NST August 2022: Lights, Camera, Action!

Thrifty_Taylor

Hugs @Deni_debt-free_dreamer.

NSD#8
We've had sunshine 🎉🎉 Had set my alarm for 7am in preparation for going back to work tomorrow, only snoozed it once, but lay semi consciously for another half an hour. Went for a walk with DH, lay on the bed for half an hour, then went back outside & weeded a border. After dinner, I did a bit more. Saw a marmalade & pink coloured moth, & a tiny frog hopped out from under some weeds. Knew they were in the garden somewhere, as not many in our pond now! Assembled one of the new deckchairs, then sat with an ice lolly & read through my first aid book. Prepped letters for posting, then after tea, I helped DS1 buy a Railcard & book his tickets. Spoke to my brother on the phone, now awaiting my turn in the bath.

Grateful for nice weather, wildlife (saw a blue butterfly on our walk, & my favourite Scabious flowers too), using the deckchair & DS1's pleasure that he'd completed another step towards his trip, also listening to a song I've not heard for @19 years & still remembering most of the lyrics!

DrCarrie

Morning all, 

Thrifty what a lovely day you described

I had a very restful day yesterday, I hardly did a thing, did a bit of laundry, and cooked for myself I was also very hungry for some reason. Adjusting to the early morning commute, being at work instead of at home and yoga. Which did mean I had NSD#8. I was out and about on Saturday and got a couple of bits from the Charity shop for my autumn wardrobe, and I got my haircut -  first wash today so we will see how it settles, but I am very hopeful. It seemed very precise cutting. 

Grateful for 
- Not opening a bottle of wine I have 
- Rest 
- My own batch cooking, to avert d3liver00.

Toni'sfriend

After my slothful start yesterday proved to be quite productive. Got a lot done and planned. And the thunder, lightening and rain last night were very welcome.

A few places to go and things to do outwith the house this week so I think today will be a bit of cleaning and tidying although I must admit my little five minute jobs, putting things away and tidying as I go along is definitely making things easier. I will have to start thinking about tackling some of the bigger jobs, though.

So must make a coffee and get on with compiling today's list.

Have a good day.

BadBookkeeper

Morning turtles, just catching up after being away for the weekend.  Here’s my updates from Fri/Sat/Sun:

- Went camping so spent a lot of time outside.  We were by a lake so stayed coolish.

- Acts of kindness were feeding friends pets on Friday & Sunday.

- Being kind to myself was to enjoy my recent splurges and having no regrets!

- Floating around a lake in a kayak was a fab way to de stress & think.  I’m lucky that the only things I need to worry about are debt and weight.  Both resolvable but by me.  I do worry about other things but these are things that worry consume my thoughts.

- When unpacking yesterday & putting stuff away in the Tupperware cupboard it did my head in so emptied it, matched lids to tubs and stacked them and actually binned the unmatched.  Usually I keep it for ‘it might come in handy for something’.  Not a big reduction in possessions but it’s a start! 

- Screen time reduced only used phone for photos.  Had a binge scroll through social media last night though.

- A welcomed breeze is coming through the house this morning, enjoyed the sunny weather but nice to have a break from it today.  Due to rain here later.

- Not a very healthy weekend but not horrendous. 

- Only spent money on a lake permit & a few groceries on Saturday so Friday & Sunday we’re NSDs.  That’s now 7/15.

Grateful for: A fun weekend making memories  with my family, dry weather to get all the washing dry, enjoying trying something new (kayaking), living in such a beautiful part of the country (North Wales) and working from home today.  

greent

Some more (small amount) of decluttering - a pair of jeans and flip-flops didn't come home from holidays (jeans worn and torn and flips broke), sold a top on flebay I found in my wardrobe that I don't ever remember seeing before!, sold DS2's old PE kit via fb00k - monies in transferred to slush fund (perhaps for hols 2023)

Spent lots in Cornwall last week but did use tesc0 vouchers for 3d3n project. Cooked at the cottage more than not - I'll take that as a win

Thankful for cooler weather today - going suit shopping with DS2 for VIth form, for antibiotics, for seeing good friends yesterday, for a good harvest of plums for our small tree  

grandmanerd

It seems a bit cooler here today but still waiting for it to break - sometimes it's cool early on but then the heat just rises and rises until it's rabid hot. Yesterday I moved downstairs when my room became too uncomfortable (have to keep scrunching my legs up as my feet start burning with the sun through the window - top end of the bed is more shaded). DS3 had finally decided to go to bed (nearly lunchtime) and I was downstairs on my own for nearly 9 hours.

