A new 'tougher' thread... and so it continues

maryb

ginnyknit wrote: »

Its very wet here in Manchester at the mo. Busy getting ready for OH's op on Tuesday. I need to remember to eat hot meals when I get home from visiting - we dont know if its going to be a short or long stay. Must remeber to wash his dressing gown tomorrow as the part of the hospital he is going in has air conditioning so is very cold. Got small jigsaws, and lots of books ready.

Have been working on a notebook to map all my spending and making stuff in for the year so I can keep track of where its all going. Aiming to add to my attempts at organisation so off to have a bath and plan more. Just sent for my Bokashi bran so i can start using my bins but was shocked at the £8.95 postage for Bokashi direct so am going for wiggly wrigglers - cheaper all round. Am guessing it has caught on as more people 'play' at doing all things green and growing :eek: Going to keep an eye on freecycle in case anyone has got fed up with their toys. :rotfl:

This might help

http://justlikemynanmade.blogspot.com/2011/06/bokashi-powder-part-1.html

kidcat

Having a "quiet" night in with kids and OH - bowling on the Wii isnt that quiet and DD17 has stalked to room to sulk (we wouldnt take her to friends couples sleepover!!).

You have all kept me sane this year as last year too, so thank you all for your support and the kick whenever I need it.

have a lovely evening folks and may we all stay warm, healthy and safe in 2010 xx

Hillbilly1

Hello, a really inspiring thread!

Have been on here and DFW and am making sure the OH knows that 2012 is the start of our frugal livig.

We manage to live within our means and overpay a bit on the mortgage and have small pensions. But OH would like to semi-retired in 15 yrs and be mortgage free!

I have done a SOA for me and we waste so much money on food and wine! about £200 a month each!!!!

So tonight it starts, no fizz, no fancy food. We used left over chicken to make one of the curry things I got him for Christmas.. Have started meal planning and will do a kitchen inventory tomorrow!

Here is to a frugal and weight loss 2012!

ginnyknit

Thank you from the heart of my bottom - I can make my own:T:T:T:T. I am slow I didnt google it - I am so excited now, guess what I am going to do tomorrow.

icontinuetodream

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year and lets hope that 2012 is everything that we dream of.....

personally, I will spend 2012 continuing to be who I am, being honest about my mistakes and learning as I go along....I will be grateful for the help, support and encouragement that I find in these forums and in RL, I will spread all the happiness that I possibly can and I will be thankful for the ability to accept and welcome the changes that life brings.... I will continue to live and make my own reality and know that everything I have, I treasure....:D

Hope that 2012 is your year..... looking forward to cruising through it with you...:beer:

Hardup_Hester

Wishing you a a Happy New Year, I shall be in bed & alseep way before midnight, see you all in 2012.
Hester

Byatt

fuddle wrote: »

Just wrote out a whole long post about how negative I'm feeling thinking about the awful year we have just had. Just all the memories of disappointment, sadness and frustrations all coming back.

I'm not at all jovial that the new start is about to begin. I deleted it all, no one wants to read that and I need to chipper up somehow! (telly is rubbish, that doesn't help a t-total stoppie-at-home)

So thinking forawrd. DH and I spoke this afternoon about holidays this year. We're going to do the Sun £9.50 hols for a break and get out tent out (please no mice have eaten through it or the duct tape will be out!) The biggy is that next Christmas we want to go away to the lakes in a cottage so we will save as much as we can for that! I am going to be better at quidco and will do surveys to try to save a bit extra. We just feel that Christmas was so rubbish this year because of the people around us and we will not put our happy little family through it again.

I managed to pick up a pudding dish in Lakeland sale today and a charity shop wrap dress that I adore We have been out with the dog walking and then to the park with the children on their bikes. We're definitely going to the forest in the summer armed with our picnic, fishing nets, bats and balls and bikes. A bit petrol and car park charges and all that fun!

There, happier. Thank goodness there's this thread because until I wrote that above I was quiet a sullen miserable so-and-so!

I do that Fuddle, write a long post and then delete, sometimes it's just good to write it out, but we will listen no matter what. :A
I have an invite to P!necone surveys if you want me to forward; there's no guarantee you will be picked it seems, but happy to send.

For those who have lost a parent recently, (((((((hugs))))))), I know when my dad died in 1992 I was totally bereft. It was such a shock even though he was 81. Somehow I never thought he would die.

So although I have already said it, I think, Happy New Year everyone. See you in 2012.

