Keeping on the Straight and Narrow...

DancingInTheRain

Thanks both.

Been a quiet couple of days after a busy weekend.

We had a lazy evening last night after school and work, think the weekend caught up with us so early tea followed by showers, fresh PJ's and an early night and we all felt much more refreshed this morning.

DH was out for work today and I've had a day off so once the boys were at school I got on top of the chores we ignored at the weekend.

Had 2 V sales today, will drop them off at the lockers when I take the boys to Cubs this evening.

Also got a few Pro!ific surveys done and cashed out £9, this has been added to the PAD.

Total PAD for Mon/Tue £13

Debt Total £2440

DancingInTheRain

Well it's not been the day I expected, we had a frost overnight so I went to defrost the car early this morning to give us a head start only to discover it wouldn't start 🙈 it's been struggling off and on during this cold snap, thankfully DH was WFH today so grabbed our portable battery charger and got the car up and running.

Got the boys to school and popped in to see our mechanic who very kindly said he'd have a look at the car this afternoon and order a new battery as a precaution.

Took the car back at lunchtime and he's ran a diagnostic and everything seems okay with the engine (thank goodness) so he's popped the new battery on and hopefully all will be well in the morning as it's already 2° here 🥶 The just over a mile back home was bracing to say the least, as was the walk to pick the boys up from school before we all popped back to the garage. 14,000 steps achieved so far today.

The car seems fine since picking it up, we've had a drive to the nearest town to take the boys to their swimming lessons so everything crossed it was just a battery issue 🤞 Very grateful for having a trusted mechanic who could squeeze us in to his workload today as I sneaked a peek at his diary and it was full today 🙏

I just need to pop in after the school run in the morning to let him know if the car starts without any issues, no bill yet, he's not the fastest at issuing them to be fair 😂 I have bought a box of biscuits to drop in to say thank you for helping today though.

Not much else to report, just the standard £2 PAD.

Debt Total £2438

Dakota_Rose

Fingers crossed the new battery solves the problem 🤞 and at least it will be sorted before the winter weather really sets in.

beanielou

Positive vibes.

ohdearhowdidthathappen

😬😬 how annoying, hope it’s sorted out for you soon

DancingInTheRain

The new battery has helped but not entirely resolved the issue so the car will be back in the garage on Wednesday for further investigation, hopefully nothing too complicated/expensive to fix.

I've felt really out of sorts the last few days, related to TOTM, been left really exhausted, in pain and nauseous so I really haven't done much apart from what I 'had' to. Thankfully I'm feeling much more like myself this morning. My cycle is so different these days, I never know what to expect but nausea from pain is a new one for me, roll on menopause!

As a family, we have had a quiet few days too, DH had a gig Fri night and we had a chill day yesterday (well, I hid under a blanket with a hot water bottle permanently attached to my stomach 😂). I'm in work today for a short shift and DH is dropping DS2 off at the cinema for his friends birthday celebration.

The V parcel I sold and then was lost was returned to me by 3vri the other day, so I relisted it and it sold that again within 5 minutes! I also had another 2 sales which are pending delivery.

The last few days I have just made the £2 PADs but £5 from V was added to today's PAD.

Debt Total £2425

beanielou

Positive vibes & feel more like yourself soon.