Time to step up to the plate..

stepuptothepl8

Hi

I extended my sick note.. and set myself a target of 30000 steps this week to gradually build up time on my feet. I overdid it yesterday - it was a wedding of two lovely friends so I'm taking it easy today. Current position is on the sofa with my feet up! Due to go back to work next Thursday.

MSE wise: I've machine dyed the curtains in the caravan, which were a non-descript sort of grey colour and very striped where the sun had faded them. For the princely sum of £8 something I have now got ecclesiastical purple! Very sumptuous, and hopefully once ironed will look good in the 'van. Considering I was planning on buying fabric and making them, this is a bargain, as well as time saving.

As ever, money is tight. Payday on the 15th. I've got £22 in my purse and I really don't want to take any more out if I can help it. Challenge on!

Sun_Addict

At least DH has confessed and you can help him sort things out.

Glad the knee op went well and that you're building the exercise up slowly.

Good luck with the money challenge.

Onwards and upwards

abba1772

Sorry to hear about hubby and his spending but glad he told you xx

Take it easy with the knee no piint pushing yourself in case you make it worse xx

stepuptothepl8

Thank you both.. I've only done 5500 steps today so feeling much better!

We've finally got round to taking pictures of the folding camper so that's now on the bay of e.. I think ours is the best value one on there (of course!). I'll be sad to see it go. Proceeds will get split equally between my card and DH's. And I've put up the newly dyed curtains in the caravan; they look great!

Such beautiful weather!!!

abba1772

Glad the curtains was a success xx

stepuptothepl8

Thanks Abba

We've got 31 watchers on the folding camper, and two people have been to see it, with another due to come tomorrow .. fingers crossed

abba1772

Fingers crossed you get a good price for it.......what do you plan to do with the pennies you make from selling the camper xx

stepuptothepl8

DH and I will have half each to pay off cards, I'll be into the £15000s!!

stepuptothepl8

I did half an hour of weeding in the garden today, it needs so much doing to it. I think I'll try and do a teeny bit every day, especially now that the lighter evenings are here. It did hurt my knee a bit, although I wasn't kneeling, so I've had the ice pack on it again.

I'm back at work tomorrow. Can't say I'm really looking forward to it..

Car tax due the end of the month just when the savings are looking healthy. It's a 4x4 so the tax is hefty, and I always begrudge paying it - although this winter it has been worth its weight in gold so I shouldn't grumble really.

Over 50 watchers on the folding camper so far.. just need someone to actually bid now

stepuptothepl8

Well, we've sold the camper to a lovely family. I'm pleased, think they'll love it as much as we have. It's probably a bit silly, but I really didn't want to sell it to one of the couples that came to see it. I just had a really strong vibe that they wouldn't use it. They made us an offer but we turned it down, and I'm so glad we held out.
And I'm back at work. Still getting quite tired at the end of the day, and it's like I've never been off of course. Lots to do.

I really must do something about my weight. It'll help my knee, and stop me feeling so 'mumsy'. Back to MFP I think.

In MSE news.. we've been eating out of the freezer this week, so the food bill is looking good. Selling the camper means that we can both have a bit for our cards, and it's also meant that we can go away for the BH weekend in the caravan. We stay at very small sites with no facilities, so it's always cheap. Looking forward to it