NST November 2021: Turtle Strength

CEW

Happy Birthday ditty and congratulations Calling.

Thank you all for the good wishes regarding the job but it’s not confirmed yet. Company policy is it has to be advertised internally for a week and I will be told when it’s on the system. I’ve been told to apply and my manager is pretty confident That I will be the only one to apply. He’s hoping to have me on board by mid December.

Today was a spend day as I purchased a wheeled laptop bag as carrying the rucksack killed my back yesterday. I decided this would be a good investment as it will also give me something to hold onto when I’m walking to and from the station which should help my confidence. Medical condition affects my balance and I have had a few highly embarrassing falls in the past. So now I need to remove 61 items from my house by the end of November

Today I am grateful for being financially stable enough to be able to purchase items to make my life easier and potentially safer.

For the free firework displays I can watch from the warmth and comfort of my own home (the dogs are not so grateful for this but are grateful for the extra treats)

and for plenty of fresh and healthy food to choose from for my meals, along with some not quite so healthy treats if I want them.

I am also grateful for the supportive comments made by all the turtles in their posts. It’s lovely to see all the support that the turtles give each other. Every post no matter how brief shows the commitment not only to ourselves but to our fellow turtles too.

Thrifty_Taylor

Hugs CEW, well done on surviving your assessment Ditty & happy birthday too!

A tricky morning at work, but nothing I couldn't handle. Baptism of fire for the new lady who started this week though! Helped DS1 sort out his car insurance, then sorted out my house insurance, which is also due in a couple of weeks. Counting it as a NSD as have the money ready in a sinking fund envelope. Washed up after tea, then sewed together the pieces of a memory bear I'm making for my cousin. Feeling a bit stressed as I wanted it ready for the hand stitching part, to take while I'm at a craft fayre on Saturday. Got the big shop after work tomorrow, so won't feel up to sewing then when I get home! Had been looking forward to relaxing in the bath, but ended up being a quick dip when it was my turn, so I could finish the sewing off. Had the Julia Bradbury programme on in the background, was nice seeing the places on our doorstep, on TV!

Grateful for a nice afternoon in the junior end of the school, watching a video of when our cats were tiny, seeing the murmuration of birds on my way home & a male pheasant in amongst the stubble of a harvested field

Calling14

Thanks you lovely turtles for my congratulations on new job. CEW you will romp home and get yours. Team turtles!!!!!!!!

Didn't have a chance to post yesterday.

Weds night stayed in, so got my first NSD 1/15

Surveys a £5 amazon voucher £11.51/£50

Steps not quite 10k 8.5 oops  10k 2/30 only did 8.5 yesterday as well eek.

Thursday spendy day

Bought a fire stick as need to put mine in grandsons bedroom good news half price on big river site and used all my vouchers total cost £1.48.

Splashed out of my food budget on Gusto offer for next week, saves my brain thinking what to cook.

Hair cut/ colour day and late lunch out - used my cleaning pay for that. Will miss that when move jobs.

Bought 1 pressie for big day next month as seeing brother next week.

Paid £300 off my cc which is high with new couch on it. Target to clear within a month hopefully not affecting my savings.

Friday

NSD 2/15 seeing play in theatre tonight but paid for and snacks being taken.

Declutter 5/60 - colouring books, old NT books in recycling bin

10K Steps hopeful of 3/30 today.

Surveys another £15 vouchers cashed out today  £26.51/£100 increasing my target as should hopefully be able to get lot done this month.

Grateful  for

Alone in office all day today even though had some nightmare jobs to do first thing this morning.

Night out with grandkids tonight

Being assertive and not meeting an ex last night.

Calling14

Forgot to add saved £16.88 decided to pay A prime annually. Refunded nearly all this months payment and taken total amount already.  Seeing as can't see me cancelling it and I have the funds no brainer.

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

CEW fingers crossed process to get new job goes smoothly (or swimmingly as we are turtles  )
well done calling on new job and avoiding meeting ex
hope you had a lovely birthday ditty

Had a long day yesterday as did FT job in day and PT job#2 in the eve.  PT job was a pain, have really struggled with handover from former role holder and people were frustrated about stuff not done but directed it at me when i was as frustrated/fed up as they were!  Drove home thinking is it worth it for £94 a month?!  My other PT job is in the same sector and people are lovely
Back at FT job today from home so a nice Friday working at my kitchen breakfast bar.  Cat has just jumped on my chair so i may be standing this afternoon.

Recycling collected and put a load of paperwork in the paper recycling; also shredded some stuff so will count that as two items for the decluttering total.  

Deni x

f0xh0les

Why is it the paid employees who do the least, are the first ones to ask someone unpaid to do something for them????.  Think I might need to distance myself a bit from the voluntary role.  After 2 weeks of isolating, it seems they have realised they do not know how to do their jobs, and want me to train some other volunteers to 'do what you do'.  No doubt it will be at different times to my normal volunteering and so will end up with me doing twice as much in a week.  They expect too much sometimes - I know it is the first rule of charity work - wring as much as you can out of the unpaid volunteers, but honestly, there is no reason why the people they employed to coordinate, can't roll up their sleeves and do the work if they do not have the volunteers to do it, but no, it does not get done and they run around like headless chickens, beg you to do something for them, so you go in to do it, and find out they have been drinking coffee in the office while you kill yourself trying to get a job done before 9.30am.  Then they don't even have the good grace to come and say Good Morning.  I am hacked off today.  Then you get asked to go on a 3 day unpaid training event on the other side of the city in case someone has a heart attack  - erm,  no I don't flippin think so!   I really think I am close to having had enough.   Then I get home to an answerphone message telling me to do a specific job on Monday that they could have done perfectly well themselves in half an hour today.  

The volunteering is fine, the management are a total shambles.   Rant Over

Anyway.  It is Friday!!! Hooray!  Free time to have fun.  Whoop Whoop!

Grateful for: not being related in any way to 'Managers' , for having survived another week on Planet Earth, for hot tea and DS2 giving me a hug (he is not always a toad).

DawnW

Afternoon all

Still on 1 / 15 NSD, as we had a big load of logs delivered today. Lots of exercise shifting them though - we live in a terraced house with no front drive, and a shared access lane with garages behind. Anything of that nature needs to be tipped into the entrance to our garage. It can overflow a bit onto the access lane, as long as there is room for neighbours to drive past, but it does need to be cleared asap. All done now, garage swept out and car put back in. As usual I did most of the carrying and OH the stacking as he is really fussy about it whereas I am not  

Four food items left the house yesterday, donated to the food bank, some jam I was given and won't use because I make our own, some noodles as I seemed to have a vast supply, and some sweets that didn't get handed out at halloween due to lack of Trick or Treaters. So decluttering is at 13 / 60 currently.

ditty1234

Hello weekend. And thanks.

DrCarrie

Evening turtles.
My fridge freezer has gone kaput...and a lot of food...in the bin. I have made  Mini fridge outside for a few bit hopefully they will last me tomorrow at least, Landlord is sorting out another. Quite annoying as I had a delivery from the butcher. Anyways on 3NSD's now. 

Works do last night for, leaving drinks, and they were free. 

Grateful for 
- crisp sunny day
- biscuits 
- a not too busy day at work. 

Kerry_Woman

NSD 4 today.
Grateful for:
Relaxing bath.
Having a lightbulb in cupboard to replace the one that went in the living room,  also replacing it before I left for work this morning.
Start of the weekend.