A FROG a week equals a special treat!

Football_Widow_2

Lucyeff - you are already with us as you are thinking about your frogs!! I completely empathise with you. I have been on antidepressants for over 10 years (started coming off a couple of weeks ago, very gradually). Depression is very debilitating and very difficult to control. So WELL DONE for posting! Also of course selling your house is a very stressful process from start to finish. And to top it all off you have had a chest infection - I don't think your moaning at all - Bless you!

I have a little dog and I too have struggled with getting into a routine with him. I now take him directly after dropping DD off at school and I walk around the local park. Admittedly it hasn't been raining and I have found it really enjoyable - don't have to speak to anyone and have just lost myself in my thoughts. The dog is better for it too. However I too put myself under pressure. I decided that to save petrol I would walk into town if needed and walk back home from school with DD. Started Wednesday by Friday I was on my knees, as I was so tired!! But will start again on Monday and see how we go.

Try not to put yourself under too much pressure. I agree with mineallmine, try and do a little something so that you feel you are acheiving something and then reward yourself (it might be that you might just feel better that you have done something, but have a nice cup of tea or coffee and sit down for a bit).

Let us know how you get on and big hugs ... x

monnagran

Oh Lucyeff, how I feel for you. We procrastinators have probably all been in some sort of situations like yours at some time. I agree with Football Widow and mineallmine, don't put yourself under pressure. I find the Flylady trick with a kitchen timer works for me. Just set it for 10 minutes, or whatever you think you can manage, and do a little bit of something. Then REST. Then do another 10 minutes and REST again. Just don't try to do a whole lot all at once. The secret is that once you have cleared or cleaned a little patch, you keep it that way, which takes seconds, before you move on to the next thing. I did the Room of Doom that way and I still get a lovely feeling when I go in there and can see the floor. It took ages but it was worth it. Blessings Petal.

As for me, my garden frog is still alive and croaking so have decided to abandon it for the time being. I have been using it as an excuse for doing nothing rather than facing it. So this week I am moving stuff from kitchen cabinets to a new second-hand dresser we have acquired for the dining room. More space for better organised cabinets.

jammy_dodger

i have tackled a major toad today ,

after my" garage - a - thon" cleaning last week i took the bull by the horns is that bull frog and hired a rug doctor and did all my carpets , the only trouble now is that ive seen the state of my skirting boards , a frog for another day i reckon

as for my treat ? I'll be happy with a fine soak in the bath a cuppa tea and slice of fruit cake yum yum

keep up the great work folks

jd xx

squeaky

Lucyeff wrote: »

You know when things get a bit overwhelming?

Sorry for the moan. But I would love to join in once I know where to start. x

Yep!

Try the first couple of pages - there are a few posts in them about how you might deal with things and avoid being overwhelmed.

dannie

Thanks for the interesting comments all. Sorry to hear about your health concerns.

Squeaky - I also view health-related, paperwork and finance as major "frogs".

Football Widow - Thanks for the hugs. I definitely need a reward (or distraction) when I complete my "frog" and "froglet" tasks, hopefully by the end of Wednesday. Your mention of animal companions and nature reminded me of how therapeutic they are.

As it's nearly Wednesday, I will try and speed up with my set tasks but not getting distracted is hard, so will try and find a way to do the tasks alongside every day essentials.

Lizbetty

Thanks for your loveliness everyone It does make me feel better to know that other folk have thet 'OH-MY-GOD-WHERE-DO-I-START-I-MIGHT-AS-WELL-SET-THE-HOUSE-ON-FIRE-AND-MOVE-BACK-IN-WITH-MY-PARENTS' thing. It makes me feel useless but I know really I'm not at all useless most of the time. I just need to harness the sporadic times when I have a bit of fire in my belly and use the time well :rotfl:

I got it all out of my system yesterday - waited for dh to get back from his overnight stag do (a rarity) then went to my Mums in tears for some moral support and chocolate to find she'd gone out with my sister who doesn't do same room with me these days (long story to do with me having children and complicated stuffs). And my Dad was doing a good impression of the Swedish Chef from the Muppets with a jar of Dolmio and a ton of spaghetti and the microwaves and pots and pans and Lord knows what. And bottles of beer lined up on the worktop - he doesn't do beer very well and only does it when everyone is out. Sigh. It became apparent that comfort wasn't to be found and I didn't want chuffing spaghetti (he asked me more times than is normal) so I went for a drive on my own and a blooming good cry. And got stuck behind lots of things puffing out huge amounts of smoke from a steam rally up the road, which wasn't good for my manky lungs but going 5mph saved on fuel, which is a bonus.

