Progress not Perfection

Seasidegal58

Glad to hear that your lurgy is subsiding SA. 

Enjoy the cleaning!😀

amber03

I was due to donate blood tomorrow but have had to cancel the appointment, due to OH coughing all over me the last few days and now I have a cough. It’s not a bad cough but can feel my chest is abit ight as well. Hopefully it will be like your cold and be a mild one.xx

Justcrackingonwithit

Happy Saturday, glad you are feeling better.  Zumba live sounds good, hope you enjoyed it.  I've tried it a couple of times, but don't have any co-ordination and end up facing the wrong way, turning the wrong way.....

Love a good fettle, nice to get top side of things isn't it.  Have a good rest of the weekend. 

Sun_Addict

Morning all, happy Sunday. Look at me knowing what day it is 🤣

I feel much better now, glad the sore throat didn’t really amount to anything. Hope yours is the same @amber03

Decided to take up the 60% off Duolingo offer this morning. I’ve been considering it for a while. I had to pay £47.99 for the year but this works out at less than £1 a week and I use it everyday. It won’t mean I have any extra free time to use it but I think it will still be useful. I’m going to put £3.99 a month in the annual bills pot and see how I feel when it comes up for renewal next year. 

I ordered a narrow shelf unit from Amazon for my office and they arrived yesterday so I have the task of assembling them today. Mr SA seems to think I’m not capable of this task without his assistance 😐 

Another thing I’ve done this morning is downloaded the Netflix app on my iPad so I can watch things without having to involve the main TV and Mr SA’s approval. There are quite a few things I’d like to watch that he doesn’t want to. 

I also ordered a Christmas tree bag as the tree didn’t fit back in its box last year and it ended up in a bin liner. I’m trying to get organised for when we have the loft hatch and ladder next year so want to get everything in small sturdy boxes in preparation. This means I need some decent storage boxes, with handles preferably. I might sneak off to BnM tomorrow morning before Mr SA gets up. I could get the bus there and back. 

Another thing is that the dishwasher colour has started peeling off from the front door. I want to see if there’s anything I can do to salvage it as it’s still working perfectly well otherwise. 

I’m glad I booked Monday and Tuesday off work or I’d be going back tomorrow ☹️ I’m back on Thursday. Time off flies by too fast. 

I need to do an end of month finance check this morning as it’s payday on Tuesday. 

Today’s exercise will be dog walking mainly. 

Going to make a root vegetable bake for tonight’s dinner and top it with a bit of garlic naan leftover from last night’s curry and turned into breadcrumbs. 

I don’t really make New Year’s resolutions but am definitely going to be on a use it up mission in 2025. Also very aware that my retirement date is now just over 2 years away which is very scary! 

Sun_Addict

Finances sorted. £230 sent to the holiday pot and an oddment of £10.56 to the Christmas 2025 pot. CC balance paid off. Noted annual payments pot to add an extra £3.99 per month for the Duolingo just in case I choose to carry on with the subscription when the year is up.

And the bad news is - Mr SA has a dicky tummy 😭 He probably shouldn't have had curry last night. I don't think we'll be going far today which is a shame as the fog that's plagued us for the past 3 days has finally cleared and it's a lovely sunny day. 

jwil

I've got the subscription for Duo and it's better than the free version, so I shall probably renew once it comes up.

Hope Mr SA isn't too bad today.

I like the use up challenge for the new year!

Cherryfudge

I'm tempted to the Duolingo offer as well - It would be quite useful if I could check why I've gone wrong sometimes! That facility disappeared off the free version when they stopped us interacting with other learners. I'd be interested to hear what others think are the advantages of the paid version.

I like your 'use it up' mission, SA, and I think I'm going to copy you.  I foresee lots of vegetable curry in this house in January.

Regarding your retirement, I have a feeling this has been mentioned before but I can't be sure - do you actually have to retire? Work is about more than the money and for you there's the 'having your own space' aspect. You are obviously valued there so there's feedback to you in terms of self-worth.

I hope Mr SA is better soon.

Sun_Addict

@Cherryfudge I’ve had enough to be honest. I’ve been working full time since I left school. I finished my last exam on the Friday and started my first job on the Monday. The only thing I’ll miss about my job is the money. I sit on my own as my team are all in Scotland so I rarely interact with anyone when I’m in the office. The work friends I meet up for lunch with are in different business areas so are on different floors from me. Although hybrid working is great in some respects there is a downside, it can be quite lonely if you’re not co-located. 

I put the shelving unit together all by myself 🥳 It’s mainly to put my newly rediscovered CDs on but I’ve managed to fit the CD player on the top shelf so that’s freed up some space from elsewhere. I’m really pleased with it, it looks really good to say it was only £30. I had a shoe rack from the same company and that looks great too. 

As the weather was sunny I spent some time tidying the garden. It had got quite messy with wet leaves and plants damaged by the weather. It looks better for it anyway. 

I’ve put my clothes for tomorrow in my office so I can sneak off to BnM first thing for the storage boxes. Might walk there and get the bus back. I plan to be there for 8 when it opens so hopefully won’t be busy. 

ladyholly

I hope you didnt need a manly screwdriver meaning you had to break into Mr SAs tool box. for your diy.

Blackcats

ladyholly said:

I hope you didnt need a manly screwdriver meaning you had to break into Mr SAs tool box. for your diy.

I was worried about this too