2022 Frugal Living Challenge

bargainbetty

Ellie79 said:

bargainbetty said:

Hiya, 

Post-covid/long covid fatigue is genuinely a thing - I tested positive on Dec 1 and am still struggling with tiredness and an ongoing cough. A nurse at the hospital said hers took 9 weeks to lift and it often takes 12 weeks to fully recover if you have it. I asked for advice and she said 'Listen to your body. if it needs to sleep, then you sleep.'

Best wishes for a speedier recovery!

Ah thank you. Yes, the tiredness is weird. I've just swept the downstairs and it made me really dizzy and in need of a sit down! 

I do hope you are on the mend? 

Getting there slowly, thanks! I cough whenever I talk or laugh which is a nightmare, because I love doing both! I find the tiredness is easing too, but I still get to the late afternoon and wonder when I can go to bed. 

Just do what you need to do and no more for a while. That's my plan and it gets a smidgen better each day x

Poppy_Golightly

Popped into the library this morning to pick up reserved books. Went round three charity shops while I was in town and bought nothing which is a major result for me especially as there some lovely dressmaking patterns on sale in one of them.

Shall spend the rest of the day playing with the lovely vintage (and cheap) pancake lens I bought on ebay before Christmas from a seller in Moscow. The lens was accompanied with a note "From Russia with Love!"

willow_loulou

A little message about post viral fatigue. I’ve had it since 2003!
Well the ongoing complications from a virus that has completely messed up my auto immune system. 

Under no circumstances push through and go back to normal because ‘you should be over it by now’ or anyone else is fed up with you needing rest. This is what I did and I had a complete physical breakdown and my body fights itself constantly. I’m reliant on supporting medications and registered disabled. 

So please please listen to your body and take all the time you need. Eat well, lots of veg and take supplements. What happened to me is rare but it happens, 

willow_loulou

Poppy_Golightly said:

The lens was accompanied with a note "From Russia with Love!"

Ha that’s brilliant! 

mumtoomany

Hi all, hugs to those that are under the weather. Yesterday i went out to the poly tunnel, to cut back all the dead fronds from the asparagus. Have been meaning to do it for a couple of weeks. I found new shoots of asparagus growing. Only about a dozen and not very thick, but they were added to tea, along with some Brussels sprouts that are also growing. The earliest i have ever seen asparagus coming up. By March they will all be sick of it and I'll be giving it away! 
I've also been helping to move tones of logs from the latest fallen tree. OH realised when he came in yesterday that he had managed to slice through the toe of his wellies with the chain saw, and hadn't even noticed! Luckily only the welly was damaged. 
Off to make pizza now, take care all, mumtoomany.xx

maryb

EEEK!!!  Perhaps some Toetector boots next time?  Not expensive from Screwfix

Baxtersmum

Started using the 15 minute quick wash on all my washes, I can see absolutely no difference. Might use the eco wash for towels and underwear and reusable toilet tissue (tinkle only, we use cotton flannels which we used to use as wet wipes when the kids were little and it’s carried on) but that can go in in one load. I pop all washing on wooden hangers then hang off door frames during the winter, they tend to dry overnight and need no ironing if you give them a hard shake on the hanger. I cannot wait though for spring and outdoor drying. 

Using up the last of the Smol fabric conditioner then moving over to white vinegar instead.
The Olio order I collected last week has fed me all this week and there is still food in the freezer from it, also gave out three large trays of produce, it’s well worth doing.
decluttering and selling on eDay has made me nearly £100 since 1st January so I’m going to keep up my listing 10 things each weekend until my home is back to its minimal loveliness, clutter really has an impact on my mental health, tidy space tidy brain I guess.
The cats are thriving on insect based food. It’s surprisingly cheap.
The dog and I went for an early morning walk it was beautiful, no one about and her first ever experience of frozen over puddles.

Question - My main oven stopped working on Sunday, right in the middle of a roast dinner, can I just get the bottom oven repaired. It was a secondhand cooker at £42 from eDay, I’ve had it 4 years so I’ve definitely had my moneys worth, but how do I go about repairing? 

YORKSHIRELASS

Baxtersmum the element on my parents oven went just before Christmas and they were able to get a neighbour who is quite handy to put them a new one in, I know you need to be careful with anything electric but it's worth investigating.  Oh and I completely agree about the clutter, I am exactly the same.

Tired tonight, DS is here for a few days as he has tested positive for Covid and isnt able to go back to his work accomodation.  That means stretching our mealplan and higher electric and heating costs but it cant be helped, thankfully he doesnt have any symptoms at all.

I am doing really well with not spending so pleased with that.  Need to keep this going.

mumtoomany

Thanks, @maryb , His last pair were steel toecaps, second hand, these aren't. will have to get a pair of those again. Luckily a new Screwfix has opened in town. Then of course he'll do something else! This is the man who fell through the barn roof onto concrete 2 years ago, and who's been known to electrocute himself on more than one occasion. I think maybe he has/had nine lives. More logs stacked again today. Two pallets in the field stacked about four feet high. Also three ton bags filled, ready to be moved with the tractor, once the ground drys a little. Will have enough wood for a couple of ears once it's seasoned.
Mumtoomany.xx

EskarinaWeatherwax

@Sweetlittledaydreams congrats, that’s huge! 

@Baxtersmum - it’s possible for sure. I had the same thing happen and found a repair guy who charged a call out fee to assess and diagnose -that fee would then be taken off any subsequent bill.  Unfortunately my oven was 12 years old in my knowledge and from freecycle before that so I had to give in and buy a new one!

@nannygladys - power to your inner peace 💖 I’ve found that dry January is helping me with early nights. I’m not much for TV but read a lot. Reading in bed of an evening feels like such a treat and I just drop off, in a way I never do on the sofa watching telly. I’m feeling really good for it (but do have a pub trip planned on early Feb!)