A blissful home - mortgage_girl's MF diary

BookWorm

mortgage_girl wrote: »

BW - I've read The Rosie Project, Elizabeth is Missing and Mary Portas' 'Shop Girl'. I've got Sue Perkins 'Spectacular' for Xmas but I'm finishing off a few books that I'm halfway through first and then I'll get started on it.

I've read the Rosie Project and quite enjoyed it. I think there is a second one too - though not read that myself. I'd also quite like to read the Mary Portas one.

mortgage_girl wrote: »

I've started to tell myself that I can only do what I'm able to and not to give myself a hard time.

I'm guilty of that myself MG - be kind to yourself... that's the mantra I'm trying to adhere to... although often easier said than done!

Hope you are having a chilled Sunday

mortgage_girl

BookWorm wrote: »

Hope you are having a chilled Sunday

Kind of chilled. Spent this morning catching up with ironing, cleaning the chooks and doing a bit of gardening. Discovered a cute little field mouse in the compost bin (thankfully I didn't accidentally chop him in half with the spade!). I set him free in the garden, although I suspect he was quite happy burrowing around in there and munching on all the worms.

Snuggled on the sofa with snugglepuss watching Eat, Pray, Love and drinking Baileys. Although I am considering popping out for a walk along the seafront to help me get a bit closer to my 10,000 step target. Hmmm... should I stay or should I go?

MGx

CathT

Ah, you sound cosy so stay where you are.

Hope you get some time to nurture yourself MG, perhaps now your course is finished. I did a stressful masters which I finished last year, took me a long time to recover and enjoy guilt free evenings.

Think your mortgage neutral plan is sound. There are a few good regular savers around so look into those perhaps?

mortgage_girl

CathT wrote: »

Ah, you sound cosy so stay where you are.

Hope you get some time to nurture yourself MG, perhaps now your course is finished. I did a stressful masters which I finished last year, took me a long time to recover and enjoy guilt free evenings.

Think your mortgage neutral plan is sound. There are a few good regular savers around so look into those perhaps?

I'm a glutton for punishment Cath so ended up going for a little walk, it was lovely though, the sky was clear and the stars looked amazing. I am lucky living here as there isn't too much light pollution so the stars are always really clear - at times I wish I had a telescope and knew more about such things...maybe it's a future hobby in the making?

Unfortunately my course doesn't finish until October, but I have a few weeks to get ahead before the next module begins as they've posted all the units already. At least I know how the course works now so I can plan for it a bit more. I think the problem last term was that it didn't start til mid October and by the time I'd got started I had about 2 months to do 8 units plus an essay. :eek:

Almost up to 10,000 steps on my fitbit! :T

MGx

mortgage_girl

Been a busy week so far. I'm looking forward to weekend. I've done a bit of tidying and a load of washing tonight to try and free up a bit of precious weekend time. Hopefully going for an ice-cream with my partner (yes really) if the weather holds out, although we've already seen the first sign of snow today.

I've not done much money making this week except for sw@gbucks and a couple of surveys. I'm hoping to get a load of things listed on fb at the weekend so keeping my fingers crossed that some of my goodies will sell. My budgeting is going well so far though and I batch cooked some beetroot burgers last night - they were lush and helped to use up some of my huge lentil stash! I've also been busy 'fitbitting', I managed to make my target steps yesterday and Monday and will do by the end of today too. Tuesday was yoga so I'm letting myself off with that one. I've also been making time for reading and writing so I'm quite happy with how my evenings have been going.

Bring on the weekend.

MGx

cookie9

Beetroot burgers sound delicious. I made a big batch of JO chicken caciatore to tuck into on Sunday so a nice relaxed end to the weekend. Hope your fb listings go well.

BookWorm

Morning MG - welcome to the weekend

We had snow here too this week - although really only a dusting and it had gone by mid morning - could have been worse!

Mmmm your beetroot burgers sounds yummy!:drool:

BW x

mortgage_girl

Thanks for stopping by BW and cookie. Not much to report this weekend, it's been fairly quiet. I felt really tired today so it's been mostly a lazy sofa day.

Can't believe it's Monday again tomorrow - the weekend has flown!

MGx

BookWorm

Nothing wrong with a sofa day - I always think they are good for mental health

Hope you have had a good Monday x

BookWorm

Just popped in to say hello and happy weekend. Hope all good with you MG xx