OS Singlies - We Do It Our Way!

moneyistooshorttomention

I quite seriously thought that if I came up on the Lottery I would ask a friends daughter-in-law that has done cleaning work before now if she wanted some hours work a week for me and try and bribe her with a very generous deal to do so.

Having moved rather farther away, that wont be possible any more.

Clean sheets are an affordable luxury I enjoy. But its possible to have the other "bed thing" I like every day anyway...absolute masses of blankets and duvets to snuggle under.

Fresh flowers bought more than once in a very blue moon would be nice.

I'll confess that I'd probably never eat leftovers ever again (wasteful I know:o). Food is a pleasure to me and I spend more on it than some I know, but I would buy the best quality there is available of everything foodwise if I could.

Got a couple of on tap handymen around, so don't need to wish for that basically I guess.

About 2 acres of land would be good:) and being able to be lazy enough to pay people to get it set up just the way I want it and a stream wending its way through my land somewhere safely far enough away from my home that it was no risk of flooding or insurance companies saying it was nearer to my home than their "preferred distance".

Hmm...maybe I need to start buying the odd Lottery ticket again:rotfl:. I tend to think the chance is there to "help me out", as I have some premium bonds...so it could happen.

LavenderBees

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Fresh flowers bought more than once in a very blue moon would be nice.

Oh yes!! I bought myself a £1 bunch of daffodils a week or so ago. Still going strong, so sunny and such a lovely scent. Definitely a bargain!

They cheer me every time I see them, so I'm with you on the fresh flowers. I'd also have to have an old fashioned heated orangerie or conservatory so i could grow lovely plants....

Getting quite carried away on the day dreaming now!

groatie_queen

.... and my Leaning Tower Of Paperwork is no more :j:j. .. even better, at the base of it was the missing birth certificate.:T:T

To celebrate, I took myself out this afternoon for a cuppa in a nostalgic wee tearoom a few miles away. Cuppa and Kindle - bliss! Then came home to a slow cooker beef and bean casserole.

I loved Nella Last's War, and also a book "The Past is Myself", by Christabel Bielenberg, an Irish/English woman living in Germany before and during WW2, whose German husband was caught up in the 1944 plot to overthrow Hitler. If this period interests you, there are a few books in the Persephone catalogue which relate to WW2 and are v interesting.

I also loved Victoria Hislop's book about Spinalonga. Very haunting.

Intrigued by mention of Da Bird, sounds like good distraction for my moggies!

I hope everyone has a good week ahead.

BookWorm

Evening all - sounds like many of you have had productive days (whether actually productive or the good for soul type)

I'm another one that LOVES fresh bed linen. Nothing beats coming home from being on hols to your own bed with fresh clean sheets :T

I know we are supposed to be OS and money saving here but I buy myself fresh flowers every couple of weeks A few months ago I just got the urge to buy some for in the house - and since there is no one to buy them for me - figured why not treat myself? I loved it so much it's become a bit of a habit.

Well done to those clearing the paperwork mountains. I always find it strange that I accumulate so much even though I do a lot of things online these days :rotfl: I had a good clear out in the New Year and so I only have a mole hill at the moment :cool:

BW

lobbyludd

I buy fresh flowers every month Bookworm. from the supermarket, and cheap but I do so love them.

grousescot

Hi folks,

I'm afraid my weekend can't compete with the levels of productivity the rest of you have managed. My major one was actually getting out and doing something on Saturday morning, even though it was only meeting a friend for a coffee and a bit of a catch-up in town, which is all of ten minutes brisk walk away. I took the opportunity afterwards to do a bit of shopping and look into getting one of these fancy smartphone things. (Why is it when someone in the shop starts explaining how the different tariffs work, I feel my brain shutting down?)

I've developed a terrible habit of mostly sleeping my weekends away which probably explains why I got so behind on housework. There's not a lot that I absolutely have to get up for but as luxurious as lounging in bed for ages sounds, afterwards it just makes me feel lethargic and generally yuck. This weekend my mood in general was far better so I must force myself to at least get up and dressed before the morning has passed.

Disposed of yet more junk which had been completely covering my living room table for months, possibly longer. Almost none of it was worth keeping and none of it had any business being there. A couple of loads of washing done too - another resolution for me, do a wash when the laundry basket is full, not just when I've run out of clean clothes!

Right now I've got what I'd call a really nasty "hang under" for Monday morning. I moved positions at work a couple of months ago (same grade, just completely different duties) and I don't feel I'm coping particularly well with finding my feet in the new place and am not sure what to do to remedy matters (but feel I should really).
I've been in the same organisation for over a decade so I reason I wouldn't have been given the posting if I wasn't thought competent enough, but I've always had a nagging suspicion that I've just been muddling through somehow and one day I'll be exposed. I've had this feeling before, it's really nasty and I can only hope in six months or so it will have passed.

