NST May 2019: May merriment

sashanut

Hi all :j

Budget: Back from my hols but still to do.

Enjoy the month Lots of lovely things growing as we have had lots of rain here - & now sun. Sadly quite a few not so lovely things also growing

Read Still on book no 3, keep falling asleep whilst reading.

Reduce, reduce and reduce Managed to squeeze yet more of the food into the stuffed freezers so it doesn't go off. Also used up some beef to make supper, new dish to us & voted a hit.

Increase Plan to start photographing & hopefully selling for the weekend.

Move it! Out in the garden for a couple of hours.

Post 3 gratitudes every day Lots of seeds sprouting in greenhouse, happy animals & their antics, wearing my embroidered blouse for vyshyvanka day..
No! No eating out today.

Think of others More of the vile syrup for DH, but he admits it's doing him good. I do have 2 more bottles stashed..

16 NSD: Still 3/16

Pay to your debt/savings OK

Plan the month Need to plan more to make the most of the days this month.

Check in every day Here I am, hello folks

apple_muncher

I'll probably never fully become what I wanted to be when I grew up, but that's probably because I wanted to be a ninja princess.


Cassandra Duffy


Never let go of your dreams, turtles

SpekySquarehead

Morning turtles,

I've been awfully absent lately as I still try and catch up from my holiday.

Quickly; yesterday was NSD #6 with today being #7 if I don't join my boss and his friends for food/drinks later tonight. Decisions, decisions.

Shrewbie

apple_muncher wrote: »

Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.


Ted Williams.

I love this apple so simple but very easy to forget, there's no secret, most of the time it's just effort and hard work.

I'm not doing very well with the nsds at the moment. Starting to panic a little even though I have a decent amount of savings, still 2.5 months summer with no work are looming.

Part of me really wants to take advantage of the time and work on some things that I've been meaning to for ages and part of me is worried about money even though I can definitely survive and I have no problem being on a strict budget. I already have saved the money for it, just need to be realistic.

Grateful for the library, for being able to sit outside and drink in the sunshine, for some things finally falling into place

f0xh0les

DS 1 announced grandly (when he was 5), that he was going to eat fish when he grew up.... it it turned out that it was because he was going to be a penguin.... so ninja princess is still more likely than our kid.



Sats are over, so I took the whole family out for supper last night, DS3 and DS1 chose, and DS3 was so happy he kept hugging everyone. I thought he was going to cry about half a dozen times. So it was appreciated. Also because week 1 of GCSEs are over (only another 4 to go, but I am not taking them out every week!) not to0 horrific - £85 for the 6 of us, including starters and drinks, and it is a very nice place.

Then Eurovision!! part deux - going to love seeing the kids watching it. I think the thigh boots are going to get disapproving comments - my children are awful puritans, so Iceland is going to mess with their heads. I love Eurovision. It is just utterly joyful joyous nonsense.


I have raided the local c00p for every doughnut in the place to send in to school with fizzy pop as they are having a party all day. So I think year 6 teaching is now over until they start big school, it is just films, art and running around screaming while waving their hands in the air, and sportsday - who could forget sportsday!


I am getting stupid repeated stupid payments from the child tax peoples - why they can't just pay one amount in, I have no idea, but I have had 4 payments in the last 3 days of random small amounts (under a tenner), oh well, they will no doubt send me a letter in a fortnight telling me why..............................

Grateful for:
Appreciation from DS3
My seedlings growing nicely
Coming in under budget for last week
The huge camp sparkle-fest that is EuroVision
That we are all healthy (D&V is going around the schools again - it has been about 6 years since the last time it hit our household, and I am still traumatized. )

Calling14

NSD 5/15


Very quick check in .



Small food spend today used morrisons voucher as well £4.34.


Was naughty and bought some clothes, had a clear out lately and the rest looking tired. Not too big a spend but not in budget this month, but have cancelled my hair appt so that will cover it.


Increased my dd to a fixed amount on one cc as so small amount i am paying now, will be years clearing the balance. Feel smug now I am on top of this card.


Grateful for
Sunshine now
Long weekend, away Mon/ Tues. Victory parade and Manics

Grandson home from his holiday with a friend.

Toni'sfriend

Himself and I went for a walk this morning. Only three miles but much better than the last few weeks when I really haven't been out at all. Whilst we were out we popped into Farmfoods and stocked up on butter because they had a deal on. Should have kept him away from the cakes and biscuits.

Feeling a bit more positive today. I don't think I'm getting out enough/doing things/seeing people and that's why I'm feeling a bit down. I'm not a great mixer but I feel as if I'm just sitting at home doing nothing. I know we go on lots of holidays but I need to start doing things when we're at home.

On the children front, I really lost my temper with one last night. Shouted at him and told him to go back to his own area and play there. I have never seen such a vicious little boy. He's only 5 and the 12 year olds are afraid of him. He literally attacks them with anything that comes to hand, bites, pulls hair, kicks in the stomach, scratches, etc, etc, etc and the language that he uses would embarrass a navvie. The others say has anger issues. Is it possible for a 5 year old to anger issues? Maybe. I don't know. But in any case no 5 year old should be wandering about the neighbourhood without adult supervision (especially when he's as violent as this one). Anyway, it's quiet just now (if you ignore the game of cops and robbers that's going on but that's just noise).

So, I have lots that I want to do tomorrow.

Must get on with sorting out dinner.

Kerry_Woman

Was a spend day - top up food shop and tv mag.
Grateful for:
Walk into town centre.
Afternoon nap.
Self care.

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for a stonking workout, for meeting up with a friend and she paid, for getting back in time for sch pick up (always useful), for dh's eye appt going quite well, for a library visit with dd (and 17 books between us...), for not getting rained on (Shrewbie - rather jealous of your sunshine...), for getting 7 veg down us for tea, for it being friday!

greent

Today I am thankful for some rain but not much, for some extra hours at work but still managing to take DD to train station and do afternoon school pick up, for not being in the room with the vomiting child!, for it being Friday, for having choices, for free toiletries, for having more than enough