urg’s Happy, Healthy and Wealthy 2011 Diary

urg123

Hi Macgirl

I think you are right - it will feed our souls in different ways and will nice to see family. It's been a few years since I last went there.

Tickets are now bought - even managed to go via a cashback site so hopefully it will track and give us a few extra pennies. I will
not be able to put any savings aside or overpay on the mortgage next month but at least I won't be relying on the CC debt to pay for the trip.

DH has also organised a weekend away for my birthday later this month. We managed to get Groupon deal. It'll be good for us to get away and relax and chill out.

Haven't finished my list so will have to carry on over the week! I can feel another list being written on the train tomorrow morning.

Have a good week all!

Urg x x

taxi73

Sounds like the trip could be good for you in many ways but very emotional...though think it will do you all good.

have seen mention of groupon on a few threads...so will need to investigate it as not quite sure what it is.

urg123

Hi Taxi,

Can't sleep so will quickly answer and then try again. You sign up to the emails and they advertise a daily special offer at a reduced price. It can be hotels, beauty treatments etc. You buy if you are interested and they email you a voucher which you use to contact the company to arrange an appointment or book what you have ordered I.e. We had to buy a voucher for our trip and the call the booking office to arrange our stay. . I've got a feeling that it could be too dangerous for my pocket as I understand the deals can be really good offers. Have a look at the site - they try to get you sign uo though! If you know someone who is already a member, get them to invite you as hey will also get a little incentive.

Night!

Urg x x

urg123

Evening everyone!

Having a bit of a manic time at the moment - we haven't been around very much all week - life is very busy. Today was another NSD. I've been doing quite well in trying to be a bit organised about lunches at work - have bought a packet of rolls, a box of cup a soups and lots of fruit.

WW hasn't been going too well the last few days as we haven't been home to have good evening and low point meals. Ended up having takeaway tonight! Will get back on the wagon again tomorrow.

Have been thinking about the holiday and have realised that I don't have a lot of good light-weight clothes for summer. In fact I wear similar clothes all the year round! Am going to have a think about my spring/summer wardrobe and use the holiday as a chance to get a few items that can improve my wardrobe. As I am also hoping to lose weight I am not going to buy too much or spend money on expensive items but a bit more variety that works with the guidelines I had been given will be a good start. I have realised that I won't be able to save money next month but it also gives me incentive to sell my stuff and get rid of some clutter.

I have got a massage booked tomorrow with some vouchers that I had been given so that will be a nice treat.

Hope you are all well.

Urg x x

urg123

Morning! Where did this week go. Last night was the first night we were at home all week! Am so glad it's Friday!

The oven didn't work last night. To be fair it is old and to me it is another sign to get my rear in gear and get the kitchen sorted. I need to get hold of some reliable plumbers and electricians. DH plans to fit the kitchen but we need someone to sort the plumbing at the same time.

Have also been really bad with food - eating so much crap. I then realised it was the hormones! I am really craving chocolate but have given it up until the end of the month!

Hope your day is good!

Urg x x

romylou_2

Hi Urg

I can sympathise wholly with your kitchen predicament. My dishwasher packed up 2 nights ago. I now have a replacement, but I was distraught. My kitchen is in a bit of a state as well. Not decorated to my taste (inherited it when bought the house 5 years ago). I hoped to have my place the way I wanted it, however, life keeps chucking me a curve ball or 20, and financially we can't manage it!:(

Things are now starting to go wrong - Boiler, Dishwasher (what's next). Oh and to top all that off I went out to my car this morning and found my tyre as flat as a pancake - Lovely big screw stuck in my tyre:mad:
Hubby screwed it in really tight and then inflated it, and would you believe that its staying up. I still need a new tyre, and none of the garages in my area actually stock the size I need (and we're talking 60 miles in one direction and 40 miles in the other!!) Hoping to get it sorted after the weekend.

Anyway, enough of my misery.......

taxi73

thanks for the info Urg...had a look at it the the other day but didn't understand it.
hope you can have a nice relaxing weekend.

hypno06

Morning Urg....you seem to be doing really well with the NSD's this month!

Don't fret about the WW stuff - might be best to wait until mum's anniversary has passed - I always seem to have a pig out month in Feb, because I am leading up to Dad's day....so have learned to give in to it, not stress about it, and when the time has passed, so I can get my food head back in control.

Those times that I have tried to fight it, on the basis I was trying to "be good" I just ended up making things so much worse!

I hope you have a good weekend x

urg123

Hi

Romy - glad you have got the dishwasher sorted and :eek: to the tyre. We will have a dishwasher in the newly designed kitchen.

Taxi - not sure my explanation of it was very clear but if you go on the site you'll get more info.

Hypno - food is a bit of a mare. On the days when I am focussed I can manage it but I do find it so much harder on the days when I am not. I also really need to see this as a way of changing my lifestyle to get towards that goal of a happy, healthy me.

This past week has been weird - work has been incredibly busy as have the evenings. I haven't had much time to myself at all. I am also having interrupted sleep. Not really calm or sorted at all.

I'm getting stressed about work - I have some time booked off this coming week and the week after. Work is really busy and I need to re-group and re-capture my thoughts and find some balance. Both in work and outside of work.

The anniversary is coming up and I don't know how I am going to be - in fact I don't know how I am some days! I miss my mum terribly. I desparately want to talk to her and be in the kitchen catching up while she is cooking another lovely thing. There are times when I somehow forget. I am also so sad because of the things she has missed and will miss. I'll have to find my own way in dealing with this - I'm sure that as time goes by I can find ways of representing my love.

For now, I really need to get on and get on with stuff. I procrasinate too much and then resent time spent doing stuff. I really have to get with the Do it Now principle.

Tomorrow, I need to

• Catch up on some work and get prepared for the forthcoming week
• Go for a walk - 30 mins
• Visit my gran
• Catch up on emails and phone calls
• Cook dinner using stores
• Have a look to see what clothes I will need for our trip away. I think I will need to buy a few lighter items for the trip.
• Housework - washing/ironing/bathroom/kitchen

It's taken me an hour to write this post! Been watching Devil Wears Prada!

Hope you are all well.

urg x x

Buffythedebtslayer

I think of my Dad everyday. Echoes of my previous life crop up and can be tough or can be uplifting. That is what I find most difficult. How the waves come suddenly and are so painfully unpredictable,will you be ok or in my case will you lose it randomly in the pub? And then there are the conscious times you actually think about the loss. The events you know you will never share with them, not in this life anyway. I feel convinced that Dad (and your Mum) are watching over us, loving us, willing and hoping we will have the lives we want. I find that comforting.

Anniverisies are hard for me, the lead up, the knowing it is coming is worse then the actual day.Remembering random snatches of days and nights.

Finding your way through it is hard. I know you will do it tho. I have faith in you and you will handle it, in fact you are handling it. Just always be kind to yourself. It is in my opinion the hardest thing we face as people.

All my love Buffy xx