Keeping up appearances.......

Honey_Bear

Wow, Honey Bear is strict! A whole quid for 'crap'! Doh, now look what's happened <here's a virtual quid for the jar honey> :doh:

You are off the hook because I am a benign Honey Bear, the months of not being a sweary Fishwife are over and I'm going to allow myself cra* and dam* for the foreseeable future instead of the full gamut.

Doh, bad luck Dolphin. And 'crap' is NO WAY real swearing, not Up North anyway. I know, I'll write a definitive list to avoid future confusion:-

S**** Mmmhhhmm.
F**** Agreed.
B**** For sure.
T**** Not sure what this is: Toxic?
X**** Not sure what this is: Xerox?
Z**** Not sure why Zebras are on your (s)h*t list, but they're not on mine. Oops. *Kerching*

Now THOSE words are worth a quid each. So, cough up!

Ah damn that swear filter

I may also allow myself (s)h*t after all. Out of sheer financial necessity.

Honey_Bear

Your targetty things for April look suitably Awesome, Happy. I'm still struggling with mine. I think I'll start with Draft Targetty Things and tweak them as and when the necessary fine-tuning becomes obvious.

• Stop eating cr*p and start losing some of those ounces that have been piling back on since [STRIKE]Good Friday[/STRIKE] Maundy Thursday.
• Tighten up the language a bit. It was not okay to tell the new neighbours our joint chimney is f*****.
• Groom Kelpie for at least 10 minutes daily because his winter coat is definitely starting to shed and the house will be knee deep in black fluff within days otherwise.
• Teach him that having his teeth cleaned is fun fun fun!
• Do something significant every day to make the day of my birthday party calm.
• Do something constructive every week about the micro-business's future.

HappyNow

Dolphin1 wrote: »

You have given your self a lot of targets again. Very good luck!

I'm adding another for good measure:

Sort out my feet I'm going to use foot scrubs and one of those sandpapery scrapey things to try and make them look like proper human feet. I will do that every second day, and apply E45 before bed every night. And cut my toe nails nicely. And at the end of April I will buy some nail varnish and paint them. It must be 15 years since I painted my toe nails.

HappyNow

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Your targetty things for April look suitably Awesome, Happy. I'm still struggling with mine. I think I'll start with Draft Targetty Things and tweak them as and when the necessary fine-tuning becomes obvious.

• Stop eating cr*p and start losing some of those ounces that have been piling back on since [STRIKE]Good Friday[/STRIKE] Maundy Thursday. You could do Dolphin's NCDs? I thought about it but decided I wouldn't manage any.
• Tighten up the language a bit. It was not okay to tell the new neighbours our joint chimney is f*****. Hey if it's fried, it's fried
• Groom Kelpie for at least 10 minutes daily because his winter coat is definitely starting to shed and the house will be knee deep in black fluff within days otherwise. Isn't that just the worst thing about Spring? I have a sable dog, two white horses, a tabby cat, a grey cat and a black cat. There is literally nothing I can wear that doesn't show up at least two of those colours!
• Teach him that having his teeth cleaned is fun fun fun!
• Do something significant every day to make the day of my birthday party calm. Ooh, a party! Very brave of you. When is it? Have you got a theme?
• Do something constructive every week about the micro-business's future. Excellent target. What have you got planned for this week?

Hmm, I will have to finish off tomorrow because it's 12:15 and I've now got to break the law of physics by hitting my target 7 hours in bed, yet still getting up at 6:30 am!

smallholdingsister

Good luck with the physics!

Honey_Bear

HappyNow wrote: »

I'm adding another for good measure:
Sort out my feet I'm going to use foot scrubs and one of those sandpapery scrapey things to try and make them look like proper human feet. I will do that every second day, and apply E45 before bed every night. And cut my toe nails nicely. And at the end of April I will buy some nail varnish and paint them. It must be 15 years since I painted my toe nails.

How are those trotters coming along? I wear toepost sandals all day every day as soon as the weather gets above 10° so a couple of years ago I made myself start repairing years of neglect. If I manage to hack the toenails back and slap a bit of colour on them once a month I feel positively groomed. As someone who looks like a dead Christmas tree most of the time I probably looks a bit strange with sparkley toenails and collapsed everything else, but it works for me.

