Daffy's 'patchwork dreams' diary

vl2588

Hope you are currently lying on sofa...if in doubt put Pride & Prejudice (or similar) on!

MrsMoo2U

You deserve to lie on the sofa all night with your lovely cheery patchwork quilt and just relax. If you are working at home tomorrow have a lie in and take it easy through the day.
I will regularly remind you to be kind to yourself as much as is needed.

Cheery_Daff

Nearly VL, nearly! :rotfl:

Yep, I'm working at home tomorrow, Friday and Monday cherisong, and I intend to take full advantage of it! Thanks for the reminders in advance

Just been doing some financial jiggery pokery Summary as follows....

* Total savings for the year up to £2594.40 = 31.83% of total! :j :j :j :j
* Patchwork fund up to £647 :j :j :j
* £443 in emergency fund

I wanted to get up to 35% of the total this month - which involves around another £258 I believe Highly unlikely I'll get that far - unless the university rights off those fees it keeps not asking me for which are, strangely enough, £258..... :rotfl: :rotfl:

June is having to have 5 weeks in it - even though technically, according to my normal system it should only have 4 But it seems I went slightly bonkers towards the end of last month SO need to reign that in a bit (getting taxis home from work isn't going to help! :eek:) Oh! Just remembered I've put aside £50 to pay for graduation robe hire (£50!! :eek:) so that accounts for some of it - didn't go as mad as I thought

Anyway - no getting money out of the cash machine in the week! Absolutely none! And I'm going to check diary for the week's social events and put that money aside in advance

Only managed to put £304 into patchwork fund this month rather than the planned £400 Again, partly due to going a bit overboard (on nothing in particular) at the end of last month. Just not being careful and watching what I'm doing So that's the aim for this week! I've got a new weekly plan which has me doing financial things on Monday/Wednesday (whichever I'm working at home), so I'll transfer money between accounts on that day.

Getting there! Feels like I'm starting to get a bit behind me too, which I've never had before, and which is a very nice feeling indeed! :j :j

vl2588

Definitely a lovely feeling to have a 'nest egg'

Cheery_Daff

Soooo, since I'm sat here and promised myself I'd only do *stuff* til the CD ran out (it was 45 mins long and is nicely jollying me along... :rotfl:) thought I'd go back to May's goals list... :

HOME
* get and fit new front door - not done
* arrange for bedroom ceiling to be plastered - not done
* paint outside windows - not done -

GARDEN
* seating area ready to sit in! (got mum coming to help this weekend) PROGRESS BUT NOT FINISHED
* cold frame - HAVEN"T EVEN MEASURED! :eek:

HEALTH
* swimming lessons - RANG UP AND ASKED ABOUT THEM :rotfl:
* cycling to work - WAS DOING THIS TIL I GOT FLAT TYRE AND THYROID GONE MAD
* 5x30 mins exercise a week - SAME DEAL WITH THE THYROID

MONEY
* 25% of total savings (£2037.50) -YEP! :T :T :T
* finish sorting out bills - NOPE!

FOR ME
* 4 x dancing 1 2 3 4 - MANAGED ONCE! :rotfl:
* more underwear - YEP
* nightie repair (have snapped a couple of straps ) - ER, NO :rotfl:
* weekend away - YEP! :T :T

FOR US
* day out - YEP
* weekend away - YEP (WELL, HALF A ONE :rotfl:)

FOR ALL
* join wildlife trust - NOPE!


Oh dear, all in all, not a hugely successful month! :eek: :rotfl: :rotfl: However, in my defence, I've spent most of this month feeling pretty rotten, and only just managing normal life, let alone anything else, and I haven't actually gone *backwards*,... :rotfl: :rotfl:

Anyway, looking to the future, June's list coming up...

Cheery_Daff

So, goals for June...

HOME
* new front door (I WILL do it this month, damn it! :rotfl:)
* get quote for bedroom ceiling
* paint outside windows

GARDEN
* seating area
* cold frame

HEALTH
* swimming lessons
* 1 park run (this will depend how I'm feeling)
* gentle exercise

MONEY
* total savings 35% (£2852.50) (wishful thinking :rotfl:)
* find mortgage paperwork
* sort out house insurance (don't worry, we have it, in fact, we appear to have two lots and possibly have done for the past 20 years! :eek: :rotfl:)

FOR ME
* nightie repair :rotfl:
* 3 flute playing sessions (Squizz, this means you too for at least one of them! :rotfl:)
* 2 dancing :T

FOR US
* 3 sleepovers
* 1 day out

FOR ALL
* 1 LETS swap
* 1 transitions meeting
* join wildlife trust

PATCHWORK LIFE
* mind map for PhD paper
* find sign language course

Patchwork life section is a new one - all about gaining skills/doing things that will hopefully help me live a patchwork life in the future :T :T So I'd like to publish something from my PhD - increases chances of finding work after my contract runs out, and widens field I can look in :T And I've always wanted to learn sign language - it actually would have come in handy a few times in this job already!

So, there we have it :j :j

And now I'm curling up on the sofa with a hot chocolate

vl2588

Ooh sign language sounds awesome!

That is one hell of a list!

EssexHebridean

Another fab cheery list Daffs! Well done! One thing you've forgotten though - under "For Me" it should say "Be Kind To Myself!"

DedicatedDFW

Hi Cheery - i will get round to posting that article to you this week OH bought stamps today so that helps

I was reading a post of yours on another thread and you described your thyroid problem the same way i do - as i have days where i feel i could just collapse because i have no energy and 'its like walking through treacle'. I'd obviously rather you were 100% well but in a way its nice to know someone understands as i generally have people helpfully pointing out how unfit i am when i struggle to walk somewhere! - Obviously this is when i am having a low energy day :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: :cool: My thyroid though is underactive - still trying to get tablets right on this

You are right to be kind to yourself hon - ((hugs))

Pippilongstocking

Hello found you all at last!

sorry for being a bit distracted!!! xx

I'm so sorry its been a week - argh - bad diary friend, bad diary friend - me not you!!! xx