enough convincing myself that someone else will want to read my stuff without this ancient tribute to personal computerness deciding my fate! What are you writing? Book? Articles?

But I've calmed down now after a very cold bottle of Becks and a lie down. Just not much point doing a TADA! list as it would be very short, something along these lines perhaps...

Got up
Had a coffee
Scratched my chin
Fed the cats
Had another coffee
Jump started PC
Wrote for 4 hours
PC Quality Control dept intervenes and 'loses' todays work
I cry
The end
Always a point to a TADA list. You have done lots of productive things there - fed the cats, what would they do without you? Not just had coffe, you had to fill the kettle, put the kettle on to boil, put coffee in the cup, fill the cup, carry it to the chair, sit, and think!

Whoa...thats exactly what did happen! how uncanny....

I'm off for another lie down and an even colder beer and Top Gear :cool:

AW - what a let down of a day. Hope you are not too down about it. Would pass another Becks but it is too early in the day

MrsMoo2U

Buffythedebtslayer wrote: »

Probably a bit latenow but couldn't you just have hit "undo"? Sorry, that is probably the most annoying thing I could have said

*hands Aspiring Writer another beer and backs away slowly *

Good try Buffy, like the passing around of Becks

MrsMoo2U

Helen105 wrote: »

I've been on that course,obviously it worked for you, I don't think I was quite ready to act on it although I met some nice people.

Helen, there were 30 of us on the course. Most of the 30 had changed their lives within a year, I took a while longer. I revisit the workbook from time to time and review my answers. I didn't consciously set out to do most of what I have done. I was one of the last of the 30 to actually achieve what I had said I wanted in life, and even now there are lots of things to still address.

If you still have the workbook you can always just take a peek back and I bet that there will be some things in there that you have adopted without even thinking about it.

I am a true believer though in being ready for things and when you are ready to take certain paths then you will spot the opportunities that are right there before you and cease them and run with them.

MrsMoo2U

that I would ever quote Margaret Thatcher? Here goes, deep breath
Margaret Thatcher
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
Ok, and bre......athe :T

Well, maybe now I understand why my Grandad became enthralled despite being a staunch unionist!
TADA List

• saw OH off on a full stomach of beans, hash browns, veg sausage, eggs and toast
• washed breakfast dishes and tidied kitchen
• daily banking and moving round of monies
• one poll surveys x 3
• lightspeed survey x2
• went to the beach for a long walk and some beachcombing
• stopped in the forest on the way back to play throw sticks with Moo
• Made lunch
• ate lunch and washed dishes
• wrote emails to friends
• phoned water authority to sort out a bill that I dont agree with
• phoned a dogsitter to do doggy daycare whilst I am working Anglesey show next week. Booked into Travelodge so I can take him with me but struggling with somebody to look after him whilst I work
• phoned a different dog sitter re home sitting whilst I go to the Proms (I WILL make it there this year because I deserve to go)
• moved the study around to make room for the desk that I put in there, this involved emptying all of my books from bookshelves to move them around and then put them back. Sad as I am I enjoyed it because I recategorised the shelves! OK so call me Monica
• started to Gok capsule my wardrobe, gave up because I just cant let go of some things. I will revisit tomorrow when I feel braver
• washed the bedding and put fresh bedding on. Love fresh bedding makes me feel all Mmmmmmmm
• moved the ikea bed chair into the main bedroom - pending its final move to the guest room
• now having a Leffe, well deserved.

Money

• set up my envelopes for the month
• spends to date £10 on petrol,£1 on milk
• Today is a NSD
• Waiting payments to clear from Quidco £7.80 and Lightspeed £3.00 but I wont count this until it clears
• £39.20 ebay sale YAY!

vasseur

Cherisong you've got loads done since you've started the Ta Da list. I think I'm going to have to nick the idea too (so thanks very much whoever first thought of it):T

P x

little_h_2

**steps out of lurkerdom**

Hi cherisong!

started reading your diary last night, I will be clicking the subscribe button, I read so many on here but yours really made me smile and struck a chord!

probably because of your dog - mine isn't quite so big, he's a retired greyhound, but he's still a big strong leggy lad and he gets into some merry scrapes and I find nothing starts people talking more than big dog stories :rotfl: he's 12 now and living on borrowed time but still the same old fruitcake underneath!

and also because of your love of a quote.

here's one which was engraved on a headstone of a very talented bike racer, David Jefferies, who sadly died very young, doing what he loved

"those who risk nothing, do nothing, achieve nothing, become nothing"

obviously there's a balance to be found but it reminds me to make time to enjoy life as it's too damn short!

good luck on your Landrover quest - I have a lovely (old) A6 estate and my greyhound looks lost in it! he loves it though :T I can imagine a great dane needs rather more lounging space than that so I'm sure a Landrover will be perfect :money:

edit - thanks also for the TA DA list - tried it today, worked a charm!

MrsMoo2U

:T:T:T for TADA lists. Cheery Daff was my inspiration for this. Cant help competing with myself :rotfl: It helps that I am on holiday this week.

Little H - thank you. I too read many diaries and I am honoured that mine made you smile. It is so true about dogs getting people talking. I have made many friends via dogs. I will try to post a picture of him in the fiesta.

Loving the quote. So true. My best friend died at 19. She lived her life to the full and I can honestly say that I believe that she lived more in her short life than I have done in twice that time.

Well done on the TADA list.

Different_Corner

Oooh I love your thread cheri ! I have a particularly mad dog, he is supposedly a short haired lurcher but we call him the 'fat greyhound', after I got deeply offended by such a remark from a passer-by ! He is very protective of me, can't let meter readers or workmen in the house until he is in complete seclusion.
He has dug so many holes in our 'lawn' that it is quite precarious hanging the washing out in case you end up in another country...

But I love him.

Right off to the daily motivator..

MrsMoo2U

Morning all,

My sunshine doesn't come from the skies,
It comes from the love in my dog's eyes.
Unknown Poet

DC - your dog sounds wonderful. I get fed up hearing "You could put a saddle on him" "He's like a donkey" "Do you live in a big house" "Does he eat a lot" I have thought about having a tee shirt printed with just the answers to the questions :rotfl:

Right with the poem in mind, the sun is shining so I will take him to the the beach again. After all I am supposed to be on holiday and all of the decluttering is waring me out! And he deserves to be treated like a king