NST Jolly Joyful July

ditty1234

Grateful for ds2 picking up ds1 from the train, grateful for life coach support, grateful for lovely chat w person who will help me with writing a grant application, grateful for discovering that 1 the clothes I bought for job interview might not work (I can return it) 2 some of it might work, and is just nice clothes, so I might keep it, even if it is a shop I am 'banned from' as it's a bit expensive. 
Time to cook and to go for a walk.

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for successful hair dyeing, for how good the back garden looks after a good mow, for a chat with a neighbour, for getting stuff out to the charity shops, for fresh air and clean water.

mothernerd

Second raised bed is in place (front row with container 'bags' behind). Need to go and line it, fill it with soil and plant it up. Took a long while because I've had to move things off the table (to bring the raised bed to the forward edge before lifting it), move all the edging stones - only a few inches and all the buckets of soil and stones.

Grateful for a sunny day (going to hang the washing in a few minutes), reaching the end of this stage (other stages should be more fun, less hard work), tuna butties and yoghurt.

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

NSD #5 today.  Had a good and productive day at work.  Had a break at lunch and sat reading my book.  Did pilates class on Fb and had a quick walk.  

Gratitudes - nice phone call with DD2; good chat with boss; still plenty of food in the fridge and freezer

Love Deni

DrCarrie

Morning Turtles, hope all is well in the water for you. 

I am NSD number 10...whoohoo! Not much else, just work and assignment and looking forward to its completion. 

Grateful for
- My sunflowers on the windowsill and sun shining though the window
- coffee
- Nice call with my DD - she has a job interview on Monday, its quite exciting. 

GeorgianaCavendish

Grateful for the extremely generous gift of a car from a relative. It’s old but in very good condition. They were going to sell it and I offered to buy it as it is a good car for new driver, and they decided to gift it to me instead. It is taxed and MOT’ed and for now MrC is insured on it. 

I’m incredibly grateful! 

 Now I just need to learn to drive 😜 

f0xh0les

Hiya Turtle Gang! I am back, Operation Puffin Strangler went exceptionally well.  

Glad we left this morning as it got considerably busier in Whitby from Wednesday afternoon and it did not feel like the right place to be. Up til then we were the only few out on the beach, but Wednesday was a sunny afternoon and the mood changed.

It was spendy though - we had to eat out, the self catering kitchen was still closed, their restaurant was closed due to staff shortages, we had a lot of 'french  bread, hummus  and olives' meals at picnic benches, but it was worth it to see DH feeding sparrows from his hand, spotting seals, getting properly excited about puffins, and exploring caves while generally relaxing, and the kids making him laugh at their utter ridiculousness.  It felt like proper 'family time' with a healthy dose of Famous Five exploring.

I managed to come back with £23 in the bank until Monday, so I still have a budget.  

apple_muncher

Good luck to your dd DrCarrie.

Mothernerd -yay! to getting that raised bed in place. Well done you!

Welcome back f0xh0les and the rest of the famous 5 gang.

Today I am grateful for more hair dyeing going well - dc has a stronger shade of blue and I now have shades of pink!, for getting some garden waste to the tip, for popping out with dc so they could see a friend, for fresh rasps, for seeing some butterflies, for online books, for a chat with a neighbour, for messages from my niece.

ldee2111

Still on NSD 4. Lots of little spends but they still snatch away my NSD. They’ve been on food top ups - I must’ve mucked up the food shop this week otherwise I wouldn’t have all the spends to get things we don’t have. 

I cashed out £20 yesterday from surveys and made £5 on gummytree. Put the £25 into mortgage OP. 

Today DS and I went to a park with other grandparents - my Dad and his partner. Had a really nice day and an even nicer lunch. Fancy bread with lime chilli avocado, poached egg and hollandaise sauce. Followed by a very scrumptious sundae. 

Grateful for sun, getting washing dried on the line, a sunny day, a day at the park, Dad picking up the bill for lunch. 

mothernerd

I've had a sleepy and mostly screen free day. 'Normal' service will be resumed tomorrow.