NST September 2023: Turtle Tightwaddery with a sprinkle of Alchemy

lcc86

Didn't post yesterday, it was a NSD. Long day at work all over the place, then OH and i had a takeaway which he paid for. Got an email from our old energy supplier saying we are £30 in credit now that we've switched so they'll refund soon, always a bonus! 

Today I felt unwell when I woke up but I dragged myself to the gym. Feel better for it now but it was a struggle! Another busy day, but another NSD. Not much achieved the past few days as work has just been non-stop. Am on call this evening but so far no calls. Got paid today and the extra overtime I've been doing is paying off.

Thrifty_Taylor

Thank goodness it's fri-yay!

A bit of a rush this morning. Wanted to use my 10% off coupon at L1DL, so wrote my monthly shopping list whilst eating my breakfast. Stopped at the pharmacy on my way to work to sort out Day's tablets, as the ones I'd been given yesterday were double the strength required. Spent 20 minutes trying to locate some of the right strength on our island, but was told they'd reserve them & get the drs surgery to send a prescription through. Ended up being 10 mins late for work, but phoned to let them know. Pharmacist then tried phoning me 3 times in assembly to confirm it was all sorted!

The day went fine, rushed into town to collect the tablets to discover the surgery hadn't faxed the prescription through! I had to chase it up, so another 15 mins taken up! Picked mum up then did the big shop. Put it all away after tea, finally sat down at 9pm. Watched an episode of a series & did a bit if my rug. Shattered now!

Grateful for lots of rainbows, finally getting DH's tablets sorted out, starting to teach a young girl to knit

beanielou

What a day @Thrifty_Taylor. 

Glad you saw the rainbow 🌈 though xx

grandmanerd

Grateful for yoghurt, easy peelers, drinks and throat sweets (and toilet paper for my nose). DS3 and Beloved got most of the bits of teh broken bed outside (in teh abcks so I won't fall over it) and the new frame in place. I took 2 bin bags to the rubbish bin and brought 2 small towels indoors.

beanielou

Be be better soon @grandmanerd. 

lcc86

Woke up ridiculously early this morning, not sure why, but couldn't get back to sleep so got up and mooched about for a bit. Got a load of washing done and out on the line while the weather was good, then went out horse riding. Weather is very autumnal today, crisp and fresh! I hit my arbitrary target of riding 100km a year today so am pleased with that.

Came home and had lunch then got the slow cooker on. Cleaned the kitchen and bathroom too. Fell asleep on the sofa for a bit which I don't mind considering how early I woke up! Put a second recipe in the slow cooker but I'm not feeling confident as it doesn't taste great already. It's just a veggie curry but I'm not sold... although I hate food waste so would be loathe to throw it. Popped to the gym and just cycled for 30 minutes while I watched TV.

Spend day today as bought some petrol and a plant for my aquarium (totally unnecessary but it looked pretty!).

f0xh0les

Today I got up late -8am, had breakfast, finally shunted some stuff to the shed that actually lives in the shed. Put a load.of laundry on the line,  had coffee #2 and sorted all my emails before I saw anyone else. 
Decided to invite the rest of the awake household to come scrumping in the community orchard. Now I have too many apples and six small pears .  Stuffed and baked 8 big apples used another 6 on a crumble. Still have two wicker shopping baskets full. 
Tomorrow I will be processing apples 🍏🍏
Everyone else is complaining about it being cold. So went c/s hunting for jumpers and hoodies. They looked unimpressed with my results - wait till the roof comes off, then they will love me....

grandmanerd

Thanks Beanie and abundant, I am improving. Just lying here with my yoghurt, enjoying breathing fairly normally (not sure it will survive going outside). The birds are gathering, circling and preparing to leave.

Grateful for improvements, just lying here (on my side with my upper body propped up) enjoying the peace, looking forward to today (especially once the outside bit is done) and to getting back into my nice warm bed.

ditty1234

Morning all - was able to identify 11 nsd days on my spreadsheet - so thankful for that. It is including today, and through Tuesday, as noting to spend, but fridge is full and all is good. Except just remembered have to pay for parking and buy a train ticket tomorrow - but it's for caring medical purposes so will have to magic up some money. 
Yesterday I spent all day putting everything back where it belongs, and cleaning the whole house. There is more to do but it is a start. Today is filling in complicated dvla forms w ds1, swimming, and then back to the marking and getting ready for the working week. 
Last night I ended up ant neighbours and had a good catch up over a nice glass of wine. So a lovely and focussed weekend. And by the way - the lawn, I think I will need to sort out the lawn before it turns into a mullet!
Have a lovely Sunday everybody. 

f0xh0les

Mullet lawns?  Gosh! You could become a tourist attraction, like the Koi carp ornamental lakes....

Hugs to all ill and/or wobbly people. 

The season is changing and the leaves are starting to drop. It has been very noticeable this week, we will have a night frost soon.  The kids are whining about it being too cold (last week they were whining about it being too hot) The schools are back properly now,  and the kids are just whinging monsters.

Today will be sponsored by caffeine and apple-related-produce, and brought to you by the letter Zzzzzzz