Very productive but again not sure I did the most urgent things. According to the Clutter Fairy, I am doing the right things - starting with the rubbish and recycling (picking the easy wins and things that are greatest by volume. She mentioned a client with a teenage son and every time she went there, she knew she could spend a productive hour by his playstation, clearing empty coke cans (@ 40) and food/ snack debris. My problem is that some days I never seem to get beyond that. 

Think I've sorted the immediate drain problem (put drain repair phone call back on the list). Did lots of playing with various implements and sieved the water I'd originally dredged out into the drain in the backs - that needs clearing at some point, it's twin is buried under next door's fallen back wall. Made headway with scraping the stubborn weeds and soil, taking out lots of rubbish/ recycling, ate from stores (loving the ice lollies I treated myself to). One bed cover dried and I put the second one on the line just before bed. Two sundresses that went in the same wash went over a garden chair and the walker and my mask is hung on the apple tree.

My last job was to take the tree saw out and attack some of next door's weed trees. I only cut through half a branch (mini tree which is a side shoot of one of the huge ones) but did manage to pull out a couple of 'ropes' of ivy roots. I still can't get to the things by my side wall - they are endangering my wall but I'm not wading through 6' high nettles to get to them, just keep throwing any broken furniture and boards on top to deny them light.

 I'm still being very cautious because the bit attached to my wall is precarious (mine will probably come down at that end when the 'coal hole' surround is moved and it will have to be moved because that's been eaten away as well). Think I will ask Mr and Mrs Builder to come round and devise a strategy. They're due to go on holiday soon but if we decide what needs doing, I'd rather deconstruct the wall in an organised fashion. I can't deal with a pile of bricks on the floor.

I feel a bit guilty for producing so much rubbish but a lot is postponed decisions - the old laundry basket went yesterday - it's been used as a garden planter and then for gathering weeds and plastic bottles for the past 5 years. That's 5 years of finding uses for it after it ceased to function as a laundry basket and it was falling apart. Lots of rubbish buried in the soil and litter from thee car parks (probably another bin bag's worth of litter in the backs and 1 or 2 buckets of bottles).

So the plan for today is to sort the paperwork (at least into manageable piles) before it gets too hot in here and then attack the washing up and food downstairs. Think I'm going to start pulling my pots and pans out of the kitchen to force them to wash up as they will run out of pots quicker. Have several ideas for mini improvements to make the kitchen better.

have a good day you beautiful people.

short_bird

grandmanerd said:

 I'm still being very cautious because the bit attached to my wall is precarious (mine will probably come down at that end when the 'coal hole' surround is moved and it will have to be moved because that's been eaten away as well). Think I will ask Mr and Mrs Builder to come round and devise a strategy. They're due to go on holiday soon but if we decide what needs doing, I'd rather deconstruct the wall in an organised fashion. I can't deal with a pile of bricks on the floor.

Hi, long time lurker etc...
Could you ask your builders to quote twice: one for wall deconstruction and one for rebuilding? That would free you up to do something less strenuous instead especially since it sounds like a really precarious job. 

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Evening turtles

@Thrifty_Taylor, thanks for hugs.

Enjoyed not having the Monday morning feeling today as on annual leave  Have done lots of work for my self employment job - finished it this evening in time to do some more on Weds!
Took DD2 out for a coffee and dropped off 2 bags at the CS. 
Went for a walk this morning, also charged up fittybitty so i can start doing 10k steps each day. Eaten a bit better today but melted swiss triangular chocolate is very yummy indeed

love Deni 

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for the breeze, for pip coming to the PO with me, for getting better, for drafting an email to send to morrow, for good coffee and Poirot stories.

Thrifty_Taylor

Thanks @DrCarrie.

Back to work today, after 6 weeks off. Wasn't too much of a shock to the system thankfully! A spend day, as contributed to the staff present fund, but better to do it now, than faff around with collections throughout the year. DS1 messaged in a panic midmorning, as the passport office didn't accept his birth certificate. I phoned our local council & left a message. They returned my call at 4.45 & as the registrar lives up the hill from us, she dropped the full certificate off at 5.20 on her way home, talk about good service!! 
DS3 had sorted through his t-shirts that he'd outgrown, so I listed them on a local page & sold. Also sold more things on eboy, so prepped them for posting tomorrow. Had a nap, then did 2 sewing jobs after tea.

Grateful for quick service, sales, seeing certain colleagues again