First Steps to Solvency

RelievedSheff

Hope you have a great weekend. Greek weekend sounds amazing. Time for me to have menu envy I think.

warby68

RelievedSheff said:

Hope you have a great weekend. Greek weekend sounds amazing. Time for me to have menu envy I think.

I thought we were going together for this - given our rubbish cars a polish especially

RelievedSheff

warby68 said:

RelievedSheff said:

Hope you have a great weekend. Greek weekend sounds amazing. Time for me to have menu envy I think.

I thought we were going together for this - given our rubbish cars a polish especially

The Datsun has had its annual wash in preparation 🤣🤣🤣

CRANKY40

Could it be possible that your son is doing so well because he's feeling the benefit of spendng so much time with both of his parents instead of just his mum. I'd say so and it's a great payoff for the effort that you've been putting in to improve your home life and relationships.

ladyholly

I think everyone is very proud when there child/ grandchild acheieves something especially when its unexpected. Glad to hear you have had a good dinner and enjoyed time with your wife.

When things are more normal I think you would both benefit from some couples counselling but i also think that it needs to be face to face with the counsellor as nuances are too easily lost over Zoom or whatever. I know you are talking but is she listening and taking stuff on board. She doesnt have trust in you because in the past you have given her no reason to and that is going to take time to change but she does need to change some of her skewed thinking and behaviour towards you. Whether she realises her behaviour is unacceptable and in some cases downright cruel I am not sure which is why I think you both need some guidance.

On a happier note have a lovely weekend and appreciate all the good things you have. I could just enjoy a Greek weekend shame I live a long way from you or I might be on your door step for a doggy bag.

getmore4less

Did a catch up sleep bed at 9pm up for a pee at 2am but resisted getting up went back rolled over and made it to 5am

alt80 said:

@getmore4less up for a pee but didn't get up that reads entirely wrong mate. I knew you were getting on a bit but didn't think you were at the chamber pot stage in life lol. 

should have read resisted staying up

Sounds like a pretty decent Friday

One thing that is clearly helping is the planning of goals outside the work,, even a tiny one like taking son for an ice cream has impacted the whole day.

I think this plays into routines make you more comfortable  as when nothing is planned you fall back to an old routine.

Good you found something you could watch together, 
I really like some of the stories where people older and a lot wiser than me reflect on their lives.

This is where I think if you could get into one of the longer running series it will make it easy to put episodes into a schedule to establish routine.

On the quiz stuff there are plenty of episodes of QI to work through but not seeing many on iPlayer.

I was wondering if any of the old classic comedies might appeal,  you being very young they may not quite work, there is an element of you had to be there for some of them.
Monty Python
The young ones
Faulty towers
Only fools and horses 
Gavin and Stacey
Black Adder

Or even US one like Friends, BIg Bang, Cheers

If you wans some  crime drama 
The Bridge, is a good scandi worth staying with even though subtitles(maybe reading them will keep you awake)  (38 1hr over 4 series)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b03bnc34/the-bridge

we found the JKR Strike very watchable(11 1hr over 4 series)
.https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b093ypxy/strike

Remember this is not extreme all or nothing just try one set  and then planned one episode a few nights a week.

TV used to work where  you got one a week of everything except he news,  then the soaps changed all that to multi eps a week,  now  there is a tendency to binge whole series quickly.

Sun_Addict

Well done to your son, you should be proud of him. I know what you mean about the annoying boasting parents though, had years of listening to that when my two were at school. 

Enjoy your Greek weekend. Reminds me I haven’t made Mr SA kleftico for ages, it’s one of his favourites.

Onebrokelady

alt80 said:

@Onebrokelady I haven’t watched it either just looked it up after it was mentioned on here something about my wife probably wanting to see how the rich guys live or something and recently it’s been mentioned as someone I am aware of has been on it and going by a few others I know who are peddling BS ‘courses’ to naive people likely doesn’t have whatever amount of wealth he portrays. Fairly likely some of the portfolio isn’t what it appears too. 

Tbf I’m going a bit off topic but it’s something that really !!!!!! me off. Due to the nature of my business its regulated by a professional body so am I as an individual my pii is astronomical yet plenty of guys just on the agency / related side making a lot of money with very little regulation / accountability or professional conduct. My involvement in BTL / development is separate tbf but I do things properly through the correct channels and don’t try to peddle rubbish ‘courses’ in ‘property’ to the naive. A lot that do cause the industry to have a bad rep and have been responsible for many individuals losing a money through unregulated ‘investment’ schemes. I’m not saying this guy is one of them, I don’t know just there are some hallmarks of it and it annoys me.

It's not a show about property though it's a show where a so called rich family swap places with a poor  family for a week and each family has to manage on the others budget 

RelievedSheff

Onebrokelady said:

alt80 said:

@Onebrokelady I haven’t watched it either just looked it up after it was mentioned on here something about my wife probably wanting to see how the rich guys live or something and recently it’s been mentioned as someone I am aware of has been on it and going by a few others I know who are peddling BS ‘courses’ to naive people likely doesn’t have whatever amount of wealth he portrays. Fairly likely some of the portfolio isn’t what it appears too. 

Tbf I’m going a bit off topic but it’s something that really !!!!!! me off. Due to the nature of my business its regulated by a professional body so am I as an individual my pii is astronomical yet plenty of guys just on the agency / related side making a lot of money with very little regulation / accountability or professional conduct. My involvement in BTL / development is separate tbf but I do things properly through the correct channels and don’t try to peddle rubbish ‘courses’ in ‘property’ to the naive. A lot that do cause the industry to have a bad rep and have been responsible for many individuals losing a money through unregulated ‘investment’ schemes. I’m not saying this guy is one of them, I don’t know just there are some hallmarks of it and it annoys me.

It's not a show about property though it's a show where a so called rich family swap places with a poor  family for a week and each family has to manage on the others budget 

It is usually a good easy watch as well.

Onebrokelady

RelievedSheff said:

Onebrokelady said:

alt80 said:

@Onebrokelady I haven’t watched it either just looked it up after it was mentioned on here something about my wife probably wanting to see how the rich guys live or something and recently it’s been mentioned as someone I am aware of has been on it and going by a few others I know who are peddling BS ‘courses’ to naive people likely doesn’t have whatever amount of wealth he portrays. Fairly likely some of the portfolio isn’t what it appears too. 

Tbf I’m going a bit off topic but it’s something that really !!!!!! me off. Due to the nature of my business its regulated by a professional body so am I as an individual my pii is astronomical yet plenty of guys just on the agency / related side making a lot of money with very little regulation / accountability or professional conduct. My involvement in BTL / development is separate tbf but I do things properly through the correct channels and don’t try to peddle rubbish ‘courses’ in ‘property’ to the naive. A lot that do cause the industry to have a bad rep and have been responsible for many individuals losing a money through unregulated ‘investment’ schemes. I’m not saying this guy is one of them, I don’t know just there are some hallmarks of it and it annoys me.

It's not a show about property though it's a show where a so called rich family swap places with a poor  family for a week and each family has to manage on the others budget 

It is usually a good easy watch as well.

I might have to watch it myself now 😀I don't really watch tv much