NST May Challenge Living on the planet of the teddy bears

ldee2111

Still on NSD 8/15 and this is what I’ll end on this month. Having a lovely time at the caravan, weather has picked up, and we’re surrounded by stunning nature - sea on one side and forest on the other. Rabbits and their kits running around the caravan, swans and their signets swimming in line, birdsong sending me to sleep and waking me up. It feels so restorative. We’ve had breakfasts and a couple of dinners in the caravan, but have also been treating ourselves too. It is our first holiday in over a year and a half. 
Grateful for nature, sun, family caravan, and living in a beautiful country. 

Thrifty_Taylor

Still on nsd#15. Took youngest to the next village to meet up with friends, so hubby looked in a shop there for some different sweets to suck (as he is on limited fluids per day). We went a walk up a big hill & he took some photos of the wildlife & fantastic views.
I'd done some sewing after breakfast, so felt justified to spend the rest of the day in the garden. Planted some cauliflower, broccoli & kale plants into the raised beds, then weeded lots near the ponds.
Quite tired after all the fresh air & heat!
Grateful for a hot day, getting the plants put in the ground, a lovely walk

ditty1234

Good morning it is a cool morning compared to yesterday and all of the birds are pretty happy, ds2 rowed a national regatta yesterday, so probably made family history as they were in finals. Haven't seen him that happy for a long time. And then he went off to a garden party. Ds1 decided he will now get the grade he needs to do his masters in London, so made a complete change of plans for next year, slightly determined by the reminder he had Friday that he will never be able to rely on driving so might be better off in an urban environment. 
As always am just so proud of boys, need to do some things for myself though and have been on survival mode (mentally) this week (again) not good, I haven't done my creative journal as have been too preoccupied elsewhere - so that is what I will have to do and catch up on this week. Where I'm fortunately only working 2 days. 
Grateful for boys, sunshine, and lots of swimming - I'm off to my lake swim in a minute. Have a lovely Sunday. Apologies for only scatter reading. 

Toni'sfriend

Yesterday was NSD No 22

I spent the whole day reading a book from cover to cover.  Not very productive but very enjoyable.

It's a beautiful morning so I'm off to tend to the plants whilst I'm waiting for the food order to arrive. Then I'm going to get all the ingredients together and prepared to make a curry later.

mothernerd

I think we should all celebrate the long weekend (and the end of a very long wet month), be kind to ourselves and relax (so grateful I no longer work so many hours that BH weekends are spent sleeping/ recovering from illnesses). I will get something done but in a pottering about/ relaxed fashion rather than a frantic rush to get everything done.

Sunday 30th May 2020
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities, seize common occasions and make them great.   Orison Swett Marden
I'm not much on seizing the day. I just kind of poke it with a stick.
When did your flight plan become a holding pattern, always circling happiness but never allowed to land? Distracted by in-flight movies, drinks and snacks, until the fuel runs out. Is this really all there is? Is this what you want out of life?  John Mark Green
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.
Care about other people's approval and you will always be their prisoner.
Do your work, then step back.
The only path to serenity
Tao Te Ching Stanza 9

f0xh0les

I have seized the day @mothernerd and lost my NSD because of it, but when you can book 5 nights in Whitby for 6 people for the bargain sum of £208, because Le Shire happens to break up for the school holidays a week before the rest of the country, I guess I had to grasp it.  £41 a night. 

Then at lunch DS3 announced he was supposed to be doing Gothic Horror in his English lesson (taught by a geography teacher this term), but they had not actually read a book yet.  So really, i's educational innit?

- Any advice on where to go and what to do/see - the hostel is literally next door to the abbey - then please let me know!

Worth checking out the YHA sites at the minute - they have just started offering some 20% off deals again for certain hostels. 

All the adults will have had 2 jabs, and it will be 21 months since we have spent one single night outside our home.

ldee2111

Sunday sweep £39.73 from food underspend swept into my accidental NST account. Despite the low NSDs, I seem to have done well with the underspending this month - there’s now over £100 in there! 

It’s our last day at caravan. We took an early walk through a forest, came out at a small village, walked around it, walked back to the caravan park by which point the weather was  scorchio! (well, scorchio for Scotland). Folk are using the outdoor pool and sunbathing on the grass. We’re sitting indoors cooling off after our walk and I’ve been searching for quotes. 

I got an email yesterday telling me our home insurance renewal quote was £253! Have just done a price comparison and got new insurance for £131 (which is less than last year), plus £45 cash back. 

I’ve also had emails from broadband provider, gas and electric provider, and tv provider saying prices are going up. I’ll spend some time next week searching for better deals. 

Grateful today for sun, a woodland walk, and making memories with DS and OH.

lcc86

Evening turtles 

Didn't post yesterday as did a 12 hour shift at my second job. Relatively OK day, managed to get a bit of banking done in preparation for June lol. Paid the balance on a weekend in Cornwall so no NSD yesterday. Got home just in time to see my team win the Champions League!

Today went for an early horse ride but ended up being short due to a very naughty horse! Have to go back to some basic training methinks. Was thinking about quitting it all but I sat and thought about all the benefits I've got from riding over the last few years and I'm not ready to stop yet!

Went to meet a friend for a walk this afternoon, the weather was beautiful. Should've been a NSD but I bought a bottle of wine - well, it is a bank holiday!

Grateful for sunshine, still getting two days off work despite working yesterday, and listening to the birds this afternoon. 

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for dd being ok enough to be on her own in the house for a few hours, for the weather picking up from the morning's chill, for 85% choc, for a little tidying up (lonnng overdue!), for dd going out on the slackline.

Kerry_Woman

NSD 21 today.
Grateful for:
Dealing with a couple of frogs.
Having the windows in flat open due to lovely weather.
Mindfulness colouring.