SF's road to mortgage freedom!

DedicatedDFW · 27 July 2015 at 9:51PM

Hi SF well done on the sales - as you say its something decluttered too :T

Sorry to hear you're feeling a bit down - this weather certainly doesn't help hope the cat cuddles did the trick

Recipes for freezing:-

other than the excellent ones you've got / mentioned

cottage pie and shepherds pie

I tend to just cook extra when i'm making it and just freeze the meat portion - i believe you can freeze it all but i just prefer to make my mash topping fresh - plus it doesn't take up as much room in the freezer then

Lasagne

curry

tomorrow i'm batch cooking beef casserole

slowlyfading · 28 July 2015 at 6:04PM

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

cottage pie and shepherds pie I tend to just cook extra when i'm making it and just freeze the meat portion - i believe you can freeze it all but i just prefer to make my mash topping fresh - plus it doesn't take up as much room in the freezer then

Lasagne

curry

tomorrow i'm batch cooking beef casserole

Hadn't thought of cottage/shepherds pie

does curry freeze okay? More to add to the list though, thank you!

Karmacat · 29 July 2015 at 9:27AM

Hello SF - I find I feel a bit down if I can't get outside - and if its raining badly, I can't get outside, with my health the way it is, I can't afford to get soaked by the rain ...

Still, its bright blue sky at the moment! Hope you enjoyed the cat cuddles

slowlyfading · 29 July 2015 at 8:55PM

I do find that the weather can affect my mood - it's been raining here most of today too so I'm hoping for some sunshine tomorrow!

slowlyfading · 31 July 2015 at 10:53AM

I haven't updated this, though I suppose I should.

On Wednesday we had a not very nice day; I ended up being in hospital for about 5 hours following a bit of a scare that morning. The upshot of that means that from then on until bump arrives, it's going to be an anxious and worrying time. Bump is not putting on weight as they should be, and is not following the projected line on the graph given by the midwives at the start; in fact, they're very nearly off the bottom of the chart. Following a growth scan, bump is in the bottom 10th percentile for where they should be and it's not a good sign. I'm booked in for another appointment on Wednesday and then another growth scan on Thursday, to see if anything has changed. I don't know what will happen if bump hasn't grown by then, as then they'll be off the bottom of this chart.

I hadn't put on any weight for the past three weeks and I've weighed myself this morning and I've actually lost weight, so another indication that perhaps all is not well. Movements are all fine but the moment anything changes, I need to ring the labor ward ASAP.

So, I'm going to take a bit of a step back from here now; I'm not in the best of head space to be honest and feel quite weepy most of the time. Not the ideal ending to the journey, but as long as little one arrives and everything is okay, then I can deal with that in the short term.

I'll update when things are better, I'm sure