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

jwil

pennywisepoundstupid said:

Happy anniversary xx

beanielou said:

Happy anniversary 

Thank you both

jwil

in_need_of_direction said:

Do we have a decluttering update to look forward to? Will it reflect little miss’s intervention?

Kitten868 said:

Yes please give us little miss bedroom updates!! We want her to succeed! 

Totally fantastic news all round. You're smashing it jwil. Keep going xxx

The decluttering list is looking shameful at the moment   Hopefully I can make a difference over the next couple of weeks.  DH hasn't done any more up there yet, but at least it's useable.  Little miss has 'painted' patches with my nail varnish 😖  He hasn't spotted that yet,  so I'll try and remove it before he sees it!

jwil

First proper day off today and we've had a nice day.  I did some listing this morning whilst we waited for the shopping to arrive, and then I took the kids out on a park crawl.  We discovered a new one in the area which I didn't know existed until a couple of weeks ago.  It was a lovely green space with a play park, picnic benches and fruit trees.  I clearly haven't explored enough locally!  We also went to one of the kids favourites and a few parks that I used to frequent when I was a child.  It was nice to reminisce!

It was a nice frugal day until I went to the farm shop on the way home 🤦‍♀️  I didn't spend too much though.  It wasn't exactly necessary but their doughnuts are to die for!

This afternoon we just chilled around the house and I did a bit of tidying as well as relaxing with a book.

beanielou

Have a good week 

jwil

beanielou said:

Have a good week 

Thank you, you too

jwil

Oops!  I just bought a bra (needed), bath mat (needed but not essential), and then spotted the new Stephen King book comes out tomorrow, so ordered that too!  So much for having a less spendy month... 🙄

WinterWarrior

Books are essential! Although he’s never quite beaten Firestarter and Salem’s Lot in my humble opinion. Salem’s Lot is the only horror I’ve ever read that really gave me the proper scary feeling ⭐️

beanielou

Books are food for the soul along with cats 

jwil

WinterWarrior said:

Books are essential! Although he’s never quite beaten Firestarter and Salem’s Lot in my humble opinion. Salem’s Lot is the only horror I’ve ever read that really gave me the proper scary feeling ⭐️

You are right that books are essential!  I love Firestarter, Salem's lot gave me nightmares The only book that ever has.  I have lots of favourites of his though - The Stand is my ultimate one.  SK is the only author I buy in hardcopy as soon as they come out.  I have my collection of first editions.

beanielou said:

Books are food for the soul along with cats 

Well that is definitely true   My cat is the most antisocial cat known to man.  She only turns up when she wants food (but will only eat cat food, has never eaten human food), has never sat on my lap and only comes for a stroke when she's wet and wants drying off   She's very much like me, likes eating, sitting in the sun and avoiding people  

jwil

My book has just arrived, hurrah!  Better than last night when a parcel of cat food turned up at 9pm and I was in bed   I was watching stuff on my ipad and luckily was still dressed!  DH was snoring on the sofa, we're a wild household  

I took the kids to the park again today, they wanted to go to three that we visited yesterday and a fourth that they go to regularly.  So another park crawl today.  Again it cost nothing but fuel, and I had to nip little miss into the supermarket to use the toilets, but didn't spend anything there either.

I've worked this afternoon as I had set a deadline for receiving an external report and then promptly booked leave for that date 🤦‍♀️  I've read through the report and fed back some comments, and then have to have a meeting tomorrow to discuss.  Hopefully it will be a short one and then that will be it!