2020 a year to be mindful.

pennywisepoundstupid

Good morning, I hope all you lovely people are keeping well.
so sorry i have been missing! I have found the last 12 months really tough mentally(as a lot of people have) and decided to take a break from MSE and social media and just concentrate on my little family,
So work has been crazy all year, as i'm sure that anyone that works in education can relate to, I took on extra hours which i am still doing but will stop after the summer. DH has worked like a mad man all year but that's farming for you, trying to persuade him to take some time off this summer even though we are not going away.
DD is now driving and has finished school, next step for her is uni. DS is currently doing his A levels and is also learning to drive, very proud of both of them and how they have coped with the last 12 months.
Money wise we are ticking along ok, we have a few big bills to go out this month due to a big bathroom leak at one of the rental properties. CC has creeped up thanks to car repairs, some emergency electrical repairs and a few other bits.
Off to peg out and will update some more later.

pennywisepoundstupid

Washing pegged out and next load is on. £10 M&S e card has landed in email account so that is currently being printed off.
Jobs for today:
Clean bathroom.
sweep mop downstairs floors.
sow some more lettuce and rocket seeds.
pick rhubarb and stew/freeze.
Bake some treats
Empty trailer load of fire wood DH brought home the other day into the log shed.
Ironing.
Walk doggo.
surveys
try and spend 30 mins reading.

debtfreeoneday

PWPS - it’s so good to see you back. Glad you are all ok. Glad the kids are ok and doing well. 

Hope you are ok. Last year has been strange for us all and you just have to do what you need to get through it. 

pennywisepoundstupid

debtfreeoneday said:

PWPS - it’s so good to see you back. Glad you are all ok. Glad the kids are ok and doing well. 

Hope you are ok. Last year has been strange for us all and you just have to do what you need to get through it. 

Thanks DFOD, i'm currently trying to catch up with your diary and will be back to posting soon xx

pennywisepoundstupid

pennywisepoundstupid said:

Washing pegged out and next load is on. £10 M&S e card has landed in email account so that is currently being printed off.
Jobs for today:
Clean bathroom. DONE
sweep mop downstairs floors. Swept but havn't got round to mopping
sow some more lettuce and rocket seeds. DONE
pick rhubarb and stew/freeze. Picked but not done anything with it yet.
Bake some treats DONE
Empty trailer load of fire wood DH brought home the other day into the log shed. DONE
Ironing. DONE
Walk doggo. Waiting for it to cool down a bit for the old girl.
surveys Few done and £15 redeemed 
try and spend 30 mins reading. DONE

Also managed to get a free brass light fitting that matches our wall light that someone locally was giving away, DH actually smashed the previous light fitting a few years ago whilst decorating, i was so angry with him at the time and we just replaced it with a cheapy one that didn't quite match and i wasn't that keen on, so super happy.
I have also had my hoover in bits as it is not sucking properly and making a weird noise, cleaned the filters and brush bar and put it back together and its back to sucking although its still making a weird noise but hopefully it will last a bit longer.
BBQ for tea tonight, made tandorri chicken kebabs and also got sausages, I will also make a salad and roast some garlic new potatoes.
  Also remembered i need to put my overtime in, will do that before i open the gin. xx

pennywisepoundstupid

Morning
Up early and catching up with some diaries, So far this morning i have let the chooks out who are laying well at the moment we are getting 5 eggs a day, so lots of egg based lunches and breakfasts at the moment. Washing pegged out and another load on, its never ending. Overtime put in and I have had an email to do the Royal mail surveys again which i think will start end of July.
Banking done and sent £100 to DS to go towards his next block of driving lessons.
Salmon out of the freezer for tonight's tea, think i will just do some cous cous and roasted veg with it, have some cream to use up so i'm thinking cream scones for a nice afternoon snack in the garden.
Today is going to be a pottering sort of day, bit of gardening, walk doggo and reading. I also have the house to myself for a couple of hours this afternoon as DH and DD are both at work and DS has cricket  .

hugglemonster

So good to have you back, absolutely agree that sometimes we need some time out and it's obviously been really busy for you.

Can't believe how much changes- kids driving / learning to drive, my dd can get her provisional license in November - that's scary!

Hope you have a lovely chilled out day although it actually sounds busy.

H x

pennywisepoundstupid

hugglemonster said:

So good to have you back, absolutely agree that sometimes we need some time out and it's obviously been really busy for you.

Can't believe how much changes- kids driving / learning to drive, my dd can get her provisional license in November - that's scary!

Hope you have a lovely chilled out day although it actually sounds busy.

H x

Thanks Huggle, it's good to be back. Children driving is very scary! 

pennywisepoundstupid

So 1 of my chooks escaped into the veg garden today and has scratched up a full bed of rocket, luckily it was ready to be picked so i have saved what i could and will now be having a green salad with salmon instead of roasted veg, there will also be enough rocket for my lunches over the next few days. Chook has been warned that if it does it again she is for the pot (only joking). Will need to sow some more rocket seeds but that's a job for later when it is a bit cooler. Also need to iron DS shirts but it's too warm at the minute.
Rhubarb stewed and decided i will us it for overnights oats this week for brekkie.
Scones are made but have saved them for after tea tonight.
Collected some sticks from the side of the drive which have gone in the kindling sack in the woodshed.

pennywisepoundstupid

Evening. 
Busy day and late in from work, quick tea and doggo walked, dropped DS at work and was glad to get him out of the house as he was in a horrible mood. 
Spent money today £25 on fuel and £25 onto DS school lunch account.
Still need to go and water garden and collect eggs from chooks. I have boiled eggs for tomorrows lunch egg and rocket sandwiches nom nom.
off to do a few surveys xx