Spent 4 years pretending it's all OK

NoOneAround

brizzledfw wrote: »

Good list. Reminds me that I must do one too.

Keep plodding NOA..youve got a lot on your plate and you cope magnificently

Thanks, as ever, for your support Brizzle:)

On a roll today:)

[STRIKE]VAT Return[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Client letters[/STRIKE]
Insurance compare prices/renew
[STRIKE]Kitchen clean[/STRIKE]
30 mins in garden (was too cold:(

and if poss
[STRIKE]Washing/ironing[/STRIKE]
Phone calls for mum's admin
30 mins admin for voluntary work.[/QUOTE]

In addition,

• DD forms filled in and ready to post
• Renewed prepayment cert for NHS online, paying in instalments instead of one off for the year this time, no extra cost.
• Checked noddle report.
• Sorted current mail and either discard or filed
• Figure if I leep on top of current stuff, backlog mountains can only go down

NOA
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Verbatim

keeping on top = excellent in my book. I certainly need to learn how to do that. Backlog mountain reduction would be icing on the proverbial cake.

Bobarella

brizzledfw wrote: »

Good list. Reminds me that I must do one too.

Keep plodding NOA..youve got a lot on your plate and you cope magnificently

I second that. You are amazing NOA

NoOneAround

Verbatim wrote: »

keeping on top = excellent in my book. I certainly need to learn how to do that. Backlog mountain reduction would be icing on the proverbial cake.

I used to be meticulous and did finances weekly Verbatim, as well as put photos in albums, keepsakes were in boxes, books were on shelves. Then ds came along. I was still working full time, and two children were more than twice the work. Since then everything has been on hold, so to speak. SE and keeping paperwork hasn't helped. Have been going through slowly, last week was discarding stuff from 1990's:o:o:o DS also thinks I don't love him as much as there aren't any albums of him as a baby - whereas DD has load from age 0-5yrs. The difference being a) None of his photos ever got filed/put in albums, and b) digital cameras came in and the photos are scattered all over in the ether somewhere, waiting to be sorted.....

Bobarella wrote: »

I second that. You are amazing NOA

Thank You Bob you are always there cheering on, I really appreciate it.

Good time to say thank you to everyone on MSE :A, for listening, for support, for sharing experiences, each one of us on our own personal journey but ultimately just wanting to be the best that we can be. I don't really think the journey is about money, certainly not for me anyway, and I honestly think this forum really brings out the "human" in us all.

NOA
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NoOneAround

To do today
Urgent
Banking pay VAT and invoices
Phone calls for mum's admin/forms to complete
3 cards thank you/birthday to write and post
Kitchen floor
Grocery shop
Todays mail

If possible
Insurance compare prices/renew (7 days to go)
30 mins admin for voluntary work.[/QUOTE
Ironing 15 min

NOA
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NoOneAround

Focus Focus Focus
Not always easy:( Making phone calls, dealing with probate stuff. Not easy to dissociate oneself from emotion.
Some call handlers very sensitive, others not so.

After being so good yesterday, comfort again eating today, very :mad:with myself. Excuse is that it is very cold again today, hands haven't thawed out from school run! Already had 3 teas, toast, blueberry muffin and cheese/mayo wrap. Need to stop now.

NOA
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NoOneAround

Update
All jobs done from yesterday days list:)
Todays mail opened/filed or discarded :T

Todays tasks
More forms to complete for Mum - will be ongoing
Mince to cook for Bolognese/lasagne
Double check insurance quote details/endorsement then pay/renew
Post office trip for recorded delivery
30 mins admin for voluntary work.


NOA
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Bobarella

Hello NOA

You are right it is so cold. I met another Mum for coffee and took the kids to the swings. My daughter's hands started to go blue! She won't wear gloves, and apart from shivering was perfectly happy! She was wrapped in lots of layers just the weather so chilly.

I sympathise on the photo thing . We keep saying we must get some pictures of DD printed out but apart from a few new born ones we haven't. If anyone came to our house they'd think we just had the one, although the pics on the wall are very out of date for DS too. OH did actually create an album on Snapfish or the other one for her first year so just need to order it. Waiting for a sale of course

Sorry the probate stuff is still going on and emotionally draining.

Bob

brizzledfw

NoOneAround wrote: »

Thank You Bob you are always there cheering on, I really appreciate it.

Good time to say thank you to everyone on MSE :A, for listening, for support, for sharing experiences, each one of us on our own personal journey but ultimately just wanting to be the best that we can be. I don't really think the journey is about money, certainly not for me anyway, and I honestly think this forum really brings out the "human" in us all.

NOA
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NOA...that's so lovely. And true. You're right. It is really about support and getting through the less good - down right sh*tty bits..
am sure thats why I am still on here..year after year its the peeps (rather than my inability to permanently conquer my debt!!)

Seriously though, thank you all from me too.. you're each absolutely amazing.. and NOA...you truly are an inspiration :T

NoOneAround

Hi Bob,
I hope to do some photo -booking - mum has so many old photos, I'd like to get them all digitised and into one place so that we each have a copy - or we'll be fighting over the originals

Re probate - I have been putting it off after having done the essentials last year, thought we may not need to go through it as all goes to Mum, and estate is under threshold, but Dad has some shares More than 10K which is the threshold in one account so the company need letters of admin to transfer. It's really made me realise how absolutely financially astute my dad was - they never spent money they didn't have, lived simply themselves but were very generous to others, saved for rainy days, and were content morally, spiritually. Puts me to shame. I'm so glad my dad didn't know about about our debts. :(

NOA
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