Simple living in the country - back to basics

badmemory · 1 July 2022 at 1:19PM

South_coast said:

Cheery_Daff said:

That will be the next decluttering target!

Would that be the 4 stone, or the clothes 🤔🤣?

My thoughts exactly.

Personally I'm going for just over 3 of the 4, that way most of the clothes will still fit even if they are a bit on the large side.

Cheery_Daff · 1 July 2022 at 1:19PM

South_coast said:

Cheery_Daff said:

That will be the next decluttering target!

Would that be the 4 stone, or the clothes 🤔🤣?

Both! 😂 12lbs gone so far in the last few weeks, another 2.5 stone left to go (I'm not aiming for quite as low as I was back then). I can already get into a couple of things I've not been able to do up for a while, and a couple of things I bought from charity shops in lockdown when the changing rooms were shut. Feels like a whole new wardrobe!

I do have rather a profusion of black t shirts though - no idea why as I rarely wear them 😂

Yes MV, I thought the survey people might have been chancing their arm! 😂

Cheery_Daff · 2 July 2022 at 11:31AM

Morning chums 😊

Well, we had a lovely night last night, although the bunk beds were slightly less lovely 😂 Leisurely breakfast, and now we're home letting the chickens roam free for a bit and making some food to take back tonight. Brought a friend back with us who we've not seen for ages too which is nice.

Gosh, it's SO nice to see everyone again, but there were about 35 of us there last night which was a little overwhelming! Due to be even more tonight I think.

No premium bonds win for us today, pah!

South_coast · 2 July 2022 at 7:34PM

Well done on the -12lbs, that's an excellent result 😀! I'm only -19lbs so far, and it's taken me 18 months 🤦‍♀️!

Cheery_Daff · 3 July 2022 at 4:58PM

Well done to you too SC! I suspect I may have undone a little of my good work with this weekend of merriment but there we are... 😂

So, a gorgeous weekend 😊😊😊 and very little cost. A group of friends had rented a place between them to celebrate their birthdays, and wouldn't take financial contributions. They bought in tea from a veggie cafe the first night, and the second night we'd all taken stuff to share and there was a massive kitchen to cook in, so we've had an excellent feast. Right bunch of hippies though - I rocked up with a bottle of one of @ldi's mocktails (to lace with gin 😂) and I think they were the only E numbers in the place 😂 everything was so wholesome, I almost feel like I've been to a health spa, it was great 😊

Lots of home grown music, much dancing, and cheerfulness all round. SO lovely. First time sleeping in bunk beds for years 😂😂 and there were probably a good 50 of us altogether yesterday, but we spent much of the time outside, it was glorious weather and pretty isolated.

Everyone pitched in to clean up - I did dorms and toilets and was reminded very much of my days working in a youth hostel 20 years ago 😂

We took home made curry, salad, and a load if @ldi veggie sausages (and gin that was a Christmas present), and came home with some of the bread mountain for the freezer.

We all enjoyed ourselves so much we're contemplating doing it again next year, but with more of a joint financial contribution.

Home bow and goodness me we're exhausted. Bunk beds with 50 people ranging from baby to 5am drunk does not a good night's sleep make 😂😂😂 We're on a blanket in the garden with the chickens and Mr Cheery has already fallen asleep (he was still up at 5am...) 😂😂

Nothing planned tonight except maybe a bath. Probably don't need to eat anything til about Wednesday 😂 Definitely an early night needed... 😂

Elisheba · 3 July 2022 at 5:45PM

That sounds amazing @Cheery_Daff. There is nothing like a good weekend away with friends and chats and laughter, and it doesn't hurt if it's near enough free either!

greent · 3 July 2022 at 7:21PM

You may be shattered as a result - but what a fantastic sounding weekend! 😃 x

Cheery_Daff · 3 July 2022 at 7:31PM

Thank you greent and Elisheba

We are well and truly topped up, and it's lovely.

I'll tell you what's also lovely - I'm sat here in a slightly dazed state spinning the Happy Wheel and staring out of the window - and I just hit a couple of ludicrous bonus rounds, as a result of which today's Happy Wheel total is £237.10

Up to £258 for July now and it's only the third!

That's my biggest win (and also my biggest month, since the very early days of loads of opening sports offers). As ever, it can, and likely will, go down as well as up, but it's a nice position to be starting from early in the month!

Might not bother with any more tonight - it took quite a long time to get through those bonus rounds and we need to unpack the car before we both fall asleep