Small steps lead to big changes...

savingholmes

Sorry your knee is so painful. 

Well done on the decluttering. Great DH is getting on board. Lovely to have your new pendant lamp sorted. Good luck with the selling. Well done on the PADs.

CRANKY40

I was overweight when my knee started hurting but x-rays showed bony spurs due to arthritis. My dad who wasn't overweight had the same thing and so does my sister. You may need to lose weight in the future if it gets bad enough to need a replacement operation (I did, my sister didn't) but you need to find out what you're dealing with first. Mine started hurting as we went into lockdown so I thought resting it was a good idea in case it was ligament damage. Wrong. 

You could also ask the doctor for a physio referral so that you can be given exercises to strengthen your leg muscles so that they will support your knee more. 

beanielou

Glad that you have done the consult form.

jwil

savingholmes said:

Sorry your knee is so painful. 

Well done on the decluttering. Great DH is getting on board. Lovely to have your new pendant lamp sorted. Good luck with the selling. Well done on the PADs.

Thank you

CRANKY40 said:

I was overweight when my knee started hurting but x-rays showed bony spurs due to arthritis. My dad who wasn't overweight had the same thing and so does my sister. You may need to lose weight in the future if it gets bad enough to need a replacement operation (I did, my sister didn't) but you need to find out what you're dealing with first. Mines started hurting as we went into lockdown so I thought resting it was a good idea in case it was ligament damage. Wrong. 

You could also ask the doctor for a physio referral so that you can be given exercises to strengthen your leg muscles so that they will support your knee more. 

Thank you, that's really useful. I think leg exercises will be useful as my thigh muscles hurt too and that perhaps is due to compensating for the knee.

beanielou said:

Glad that you have done the consult form.

Thank you

jwil

Happy payday!  I need to do the financials and all of my totalising for the month.

DH has finally removed the remainder of the stuff from the small room, so I'm going to go and get some paint.  This will just be plain paint to do the ceiling, base coat and woodwork, and I'll let the kids choose their colours later.  Hopefully I'll be able to do the filling and prep today as well.  My knee is painful so I'll see how it goes.

jwil

End of month update:

Debts:
1. £3500/ £3493
2. £4562/ £4554

Total: £8031

Mortgage - £96,177.49/ £95,410.66

Savings:
LISA: £1,272.70 / £1,300
Premium bonds £1,025 / £1,050
Emergency fund: £3.36 / £90
Other: £0 / £50

jwil

Declutter update:

1 - 12. eBay sales
13. Xmas lights
14 - 19. Comics
20. Artwork
21. Toy pieces
22. Disposable camera
23 - 30. Camera films
31. Carpet cleaning fluid
32. Carpet cleaner
33 - 34. Desks
35 - 36. Chairs
37. NT handbook
38. Phone cable
39 - 46. Bolts
47. T-shirt
48. Name tags
49. Extension plug
50. Small wooden box
51. Trainers
52 - 53. Swimming costumes
54. Expanding file
55 - 57. Envelopes
58. Lego windows
59. Lego bricks
60 - 62. Toy cars
63 - 67. Hoover accessories
68 - 70. Pens
71. Smarties mug
72. Scraper
73 - 74. Lego lots
75 - 79. Toy train pieces
80 - 82. Dressing up costumes
83. Skirt
84. Ironing board cover
85 - 104. Clothing
105. Light fitting
106. Carpet underlay
107 - 108. Lightbulbs
109. Cushion
110. Pet bed
111 - 114. Pens
115. Plastic tub
116. Extension lead
117. Disco bulb
118. Chair
119. Action figure
120. Jack in the box
121. Switch game
122 - 131. Clothing
132. Fuse wire



Declutter totals: 
Magazines/papers: 9
Other: 132

Total: 141

Ebay listings: 45
Ebay parcels: 22

Survey/other earnings:
Amazon: £5
Paypal/cash: £59.65
Other vouchers:£0

jwil

Well that's a pretty good start to the year with the financials and the declutter list!

My final default has dropped off my credit file, so my record is now clear!  (not that it matters, but still...)
I did have a F&F offer from my largest creditor but it was only around £900 off so I don't have sufficient funds to do that.

I've got an appointment with a muscle-skeletal specialist next week for my knee so that's good.

Today I have done most of the prep for the small room - filling and sanding.  I did manage to set the smoke alarms off with the dust!  I was wearing goggles and a face mask and did open all the windows.  Just need to wash down everything then I can paint.  I did get the paint this morning.

Back to work tomorrow.  Joy!

WinterWarrior

The numbers are looking really good jwil ⭐️ …and all that decluttering! Amazing work. 

Congratulations on your clear record….never needed, but lovely to have!

savingholmes

Doing so well