NST: November 2020 - Madness!!!

Toni'sfriend

Spend day yesterday. Roast beef for today's dinner and milk for Himself. He drinks loads of the stuff.

Other than that it's getting a bit boring around here.

f0xh0les

NSD6 today. Not going out. Might get my hands on the saw later on. I feel pretty motivated today to get stuff off the list.

Lady turning up  for my last  enormous cardboard box and the packing materials.  Everything looking quite clean and tidy.

Bored of telling DS1 and 2 they need to do some revision for their PPE's next week.

But first, more coffee.

facethemusic

Sunday- I'm claiming NSD 6/18 now. A few things ticked off the list, there are a couple of outdoor jobs so I'm going to do them now before it gets dark. 
ditty1234- it will be a struggle getting steps up if you are isolating. Do you have a garden? How old are the boys? 

lcc86

I too am claiming a NSD today! Up to 5. Went for my horse ride this morning (very grateful that our yard is small and quiet so can stay open, bigger ones have all closed nearby). Was really busy out, the weather was pretty mild and nice after a few weeks of rain so I think everyone was making the most of it, but did see lots of groups of people meeting up and loads of groups of cyclists, so I'm guessing people are for the most part ignoring lockdown, which is frustrating but not surprising and just confirms to me that I don't think we've any chance of a normal Xmas. The amount of shops I've seen that are still open is puzzling - furniture shops, kitchenware shops, bike shops... the only shop that wasn't open which is usually open on a Sunday was the pharmacy I wanted to buy painkillers from! So I'll have to make another trip there tomorrow instead. Did anyone see the crowds in London of people buying takeaway beers and then chatting with all their mates? I just don't get it, why can't people go without for a few weeks to make life easier for all of us long term?

Anyway, enough moaning. I'm grateful for a lovely horse ride that loosened up my painful hip, cheese and crackers for lunch and the cosy jumper I've just changed into.

ditty1234

@Fmess I'm with you on that one, teaching in a classroom is so much more productive for everybody. 
Here comes my November commitments:

March to a different beat. I love this one, I am in a process of late midlife crisis and even my mid 50' b'day last week just emphasised that its all a bit now or never, a bit like my twenties really, I need to just achieve as much as possible now, otherwise I will suffer later! I am reviewing my career but will need to find some practical solutions. I will try to actually just apply for slightly random jobs and see what comes back. One a week.

Alternate spending; Will aim for 15 NSD days, should be easier than ever with lock down and all.

Donate – I will start writing letters again, thank you letters to family and friends and to hopefully some home made Christmas cards. And I will set up regular donations for a charity as well. 

Nesting – will sort out more photos to put up, shelves for my work stuff - now mostly lives at home, shelves for my creative stuff, some better lighting and put things away between uses!

Exercise: Am taking this week off, as too frustrated about self isolation and then I'll start to run everyday even in those cold november evenings. I have signed up to doing 70 miles during lock down, which now will be a push. 

Spending. Struggling with a monster water bill, I am on an emergency - food only budget this month. As I don't fancy pushning part of it on to December!

Stay strong: I now write my 3 pages of journal/what ever writing every morning which keeps me setting goals and focussed on what makes me feel good/bad/and what moves me forwards! Hopefully, eventually.

Those are my goals for November, it's a busy, slightly mad, manic month, and I will do as much as I can every day but tonight its all about 'His Dark Material'.

f0xh0les

Oh yes, it is on the list for tonight here too @ditty1234

Toni'sfriend

Very grey day here. Nobody about. It's all a bit depressing. We're no in total lock down (yet) in that non essential shops are still open but if we were I wouldn't be able to understand why furniture and kitchenware shops thought they were essential. Bike shops if people needed bike repairs maybe.

Anyway didn't have an NSD as I've ordered books for the SA toy appeal.

Really need to get myself  together next week and sort out a proper routine.

apple_muncher

Routines are good, toni'sfriend, aren't they? I'm less affected by both lockdowns as regards routine as I've still had to teach - whether online last time, or proper in the classroom like now. I'd probably struggle if I had no routine!

Toni'sfriend

They are, Apple, and I think that's why I beginning to struggle a bit. I feel as if I'm getting up in the morning and every day is the same but I'm not achieving anything. Need to get my act together, get cleaning, get reading and get walking (no matter what the weather is like). I have plans for at least some of those things tomorrow. Just have to find the motivation.

greent

not a NSD - DH went to shop and smallish spend. Yesterday and today we have been cleaning/ clearing the family room after a very messy tradesperson - has taken several days to get all the mess sorted! Along the way we have rearranged furniture, removed a piece of furniture (dismantled and will go in loft), given things away via fbook, sold things via fbook, listed things on flebay/ fbook, binned things, set things aside for CS and recycled some things. Looks much better in there The leather sofa in there has a snuggly throw over it, fluffy cushions on and will have  a lovely chenille blanket when that's dried (dusty from builder) and there are plenty of tealights in holders - just need to put some twinkly lights up and it will be hygge-d and finished until we get another builder in for more work