NST November 2021: Turtle Strength

ditty1234

Seems like I am always the one with the good news - ds1 is now testing positive, not happy and not proud as I gave him it. 
Good start to the day though, as decided to make a notebook for my daily scribble pages, instead of ordering on am4zon, save time, carbon and £££. So will have a NSD day, cook myself something nice, do something in the garden, and not go anywhere as I can't. 

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

hope DS1 isn't too poorly ditty

ditty1234

Deni_debt-free_dreamer said:

hope DS1 isn't too poorly ditty

Not at the moment, he's fairly strong - apart from everything !

DawnW

Hope both you and your DS recover quickly, Ditty1234

I seem to have had a narrow escape, as a colleague I was working with closely last Tuesday now has covid. She seemed a bit poorly but her lateral flow test at that stage was negative. I have done lateral flow tests every other day since then (all negative), been contacted by Track and Trace, and on their advice, done and sent off a PCR test. It seems I don't have to isolate according to T&T unless this comes back positive, as I am triple jabbed. My colleague had had 2 jabs though, and it obviously didn't prevent her getting it. Still, she is not too bad, I had a text from her today, and she is now up and about though still feeling a bit nauseous.

Had to work for an hour to allow another colleague to get his booster jab. I don't usually do Saturdays, but we are a very small team, trying to pull together with one of us off sick and the owner on maternity leave. I walked to save fuel and do my bit to help the planet. It is about a mile each way, so a useful bit of exercise too.

Nothing spent today, and I decluttered a salt lamp to my daughter when she came round with the kids this afternoon.

So NSD 6 / 15, and decluttering is at 23 / 60 (I think).

Kids wanted to make cakes, so we did that, read stories, played Mr Potato, dinosaurs, cars, and games on my phone - phew!

I won't be late to bed tonight.

Really didn't feel like cooking after all that, but OH helped me by doing the chopping, and together we made a chilli, which we had with rice, yogurt and chopped coriander, with a few tortilla chips on the side, all from stuff we already have in. There is enough left for another meal for both of us, too

Very grateful today to feel well, and not having covid!

Also for being able to put a meal together from what we have.

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Evening

Been productive today, dusted, hoovered and cleaned floors, also filed, shredded or recycled loads of paperwork.  Went into town to the zero waste shop - filled up glass bottle with olive oil (cost £10!!) & refilled liquid soap bottle plus bought some hot choc and dairy free fudge for DD1.  Was expensive but I'm doing my bit for the planet.
Also went to the SM for supplies plus filled up with petrol.  Did 10k steps just walking round the house and round town.  
Booked the panto for the day after sprouts day.  Will use earnings from PA surveys, now recieved in my PP account  
Having a chilled eve, made a nice tea and had a glass of wine

Gratitudes - DDs having a nice day; being able to have a day of pottering; text chat with step mum

love Deni 

Esmeralda2662

Hope you and your son are feeling a bit better @ditty1234.

Nice day today but not a NSD one.

Called at secondhand warehouse and got niece a pine chair for £5. Hope she likes it but she can always rub it down and paint it.

Took mum to look at wall lights as 1 in living room broke about 5 yrs ago. No point in rushing things! 😂  Found 1 she liked so ordered 2 and paid deposit. Hall light needs replacing too but see what these look like first. We're making progress. Just need to sort out the collapsing log burner now.

We visited town I used to live/work in for first time in over 2 yrs. Had a lovely time shopping and in charity shops. Got tubes of seed beads in a bag for £1.95 so very pleased. Sad to see so many  independent shops shut down.

Got a lovely Christmas cake from Waitr*se £6 and a good sherry. Mum got a Christmas present from her list so quite a productive trip. Cheered her up no end and she may return with her friend for a look round.

No decluttering done. Worse still 2 people have sent huge bags of stuff for me to take to charity as they don't go there! It's like decluttering in reverse.

Due to fetch niece from station tonight but her friend can go so they will travel home together. So glad as I don't like city driving and it would have taken nearly 2 hrs. Besides, Strictly is on.

Friend gave me 1/2 cooked chicken so used it with leftover curry paste and veg to make tea. Needed bread and butter to cool it down.

Had a 'chat' with OH about his negativity/moaning which are exhausting. Tried to be tactful. He says I have ostrich syndrome sticking head in sand. I say that constantly moaning to me about government, potholes, illegal immigrants, next doors leaky chimney stack, etc doesn't solve anything and he should either become an MP and sort it out or see doctor for medication. End of chat. He said there's no point in ringing doctor as you can't get a confrontation!!! 😂 I rest my case.

Gratitudes: A lovely afternoon pottering about with my Mum and ordering the wall lights, getting my beads/treasures from the charity shops and not going to the station tonight.

Sleep tight Turtles x

greent

Think I've been missing all month - oops! Just not enough hours in the day - was over 140 posts to catch up on on here - I did about 50... 

