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

elizabethhull

HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

Thanks SA I'm getting there.

I don't feel ill any more but I've lost a lot of muscle tone and fitness while I was ill. The slightest thing seems to give me a backache or aching legs :mad:, but I'm going to rebuild my fitness gradually.

Is it just me or is gardening particularly tiring? I always get backache after gardening :mad:.

You have a great Easter too SA .

Muscle seems hard work to build up & all too easy to lose. I'm getting that with my legs - anything remotely resembling a bit of a walk and they are as stiff as anything.

Happy Easter, chocolaty or otherwise, to all !

I've just found the down side to providing Xmas duvet covers for my guests - when they come at Easter it all has to be changed, even though they're not dirty at all. All my own fault

HairyHandofDartmoor

Happy Easter to you too Elizabeth :easter_os.

I love the idea of Christmas duvet covers . They should make reversal ones, holly on one side and Spring flowers on the other side, then you could just flip them :rotfl:.

I think it's getting older that makes muscle hard to maintain, but I'm determined to be fit in my old age. I want to be mobile for as long as possible.

beanielou

Christmas duvet covers.
Who knew.

redofromstart

HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

Is it just me or is gardening particularly tiring? I always get backache after gardenig :mad:.

No its not just you, I find it very tiring no matter how much I enjoy it. The number of steps it generates never seems fair either

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HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

Is it just me or is gardening particularly tiring? I always get backache after gardenig :mad:.

I think I'm quite fit for my age, thank goodness, but I find gardening very tiring too, HH:eek:. I think it's because it involves a lot of crouching and bending over which is not something that we tend to do for any length of time even when doing household chores. I have very little resultant aches when doing things that need stretching upwards but I always pay for extended periods of kneeling, stooping and bending


I hope you're having a good time with your sister or just relaxing in general. Have you been for your regular charity shop and coffee trip this morning? I haven't found time in my busy diary(:rotfl:) to do my first charity shop safari but it's teeming with rain anyway so I've found plenty to do in the house instead;). I think a midweek non-market day in my small nearby town is a better bet for my charity shop jaunts largely because of easier on-street parking:j. No point saving money on charity shop books only to have to pay for an extortionate car park;). Very:money:

HairyHandofDartmoor

redofromstart wrote: »

No its not just you, I find it very tiring no matter how much I enjoy it. The number of steps it generates never seems fair either

No it doesn't generate many steps but I reckon it burns a lot of calories. When I was doing a forty minute park walk most days my back and legs were much stronger, but I think yoga or pilates would be best for back strengthening. If I could find time for those then I think I could probably garden for longer.

HairyHandofDartmoor

carbootcrazy wrote: »

I think I'm quite fit for my age, thank goodness, but I find gardening very tiring too, HH:eek:. I think it's because it involves a lot of crouching and bending over which is not something that we tend to do for any length of time even when doing household chores. I have very little resultant aches when doing things that need stretching upwards but I always pay for extended periods of kneeling, stooping and bending


I hope you're having a good time with your sister or just relaxing in general. Have you been for your regular charity shop and coffee trip this morning? I haven't found time in my busy diary(:rotfl:) to do my first charity shop safari but it's teeming with rain anyway so I've found plenty to do in the house instead;). I think a midweek non-market day in my small nearby town is a better bet for my charity shop jaunts largely because of easier on-street parking:j. No point saving money on charity shop books only to have to pay for an extortionate car park;). Very:money:

You're right that gardening does use muscles that you don't seem to use for any other activity. I have a cheapo foam mat that I use for kneeling because I can't crouch for long and sometimes I sit on it to weed borders.

I missed my Saturday outing today, but had a great day anyway . I went to Greenway, which is Agatha Christie's summer home and owned by the NT. I LOVE it there :T. This is the second time I've been but there's stil lots I didn't have time to see. Fascinating house, lovely river walks down to the boat house with banks covered in primroses and daffodils, plus a camelia garden .

I went with DH, DS1, parents, sister and sister's DH, so quite a gang of us . We got in free as we are NT members and took our own food, so just bought a coffee.

The weather was dull but the rain held off. I did over 10,000 steps and my legs are really aching now!

DH is cooking now (after I cleaned up after DS2 and DS3 :mad:) and after dinner I'm going to hit the cider and we'll watch a film. A perfect day :beer:.

I hope everyone has had a brilliant Saturday .

HairyHandofDartmoor

carbootcrazy wrote: »

Have you been for your regular charity shop and coffee trip this morning? I haven't found time in my busy diary(:rotfl:) to do my first charity shop safari but it's teeming with rain anyway so I've found plenty to do in the house instead;). I think a midweek non-market day in my small nearby town is a better bet for my charity shop jaunts largely because of easier on-street parking:j. No point saving money on charity shop books only to have to pay for an extortionate car park;). Very:money:

You should definitely find time to go Carboot and a midweek non-market day sounds the best option, so you're not fighting the crowds. You should treat yourself to a coffee (and perhaps a cheeky cake too) and then it makes a lovely low cost outing .

jwil

Glad you had a good day x

mummytogirls

Sounds like you had a brilliant family day out yesterday HHOD. Just shows you don't have to spend a lot to enjoy your day xx