To new beginnings. To the pursuit of...somethingness.

Cheery_Daff

Excellent, well done cherisong! :T :T :T

MrsMoo2U

Thanks Cheery. Writing on here is spurring me on with little breaks in between. I did, indeed, watch Escape to the Country but the couple really irritated me. Whilst watching that I sat on the floor and sorted through two boxes from the bedroom. I liberated

• 1 china tea set (6 cups, 6 saucers and 6 cake plates) chintzy and lovely
• 1 white tea set - very plain 4 cups and saucers
• 1 juicer that I had lost - can now start juicing again.
• 1 blender - Hmm we now have 2
• 1 steamer - hmm I bought a new one because I couldnt find it.
• 2 sponge cake tins
• 1 muffin tin
• 1 roasting tin
• 1 loaf tin
• 1 cocktail shaker - YIPEEE
• 1 elephant ornament - bought for me by my best friend the year that she unfortunately made the journey to the disco in the sky (age 19) Very sentimental and now on the windowsill!

All have been washed, dried and put away in respective cupboards in the kitchen - boxes broken up and in the recycling. Only another 5 of my own boxes to go but I know that they are full of books and photos.
However there are about 10 of Mr C's which I do believe are full of newspaper articles, journals, magazines and other such things that he thinks might come in useful t read again one day. So it is up to him to sort them out. Not sure it will happen anytime soon.

Quite enjoying myself but I do think that I may stop soon as I am flagging and losing energy. Time for a cuppa and then to take Moo out for a stroll up the hill I think.

MrsMoo2U

Have been pondering some things written over on FW's thread and her blog has made me examine a few things too. Mostly my relationship to money which I always believed to be healthy but I am now realising that it might not be so. Lots to think about there. I am, after all, not in a lot of debt compared to some people on this board and what I do have is mostly mortgage. I will use her spreadsheet to work out my actual worth. Listing all assets and debts etc. At my first attempt I was quite shocked about how much assets I do have. That was quite an eye opener.

Plans for today have changed. As I was so busy yesterday my plan today was to pack my backpack and take a (very) long walk up the mountain road to the lakes. I have lived here for 2 years and only ever driven past them. Having poured over the local OS maps I thought that if the weather was nice it would be a nice day for me and Moo (about 16 miles round trip) and I could use the camera. However it is pouring with rain and looks set for the day so I will do a lot more shredding and tidying instead.

Right off to make a start.

se999

Pity about the weather, the walk sounded super. But well done on the house reorg etc..

MrsMoo2U

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” Steve Jobs

This just spoke volumes to me.

MrsMoo2U

Garden

• list greenhouse on freecycle
• [STRIKE]remove all the old plants from the pots and send them North for Mr C senior to plant up with his homegrown stuff[/STRIKE]
• take the scythe to the overgrown bits at the side and round the back

Home

• [STRIKE]send the summer tyres north with Mr C for storage in Mr C snrs garage[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]remove all of the excess from the "room of doom"[/STRIKE] - work out where to put it all (redistribute around the house) Some redistributed, some listed on freecycle
• [STRIKE]move beds into ex "room of doom" to create a guest room[/STRIKE]Slept in there last night
• [STRIKE]work out how to put together the night storage heater that has been dismantled and put it back on the wall in the living room[/STRIKE]Just finished putting it all back together phew now on the wall in living room
• [STRIKE]move the bookcases from the office to the lounge (only the ones with the personal books etc on)[/STRIKE]Next on my list after lunch

ME

• [STRIKE]long hot soak in a bubble bath tonight[/STRIKE] - did this last night with some lovely bubbles and Mahler 2 on the ipod
• [STRIKE]1 hour on line photography course[/STRIKE]
• 1 hour practising what I learn on the photography course postponed due to weather
• [STRIKE]wear high heels for at least one hour this weekend[/STRIKE] Not a full hour but did wear them to go to village shop yesterday
• [STRIKE]read the magazines that I have been saving up - will do this in bed with a cup of hot chocolate[/STRIKE]read one on Friday night, one in bath last night - couple to go

!


For Others

• choose which friend/family to write to this weekend - thought about it but not done it
• sort out 3 packages for posting have to carry forward to next week - too much stuff to go through

MrsMoo2U

"The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit; for like as herbs and trees bring forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds. For it giveth unto all lovers courage, that lusty month of May."
- Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur

HOME
* [STRIKE]clear clutter from back bedroom [/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]move beds upstairs[/STRIKE]
* set up old computer for photos etc

GARDEN
* put greenhouse on freecycle
* [STRIKE]get a quote for digging the garden and clearing it [/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]tidy the front garden and clear pots[/STRIKE]

HEALTH
* meal plan
*[STRIKE] minimum 1 hour walk with Mo[/STRIKE]o

MONEY
* budget sheets
* set different budgets for different things
* organise an Austrian bank account
* ebay more excess items (not clutter, preloved)

FOR ME
* [STRIKE]do online digital photography course [/STRIKE]ongoing Alison.com
* go out with camera on specific photographing adventures at least twice

FOR US
* sort out a weekend at the proms together chosen the weekend but need to sort out dogsitting and accommodation on a very small budget
* [STRIKE]arrange a night out to do something special[/STRIKE] Booked to go to a talk by a man who has cycled from Bristol to Beijing next week. All about paring your life down and having adventures
“It's spring fever.... You don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!”
- Mark Twain

MrsMoo2U

And so we reach the half way point of May with no major purchases required. Bills account is completely depleted which caused me an :eek::eek: moment for a few minutes until I realised that I have all my annual bills now accounted for. Firewalker may be pleased to know that the lightbulb went on when I started to sulk at the balance and remembered her discussion about our relationships with money. I think that I am definitely a hoarder where money concerned.

'But I must gather knots of flowers,
And buds and garlands gay,
For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother,
I'm to be Queen o' the May.'
- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Firewalker

Cheri, I am very pleased - what is more you have done the first step towards changing this relationship to a one where you and money are equal partners. Working title for this one is 'mutual respect'.

FW

moo2moo

How about trying Moo here?