Escape to the country & living off savings

~FlowerPot~

thanks for sharing the food photos. I will def have a go at courgette strips in the lasagne, looks fab.

Skint_yet_Again

Visit to the Dr for a blood test yesterday. Then on to get a few items I forgot in aldee. Sunny afternoon so I had a walk round the village 40 mins. DF brought me leeks and purple sprouting broccoli from his allotment so I had some with beef stew. 😋

Aquafit today & we have been told they have ordered a part to fix the heating (£60k 😳) and will be done in December. 

Walked to my friends this afternoon for cuppa & chat. We are going out for lunch next week & I will get some Xmas cards & a pair of black trousers for my aunties anniversary do. I will also need to get some stamps. Will get second class to save money & send them early, first week of Dec. Posted about 20 last year so will need to check how many cards to buy. 

Meant to turn cold over the weekend and some snow forecast for next week 🥶☃️❄️

SuzeQStan

Well SYA - I hope they don’t do to your swim bath what they have done to ours - both council owned public swim baths closing within a 10 mile radius. They are both beyond their sell by to be fair - but apparently there is no plan to replace them now because of the costs involved which is really a shame.

getting properly chilly next week - are you going to brave the unheated water?!? 🥶❄️☃️⛄️🍦🧊🧥🌨️🌧️🌦️👙🏊‍♂️🩱🤿

Skint_yet_Again

To be honest Suze I am surprised they are fixing it and not just closing it. The water is warm but there is no heating and cold air blowing through the changing rooms and across the pool. The trick is to try and stay under the water as much as possible! 😆 If the water stops being warm then I will not be going. They have said they will do chair aerobics instead but not sure my back will cope with that. 

I picked up another book on my travels round the village this week so I’m planning on staying warm and reading this weekend. 

Skint_yet_Again

Had a lazy day yesterday and today I am still in bed 😆 

Plans for today 
1. Empty the box that has been sitting in my bedroom for too long! (Since I moved)

2. Goose mince chilli in slow cooker 
3. Go for a walk this morning before forecasted rain starts later 

I'm having porridge and blueberries this morning. This is the first time I have bought blueberries and they are tasteless so I won’t bother again. The only berries I like are strawberries. 

badmemory

I suspect you may be disappointed with the strawberries too,  The ones I bought last week looked ripe unlike most of the rest, but normally as soonas you touch a strawberry your hands smell.  Mine didn't.

skint_spice

I have finally caught up with your diary SYA and it’s really been useful as I will have much the same income and outgoings once I get rid of my mortgage if I stop working. It’s good to know it’s completely possible to live a good life on 10K.

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks badmemory you are right about the strawberries. I will see if I can get some frozen ones for my porridge. 

Well done for sticking with me skint_spice! ☺️ Many think it’s impossible to have a good/ decent life on 10k but I enjoy seeing family and friends, hobbies, days out and lunches / meals out. 

Sorry I am going to moan now 🫣 have had a telephone conversation with nurse practitioner at GP who has changed all my tablets meaning a return of symptoms. He has agreed to put me back on them but is referring me back to the hospital for further investigations. He has also said my blood tests show I am menopausal so I have to make an appointment with the female doctor to discuss hrt. Have been feeling so well for so long just feeling a bit down  

badmemory

Isn't it annoying when they change your working meds just because!  My old stomach ones used to work within a max of 48 hours.  The new ones sort of work but after 3 weeks the side effects cut in & those side effects are the same as I would be without them, I mean really! 

As for HRT I was on them for years until they made me come off which interestingly they did not make me do until I had retired (at 66) obviously no connection.  I had no arthritis until then.

Skint_yet_Again

badmemory I did tell him I would rather be without symptoms and take my chances with unproven possible long term effects. I get no side effects. Perhaps I should have insisted on seeing a Dr as the pills were prescribed by a specialist at the hospital, albeit 7 years ago. Ho hum 😤

DS has just made my day by popping in on his way up north for work. ☺️ I called DF & so we went up to his for a cuppa & chat so he could see his grandson. Lovely unexpected surprise.