Small steps lead to big changes...

doingitanyway

Good luck with the meeting. I've been through similar. I hope it goes as well as it can. 

savingholmes

Good luck with the meeting.

Well done on the PADs and surveys. 

Fantastic news on your weight loss over time.

WinterWarrior

Good luck with the meeting. The trouble with big organisations is every time there’s a new top dog they come in with a great money saving idea, which turns out to be a cull of the most knowledgeable staff and if you escape it you are floundering around because an expert you needed has gone 😖 A few years later they step away with a nice payout, in comes someone else and around we go again 🙄

savingholmes

WinterWarrior said:

Good luck with the meeting. The trouble with big organisations is every time there’s a new top dog they come in with a great money saving idea, which turns out to be a cull of the most knowledgeable staff and if you escape it you are floundering around because an expert you needed has gone 😖 A few years later they step away with a nice payout, in comes someone else and around we go again 🙄

Totally agree. Plus whatever the last consultant's suggested the new ones suggest doing the opposite and so the cycle goes.

jwil

Thank you everyone   Still none the wiser really.  Not likely to hear much for a few months.  At least I've got a job for now.

I was amused this morning as my inbox was on fire about an announcement.  It was down to me to explain what was actually happening to the senior managers.  Hopefully it's a little reminder for them that I am the team encyclopaedia and they could lose all that But then of course, that assumes that they all have jobs!

I'm so glad it's now my weekend.  I'm hoping the sun will last and I can chill.  The patio desperately needs weeding.  I found a dead mouse out there this morning.  I'm now wondering if the dog is a secret hunter.  She doesn't come across as that competent    

jwil

Today's PAD - £17

Jan - £319
Feb - £135
Mar - £129
Apr - £114
May - £61

jwil

Last of my big pads today, it's been nice while it lasted!  I must keep checking surveys.

It's a beautiful day out there today, the kids are in school early, and I don't have to pick little miss up until 4.30.   Today is all mine!

I did my blood pressure this morning, and it's come down a little bit again.  It's lovely to see progress.  I've given up my lunchtime can of fizzy pop, so only drink water now most of the time unless I'm out and about.  It's been a few weeks now and I've not really missed it so that's another small change completed.  I've upped my water as well, so spend a lot of time going up and down stairs to the loo - it means I get up more often when I'm working, and good exercise too  

When I think back to how much pain I was in walking even just a year or so ago, I've come a long way.  My knee still twinges often, but it is so much better than it was.  I'm a long way from being fit, but I've made lots of progress and am really pleased.  

beanielou

Happy Friday 🌼

jwil

beanielou said:

Happy Friday 🌼

Thank you, you too

jwil

I've had a busy morning, flitting between the garden, my chair with a book, and little miss's bedroom.  Little miss's bedroom is a bomb site, but I'm making good progress.  I've pulled out all the clothes from the floor and various places they have been shoved, and putting it all through the wash as I can't tell what's been worn and what just hasn't been put away.  At least it's a dry day!  I've also washed the sofa blankets as well.

With the clothing removed, it's easier to tidy the toys etc, so I've been putting them away.  I think there's a lot that can go but I won't do that without her help.  Same with clothes, she still seems to have far too much, hence the mess, so I think we should be able to thin those down.

In the garden I've continued with my wildflower tyre planter.  DH has filled one with stuff 🙄 so I've been working on the other one.  I've now emptied the soil from some old planters into it, and have managed to fill it.  I've found my wildflower seeds so I will sow some of them as well.  I've cleared a bit of the patio so it's looking better.  The cracks in the slabs are full of grass, dandelions, and self seeded forget me nots and poppies, which I'm reluctant to pull up until they've finished flowering.  We've got yellow and orange poppies all round the back garden, and the side of the house, but for some reason they never reach the front garden which is a shame.  There are wild flowers popping up all over the paths which have obviously seeded from last year, I have no idea what they are.  It's a sign of how neglected our garden is