Good luck with it.

Honey_Bear

HappyNow wrote: »

Hmm, I will have to finish off tomorrow because it's 12:15 and I've now got to break the law of physics by hitting my target 7 hours in bed, yet still getting up at 6:30 am!

When you've worked that one out, do you think you could drop Steven Hawking a line? It would boost his research fantasticallly.

HappyNow wrote: »

Isn't that just the worst thing about Spring? I have a sable dog, two white horses, a tabby cat, a grey cat and a black cat. There is literally nothing I can wear that doesn't show up at least two of those colours!

Leopard print! Totally colour co-ordianted with your menagerie, albeit a bit old and greyish with the white. Still, you'd look soooooo fabulous. I suggest tight jeggings - everyone looks particularly good in them, don't they?

Fried, it is, along with carp, dam and (s)h*t. All the rest are banned as far as I'm concerned. Of course, if anyone else wants to let their Inner Fishwife out and cough up, that's fine by me.

Honey_Bear

• Stop eating cr*p and start losing some of those ounces that have been piling back on since [STRIKE]Good Friday[/STRIKE] Maundy Thursday. Not my fault OH put a mini-flapjack on my desk with my cup of tea. Actually, it was rather nasty. I don't know why anyone buys carp like that.
• Tighten up the language a bit. It was not okay to tell the new neighbours our joint chimney is f*****. Nothing further.
• Groom Kelpie for at least 10 minutes daily because his winter coat is definitely starting to shed and the house will be knee deep in black fluff within days otherwise. OH thought doing about 10 seconds was sufficient. Who am I to argue with a volunteer?
• Teach him that having his teeth cleaned is fun fun fun! Nuffink. I wonder if I can use an electric toothbrush on him. Thoughts, anyone?
• Do something significant every day to make the day of my birthday party calm. Washed and repaired the chandelier in the dining room, photgraphed it and put it on Ebay to go live before the birthday party and with any luck it will be sold exactly 48 hours after the party. Can't wait to get it out of the house. If it doesn't sell (they don't, much, on Fleabay at the moment) it's going to the Shabby Chic local hospice charity shop. It'll look great in there even if they can't sell it.
• Do something constructive every week about the micro-business's future. Nuffink yet, if doing all the paperwork for my tax return by today doesn't count. *saintly glow*

It's a birthday with a zero on it this year which is why I sort of have to make a big deal about it, Happy. It's rather expected, apparently. So, yes, there's a theme: chocolate. Hurrah!

I live just round the corner from here. It's run by a mother and daughter who we've known, liked and supported (scoff scoff scoff) for years. As I don't drink any more, a chocolate making party seemed like a spiffing idea, followed by a dinner for 14 back at the house when everyone else can drink to their hearts content. With a chocolate cake for pudding, obvs.

Dolphin1

Honey_Bear wrote: »

I live just round the corner from here. It's run by a mother and daughter who we've known, liked and supported (scoff scoff scoff) for years. As I don't drink any more, a chocolate making party seemed like a spiffing idea, followed by a dinner for 14 back at the house when everyone else can drink to their hearts content. With a chocolate cake for pudding, obvs.

Ooooh, that place looks amazing. No wonder you find it difficult to resist the sweet stuff, I would definitely struggle. Enjoy the chocolate making. I hope you get to scoff it all afterwards !
:EasterBun

basketcase

Just popping in prior to bedtime.

Hope things improve soon, Happy. Awesome targets! (And c**p definitely doesn't count! )

Like the idea of draft targets! Think mine may need a bit of tweaking as the month goes by, but we'll see.

Anyway, these are mine, starting today:

• Update Quicken (Done)
• Work on the Week's FLYzone. (Done)
• Eat a minimum of 3 F&V per day. (Done)
• Floss my teeth daily. (Done)
• Bed by 2230h Sunday to Thursday (Done if I'm really quick posting this! :rotfl:)
• [FONT=&quot]15 NSDs. [/FONT](1/15)

Night all!!