Progress not Perfection

Makingabobor2

Love that quote, and oh so true for so many people.   Each new day is a blessing. 

Sun_Addict

It was shared via a work MH group and resonated with me because I can’t think of anything great I’ve achieved this year apart from keeping plodding from day to day. It was primarily aimed at social media. 

Anyway that aside I only spent £14 in Mr T this morning and got a fair bit of stuff to show for it. As I have a lot of root veg I’ve got a veggie sausage stew on the go in the slow cooker for tonight’s dinner. 

Finished reading The Escape by Ruth Kelly OMG what a rollercoaster of a ride that was. Highly recommend if you like a thriller with lots of twists and shocks plus a very dark undertone. Every time I thought I had it sussed the plot changed 🙀

The next door neighbour replaced a damaged fence between our houses so that’s done. 

I logged off at 2pm and that’s me done until 2 January 🥳 It was very very quiet and I only received a few emails. Glad I didn’t bother going into the office. 

All I need to do now is fetch a paper and some loo rolls from the local shops tomorrow, everything else is sorted. 

PennysIntoPounds

You achieve more every day than I do in a month, and keeping plodding is possibly the greatest achievement of all.

Great neighbour has sorted the fence, that's a nice thing to not have dragged into the new year.

Enjoy your break! (And we would all fully support you if you told Mr SA you were still working once a week and went into central London to admire the lights x)

beanielou

Keep plodding is the best.
Fall down 7 times, stand up 8.

Sun_Addict

Thank you all 🥰

Bit disappointed that Fairytale of New York didn’t make the Christmas number one as much as I love Last Christmas. Did anyone see Shane McGowan’s funeral where they were dancing to it? What an amazing send off! 

Cherryfudge

Fairytale of New York is probably my favourite secular Christmas song.

Sun_Addict

Morning all, happy Saturday 🥂

Got a fairly busy day as I need to give the house a good clean and tidy. First though I have a live ClubFit class at 8.45 then I need to go to the local shops and take the dog on the park. Then can I roll my sleeves up and get cracking. 

I must put tags on the presents that I’ve wrapped and put in gift bags. Hopefully I’ll remember who’s is who’s. Haven’t put tags on yet as Mr SA is a devil for feeling presents and guessing what’s inside. I bought my own presents from Mr SA as I probably wouldn’t get anything or something unsuitable if I left it to him. All I asked was that he wrap them but he hasn’t so guess I’ll have to do that too! I wonder if it’s too much trouble to ask him to write the tag 😆

Hoping to finish everything by mid afternoon when I plan to put my feet up with a Christmas film and paint my toenails. 

I’m making the gunpowder cauliflower and lentil curry again for tonight’s dinner it was so delicious when I made it a couple of weeks ago and I still have some of the spice mix I made left. 

Sun_Addict

Just noticed blossom coming out on my tree, sure it’s a bit early yet. 

foxgloves

That's early blossom, @Sun_Addict. I have winter irises flowering at the moment. They were from my Mum years ago  - they are a variety which flower from December to about March & as they are a lovely mauve colour, add a splash of colour to winter beds. One clump never flowered but this year, on what would have been my Mum's birthday, I popped down the garden late afternoon to empty the compost caddy & noticed it was in bud! That felt like a lovely coincidence, as she always used to ask me if they were in flower yet.
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P.S I got 'done' twice last night off Mr F for feeling presents. I just can't resist!

Sun_Addict

Got most of the cleaning done, just got the bathroom to do tomorrow morning. The presents can wait until tomorrow morning too, won’t take 5 minutes. 

Can someone stop me from going in the local CS that does 10 books for £1 🤣 Another 10 added to my very extensive to be read list. To be honest they’re all good ones by authors I like, mainly thrillers but a couple of lighter reads amongst them. Some of them look brand new. The funny thing is when I re-donate my books I take them to the CS that sells them for 50p each as I don’t like the thought of them being sold for 10 for £1 🤣

Not watching a Christmas film, had an early bath and now listening to festive tunes on the radio while reading. I need to make my curry in a bit. 

Got a load of towels dried outside thanks to the sun and wind. A definite bonus in December. It was quite mild too, the heating hasn’t kicked in so another bonus. 

Another positive is I’ve been randomly given 3 days of free super Duolingo again.