I'm do have bad days but I don't pity myself often btw I blame being poorly for knocking me back. When I feel depressed I just hibernate until I feel better. I never like to talk about it really as it happens and making other people miserable with my black hole stuffs (which are never usually circumstantial, it just usually happens out of nowhere) doesn't benefit anyone at all. But I suppose this time everything just got piled up and a lot of it was down to circumstances, sorry for the miserableness anyway.

Anyway a night's sleep (interrupted by dog scratching ears and going crackers downstairs) has helped me put some perspective on things. I've seen a house I want, and so I need to get useful - I am desperate to move and we were neeeeearly ready and then it all came to a standstill. But seeing that the houses where we want to live seem to be having some sort of price war and dropping in price is the kick up the rear I needed!

So far today I have done dealt with some niggly tadpoles after dropping both kids off at school (which is still weird and makes me feel sad, I miss having my buddy with me on a morning!!) : I've booked youngest pup in for spaying on Wednesday (I even phoned around! Go me!), booked older stinky dog in for grooming this afternoon (it made me panic when she said she had an appointment so soon but I'm going for it! Roooar! Haha) and I'm about to fill a hole in the kitchen wall where a plug socket used to be, which is a tadpole but then sanding it and clearing up and painting it will be a nearly frog job. For tomorrow that one.

Then I'm going to put one of the baskets of washing away that I got Si to carry upstairs for me last night. (I have weird blisters that appeared yesterday morning on my fingers now which hurt, I think I may be allergic to washing stuffs but I'm going to do it anyway!)

I'll report back if I managed to get it done. My aim is to do it before 11.30am, so I'd best get cracking.

Hope that everyone else is having a good day, too! :j

monnagran

Go girl, Lucyeff! You don't have to do it all at once and don't forget the rewards.

I've emptied three kitchen cabinets and am having a coffee break before reorganising what's left. Not urgent so may stop and put some mince in the SC as well. It's blowing a gale here so wouldn't be able to garden anyway. Boy! do I feel smug.

Lizbetty

monnagran wrote: »

Go girl, Lucyeff! You don't have to do it all at once and don't forget the rewards.

I've emptied three kitchen cabinets and am having a coffee break before reorganising what's left. Not urgent so may stop and put some mince in the SC as well. It's blowing a gale here so wouldn't be able to garden anyway. Boy! do I feel smug.

I can't wait until I start feeling smug! :rotfl:

My pantry is a huge great big throbbing frog waiting to be tackled. Me and my Approved Foods orders, I've got to find space for 1,982 tins of olives and a skip full of decorating icing, sigh.

Done my tadpoles, I might even start looking at the pantry in a minute! :T

OberonSH

MMM, olive bake for tea tonight in the lucyeff houeshold then...and tomorrow...and the next day......lol

I'm not doing so well with y tasks right now - had the wind knocked out of me finding out about (ex) hubby's girlfriend. 2 weeks after walking out - that's got to be a record! Says they're not seeing each other, but he said that about the last one too....But I've never let anything as minor as a stupid man hold me back, so tonight once the ironign's out the way I'll be finishing a half-sewn up jumper for my daughter, doing the filing for 10 minutes and finishing the list of xmas pressies for the kids.

Hope everyone's having a storming day!

Football_Widow_2

Well I have been put to shame by you too - Lucyeff and monnagran!! All I have been able to do today was get DD off to school and DH off to the train station (both with the monday morning blues) then I walked the dog in the park (met my friend and her German Shepherd) so my little man had a really good run around!

Then I came home had some fruit loaf checked for any work (there was none) and went to bed. Now up with Grandad having a cup of tea and sitting here thinking I really must get on ... !

Managed to do quite a lot of gardening yesterday as the day was lovely. DH and I managed to tackle a massive Frog - the water butt - so hopefully the garage won't flood next time it rains. Not nice when DD is using it as a playroom. Haven't touched my shopping budget yet. Also got to get back into my studying (BIG FROG!)

Well done Jammy Dodger on getting your carpets done! Bet they look great. Grandad goes home on Wednesday, so I will be painting DD room and tackling the melted handmade soap on her carpet!! Think I have to get an iron and some type of paper/cloth - can't remember got to go searching the threads on here (another Frog!)

Right going to make another mug of tea, get some sausage rolls on for Grandad and sort the last bit of washing out (did loads yesterday!)

My reward - don't deserve one - shouldn't have gone back to bed lol