A few months and several questions

RosaBernicia

Well as I've just said to the Xmas12 lot...

Have somehow just managed to go round the local retail park and spend absolutely nothing. Had intended to get a plant for my work windowsill out of mini-challenge money, but nothing I liked and amazingly nothing else I wanted in the other shops either. So might just leave the money reducing the overdraft

Am finding it really helpful to have a date in mind as I don't feel I'm being deprived of things forever, there is a definite date when I will be able to have stuff if I still want it... does that make any sense... Am saying to myself 'but do you need it before next Christmas' and 'but will it last til Dec12'... which is good as it's focusing on MY life NOW not some other life I think I might want :j

Am going to continue the challenge of leaving work on time for this week as it's been really helpful - I'm getting used to having proper evenings and going to bed at a decent time, so am waking up feeling good.



Also...

Am skiving Pilates as just not in the mood for contortions in a draughty hall and also this saves £10 ... might get round to doing some with a DVD later. And should get exercise later this week anyway at pole dancing lesson... _pale_

Work was blah, neighbour has now been asked by landlord to move by end of Feb. Not sure if this applies to me, since landlord hasn't contacted me, and the planning permission for next door is done while I'm not aware of an application for this one yet. So fingers crossed for staying a little longer.

Energy levels are creeping back up which means my boredom threshold is going down. Good to feel a bit more like my old self again but need to remember to chill and not push anything.

Chased up Quidco about £40 that is well behind schedule but still can't face Ebay. This week's extra effort is job application and Ebay can wait til after.

Hope everybody's Mondays have been good

Rosa xx

RosaBernicia

ZTD wrote: »

I, alas, know where you're coming from. I think I shall have a lot of time off over Christmas this year.

Good

ZTD wrote: »

Yes I am. Eating a bit more, and feeling a bit warmer.

Also good :grouphug:

ZTD wrote: »

How north is north?

Proper north - not Watford

(there is a language geekery clue in a name... )

ZTD wrote: »

Do you have family there?

Yes - although whether living near them would be beneficial is another question, so am treating this as a neutral consideration and focusing on what would suit ME... and it's bringing up some interesting points, as it turns out what I really want (greenery, scenery, garden, space for people to stay, kitchen I can turn round in without hitting my elbow) is not what some of my friends here want (entertainment, theatre, access to the city, shoebox so long as it's within the ringroad). Am beginning to think there are some things that would make a move worthwhile.

ZTD wrote: »

And that...is how rumours start...

:rotfl:


Rosa

RosaBernicia

'Tis fate... just had phone call from a friend in Scotland so money from mini-challenge and non-Pilates can go towards train ticket to meet up with her when I head north this weekend. :j:j

Sooo pleased as means I get to spend a day in lovely Edinburgh in gallery and cafes :j - will make a real treat and means I have that to look forward to when some of the rest of the weekend is likely to be difficult.

Rosa xx

ZTD

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Have somehow just managed to go round the local retail park and spend absolutely nothing. Had intended to get a plant for my work windowsill out of mini-challenge money, but nothing I liked and amazingly nothing else I wanted in the other shops either. So might just leave the money reducing the overdraft

Well strangely, I have just done that too. Spooky.

Well almost the same. I treated myself to a burger.

I will be going back however, and going round IKEA this time. Though I'm not sure how wise I am to be braving IKEA this close to Christmas... :eek:

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Am going to continue the challenge of leaving work on time for this week as it's been really helpful - I'm getting used to having proper evenings and going to bed at a decent time, so am waking up feeling good.

And is good feeling you back?

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Proper north - not Watford

To be fair to the southerners, the Outer Orkneys begins at Watford Gap - not Watford. You might think I'm splitting hairs, but otherwise Milton Keynes would be in the North - And That Can Not Be Allowed...

RosaBernicia wrote: »

(there is a language geekery clue in a name... )

So you're not named after the ship then?

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Yes - although whether living near them would be beneficial is another question,

Oh...

RosaBernicia wrote: »

so am treating this as a neutral consideration and focusing on what would suit ME... and it's bringing up some interesting points, as it turns out what I really want (greenery, scenery, garden, space for people to stay, kitchen I can turn round in without hitting my elbow) is not what some of my friends here want (entertainment, theatre, access to the city, shoebox so long as it's within the ringroad). Am beginning to think there are some things that would make a move worthwhile.

I must admit, I'm not a great fan of urban life. It's one of the things I really liked about my little holiday in Devon. I could go outside, look up, and say: "My God. It's full of stars."

Not that where I am is particularly urban, but the light pollution is bad.

RosaBernicia

ZTD wrote: »

Well strangely, I have just done that too. Spooky.

Well almost the same. I treated myself to a burger.

