And so it begins: The Pig Vs The Mortgage

Karmacat

Sorry to hear about your dad's falls, PP, they sound bad

Betterthanever

Sorry to read about your dad's falls. All sounds quite tough. Don't forget to look after yourself too x

pinkypig

Karmacat wrote: »

Sorry to hear about your dad's falls, PP, they sound bad

Thanks Karma, old age is horrid He's had a good day today though:D

Betterthanever wrote: »

Sorry to read about your dad's falls. All sounds quite tough. Don't forget to look after yourself too x

Yey, you're back . Hope all is well with the new house and job.

There's not a huge amount of 'me time' I'll be honest but I do have a free weekend coming up as the kids are with their dad. I'm going to indulge myself!

It really is great to have you back

pinkypig

Evening :wave:

I've had a much more balanced day with not so much as a sniff of a crisis :j. It's also nearly Friday:j:j

The weather has been wild and I'm very glad of my double glazed windows and central heating. Lovely to get back to a cosy home and I'm grateful that I do because I know many don't. An appreciation of the simple things has been the most positive aspect of my journey so far. It's made me think about things and my priorities have shifted considerably. I'm in my clean, warm bedroom with the electric blanket on and a hot chocolate with frothy milk and i couldn't be more content

Today's small steps to success and wellbeing included;

A good sleep

Drank enough water

Spin class done

Cheap, healthy eats (porridge for breakfast, lo for lunch and batch cooked curry and hm naan bread from the freezer with pilau rice)

Lunches ready for tomorrow

Laundry done and on the airer

All Christmas activity stuff for school bought or ordered.

Meal plan and shopping list done - all from the freezer (which is getting low) so only fresh stuff and a few basics needed . £13.24 spent.

I've been keeping my eye on the horse riding stuff in Aldi and today it was half price :j. Got DD some jodhpurs for Christmas - £6.99:money: Wrapped them as soon as I got home.

Photographed a tonne of stuff for ebay. Just need to list it now :eek::eek:

Marking up to date

Gave revision guides to a nice lady at work for her son.

Took some box sets, books and a few bits to the charity bins. They all came from CS and we enjoyed them all. Hopefully somebody else will and a bit of money raised for a good cause too

Lots of lovely colleagues and friends asking after dad. Felt very cared for

Happy nearly Friday to you:)

PP xx

Betterthanever

Happy Friday!

New job is brilliant. Full on but living it and my weeks definitely fly by! Still not in the house yet.....sore point, but now aiming to complete 10th December so the end is in sight.....

And I've got a place to run the London marathon.....training in all my ample spare time!!

pinkypig

Betterthanever wrote: »

Happy Friday!

New job is brilliant. Full on but living it and my weeks definitely fly by! Still not in the house yet.....sore point, but now aiming to complete 10th December so the end is in sight.....

And I've got a place to run the London marathon.....training in all my ample spare time!!

great news about the job and best of luck with your move.

In awe of anyone who can run a marathon - amazing :T

pinkypig

I've had such a nice weekend that all sorts of things got pushed to one side including my diary:o:o

Work has been reasonably sensible today but the rest of the week looks very full! I've had an evening with Dad whose not so good,so not much done at home.

The last three day's small steps to success and wellbeing included;

Slept well

Drank enough water

Two walks and a run

DS's bed changed

Laundry up to date

Throws washed

All Christmas stuff for school prepped

Ate from the freezer

Read a lot

Had four bubble baths:)

No spends apart from fuel in the car today.

Listed 51 :eek::eek: items on eBay

Got Christmas decs out of the attic

Wrapped some Christmas gifts

Made tomato chutney, scones, spicy chickpea pasties and mince pies:)

Marking up to date

Went through November mortgage figures but want to double check.

Happy Monday to you

PP xx

pinkypig

Evening :wave:

Goodness it's so cold:eek: Electric blanket and fleece pjs on

Long day at work but productive and enjoyable. I'm determined to have a early night so it's a brief one from me tonight:p

Today's small steps to success and wellbeing included;

A nsd

Laundry put away

Large box of salad made for the fridge for lunches and dinners

Cheap,healthy eats (porridge for breakfast, lo curry for lunch and batch cooked veggie chilli and cous cous for dinner)

Went for a run

Slept well

Drank enough water

Altered the heating programme around this week's schedule

Swallowed a frog - email

Happy Tuesday to you

PP xx

Betterthanever

Well done....particularly 're the frog!

pinkypig

Betterthanever wrote: »

Well done....particularly 're the frog!

Thank you, it was a big, slimey one :eek::rotfl: