Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

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HairyHandofDartmoor said:

Delichon said:

Thanks Delichon . DS3 has said that he is not coming home for the Easter holidays as he doesn't want to risk infecting his Dad. Although I feel sad that I won't see him for possibly six months I respect his decision and it's very sweet of him ❤. His housemates are also going to stay in their house and not go home for the same reason.

I know how much you'll miss him (and him you) but he definitely made the right decision. (Insert the old 'jumping for joy' smiley).   Now you,DH and your other 2 sons can avoid all unnecessary exposure and anxiety.  Sounds like DS might have more time to get lots of extra work done too so win-win all round!

badmemory

Re school, they are not going to be teaching anything, I know someone whose job allows her child to keep going to school & they have been told it will be more like after school club.  After all it would be unfair to continue teaching to the syllabus when a lot of the children will not be there.  Her daughter is not happy to have to go to school when her friends don't!

HairyHandofDartmoor

Thanks everyone .

I didn't cough at all last night so maybe I'm okay. I rang school just now to tell them I'd been coughing on Friday and Saturday nights and the office said they'd let the head teacher know. I'm going to relax again today and keep my distance from the others again. I feel like a leper .

@teafor2 I don't know when I'm supposed to be working as they haven't told me yet! The head is working on an enormous timetable today apparantly. It must be a huge headache trying to find jobs for us all. I could always volunteer to sharpen all the pencils in the school but they won't be getting used much from now on 🤣.

It's a beautiful sunny day again. The kind of day I used to dream of when I was tramping around the playground in the rain. Ironic isn't it as I'm now trapped indoors 😕. 

We were joking at school last week that with so many people working from home or in isolation the divorce rate will go and there'll be a baby boom 🤣. My sister said at her school they were guessing which staff member would get divorced, which one would have a baby, which one would put on weight and which one would become an alcoholic 🤣😂🤣. But on a more serious note I wonder if the suicide rate will go up? Some people's mental health is very dependant upon going out for exercise and socialising outside the home 😥.

I think for my own mental health that I'm going to try and have a sort of timetable for myself to keep me occupied at home. I can schedule in working on my assignments, doing a bit of yoga to my Barbara Currie DVDs, helping DH with his work sometimes, housework and gardening slots, etc. And when I'm better I'll also go out for walks. I will be going in to work at some point too so that will get me out of the house.

teafor2

I think routine will play a big part in keeping us all sane. Must admit I spent last week pretty much glued to the TV but that can't continue for months on end. So my day will be listen to the headlines then turn the TV off. Get on with some housework in the morning while DS does some school work, with a few stops here and there to catch up with MSE friends  Then after lunch it's going to be a couple of hours crafting or watching a film. That's about as far as I've got but it's a start lol. Me and hubby are fine together, I'm past the baby making stage and I don't really drink alcohol so I'd be the fatty returning to work  xx

HairyHandofDartmoor

teafor2 said:

I think routine will play a big part in keeping us all sane. Must admit I spent last week pretty much glued to the TV but that can't continue for months on end. So my day will be listen to the headlines then turn the TV off. Get on with some housework in the morning while DS does some school work, with a few stops here and there to catch up with MSE friends  Then after lunch it's going to be a couple of hours crafting or watching a film. That's about as far as I've got but it's a start lol. Me and hubby are fine together, I'm past the baby making stage and I don't really drink alcohol so I'd be the fatty returning to work  xx

Lol to you being the returning fatty TF2 🤣. I'm too old to have a baby, DH and I are okay, I don't drink alcohol atm, so I guess I'd be the returning fatty too 🤣. 

Your schedule sounds fine and I agree that too much news watching will be bad for our mental health. We all need a new routine and then we'll be fine .

Sun_Addict

Glad you're feeling a bit better, I'm the same and wondering if it's the start of a cold. I felt rubbish first thing, coughing and tight chest but feel fine right now.  I've been pulling some weeds up in the lovely sunshine and the fresh air has done me good. I still need to set myself up with a routine whilst working from home otherwise I'll just end up sat staring at a screen all day.  I've noticed some good ideas online so will investigate. We need to make lists 🤔

HairyHandofDartmoor

Sun_Addict said:

Glad you're feeling a bit better, I'm the same and wondering if it's the start of a cold. I felt rubbish first thing, coughing and tight chest but feel fine right now.  I've been pulling some weeds up in the lovely sunshine and the fresh air has done me good. I still need to set myself up with a routine whilst working from home otherwise I'll just end up sat staring at a screen all day.  I've noticed some good ideas online so will investigate. We need to make lists 🤔

Thanks SA . I'm glad you feel better now.

I'll make myself a home timetable at some point, but at the moment I feel very tired and lethargic so I'm giving myself a few days just to sit on the sofa and rest. I'm not usually lethargic as you know. It could be the upset tummy making me tired, although my tummy feels better today.

HairyHandofDartmoor

Our Mr T delivery is due soon . I wonder how much of what we ordered will actually be delivered? We can't get another delivery slot as none are available so this may be our last home delivery ever. I should be able to leave the house in five days though so I can trawl the food shops again.

I'm half expecting masked raiders to swoop down and steal our food and toilet rolls once the delivery van arrives 🤣 🤣🤣.

The van has just arrived! Exciting times 🤣.

HairyHandofDartmoor

Well,  our Mr T order is good and bad 🤔

We ordered 3 skimmed milks, 3 semis and 3 full fat milks. They actually delivered 2 semi milks and 1 full fat milk, which is not going to last four adults very long 😥. They only delivered 1 white bread and no brown bread and no tinned tomatoes 😥.

They did deliver one pack of antibacterial wipes though which I wasn't expecting 🎉🎉🎉😁😁😁.

They gave us Andr3x toilet roll instead of the Mr T brand we ordered, S!mple face wipes instead of Mr T brand, a more expensive brand of anithistamines, more expensive grapes and more expensive kitchen roll. We had a price match refund of £28 🎉🎉🎉 😁😁😁.

Most of what we ordered has actually arrived so that's good news .

elizabethhull

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

Our Mr T delivery is due soon . I wonder how much of what we ordered will actually be delivered? We can't get another delivery slot as none are available so this may be our last home delivery ever. 

I sat by the computer last night logged in to Asda as it turned midnight and the next delivery day became available. Have now made it a recurring slot from the middle of April. There was a lot of buffering as presumably heaps of others did the same thing, but apart from ex son-in-law doing our click'ncollect for this week, I'm glad to have delivery.
Fortunately we never stopped doorstep milk delivery -  all those people who jested that our decision was 'quaint' will not be laughing now. It IS more expensive, but so far, anything else you order is free delivery. Milk'n More have stopped new sign-ups as they have been inundated, and their website was down for 4 days whilst they got things sorted.