I will be going back however, and going round IKEA this time. Though I'm not sure how wise I am to be braving IKEA this close to Christmas... :eek:

Great minds think alike

Ikea! :j :drool: Not that I am safe to be let loose in any homewares department, but having Dime bar cake as well is close to Rosa nirvana. Especially with Christmas stuff. I am normally a Christmas nut but for some reason it hasn't hit me yet this year - will go for it when back next week.

ZTD wrote: »

And is good feeling you back?

Sadly not yet...

ZTD wrote: »

To be fair to the southerners, the Outer Orkneys begins at Watford Gap - not Watford. You might think I'm splitting hairs, but otherwise Milton Keynes would be in the North - And That Can Not Be Allowed...

No of course it can't. They're called the MIDlands for a reason.

Though this is not necessarily a good subject for debate in eg. Liverpool.

ZTD wrote: »

Oh...

No major dramatics... just not exactly close and supportive either. As I think I said somewhere earlier, am worn out with making pointless efforts to change things so now redirecting energies a bit.

ZTD wrote: »

I must admit, I'm not a great fan of urban life. It's one of the things I really liked about my little holiday in Devon. I could go outside, look up, and say: "My God. It's full of stars."

Not that where I am is particularly urban, but the light pollution is bad.

I never intended to live any form of urban life, it just happened entirely by accident and seemed inescapable for a while. I can't really complain as it was the path I've taken and it gave me opportunities I wouldn't have had otherwise... but now that I'm thinking what I really want next, stars would be Good.


:grouphug:

Rosa xx

ZTD

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Great minds think alike

Or "Fools never differ..." the choice is yours...

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Ikea! :j :drool: Not that I am safe to be let loose in any homewares department, but having Dime bar cake as well is close to Rosa nirvana.

Never tried it. Never even *heard* of Dime bar cake. My Mother makes mars-bar cakes. That's probably the closest.

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Especially with Christmas stuff. I am normally a Christmas nut but for some reason it hasn't hit me yet this year - will go for it when back next week.

I'm not all that bothered by Christmas TBH. It's not a solitary pursuit.

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Sadly not yet...

Insist...

RosaBernicia wrote: »

No of course it can't. They're called the MIDlands for a reason.

Though this is not necessarily a good subject for debate in eg. Liverpool.

Never mind Liverpool - try Sheffield... :eek:

RosaBernicia wrote: »

I never intended to live any form of urban life, it just happened entirely by accident and seemed inescapable for a while. I can't really complain as it was the path I've taken and it gave me opportunities I wouldn't have had otherwise...

Yes, it is that J-O-B thing...

RosaBernicia wrote: »

but now that I'm thinking what I really want next, stars would be Good.

Just make sure you're good with the dark. Even my night-vision was freaking out in Devon. Nice place, just too many tourists...

RosaBernicia wrote: »

:grouphug:

And you too... :grouphug:

RosaBernicia

ZTD wrote: »

Never tried it. Never even *heard* of Dime bar cake. My Mother makes mars-bar cakes. That's probably the closest.

:eek: :eek: well when you go back, stop in the restaurant and have a piece. That's an order (And it's now also in Tescos, which reduces my excuses for Ikea trips )

(My mum used to make mars bar cakes too. Might have to try doing those )

ZTD wrote: »

Never mind Liverpool - try Sheffield... :eek:

You daredevil :rotfl:

So are you going to tell me your qualifications for Southerner-baiting?

ZTD wrote: »

Just make sure you're good with the dark. Even my night-vision was freaking out in Devon. Nice place, just too many tourists...

If you were watching tourists with night vision goggles you deserve to be freaked out

ZTD wrote: »

And you too... :grouphug:

'Night :grouphug:

Rosa xx

ZTD

RosaBernicia wrote: »

:eek: :eek: well when you go back, stop in the restaurant and have a piece. That's an order (And it's now also in Tescos, which reduces my excuses for Ikea trips )

(My mum used to make mars bar cakes too. Might have to try doing those )

You needn't use real mars bars - the bars out of Aldi/Lidl work just as well.

RosaBernicia wrote: »

So are you going to tell me your qualifications for Southerner-baiting?

Do I need qualifications? Or "just because I can?"

RosaBernicia wrote: »

If you were watching tourists with night vision goggles you deserve to be freaked out

No goggles, just the ability to see well in the dark. Except in Devon where the dark was too dark. Don't lose that torch... :eek:

RosaBernicia wrote: »

'Night :grouphug:

Good night. :hello: :grouphug:

short_bird

ZTD wrote: »

It's not how "hard" you can make yourself, but how flexible. Like a sapling in the wind.

"I am a leaf in the wind, watch how I soar" idea?

RosaBernicia

ZTD wrote: »

Do I need qualifications? Or "just because I can?"

"You're a shandy-drinking southerner - just like me!" would have the element of surprise I suppose...

You've probably already discovered that southern cider drinkers can hold their own.

Related debate in the office has been declared a truce as I can't manage to refer to Bath like its locals do any more than they can with Newcastle :rotfl: