Frugal Frump to Fab/Winter Solstice

Callisto

Lessonlearned - I am sending you virtual hugs as well, I really hope tomorrow is brighter for you, because you are so lovely to all of us on the thread!

One of my favourite songs at the moment has the line 'I fell apart, but got back up again', it keeps me going when I am feeling down, we WILL get back up again, even fabber than before!

Must admit to not having done any sit ups yet, will try tomorrow. I have done 35 minutes on the lateral thigh trainer today (and my thighs now hate me) and went for a walk with Mum and Dad this afternoon.

Bitsy_Beans

Fabbing for today is plucking eyebrows, bicarbonate scrub on my face and I've filed both finger and toe nails.

That's about all I can cope with today, feeling wee bit tired for some reason. Have done very little in the way of major exercise but I've found last week and this week to be a wee bit stressful.

Keep on fabbing, Christmas or not this thread will continue

pink_poppy

LL, just popping in to show my support as well. I haven't been posting long but lurked for long enough to know how hard it's been for you with your OH.

Try not to think of OH going into care as a waiting game ~ remember you said you wanted to have one final fabulous Christmas at home with him so why not concentrate on that instead. Buying & planning things for an extra special Christmas Day, things that you know (or hope) your OH can appreciate. I don't mean run yourself ragged trying to do everything, just do a little bit at a time over the next few weeks.

You sound exhausted & hopefully a good night's sleep will help ~ if you still feel like this in the morning then maybe you need to think about seeing your GP as it sounds like you're at the end of your tether, which is not surprising given what you've been going through. xx

Carmen

Good evening ladies and lurkers

Twinnie, hope you are feeling a little better? Sending you cyber hugs.

I also really need this thread

Raining most of the day (much needed) O/H and I decided to have a lazy day snuggled up in front of the fire, some tv, some reading and playing with the cats

Busy day tomorrow so early night for me.
Goodnight all
Carmen xxxx

Skymist

Lots of :grouphug::grouphug: LL, and wishing you a refreshing night's restful and rejuvenating sleep.

S x

sophistica

LL the care home will be fine. We are in same situation here. Dad is in house alone and mum in care. But he is now getting used to his new life and mum is happy in care home. Somehow it all works out in the end. Hugs!

maman

:grouphug: just adding my best to everyone else's LL. I'll PM you with a few thoughts.

lessonlearned

Hello Again

Thank you so much for all your kind words and good vibes. I am feeling a little better now - finally managed to stem the tears - just have a splitting headache now so will tootle off to bed soon - will take some herbal tablets to help me relax and DS2 is about to make me some hot milk. He's a star - even if his bedroom is a pigsty again.:rotfl:

Had a nice restful evening - watched the last episode of Downton - Sunday nights just won't be the same without it.

Pink Poppy - yes I've already made an appt with my GP - 15th November - bit of a wait it's true - he's on holiday. Would rather wait and see him though - the others are ok but I'm fussy, I prefer him. I'm going to see if I can go back on HRT for a while - at least until OH is in care and the dust has settled. I think it's maybe not the right time to try and wean myself off it.

In the meantime, I will still continue to up the soya in my diet and carry on with the sage and phytosoy. I bought the Burgen soya and linseed bread, it's very tasty and I've also bought some linseeds to scatter on my porridge.

Bitsy - thank you for your concern. I doubt that it will come to a breakdown. Although I've never been particularly strong in physical terms I've always been mentally and emotionally robust. I think I will be ok.

I did have Post Natal Depression after my boys were born, and although I do get a bit tearful at times, my present symptoms are nothing like the PND. TBH I think it's more a form of "grief" which is sometimes exacerbated by my hormone imbalance. I've had a chat to my GP about this and he did offer anti depressants.

When I declined them for the reasons I've just mentioned he agreed and said they would probably be useless in my case and that HRT was more helpful for me. Which is why I want to see him and not some stranger who won't understand and who'll take the hump when I refuse AD's again:rotfl:

When I had PND the AD's didn't work anyway - my then GP confessed that they are not 100% effective with everyone anyway. I just had to let nature take it's course.

Anyway I finally managed to get a bit of time in the garden today - nice and sunny here as long as you were wrapped up warm. Planted up some bulbs for spring. They had all got mixed up, I managed to sort out the tulips - the rest were all jumbled up so rather than try and sort them out I just chucked them all in together in little clumps. What comes up where is anyones guess.:D

Sparkles - your fabbing routine sounds great - you'll be quite the Goddess at this rate.

Anyway here's my milk so time for bed. G'night all x

Thanks again for all your kind thoughts - they are very much appreciated.:)

Carmen

Good morning everyone

I am showered,scrubbed,slathered and sprayed.
Of into town soon I need to stock up on fruit and veg.
At last the rain has stopped :jLooking across the valley the autumn leaves look stunning, especially when the sun catches them. Unfortunately when I look down I see a squillion that need to be cleared in my garden, hey ho I will count it as my excercise

((Twinnie)) I hope you are feeling recharged this morning?

Have a lovely Monday everyone.

Carmen xx

floss2

lessonlearned wrote: »

... TBH I think it's more a form of "grief" which is sometimes exacerbated by my hormone imbalance...

:grouphug: Have a dodgy hug LL. I was just about to say that I wondered if it was a form of grief when I read your post. I guess it is a natural part of your experiences with OH, that you will see as over & gone when he is more settled.

Haven't done much fabbing over the weekend as we've been away However I DID ice & deliver three Christmas cakes to my brothers, travel down to Watford, get into London & back on Saturday night (despite the trains being all to pot!), do a bit of shopping and go to a rugby match before driving 90% of the way back home last night! DH had to take over for the last 30 miles as my eyes were all gritty & sore.

Anyway, fabbing resumes today.....showered, shampooed & conditioned my hair, slathered body lotion on, dug out my warm clothes as there was a frost last night and our office is always freezing on Mondays, washer is on, new Radley bag paid for on Ebay (have had to go cross-body on Dr's advice, so as I had to sell my lovely big Radley shoulder bag so I wouldn't be tempted to use it, I bought a black cross-cody to replace it ).

Am now off to work - see you later! :wave: