NST August 2021: Lights, Camera, Action!

GeorgianaCavendish

Grateful for an amazing meal to celebrate a friend's birthday yesterday; getting my head round some finance and house move stuff; planning a nice trip out next weekend 

apple_muncher

It's weird having the A level results on a Tuesday!!!

greent

apple_muncher said:

It's weird having the A level results on a Tuesday!!!

Totally! That aside, fingers crossed to f0xh0les DS1 and any others getting their results tomorrow - hope anyone awaiting a place/ job confirmation gets what they want

Making my life lighter- almost finished in DS2's room - another 30 mins will see it fully sorted. So some rubbish bits have gone today Also listed some things for sale on fb00k

Thankful for DS1 getting his Masters place finally confirmed, for DD's job changing from a FTC (ending 07/22) to a permanent role, for ds2's choice of glasses being fully covered by the voucher and for ds3 not needing glasses. And for sunshine.🌞

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for dc having a clean bill of health from the dentist, for my filling being quick and easy, for a bumper crop of pots and sweet pots in my liddle veg box, for the roof no longer leaking, for swedish glace ice cream.

f0xh0les

Envious of the Swedish Glace,  I found B&Js utterly coconutty caramel df whatnot in The Wading Bird Shop for £1.50 last week. so bought 2 and my rotten kids  utterly decimated it last night, so when I went back for it just now, it was g.o.n.e. 

Consoling myself with a shandy and Victoria Coren Mitchell.

ldee2111

NSD 4.

I had a very productive day at work - less distractions with both OH and DS our of the house all day. I also received an email from TfL to say they’ve processed a refund for my 3 Oyster cards. Feels like I found £18.30 down the back of my sofa. As soon as I see it in my account, it’ll be transferred straight into a mortgage OP.

Grateful for a pause in the rain for a walk, tasty leftover curry for lunch, and a focused work day. 

Thrifty_Taylor

NSD#6
A sunny day. Tagged along with next door neighbours on their dog walk. Didn't want to venture out on my own as wobbly legs, they only go @1-1.5 mile, so thought I'd manage that ok, unlike hubby's 5 mile circuits! Had a lay down after.
Did all the ironing & watched the last half of a series, then did a little knitting. Pruned 6 branches off the blackcurrants (as advised by Mr Don, on last week's G World prog), then harvested a tub full of gooseberries. Plenty more still to ripen further. Washed the dishes after tea, now unpicking a zip.
Grateful for a walk, the swelling in my face reducing, getting little jobs done

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

evening

Achieved a few things at work but felt headachy and tired today.  Went for a walk at lunch and did exercise class this eve.  
Weather been sunny and got washing dry on the line.

Gratitudes - boss letting me have an afternoon off on Friday so can visit DD2; being able to clock off early; early night

love Deni

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Also achieved an NSD so think i'm at 3 now !

mothernerd

It didn't rain so have been in the yard. Lots of emptying large containers and refilling them with a mixture of three different soils, sieving out the stones and weeds. Oddment buckets of stones gathered and sieved. One set of metal shelves painted, using up the remains of a can of paint (they are definitely older then DS1 so > 36 yo - if they don't fall apart I may buy the proper paint next year). 

All the old edging stones (the ones mum has had me digging out of the garden, painting, using, taking out again over the past 4 years) are lined up on either side of the polytunnel frame with filled 50 l pots across them (so frame is held firmly in place). Could only move one or two edging stones at a time before having to do something less strenuous. Ditto for the 50 l pots, even using the dolly truck.

I have spent a little bit of money. Mum went out this afternoon (took the birthday card by taxi and a present for an end of the month birthday). I have tried to keep going today but have had frequent half hour breaks.

Grateful for hot showers, most of the dirt coming off and some of the paint (more bits to do - I should be back to normal by the end of the week, no more blue streaks), books, games and puzzles.