Sorry for venting a little - things could be so much worse but I find it hard to see beyond my troubles when I get in a funk like this.

calicocat

grousescot wrote: »

Hi folks,

I'm afraid my weekend can't compete with the levels of productivity the rest of you have managed. My major one was actually getting out and doing something on Saturday morning, even though it was only meeting a friend for a coffee and a bit of a catch-up in town, which is all of ten minutes brisk walk away. I took the opportunity afterwards to do a bit of shopping and look into getting one of these fancy smartphone things. (Why is it when someone in the shop starts explaining how the different tariffs work, I feel my brain shutting down?)

I've developed a terrible habit of mostly sleeping my weekends away which probably explains why I got so behind on housework. There's not a lot that I absolutely have to get up for but as luxurious as lounging in bed for ages sounds, afterwards it just makes me feel lethargic and generally yuck. This weekend my mood in general was far better so I must force myself to at least get up and dressed before the morning has passed.

Disposed of yet more junk which had been completely covering my living room table for months, possibly longer. Almost none of it was worth keeping and none of it had any business being there. A couple of loads of washing done too - another resolution for me, do a wash when the laundry basket is full, not just when I've run out of clean clothes!

Right now I've got what I'd call a really nasty "hang under" for Monday morning. I moved positions at work a couple of months ago (same grade, just completely different duties) and I don't feel I'm coping particularly well with finding my feet in the new place and am not sure what to do to remedy matters (but feel I should really).
I've been in the same organisation for over a decade so I reason I wouldn't have been given the posting if I wasn't thought competent enough, but I've always had a nagging suspicion that I've just been muddling through somehow and one day I'll be exposed. I've had this feeling before, it's really nasty and I can only hope in six months or so it will have passed.

Sorry for venting a little - things could be so much worse but I find it hard to see beyond my troubles when I get in a funk like this.

Well i'm totally with you on the being in phone shops scenario.......within about 3 minutes of any of them speaking I want to just put my head in a freezer. Vile shops they are......probably the only shop I actually have an aversion to.....lol.

Re: job,

I'm sure they must feel you are up to it if you have been there so long...maybe it's just a matter of getting used to it and your confidence up. I changed wards a year ago (not my choice), and it took a good 6 months to settle in really.


I too feel like I can sometimes sleep my time off away, but working night shifts I don't think that will ever leave me...plus my sleep pattern is shot....hence being on here at stupid o'clock. i'm watching crap tv now instead of being asleep, and really need to be up and awake tomorrow to do things I need to get on with...phonecalls and other things that need doing when most of the population are awake.

Right, off to try and sleep again.

Byatt

Here I am, awake at 5am! I have the dreaded lurgy aka chest infection, so coughing my little lungs up, although feel half way human right now despite the early hour compared with yesterday, thank god for antibiotics I say!

Polo-cat is enjoying the early morning breakfasts, as he considers it breakfast time, whatever time I get up.

I was considering the plus sides of being a singlie when ill, and for me it means guilt free lying in bed and recovering, even if I have to make my own cuppas. :T Hence getting better more quickly when I don't have to struggle on to feed a OH or child.

boddy

grousescot I know what you mean regarding the phone shops. They is a certain one here that I have known family and friends just walk out when they start being pushy. My contract is due for renewal. I don't need a new phone so looked online and saw a cheaper tariff. I wrote the details down and walked in and said this is what I want. He was going to try and push me onto something else but soon gave in. Did what I wanted. I've told family and friends to see what they want first before going into shop as they can confuse people. Nowadays I would advise people to buy a phone if at all possible then get a sim only contract.

Calicocat I've seen me only speak to my daughter if I've not gone anywhere at the weekend. I don't mind it as deal with people a lot in my voluntary job. A couple of not very nice people last week but that's unusual. I like to potter and catch up with recorded tv and read.

LB Like the sound of Da Bird. Where can I get one. Sure Ozzy would love it. He is one crazy cat. Has got me trained now to look for the small catnip mice under the furniture each morning. Lol.

LavenderBees

boddy wrote: »

LB Like the sound of Da Bird. Where can I get one. Sure Ozzy would love it. He is one crazy cat. Has got me trained now to look for the small catnip mice under the furniture each morning. Lol.

I got ours on Amaz0n. Will be ordering feather refills, as I suspect over enthusiastic use will result in a featherless bird at some point.

It's amazing to watch Young-Boy-Cat with this toy - he shows such a range of hunting skills....fascinating to watch, and exactly what he needs to stimulate him and tire him out. Old-Boy-Cat waits for it to flutter near him and then shows amazing reflexes to catch it.

Young-Boy-Cat has waited patiently for me to go and get it this morning, and now has gone to get it himself...I wasn't planning on playing before I get ready for work, but it seems the youngster has other ideas...