2020 - 'Nothing in your life will change until you make the decision to change'

pennywisepoundstupid

Hi Jwil, hope the weather is better with you and you manage to get out for the day xx

jwil

Kitten868 said:

I think they always tell you stuff is on it's way out. We were told 3 years ago our boiler was on it's way out. Actually they tell us that every year but it's still running with no problems so far (I know I'm jinxing myself). 
I will replace it. Err maybe when it's dead. It's on the list xxx

Yes, they can tell me all they like, I'll replace it when it stops working.  It's the same chap that services it, and it's the first year he's mentioned it.  I'll just add it to the list, and start looking at what I want to replace it with when it does happen.

jwil

savingholmes said:

We did replace our boiler for a combi one and got our garage door replaced at the same time. It made a major difference to our heating costs - and we got our airing cupboard back and space in the loft. We had never serviced the previous boiler or had specific problems we just wanted to sort it before a big problem hit. We never had decent shower pressure before - but now we do. 

Hope you manage to nurse yours along until you are ready to fix it.

I still think of ours as 'new' as it was brand new when we moved in. We've had it serviced each year and only had one repair on it since we had it.  It's working fine so hopefully no imminent issues!  I don't know how much it would save us.  I don't like it, it's not intuitive like the one we had at our previous house, so I won't be that bothered when it does go.  It does seem to be a bottom of the range one.  That's interesting about the shower pressure, ours is pretty rubbish.

I think we'll see a massive difference in our energy bills when we come to replace our windows.  It always sounds like there is a window open with the traffic noise (they are double glazed!) and whilst we had the storms the last couple of weeks, it was very eye opening to see the curtains blowing in the wind when everything was closed! 

jwil

We had a nice day out yesterday at 'We the curious' in Brizzle-land.  The kids loved it and it would be good to go back again a time it's not so busy.
Little miss has a nasty cough so I didn't get much sleep last night, especially as I was crammed in little jwil's bed as he went in ours as he couldn't sleep with the noise    Don't feel like going to aqua aerobics but I will go.  I'm not doing much of the healthy eating at the moment, I must get back to it as I think my weight is going up again!

DH is covering half term and seems to have been busy today sorting stuff out.  It's giving me a chance to do some extra hours too to build up my flexi.  Loads of work on so it's handy to have the extra time.

I've bought the overcoming depression book I was using last year.  My mood was awful over the weekend, so I thought it would be good to own it rather than have to keep trying to borrow it from the library.  Hopefully I can dip in and out, and work hard on this.

jwil

pennywisepoundstupid said:

Hi Jwil, hope the weather is better with you and you manage to get out for the day xx

Thank you, yes it was better and we had a good day out

Robin09

Haven't been there since it was called @bristol, great place though, must take DD someday. Glad you had a nice day. 

brizzlegirl

Lovely to hear you were up here today but sorry you’re not feeling super great. Hope the week goes well, OH does some sorting and you build up your flex! 

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savingholmes

JWIL - excuse me for asking but was it you who was on tablets and came off them recently - if so you may have come off them too soon. Glad you had a good day out. Hope your child recovers quickly.

pennywisepoundstupid

Glad you had a lovely day out and hope little one is feeling brighter. Sorry to hear your feeling low, would it be worth talking to the doctor, take care and big hugs xx

jwil

Robin09 said:

Haven't been there since it was called @bristol, great place though, must take DD someday. Glad you had a nice day. 

Yes, I've not been before. I'd definitely like to go back.

brizzlegirl said:

Lovely to hear you were up here today but sorry you’re not feeling super great. Hope the week goes well, OH does some sorting and you build up your flex! 

X

Thank you  

savingholmes said:

JWIL - excuse me for asking but was it you who was on tablets and came off them recently - if so you may have come off them too soon. Glad you had a good day out. Hope your child recovers quickly.

Yes, you are right.  I have wondered whether I came off them too quickly, but I suffered from low mood last year too whilst on them.  I think they worked very well for my anxiety, but did nothing for the depression.  I don't know whether I'll go back or whether to stick it out a bit longer.

pennywisepoundstupid said:

Glad you had a lovely day out and hope little one is feeling brighter. Sorry to hear your feeling low, would it be worth talking to the doctor, take care and big hugs xx

Thank you.  I don't think I can face going back, I tried four different lots of tablets last year, and then wasn't 'bad' enough for counselling.  I think I'm going to work through my book and hope that makes a difference - it did help last year going through the bad patch.
I'm also hoping that things will improve when spring finally arrives!