NST: January 2021 – the Turtles do the Jitterbug

apple_muncher

Kale. I have nothing good to say about it apart from it makes good compost...! I have tried, I honestly have, but I just cannot like it. So I'll leave it for all those of you who happily gobble it down 😀.

Shrewbie - I wouldn't count 1 choc biscuit as spoiling a good eating day. Though I guess it depends on just how big the biscuit really was...!

Today I am grateful for not having to eat kale (!), for a good natter with my sister, for knowing mum is getting vax #1 tomorrow, for finally marking my y12 assessments from last week, for spotting WSM2013 on the telly a short while ago and setting it up to record.

DrCarrie

Turtles! I am back from the brink of illness and assigment. Hooray.   7 NSDs...where has this month gone? ]
Haven't properly looked at the challenge yet (oh my, naughty turtle). Will look tomorrow. 
Grateful for
- Garlic granuales  (seriously, they are soooo good, changed my life)
- getting assignment done - just need to pass
- meditation with yoga communnity - back on the mat tomorrow. 
Keep swimmimg.x 

DrCarrie

f0xh0les said:

 @Toni'sfriend   I like my kale wilted in a little bit of butter with grated nutmeg and lemon zest.  Great on the side of a stew, or anything with mashed potatoes.  

Delish! I love kale.

mothernerd

Quite a good day. Brilliant sunshine (still very cold) so put the washing from yesterday on the line and then wrestled the merino mattress cover out there. Mum came through with the phone - doctor's surgery were on the line. Mum has an appointment on Friday for her first dose of the vaccine but I'm too young (I thought if carer's were living with at risk people they should also be vaccinated but I wasn't going to argue. They are doing the vaccinations at the sport's village which isn't very far from us (mum thinks we can walk).

I also asked about getting blood tests done and for more detail about the one way system at the infirmary. Mum's cousin went before Christmas and both he and the young woman who came to take mum's blood last time were doubtful about mum being able to walk the required distance even using her walker. If I tell them when we get there, someone will help her (not sure whether I will be allowed inside). I can go upstairs to get the forms with the required tests on (didn't ask whether or not the lifts were in use - the flight of stairs must be at least 12' high). I have to phone a different phone number to book appointments for us both (I am allowed the blood test).

So it became a spendy day as I had to order the new phone so we will be able to summon a taxi to bring us back home (there is a public phone but it's in the entrance - there isn't one where we will be coming out in the middle of the car park. New red doro with £10 off if you bought £10 phone credit so £59.99 in total (and hope I can do the phone credit which is coming as an e-mail download). Since I had spent money I put this week's food delivery order in (will also have to work appointments in so needed to see what was available). Sunday afternoon was the first available slot so booked that and put the order together (includes cough medicine, tissues, ibuprofen, throat lozenges and vapour rub). I also added some prepared veg and a selection of frozen veg. Some veg were unavailable but one tray and one bag of prepped veg can be bulked out with carrots and other mundane veg in recipes.

A quick run round, sponging the wool thing and bringing all the washing in before it went dark, bins out (including those in today's clutter clearing as I went round finding extra card and green stuff (that is brown wilted stuff which did not like the snow and ice) to fill up the bins.

Today I am grateful for the phone call from the doctor's, for 'Staged' and 'Motherland' (saw a short clip the other day and watched the whole special today), for cup a soup and yoghurt and hm  curry.

Calling14

I have roasted Kale in the oven, with naughty bit of sugar on. Comes out like dried seaweed.  Friend told me about this as I had a huge bag, lovely change.

Today wet and miserable here.  On the plus side my local council has put £75 into my bank act yesterday no explaination, I have paid my council tax of to include single person discount so can't be that. Did have a gym membership but don't think I paid that much in total as only started in March lockdown month. Oh well it can sit there until they ask for it back.  Also had surveys pay out, woo hoo. Nice balance on my A ma zon act now.

Sad to hear, friend is suffering with depression. Moved back in with his parents, due to get married this year. Hope he gets the help he needs.

Did nothing last night except hid under my electric overblanket on couch and ate and ate.  I just couldn't get warm. Must get my act into gear and do some exercise.

Grateful for

Warm office

Last of ham today, done well since Saturday eating it.

Looking forward to watching final episode of Pembrokeshire murders tonight, great series.

f0xh0les

NSD 10 already!  Double figures! WoooHooo! 

Meals planned for today and tomorrow so no spends necessary or planned. 

3/4 of the house is cleaned, tidied, and hoovered already, as I am volunteering all day tomorrow and I do not want to have to do it all on Friday and over the weekend while everyone else gets the time off.

Half way through the week already, and nearly half way through the month!  Doing really quite well, keeping to budget, planning things, it all seems to be working.   Famous last words eh?

hummingbird15

Please may i join?

Shrewbie

hahaha apple sometimes I feel like Bridget Jones, recording every calorie… 

Yesterday was finally NSD 3 and today WILL be 4.

Ate well yesterday lots of fruit and veg. Bf’s mushroom dinner went down a treat. Today had a broccoli and sweet potato miso bowl for lunch and hm carrot soup will be for tea. Have been to gym this morning and meditated/snoozed, read some of book. Spoke to my littlest sister who's celebrating her 18th birthday today. Makes me feel old. Now preparing for evening classes. 

ldee2111 I started watching the serpent after reading your post! It’s terrifying but I think the acting is great!

Toni'sfriend

NSD No 11

Thank you for all the recipes (sorry for mentioning it, Apple). I'm getting the impression that it's a bit like spinach which I don't like as a vegetable but don't mind in curries and really like raw in salad. So I'll have a go and see.

I didn't manage to get into Himself's jar cupboard today because the phone woke us up and he was up early. There is something wrong with our landline and I'm not having it fixed just now because a) I don't want anyone who doesn't have to be in the house in here and b) it means emptying and moving heavy furniture to get at the box. We both have mobiles and everyone who needs to contact us has the numbers. I'm assuming the three calls today were nuisance calls otherwise they would have found another way to contact us. 

However, I have done the cupboard under the sink unit. If he even suggests that we need more bin bags I will not be responsible for my actions!!! And I've done a few more bits and bobs so getting there very slowly but surely. One of my next jobs is (weather permitting) to get outside when there's nobody about and de-litter the communal area. It's a mess with rubbish being blown in. Mr Peanuts, the squirrel is not helping leaving shells everywhere. His table manners are shocking!

A few more restrictions here today but nothing that is going to affect us. A bit worrying that I've heard that groups of little old ladies are congregating in our local shopping centre without masks having a day out browsing in the local HB with their friends. Hopefully the new legislation will put a stop to that. Although I wonder if it's the only contact they have with other people. There must be a lot of people who are alone struggling a bit for lack of company. Our local SA and other churches were very good with their lunch clubs and afternoon teas for people living alone for a bit of a chat and a bight to eat but that's not available now.

So, dinner from freezer. Roast beef, roast potatoes and sprouts. Then off to bed with my next Le Carre.

ditty1234

Hi grateful for a nice warm house and ds2 making dinner for us.