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Missy’s family of 4, paying off debts, saving for a house and just trying to survive!
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Ok, so it turns out I really need to sort the washing as I’ve just spent 10 minutes sifting through the piles of clean washing to find the PE kits for today! Very annoying!So I think I might see what I can get done in an hour and go from there. I’ll be back around 9, so will make myself a coffee, set a timer and go from there!2
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Could you work for an hour, relax for half an hour and then repeat?
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Hey @Baileys_Babe that’s exactly what I did, although I’ve been sat down for half an hour and I’ve had breakfast and the cat has sat himself on me. I no pull fo with moving…..
so far I have cleaned all three toilet/bathrooms, loaded the dishwasher, hung the washing up and emptied the bins, oh and sorted the washing which I am yet to put away. It doesn’t sound like I’ve done much. But I didn’t stop for the whole hour and was really working up a sweat! I feel bad for neglecting the bathrooms, they were disgusting!Right I am going to move…… I am….. I’m doing it now…… honest…… erm….2 -
I’m I did get up and do another hour! I did some more washing and hung it up and hauled out the entire shoe cupboard under the stairs which was good. Have just had some decaf coffee and toast. Trying to only have one proper coffee a day and I’ll have that before I teach.I need to leave for work in 25 minutes so need to get a wiggle on really. Really can’t be bothered though.Still haven’t sorted the children’s washing. Will try and muster the enthusiasm when I get home or else I’ll just wait until tomorrow as I have the day whilst the children are at school3
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Hey!
well i’m sat at home. Under a blanket and I’ve just had a bowl of beans with bread and cheese. I’ve got a blanket and I’ve got the children beside me in their onesies eating pizza and we’re wAtching the peanuts movie. This is happiness.
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Ok so I’ve waited for ages to have an evening to myself, me and the children has a lovely time watching the film, then as soon as I’d put them to bed I went and sat on the sofa and I’m just all grumpy and bored.
obv I have a million things I could or should be doing. But I just can’t be bothered, but consequently I’m bored. I don’t get myself sometimes! Self sabotage at its best. I couldn’t even find anything on tv or books I wanted to read.
so I’ve got into bed all grumpy, OH is yet to ring, I thought he’d have phoned by now but he hasn’t.So humph…1 -
Humph indeed !
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Morning,
up super early for work, really can’t be arsed. May woke me up at stupid o clock as she has a bad dream. So I’m feeling a bit worse for wear. I’m going to have to fight off the urge to go to bed after the school run.I’ve still got loads of cleaning, sorting and washing to do. But I also have so much admin to do. I’ve got work at 2-5.30.
Not sure how the day is going to pan out.
hey @d@dawnybabes yes, I need to go through this whole account rigmarole thing online, part of the ‘admin’ I need to do.
right work beckons! Hope you all have a good day.1 -
Morning Missy. I was just reading about your grumpy evening…I totally get it. It’s even worse when there’s no one to be grumpy at! 😁Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
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Hi…..
im so sorry I’ve been away, and catastrophically fallen off the wagon…. Really, really struggling with life at the moment. OH has been struggling with his mental health which has made life really difficult and I’ve just been spending money like it’s water trying to make myself and mostly him happy. I’m one of these people who gets joy from other peoples happiness, but also feels desperately sad when the other person is unhappy. In the middle of this doom loop at the moment. Not sure of a way out. Both myself and OH have had some awful luck lately, being scammed out of £550 on eBay, and eBay and PayPal doing very little to help. Have had to go through CAB, this is all on OH which he’s not dealing with well. Someone has done more than £600 worth of damage on the car yesterday, which again OH has taken badly. Also have lifted most of the restrictions from the business, catering for everyone as best we can, and woke up to a tyrid of grumpy messages of unhappy people yesterday.Just really struggling. Need to get a hold of spending as still need to pay tax bill. Sorry for being so negative just really, really struggling with everything at the moment.3
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