Learning to walk before I run

smudge56

LadyWithAPlan said:

Sorry to hear about you being unwell, and you have certainly had a tough year. Winter does always turn to spring and NW increasing by £12k in a month and being 75% Fire is v impressive - the results of your constant focus.

I do hope the work situation gets better.. I had to google 'big riddy' but AI only came up with Big Roddy - a musician /MC/rapper so I am currently bopping to his  'Beautiful Day' and 'Ima Act A Fool'   so still clueless on the riddy

To get a ‘riddy’ means a red face   Haven’t heard that since I was a child :-D

Baileys_Babe

It is lovely to hear from you Ed. I hope your make a speedy recovery after your op. Lots of your post resonated with me, running frantically so as not to fall hugely behind.

Suffolk_lass

It's really good to hear your voice. I resisted the frequent urge to message you, but in true benevolent stalker fashion, I did check up on you regularly. I wish you a very happy, healthy and prosperous year of the snake

beanielou

As @LadyWithAPlan says always remember that winter does does indeed turn into spring. One of my favourite Buddhist sayings. 

Cornish_mum

Hi Ed, lovely to read your post, I hope you recover quickly and that 2025 is kinder to you than 2024 take care CM

KajiKita

I was wondering what was happening with you. Sounds like a lot! Hoping the cats and the family are all well now and you recover swiftly 😊

Nice to have you back and Happy New Year 🥳 

KK

themadvix

Lovely to see you back Ed, and I hope 2025 is the year things start to feel easier.

Watty1

oh what a lot to deal with...wishing you well.

edinburgher

Lovely to hear from you all, what a welcome back!

I am having a very easy day, with the girls at Gran's house until after the rugby, which Mrs E and I will watch together I was able to find some Guinness despite the recent shortages, and Mrs E has some snack ideas.

House is pretty much surviving and I managed to get DD2 to use her potty for the first time this morning. That sounds like a great achievement, but the childminder is getting her to do it 2-3 times a *day* (why do children always behave better for other adults)?

The wild financial excitement for today is £1.32 of interest from Chase and 45p from Prolific, I didn't win Euromillions. Who says I don't know how to party?

In signs of a less spendy month, there was no Amazon S&S to pay for today, vs £100+ last month. We have enough DW tablets, laundry detergent (bio and non), DW and WM cleaners, and catfood for one of the cats to last until the end of the year (with a fair wind). We have been able to cut our use of DW cleaners by half because our new machine has a high temperature cleaning cycle. It's only £12 a year or so, but it all helps. Mollusc have also said that we can lower our DD by £4/month, which I have taken them up on. I suspect it will go back up when our fix ends in June.

Other than that? Nothing I really want or need, got some booze, the fridge is groaning, and 4-5 hours to myself.

Happy Saturday.

  

badmemory

edinburgher said:

House is pretty much surviving and I managed to get DD2 to use her potty for the first time this morning. That sounds like a great achievement, but the childminder is getting her to do it 2-3 times a *day* (why do children always behave better for other adults)?

This is easy.  She is smart enough to know that you are stuck with her & will get even more attention by not using the potty whereas she also knows the childminder can just say goodbye so she needs to behave.  Don't let anyone tell you she is too young to do that.  If you are really lucky she is smart enough to behave like an angel out of the house & keep any hellion behaviour inside the house.