TudorRose

Happy New Year everybody

20111 has been a funny year.
I lost the lease on my shop early on in the year (not my fault) & have spent most of the year trying to recoup some of my losses on Ebay which is not easy & I'll never get my money back but I have now become resigned to my losses.
Had an operation on my left hand which cured my problem but unfortunately have same problem developing in right hand so probably heading for another op later in the year.
Like lots of you I have been trying to be MS as best I can but have had to spend a lot of money on the house, including replacing an elderly boiler.
But I have a few very good friends in RL & a lovely little family.
Can see 2012 being hard moneywise but determined to make the best of it.
I really enjoy reading what everybody else is doing & together we can support each other whatever the new year & the economy brings

LavenderBees

Well, as I sit here in front of my lovely fire, with a full belly, a glass of wine, a little money in the bank, 2 happy pusses, a job with a decent company, and family and friends near at hand, I'm thankful for a year that has in most parts simply pottered along.

There have been worrying moments (Dad having more ops, and "funny turns" - thankfully seems ok at the moment. And nearly losing old boy cat to Hyperthyroidism - my heartbreak when I thought he was dying had to be seen to be believed). And there has been a tragically unbelievably awful moment (my good friend's son killing himself in early December).

But mostly it's been a consolidating year for me. One in which I've finally learned to be mostly content with how my little life is turning out -contentment is very much underated, I think. I used to strive for that fleeting thing we call happiness, but now I know that contentment is more likely to last.

I've also finally learned that, for me, the true meaning of freedom is to have a little money put by so I can walk away from any unhealthy situation with my head held high.

It's also been the year I finally understood that friends can have their own agenda, and [STRIKE]often [/STRIKE] sometimes it's to your detriment, so I finally jettisoned 3 so-called friends to leave more time for those few real friends that mean more to me then they will ever know.

For 2012, my wishes are few really but also huge really - if I can be sitting here this time next year, with my family and friends intact (having picked up a few more friends along the way ), still have old boy cat being irritated by naughty kitten, still have my job (not perfect, but I'm so thankful I have it), and if I can have paid off or saved enough to pay off my mortgage so that freedom with dignity is a possibility. Then I'll be content.

What will make me happy though is if I can find any way at all to help my friend through what will, without doubt, be the darkest, worst year of her life. If I can hold her hand, hug her close, help her to come to terms with her awful loss, I'll be happy.

Most of the time, you MSE'ers have no idea how you've helped this little lurker, just by giving me a glimpse of your lives, made me laugh, made me cry (mostly with laughter, you'll be pleased to know!). A big thank you to you all.

2012 will no doubt be a real struggle for us all in a variety of ways. I wish you all well with whatever brown stuff hits the fan. I really hope we all manage to duck most of it. :rotfl:

God bless! and thanks for listening.

xx

Fruball

LavenderBees wrote: »

Well, as I sit here in front of my lovely fire, with a full belly, a glass of wine, a little money in the bank, 2 happy pusses, a job with a decent company, and family and friends near at hand, I'm thankful for a year that has in most parts simply pottered along.

There have been worrying moments (Dad having more ops, and "funny turns" - thankfully seems ok at the moment. And nearly losing old boy cat to Hyperthyroidism - my heartbreak when I thought he was dying had to be seen to be believed). And there has been a tragically unbelievably awful moment (my good friend's son killing himself in early December).

But mostly it's been a consolidating year for me. One in which I've finally learned to be mostly content with how my little life is turning out -contentment is very much underated, I think. I used to strive for that fleeting thing we call happiness, but now I know that contentment is more likely to last.

I've also finally learned that, for me, the true meaning of freedom is to have a little money put by so I can walk away from any unhealthy situation with my head held high.

It's also been the year I finally understood that friends can have their own agenda, and [STRIKE]often [/STRIKE] sometimes it's to your detriment, so I finally jettisoned 3 so-called friends to leave more time for those few real friends that mean more to me then they will ever know.

For 2012, my wishes are few really but also huge really - if I can be sitting here this time next year, with my family and friends intact (having picked up a few more friends along the way ), still have old boy cat being irritated by naughty kitten, still have my job (not perfect, but I'm so thankful I have it), and if I can have paid off or saved enough to pay off my mortgage so that freedom with dignity is a possibility. Then I'll be content.

What will make me happy though is if I can find any way at all to help my friend through what will, without doubt, be the darkest, worst year of her life. If I can hold her hand, hug her close, help her to come to terms with her awful loss, I'll be happy.

Most of the time, you MSE'ers have no idea how you've helped this little lurker, just by giving me a glimpse of your lives, made me laugh, made me cry (mostly with laughter, you'll be pleased to know!). A big thank you to you all.

2012 will no doubt be a real struggle for us all in a variety of ways. I wish you all well with whatever brown stuff hits the fan. I really hope we all manage to duck most of it. :rotfl:

God bless! and thanks for listening.

xx

What a lovely post :A I really feel for your friend. I have known people who have taken their own lives and its just so awful for the family and close friends, who all blame themselves and suffer dreadful guilt. U are a good friend to know what she is going thru and be there for her. Hope she finds some peace xxx