20/20 Vision (repaying a debt to my home and myself)

HairyHandofDartmoor

That sounds like a great day DIA .

in_need_of_direction

Hello, I’ve been allowed back. You handled the window stuff brilliantly. What film did you see?

beanielou

Hurrah :j :j :j

doingitanyway

HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

That sounds like a great day DIA .

Thanks HH. It was a relaxing day. I must remember to do this again

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

Hello, I’ve been allowed back. You handled the window stuff brilliantly. What film did you see?

Thanks INOD. Glad you are back! I saw First Man (about the moon landings)

beanielou wrote: »

Hurrah :j :j :j

Thanks beanie

doingitanyway

I am ready to go again on the house hit list so I texted the lady decorator. I will no doubt be in a queue so it made sense to let her know the windows are in. I am waiting to hear from her.

I heard from the plumber who did not turn up. He went to Poland and is back now. He apologised so I will give him another chance to fit the stopcock and fit a new tap. I need a plumber generally so it makes sense to at least meet him.

Today I will text a contact re a builder recommendation so I can get quotes for the fascias. This job is a priority

Today will be NSD stay at home day.

I need eggs and coffee so I will need to get up early and walk to the shops for my breakfast, but that is no bad thing.

I have a large bag of things for the charity shop so I will keep adding to it today and drop it off tomorrow.

I will be moving furniture to improve my living room, decluttering, cleaning and washing clothes.

I will also be doing at least 3 hours project work today

Today I will be making:

veggie soup
swede and potato rosties (I dislike swede so this is an experiment)
humous

Wishing you all a lovely day

doingitanyway

Hmm, in a weird meh mood today… Not sure why…am I allowed to blame Brexit? Everything else is blamed on Brexit so I'm going to

Very little cleaning actually done, no decluttering and definitely no furniture moving. I know the day isn’t over but I can’t see me doing much more than wash dishes and tidy. Not at all motivated.

It is raining to add to the gloom…

The soup I made earlier came out great but the rostis are not a hit. I had no chickpeas so no humous made. I made a sun-dried tomato sauce that is nice.

Washing done and drying with the humidifier on.

Tomorrow I will get up and leave the house to work in the library again, as I can’t afford another day like this.

INOD always writes a gratitude list and I am doing one too before I lose perspective. So:

I am grateful that I have a home to do work on.
I am grateful for this expanse of time to be creative
I am grateful for the retreat I will be going on and for them writing to me yesterday to offer £100 towards my travel costs.

Hoping you have fared better with your day

greenbee

You may be spending money DIA, but you also seem to be attracting it

mark55man

I would 100% blame Brexit

Getting a travel bursary/subsidy is very nice - not sure how far you are travelling but it must be a way away for £100 - which will get you many hundreds of miles if driving, and quite a long way on the rail network - a railcard and off peak travel can save you £££££

beanielou

Travel costs are great



Travel costs are great :j :j

Homegrown0

Good news on the travel money DIA! Every little helps, as they say.

I had a bad day on the motivation front yesterday too - mine was lower than low and my mind was elsewhere. Hoping today is better for both of us.