My journey to a debt free life 31 January 2018 at 12:15AM edited 30 November -1 at 12:00AM in Debt Free Diaries 4.5K replies 236.6K views

HairyHandofDartmoor

Onebrokelady wrote: »

Had a lovely day at the beach today,the dog was in heaven and the weather although fresh was really nice,it wasn't too windy so that kept the temperature from falling too far,Im shattered now though, all that sea air has made me very sleepy

I was washing the dishes earlier and I decided to count my cutlery,I have 22 dessert spoon,21 knives,22 forks and 22 teaspoons,who the hell needs that much cutlery:eek::rotfl:
Guess what I'm getting rid of next:rotfl:

Glad you had a good day at the beach . I'm jealous of your cutlery collection, we keep running out because DS3 stockpiles them in his room :eek:.

Lifeisforliving19

Interesting about the eggs. I would never buy from caged hens. Only ever buy free range chicken as well.

System

Yesterday sounded great OBL , I love the seaside to blow the cobwebs away.

Have a good weekend .

Onebrokelady

HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

Glad you had a good day at the beach . I'm jealous of your cutlery collection, we keep running out because DS3 stockpiles them in his room :eek:.

Im downsizing my cutlery collection to six of each item, there is no way I will ever use that much cutlery :rotfl:
By the time I'm finished my house will be streamlined to within an inch of its life :j

Onebrokelady

Cumbria_lass wrote: »

Yesterday sounded great OBL , I love the seaside to blow the cobwebs away.

Have a good weekend .

Thanks it was a good day

Onebrokelady

Well I thought I would sleep really well last night after all that sea air,I went to bed at 10pm because I couldn't keep my eyes open and fell asleep straight away,but then woke up at 11.30 pm,2.30am and 4am,then my alarm went off at 5.30 ,I was not happy
Despite my bad nights sleep I wasn't that tired today so work was ok in the end
I now have two days off but I'm going to be busy,tomorrow morning I'm going out with colleagues for breakfast,it's a leaving do for someone and they decided breakfast was a good idea instead of an evening meal,so I won't get my Saturday morning lie in which is a bit sad but never mind I'm having pancakes so there is a silver lining :j:rotfl:
Im then coming home and me and DD are sorting through the airing cupboard to get rid of all the bedding I no longer use,some of it can go to the charity shop but some bits are not good enough so will go to the clothes bank bin for recycling,there are some throws in there that I don't use so they can go as well
I might also sort the cutlery tomorrow and take that to the charity shop too,I will see how we get on
I also need to hoover at some point over the weekend and I still haven't done the ironing so that is also on the list

Hobby wise I am thinking I might paint the table and chairs I got for the dolls house for Christmas,I haven't done anything to it for a while and there are some little jobs I could do,I need to make some more window blinds and another woolly blanket for one of the beds so any of that could be done over the weekend

Apart from that I am plannning on chilling out for a bit

Cherryfudge

Onebrokelady wrote: »

Hi Cherry,my DD uses bullet journals and I thought it was too much of a fuss ,who is the originator? I will have a look

It's Ryder Carroll, and the book is called The Bullet Journal Method. I got a bit side-tracked reading an article that it links to about how writing by hand activates more bits of brain than typing, and at this rate it may take weeks to finish, but so far I'm finding it interesting. It's £2.99 on Kindle or £8.99 elsewhere. There's a decent-sized sample available for free through [email protected] to give you an idea.

Love the chicken stories!

Drawingaline

I found the minimalists two years ago on fbook. I loved them and they helped me with my decision to declutter. However I found them a little too determined and I have moved away and now use a couple of fbook groups and other people who live a minimalist lifestyle with kids which is more me. Also I have a hoarder for a husband which is incredibly annoying. Although just before Xmas he went through the three bin bags of cables and pared it down to one normal size carrier bag :eek: amazing breakthrough :rotfl:

Good luck with your endeavours, it's an ongoing process. I tried to minimise to six plates, bowls etc. We needed way more glades, knives and side plates than that I discovered :rotfl: but overall there is much less in the house than their was two years ago and I am much more aware of what new things I am bringing in these days too.

Nicnak

I love how your minimising. I wish I could do that with daughter's toys, but she doesn't have any of it and gets everything back out of the bag because she desperately needs it. x

Lifeisforliving19

Interesting about writing by hand, activating different parts of the brain. I have often thought that as we type more on the computer and text etc, our ability to write is decreasing. I wrote a letter to my mum the other day ( she is in a care home) and was amazed at how messy my writing seems to have become and how hard I actually found it...missing letters etc. Think I should maybe start writing a journal or something