Progress not Perfection

sarah_diamond

@Sun_Addict, I know I'm annoyed at myself really but I do feel it's a bit unfair especially because they're so quick scanning stuff, I felt like I was annoying the checkout staff because I put two separate piles of shopping through. and then just put the wrong pile first really. 

That's a fab credit on your gas & electric, we moved in November so playing catch up really at the moment, hoping to find some spare cash to pop on the account before winter.

doingitanyway

I'm with you @badmemory with the bad dreams-not quite nightmares with this heat...

jwil

Your garden is lovely!  I like the idea of glam litter picking  

foxgloves

Your garden looks as though you have brought the spirit of your sunny holidays home. Lovely place to relax & read.
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milann

The garden looks very relaxing. 

The butterflies fluttering by has been wonderful to see. I haven’t seen so many of the red admirals for many years. 

Sun_Addict

The part where my chair lives is the bottom bit I call the beach area. There’s nothing at the back of us so is very private. No shade either so it gets very hot. It’s got steps up to it so it keeps Mr SA away 😆

Waiting to cross a road in the city centre a bloke rescued a beautiful butterfly from the road. It looked like it had been stunned. What a kind thing to do, I hope it survived 🙏 

Sun_Addict

jwil said:

Your garden is lovely!  I like the idea of glam litter picking  

Someone remarked on my photo saying how glam I looked 😂 I certainly didn’t look like I should be litter picking 🤣

PennysIntoPounds

Aw how nice of that bloke.

Your glam litter picking is reminding me of our mse advent thread, good that you're keeping in practice 😁

Sun_Addict

Afternoon all.

Worked in the office again today until just after lunchtime. Finishing up at home. What a lovely feeling that I don't have to go back into the office again until Friday. I'm loving my new system. 

I was going to book Thursday off as Mr SA had a GP appointment. As he had his results over the phone the appointment has been cancelled so I'll save the day off for a sunnier day. 

Today's exercise has been walking to/from work then tonight it's live resistance bands. Got wet walking home, not complaining as the garden is enjoying the rain. 

Mr SA has been helping the neighbour remove the old fence panels between our gardens in preparation for putting the new ones up. I say helping, I do wonder just how much help he's been, but he feels like he's done something he classes as man work so he's happy. 

Tonight's dinner is stir fry which will use up some bits of veg from fridge stocks. 

It's been a NSD too, I really should start totting them up again. 

Sun_Addict

Morning all.

WFH today. Enjoyed my leisurely start to the day reading with a coffee.

Mid week finances checked and all ticking over nicely. 

Realised I wasted my time garden clearing on Sunday as the neighbour has chopped back the bush I was trying to tackle but couldn't reach all of. He needed to do this to fit the new fence panels. Mr SA has asked him to cut the height down while he's out chopping back so that's saved me another job. The garden is a tip though! Leaves everywhere and we've had to move pots, buddhas, etc until the fence is up so it looks untidy. I'm trying not to look at it too much 😆

Another job saved is that now Mr M have the coffee pods recycling bin DD will drop them off. 

Today's exercise has been live yoga this morning followed by a 5 minutes abs workout. I've just got back from taking the dog on the park and its live Zumba tonight. 

I can't believe how many blackberries there are on the park, I picked another bag full and there's loads more. I don't pick the low hanging ones in case a dog's cocked its leg up on them, even though they get washed, and I don't pick the high hanging ones as I'm too small to reach them 🤣 

Trying a new recipe tonight Courgette & Aubergine 'No-Sakka' I will tweak the recipe slightly by using a red wine stock pot instead of actual red wine and I'll make the white sauce with sauce flour and leftover almond milk rather than a jar. I'm also going to make 2 portions rather than 6.

As DD is at work I'll grab the opportunity to give the kitchen a good clean. I also need to vacuum and steam scrub all the floors. 

It will be another NSD as the Mr M delivery is coming tomorrow instead of today.