NST April 2020: Fools we are not!

facethemusic

Wednesday- NSD 14. 
DD and I hit a bit of an "isolation boredom wall" today, bit of time "alone" (ie in different rooms in our very small house) and we're back on track! 
Gratitudes today- a 20 minute time out resetting emotions, 10000 steps, barBQ, chocolate buttons, cuddles at bedtime. 

PurpleFairy26

Lcc congrats on the promotion
facethemusic think we can all relate to needing a bit of space at times 

a couple more NSD, have lost count to be honest 🤔 safe to say not much is being spent. 

House and jobs needing doing continue to be kept on top of whilst juggling school work. Grateful for:

veg box delivery
sunshine
good sleep

Toni'sfriend

Another NSD

I never thought I'd be glad to be asked to do the Boy's ironing! Oh well, it gave my something to do and helped him out a bit.

I am so glad I now have salad ingredients. I love salads and I have really missed having one for lunch. 

I managed to put a new battery in the bathroom scales. Eek! Obviously this lock down is having a detrimental effect on my weight in a big way. Must be a combination of all the scones I've found in the freezer and boredom  (let's have another cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit). Serious look at diet is required. I guess not getting any exercise is not helping.

I don't have any firm plans for today. I might try to sort out a cupboard or two.

abbi_aurelia

Hi all, think LO is up to something, only napped for 40 mins at nursery yesterday, not eating a lot today and quite fretful, wondering if she is working on canines as I can't believe she would have this much issue with the quarter of a molar left to emerge, I guess time will tell.  Nothing really to report. Grateful for finishing another book and now onto The Picture of Dorian Gray, OH bringing home treats from shopping and having a catch up with mum over the phone

lcc86

Afternoon all. NSD here so now have 19 out of the 22 I'm aiming for. Finished work early as logged in early. Have done my 10000 steps today and about to do a freeletics workout then I think I'll settle down with a book. Lovely weather today. Returned a parcel, it was a pair of riding boots but they weren't long enough so I'm exchanging them for another pair which are actually £10 cheaper so it works out better. I'd ordered a little mini greenhouse which arrived today. I want to try and grow a few bits for my rabbits, I've done some foraging for them in the last few days but would like to grow them a few bits if I can!

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for a phone call from a friend, for time with dd, for getting another workout done, for getting ahead with my school work, for fine weather, for my rasp canes shooting up, for the bruising on my foot now being stripey at my toes - it makes me smile!

mothernerd

Yesterday was better than the day before and today has been better than yesterday. Still working on the really difficult letter but have done the next most difficult letter - about repaying the money they have paid me. Having made the decision, they start recovery proceedings straight away, even though I am appealing against their decision (or DISPUTING as they call it - must get the terminology right or they will just ignore it, which they may do anyway).

So I've told them my current situation, given them my income (£67-something Carer's Allowance), told them my final figures for self-employment for last year and given 21st April as the winding up date for my business and my claim for tax credits and outgoings, put down DS3's contribution to bills and that he buys his own food and asked that any repayments are in line with my income and outgoings. If I had the £5000 they have paid me in the last two years, I'd pay it just to be rid of them and their shenanegins.

My current situation is (or was, managed a little distance now) close to melt down. Mum told me to stop the other night when I'd been working on it all day (with the ten pages of the 7 latest letters they've sent me - tax credits, my accounts book in the middle - I've found it more useful to keep notes when I've phoned them, info on Carer's allowance etc alongside the end of year accounts because I often need to refer to all three at the same time and it's better than having the letters loose.

Yesterday morning I heard mum talking to her friend on the phone about how long I was working on it and how wound up I was, so now I'm worrying about mum worrying about me and it's absolutely intolerable. The letter I sent today was 3 pages long, the one I'm still working on is going to be 5 pages or more which is wrong in so many ways but I want everything in writing. I always used to photocopy everything but now they prefer you to do things on-line or phone and wait in a queue, which means when things go wrong there is only their record of what happened (if they didn't act on your submission or if they misinterpret what you say.

I need to get it done and sent. I may be banging my head against a brick wall but once it's written I've done what I can and will await their verdict. Meanwhile I can get back to the important things like the seedlings in my polytunnel, putting together my little greenhouse, baking cakes (and bread, and potato cakes), changing mum's dressings, walkng more and having fun.

Today I am grateful for luscious yoghurts, walking to the post box (only one collection a day at 9 am), spending some time in the garden, watching part of one of the lego movies, another episode of Peaky Blinders, getting mum watching a film on the laptop yesterday evening (she told her friend it was on Skype, bless) even though she looked like she expected it to bite her hand off.

greent

NSD. Thankful for sunshine, getting some windows sparkling clean inside and out, seedlings (again), lovely dinner tonight, the bin mean collecting rubbish, food waste and all of the recycling today

ditty1234

NSD
Tomorrow is the big move back on to my bookshelves, some difficult good buys will have to be said. Very tired now.
Grateful for learning how to do skin fades on boys, progressing on decorating, having video meetings w students, they did enjoy it, making it to go out for an 8 M bike ride, for boys helping around the house (a bit).

Toni'sfriend

Everybody seems so busy whilst I'm here not doing very much at all. I did reorganise the freezers yesterday so they make more sense and I know where everything is. Himself is already complaining that he can't find anything. It's perfectly logical which is probably why he can't find anything. Logic is not his strong point. The good news is the butteries are no more. Every one eaten. Now he can start on the bread he had stashed at the back. It's toast for him every morning now until it's used up.

We were supposed to be going on away for a few days on Sunday but obviously we've had to cancel. I must contact the hotel chain and ask for a refund. Although the hotel is still open new bookings were being reserved for NHS staff and, in any case, we shouldn't be travelling and everything is closed so there's no where to go. I'd be quite happy if they just gave me a credit note as we use the hotels quite often but we'll see how it pans out.

Another beautiful day today. Think I'll sit outside and read.