Memorygirls - The Matrix Reloaded

tellmeitsfriday

How's the PhD going Cheery, are you nearly done with it now? x

Cheery_Daff

YES I am tellmeitsfriday, and I hope you understand how exciting it is to be able to say that! :rotfl: This pesky full time work is getting in the way somewhat :rotfl: (although I seem to have done MORE in the last couple of weeks than ever before - I don't think that's a coincidence!)

The plan is to finish my conclusions chapter tonight/tomorrow, and send to supervisors. Then I'll spend the weekend getting everything else absolutely ready to go, and writing the scary email to the examiner telling him how I've addressed what he wanted me to address.

Then as soon as I've had the go ahead from supervisors, I will be requesting lots and LOTS of matrix vibes when I press send to email the whole thing to examiner. I'll probably be a complete gibbering wreck for a few days while I wait for him to get back to me

Then I will do whatever he tells me to do (hopefully not very much) to finalise it, and then hand it in, and that should be the end of it! :j :j

And after that, full time work by itself, with no PhD in the evenings, will seem like an absolute doddle :rotfl:

Bitsy_Beans

jc2703 wrote: »

Bitsy have you looked at the Paul McKenna Weightloss plan? nothing is restrictive so you don't get that fixation! its based on 4 golden rules
1. Only eat when you are hungry
2. Eat what you actually want and not what you think you should
3. Eat consiously - eat slowly and chew your food and savour each and every bite
4. When you are full STOP eating

Asda are doing the book and a mind-reprogramming/hypnotherapy CD for £7 - I bought it last night and stuck the CD on as I went to bed - I was asleep in about 4 seconds tho DH text me today and said well did the cd work? are you skinny? I text back 'No, not skinny - but I think I'm a chicken :rotfl:

So my challenge started last wednesday - change my eating habits with a view to losing weight! think it may take 100 years rather than days tho! I'll just take it one salad at a time

I've got them JC
I just keep fixating on the eat what you want part I don't keep it formost in my mind and then I just slip back into old habits which I find hard to break ie eating too fast, not savouring food etc. Being mindful is bloomin' hard work especially when I've got lots of kids distracting me
Enough excuses, no point complaining about the kids getting in the way etc I need to find a way around this and just accept this is how things are in the interim. I've written a load of positive affirmations to say aloud each morning to try and re-train my unconscious mind a bit.

Gorgeous sunshine here, made the frost look all glittery, just beautiful
Planning on getting stuck into house work this afternoon, been a bit slack in that area this week which is silly because when the house is untidy it grates on me. Clearly I just like to torture myself :rotfl:

Welcome to Pooh and Amethyst - nice to see you posting.

Claire - enjoy every day you have with Jack xx

Cheery - well done on nearly completing your PhD.

Memory_Girl

cherisong wrote: »

MG - do you have a LETS scheme near to you? It is a scheme where people give their time and skills and bank the hours to claim other jobs back. It might be worth looking into for the carpentry work. You may need to do something first I am not too sure but definitely worth looking into. The other way around it would be to offer to do some kind of admin type stuff for the carpenter in exchange for a cheaper price. Did that amount include the materials? If so can you get the materials cheaper yourself elsewhere and just pay for the labour and get them to do the fiddly bits.Try Freecycle for the materials too.

Can't find a LETS scheme - but will keep trawling.

Did get on Freecycle and have to collect enough solid pine doors for upstairs and three boxes of plasterboard screws later.

............. don't laugh, its a a start

But I am NOT paying out more on throwing up a couple of stud walls than we spent on food the whole of last year - def not MSE.

MG

Memory_Girl

fantasia322 wrote: »

Depending on the stats and measurements MG, you have been well over-quoted. OH is a joiner and does these jobs regularly and he says even acquiring plasterboard from a DIY place with the wood etc, shouldnt even cost more than a couple of hundred, the more expensive part is the skimming of the walls, but with cost cutting measures can still be professionally done for much less. And that includes labour.

I've managed to sweet-talk the local builders merchant to sell to me at "trade" provided I pay by cash ( well provided I don't need a credit facilty, doesn't have to be used fivers I can use my debit card). They also do free delivery to local town, so board material could be delivered to my kerb.

No idea WHAT I need yet ................. but have ordered the Readers Digest book from the library and hopefully get it at the weekend.

I am truly NOT a wimpy female (I used to build sets for the West End remember)................. but I know that one mummy cant be up a ladder holding studwork whilst also being on her knees screwing it to the floor. So need to find out the regs, draw up some plans, acquire the materials and find a willing helper for a day or two.

............ and that sounds so easy if you say it fast enough :rotfl:

MG

PS Want to do this because if I can get DS2 upstairs with the rest of the family then I have a couple of rooms I can let out to students IYSWIM?

Karmacat

Memory_Girl wrote: »

Want to do this because if I can get DS2 upstairs with the rest of the family then I have a couple of rooms I can let out to students IYSWIM?

**very** mse - we like that :D:D

Memory_Girl wrote: »

But I am NOT paying out more on throwing up a couple of stud walls than we spent on food the whole of last year - def not MSE

:eek::eek: well that *really* puts it into perspective - never thought of it like that :eek:


Rock on!

Cheery_Daff

Sounds like you're on the ball MG, well done!

Craftyscholar

Memory_Girl wrote: »

I am truly NOT a wimpy female (I used to build sets for the West End remember)................. but I know that one mummy cant be up a ladder holding studwork whilst also being on her knees screwing it to the floor. So need to find out the regs, draw up some plans, acquire the materials and find a willing helper for a day or two.

............ and that sounds so easy if you say it fast enough :rotfl:

MG

Well if you can build sets that don't wobble and are actor proof (which is one level beyond idiot proof) then a stud wall should be a piece of cake

troglodyte

Well done MG! You certainly don't hang around do you!

Building a stud wall isn't that hard really, you just need a wooden frame made from 3"x2" timber. Screw it to the floor and the ceiling at the top and bottom (try and get those lined up! :rotfl:) then join then up with some pieces between, at intervals, and finish with pieces on the wall(s) at the end where it will join up to whatever is already there. Then add struts across (called noggins). Once you've got that framework in place then just screw on the plasterboard. If you haven't got a power screwdriver then I'd definitely recommend treating yourself or borrowing one - makes a world of difference. Then you just need to sweet-talk a plasterer to skim it for you.

The really hard part is finding where to screw it to the ceiling, you need to find the beams and that's tricky. For the rest though, there's no reason you couldn't do it with DS1 to help you hold stuff (also very useful skill for him to learn). Otherwise I'm sure you will be able to find a helper in exchange for some cake or something . Wish we were closer so we could come and help, but we probably won't be coming to Scotland for at least a few months. There's lots of info on the web too, see something like this:
http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/partition_wall.htm
or this:
http://www.diy-extra.co.uk/constructing_stud_wall.html

Don't forget to take photos! We want to see!!

Well I'm painting my nails here, first time I've done that in ages, my work in the lab meant washing my hands so many times a day that any nail varnish would come off in a day or two, so this is a little treat - feeling very glam! :rotfl:

fantasia322

Thats perfect MG, trade prices are way better than DIY superstores, and it isn't rocket science. Just a more than 1 man job.
Good on you for getting organized. Yay.
Welcome to Pooh and Amethyst.
Posivity is flowing freely again, and judging by the increase in posts recently, its something we have all been needing in here. xX