NST Challenge - Spring is here!

traveller

Morning everyone.
Welcome Dr Carrie

Welshkitty, well done you for overcoming the driving demon :T I would love to get to the stage where I was like that. I'll give it a name and try to work through it. What to call it though,lol!

Well I'll be decorating for most of the day, finishing of the woodwork and going over and any smudges, as well as rescuing the place from all the disarray its in at thread moment .

Well take care everyone and have a good day

Caeraugirl

Lilt if you use the famous search engine's image search for it, it'll produce lots of lovely printable images, including a black one with white writing. A nice black frame and it's a very MSE version - it's for you to decide whether it's the "proper" item or the sentiment that sparks joy ;-)

Spendy day - popped to Mr T after lots of football watching outdoors in beautiful sunshine but with a cold wind. Now home again to ironing everest x

DrCarrie

Bobarella wrote: »

Although having given up my car last August for financial reasons I'm not missing it one bit (having a car) I'd estimate we save around £200 a month in petrol alone. Anyway that's my driving saga

I gave up driving when I moved to London, I spent more on petrol a month than my zone 1-5 travelcard! The insurence though, that really made me wince.

apple_muncher

I am chuffed to have another NSD to claim!

Today I am grateful for the sunshine, for dd being out on her bike, for cauliflower cheese, for daisies, for my sewing.

mothernerd

Quiet SFD. Reading sewing and eating chocolate cake. It has been grey and rainy all day so no venturing forth. I have emptied the fridge freezer and made a salad with the bits. Tall freezer is full so that will keep me going. Still trying to persuade DS3 to swap bedrooms, I need less space (now my bedroom doesn't have to be living space and everything else).

Today I am grateful for books and for using things up and letting go (crossed fingers).

Bobarella

DrCarrie wrote: »

I gave up driving when I moved to London, I spent more on petrol a month than my zone 1-5 travelcard! The insurence though, that really made me wince.

yes I can well imagine. Zone 1 to 3 is bad enough for my OH. He pays £144 a month for that. Before he was doing that and we ran a car. Insane.
I now barely use public transport. I walk or cycle unless time makes it impossible.

Fmess

Wow so many people with driving as a demon. I can definitely see how it makes sense to not drive when in London. I get fines when I drive into London as I always seem to be in the wrong lane or blocking a road etc, its so hard to drive there when you don't know your way around.


I need to figure out how to describe my demon - its basically an inability to stand up to certain people and allowing them to negatively impact my life. Most people I can deal with and feel I have an equal relationship with, but there are a few people who always seem to get the better of me.


Today has been a SFD I have been as far as the end of the garden and the wheelie bins on the drive (like you mothernerd, the weather here has not been very good) Did a little decluttering from an ongoing project today and will continue with this as and when possible.


Tomorrow is back to work after the Easter holidays At least it will be a return to a routine and hopefully increase my income through more tutoring for the next month or two

liltdiddylilt

Evening all

I must confess to a different kind of driving demon. I can't do it. Mainly due to the fact that I am phobic about gearsticks. Of all things, to be so frightened of a gearstick is ridiculous. I have only ever got as far as third gear briefly... in several car parks and lessons... and when I get there I just shut down. Hands off the wheel and feet off the pedals, fingers in my ears and eyes tight shut.. I can't control it. Its landed me in a few hedges... :eek: the stupid thing is I am brilliant with a clutch which is what people expect me to be useless with. I finally conquered the demon by starting automatic driving lessons. In the first one I was 5 minutes into the drive and was on a bypass at the speed limit, followed by long and winding 60mpg country lanes, multiple roundabouts. Second lesson was a tricky circuit of the one way lace market area in Nottingham which again I whizzed around. Was totally fine with everything. Then I moved and the lesson prices were ridiculous for automatics down here so have never bothered since. I rarely use public transport and walk everywhere

Spend free day. Really desperate for chocolate so after washing the dinner pots I decided to bake a chocolate cake with some chocolate buttercream. the cakes are just cooling and then it is all mine well not all. I am not that desperate...

Hope you've all had a lovely day. The weather has been gorgeous so Jellytot has been out on her bike up the seafront with me running around after her. Tired her out and she was asleep at 6:15 :wave:

xxx

WelshKitty85

Hi everyone!

It's good to know I'm not alone with the driving thing - I thought I was a bit weird for not enjoying it!

Day off for me today and it has been a SFD. DH took DS to his rugby match (they won!). I finished an assignment while they were out and another is half done.

Had some of our M&S goodies today and they are delicious, but I can assure you all that I won't be shopping there out of my own pocket, I just couldn't justify the difference in price.

My final student finance payment is due tomorrow. I keep checking my bank account but it hasn't shown up yet. I'm soon excited as I will be able to pay off my credit card in full tomorrow - a whole £3400 worth of debt will be gone!!!

stewby

Hiya turtleys... and hello drcarrie.


My cousin had the same issue with the gearstick lilt. She just couldn't grasp it at all. Was scared to drive half a mile to the local shop as she struggled to change gear whilst driving at the same time. She finally got an automatic car after her boyfriend convinced her and (although she is still scared) she is now actually driving on her own. It's great for her.


My demon is a bit weird so I will try to explain it the best I can.
I constantly feel that I am rubbish at my job and my life in general. Despite being told that I am great at my job, I feel like the person is just humouring me and as a result I am very bad at bad-mouthing myself. I feel that if I tell them that I know I am sh*t then the person won't tell me.
I do the same in life. My main issue in life is my perception of myself. Every photo I take, I look at myself and hate it... spots that turn up, the double chin, the red cheeks due to it being hot, the fatness.
I am extremely jealous of people who are the same size of bigger than me who have no cares regarding their size and happily show pictures of themselves on the internet.
This all reflects into a form of paranoia where I think that people are judging me which causes a form of anxiety and panic attacks. This makes me scared to go out by myself.

I am not sure what to call my demon as I don't really know what sort of thing it is. It's not self-sabotage, it's not disbelief in myself (I don't think), I am just hyper-critical of myself and everything I do.
I guess it would be something along those lines.
:undecided

Erm... now that I have made myself sound crazy. Please don't think I am, I promise I have quite a good handle on it. I have learned to deal with it from an early age and have learned to differentiate between my thoughts and reality. I don't think I have ever talked about this so openly before. It's quite a scary thought, posting this on a public forum.

If I haven't scared you off from the thread entirely.


SFD: 6/15.
Shopping budget: £109.30/£120.

I know it looks like we have destroyed our budget but we went to the land made of ice and bought a heap of freezer foods.
We are also heading on holiday on 24th April and have spending money for this already. So the budget only has to last until then.


Loving the sunshine bike rides... makes me want to drag out the bike again.
Oh... fitbit is awesome. Turns out I do about 3000 steps on nightshift, will be a lot more during the day.
Walked 17,000 the other day which was actually quite fun.
:j

Hugs to all you turtleys.