Keeping up appearances.......

Dolphin1

Honey_Bear wrote: »

• No computer after 9.00pm. Tick.
  
• Five fruit and veg a day. Tick.
  
• 15 minutes flying a day, sticking to the new schedule: Monday: Dusting/dewebbing; Tuesday: Kitchen; Wednesday: Floors; Thursday: Bath/shower room; Friday: Windows/Paintwork. In order to get the loo rolls out of the cupboard, I had to shift the bedside table (and everything crammed on it), the dog basket, the bed, the cat's table for looking out of the window, and eventually that resulted in everything else in the room being shifted too. If the builder had installed the magnetic cupboard catches we asked for 20 years ago none of that would have been necessary. As it was, he put spring ones on the cupboad over the bed and when one of them jams, it turns out the only way to get the cupboard door open is to unscrew the whole affair. So, it was a couple of hours Flying in one room but it's pretty sparkly now.
  
  Well, that cupboard door sounds far too much of a faff.
  
  
• Go flour-free. Tick. BUT, the very familiar exhaustion kicked back in after lunch yesterday and hasn't left me since. I'm furious about it because I can't for the life of me work out what caused it and it feels dreadful. I know I had French bread, a tiny bit of half flour half oats crumble and two ginger bix on Sunday but I'm utterly side-swiped and have been for over 24 hours. Grrrr. There is a very slight possibility OH got the toasts muddled up at lunchtime but he doesn't think so, so I've got no idea quite why this has happened.
  
  Maybe you had just done a lot, might not be what you'd eaten?
  
  
• New for Suptember 2: Use the electric toothbrush at least once a day. I hate doing it, but it's so much more effective than the old fashioned one, so if I make it official I might stick to it. Nope, again, even though it's on the list. Cross with self.

Not using your electric toothbrush again, tut tut!

Dolphin1

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Have you done your exercises, Dolphin. Nag nag naggity nag.

Going to do them now .

Honey_Bear

Sadly, Dolphin, I'd just had a big plate of beans on (should have been gluten- free) toast, so I'm not sure what's going on. All I know is I can't go back to feeling like this all the time. I know, I know about the toothbrush. My bad.

Happy, I forgot to say, well done on the 40%, that's utterly brilliant. The monthly interest figures must be a lot better than when you started, I would have thought. Heartening stuff.

Honey_Bear

Good on you, Dolphin for doing them. And because today is a new day - again, nag nag naggity nag.

Honey_Bear

• No computer after 9.00pm. Tick.
  
• Five fruit and veg a day. Almost a tick.
  
• 15 minutes flying a day, sticking to the new schedule: Monday: Dusting/dewebbing; Tuesday: Kitchen; Wednesday: Floors; Thursday: Bath/shower room; Friday: Windows/Paintwork. Shower room today; the bathroom got some attention earlier in the week, and the floors and kitchen have had attention, so apart from dusting I'm almost back on track. Must.do.dusting.
  
• Go flour-free. Tick. It might, just might, have been a sugar spike. If that's the case I know a lot more about what's been causing the fatigue and lethargy for years and I need to take it very, very seriously. That had never occurred to me before. A quick flick through the pre-diabetes symptoms this morning did not make easy reading and would explain why going flour-free has worked. Either way, things are going to get tighter and better.
  
• New for Suptember 2: Use the electric toothbrush at least once a day. I hate doing it, but it's so much more effective than the old fashioned one, so if I make it official I might stick to it. Pleased with self.

Swash

HappyNow wrote: »

Secondly, January was - as predicted - my financial month from hell. I had to use my credit cards for food, car repairs, box of wine and several other absolute essentials.

Hi Happy Now,

Currently in the middle of reading your diary and I'm up to this bit (2012). The box of wine text made me literally laugh out loud!

Looking forward to catching up completely X

Dolphin1

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Good on you, Dolphin for doing them. And because today is a new day - again, nag nag naggity nag.

Not been feeling well today so not done them at all. Will get back to it tomorrow. Thanks for nagging though. On the nagging note, have you used your electric toothbrush yet?

Dolphin1

Update for yesterday...

1) More Key Lime Pie with cream.
2) Light off at 10.35pm.
3) Back exercises done twice.

HappyNow

Ooh, visitors while I've been away!

AspiringButAnxious wrote: »

My mum's parents had all false teeth by the time they were my age (31) :eek: My mum was always super-strict with me and my brother, so luckily I have good dental habits ingrained in me When I go away overnight, I just take a manual brush and it feels wrong because I'm so accustomed to my electric one. Thankfully, using an electric toothbrush for years has helped me protect my teeth throughout a fizzy drink addiction (I used to drink over 2 litres of diet cola a day), because I haven't been able to afford to go to the dentist since I was a teenager!

Hello AspiringButAnxious, thanks for dropping by, visitors are always very welcome! I've just had a very quick look at your diary (it's 4:30am!). Wouldn't you get free dental treatment with being on ESA? Hopefully you wouldn't need anything anyway, but if you can get a check-up for free why not go for it? Personally, although I'm scared of the dentist I'm more scared of NOT going, just in case there's trouble abrewing :rotfl:.

Swash wrote: »

HappyNow wrote: »

Secondly, January was - as predicted - my financial month from hell. I had to use my credit cards for food, car repairs, box of wine and several other absolute essentials.

Hi Happy Now,

Currently in the middle of reading your diary and I'm up to this bit (2012). The box of wine text made me literally laugh out loud!

Looking forward to catching up completely X

Hello Swash, thanks for posting. Do you know, I actually remember writing that!! Well not literally writing it, but living through that January and wondering whether I was actually going to be able to do this whole debt-beating thing. It was a very slow start! Don't feel you need to plough through the whole diary, feel free to pick up and join in from now


Honey and Dolphin - I just dropped by to cheer you on and I will be back for a full catch-up very soon. I haven't been able to update because there's been family around for the last couple of days. Normal service will be resumed tomorrow or Saturday . Right, it's 4:45 am so I'm off back to bed until my alarm goes off at 5:38!!!

Honey_Bear

Dolphin1 wrote: »

Not been feeling well today so not done them at all. Will get back to it tomorrow. Thanks for nagging though. On the nagging note, have you used your electric toothbrush yet?

Yes, I did and last night as well. Feeling very :A.

Back exercise daily nag.