Am sure I've got rid of more than 60 items including 2 office chairs and a monitor (all given away). A bootful of items to the CS, Couple of clothing items recycled. Some things taken into work to use there (large envelopes, folders, scrap paper, a whole pack of sticky labels) And I've been using up toiletries, make up and cleaning products (although have had to buy shampoos and some shower gel)

No idea on NSDs. Definitely some have been achieved - not today, though - for sure! DH and I went for breakfast at a lovely independent eaterie with DS3 and then I spent on a few online sites for bday and Xmas presents and a felt Xmas tree for my office door   

Thankful for making a start on Jan and Dec events, for family, for heating and my new super soft & fluffy jumper from MnS Outlet

greent

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Thrifty_Taylor

Get well soon @ditty1234 & DS.
Hubby seems ok after his op yesterday. Took him into town to look round supermarkets, as he only ever goes straight to & from the hospital, so no chance to look in shops. Found some different things he can eat for snacks. Bought 4 zips for sewing jobs too.
Ate DS3's home economics food for my lunch (tacos) to make room in the fridge. Then replaced a coat zip. Had 2 phonecalls about more sewng jobs, one to repair ripped clothing, the other to hem some sails for a boat. Couldn't make out if they're for a real boat, or a model, but a 93 year old man has made it! Time will tell...
Washed up & watched some saved frugal videos on yootoob, then hand stitched paw pads on a memory bear. Finished the night off with a few rows of knitting. Have sold another thing on the bay of E, got 9 more things ending tomorrow, so will see how many of those sell. Will have to get more things listed ☺️

Grateful that hubby is doing ok, I'm making progress with things, good friends

mothernerd

Hugs ditty.

Put my washing out on the line, did another load of cans into the recycling. Phoned for a taxi to go to my house - an hour's wait. Asked mum if she would like brisket and chips or would prefer rice pudding. She went for the brisket. Only enough chips for mum so I had pickled cauliflower with mine (just a few in the bottom of the jar, so another use up). Took one mouthful and the taxi arrived (only a half hour wait). Bags were packed so just went.

Once inside I walked backwards from the front door, picking up junk mail and pieces of cardboard and read the few pieces of actual mail for me. Another £3.50 in Tosco vouchers (£6.50 yesterday). Sat on the couch filled another paper bag, a bin bag (working my way across the room to the chinchilla cage and industrial quantities of poo), bag of cans and bottles. Swept and shovelled, taking out bottles and clean bits of paper and card first. Moved things from around the cage (large bag of sand for baths, a chinchilla cave for privacy - much chewed, several pieces of wood that have been in the cage at various times.

Finally could get to sweep under the cage except the bit at the back felt welded to the skirting board. Got most of it out, shovelled and bagged but then pulled the cage out from the corner entirely and made DS3 go behind to get the stuff off the skirting board. i swept all the cobwebs and chinchilla fur from all 3 sides of the alcove, swept/ wiped all the ledges of the cage's tiers (more fur) and mopped the cleared bit of floor (used a pair of DS3's old underpants, wet but not soaking  and moved it around with my foot). He's sent for new batches of undies and socks (these must be at least 4 years old) so I will use these up as I go along and use odd socks for dusting. Going to take a pack of wipes (even if I only do the door handles) and possibly a bag of rags from the shed next time.

Moved the cage back into the corner then it was lots more sorting clearing bagging and binning including 4 bottles with dubious contents emptied down the drain and recycled (+ 2 milk bottle slater, think I emptied them on a previous visit and filled them to rinse out remainders), 5 bottles from the kitchen, a small food bag and a small rubbish bag. Chinchilla litter bag was very heavy so when I put it in the nearly full bin, it weighted the others down, but think I can fit 4 carrier bag sized rubbish bags in the corners. large pieces of bubble wrap folded and set aside for the charity shops, the inevitable pizza boxes, washer filled but could set it off.

When DS3 went to the bathroom I pulled out stuff from behind the cushions, then moved across to his place and rooted out stuff from the shelves at the side of the couch (in the small alcove), things that had fallen in between the arm of the couch and the shelves, stuff in front of the couch and at the side of the cube shelves (complicated by a large nest of cables) and a few bits from behind the cube shelves - more bags of rubbish and cans and bottles to the bins. A pot for items of cutlery, 3 parcels unwrapped, 6 bags of chinchilla food decanted into their container, one large and two medium cardboard boxes broken down. I've counted 47 out, which is more or less what I need to do every day (48, nearly 49) to meet my target.

I set the dishwasher going again (opened mid-cycle) and started a list of larger items that need to go when we get a skip or rubbish collector. Was there from 1/4 to 5 pm until after 9 pm. Significant progress because I can see about half the living room floor and the rest is semi-sorted. There are a few hot spots (probably a layer of stuff underneath both couches and the small one is heaped up but will keep plodding fiercely).

Gratitudes good food (leftovers), progress, Beloved is doing the wellbeing course I'm going on. can do all the technical stuff and may even let me use her super duper computer.