Watty's Awakening

daisy_1571

Wonderful posts to read watty and all, raise that glass of sparkles  😀 🍷 🥂 

Daisy xx

Watty1

Chrystal said:

Glad to hear you're starting to charge for your time.  You have to start valuing yourself more.  If you give people the impression that you think you aren't worth much they will take it at face value and treat you accordingly, and you are so much more than you think you are.  

I think that is what happened and I was not really recognising my contribution and if I do not then why should others.  My self worth plummeted with the ex and I am rebuilding that slowly and charging for my time will be worth that (I also volunteer for the local British Horse Society but I love doing that, it is fun, and there are a lot of us that volunteer in the role so very little to do but a lot of value to my life and that of others.  I realise that also builds self worth.

Watty1

daisy_1571 said:

Wonderful posts to read watty and all, raise that glass of sparkles  😀 🍷 🥂 

Daisy xx

A few too many glasses of sparkles last night for me.  I am somewhat sickly this morning.  Entirely my own fault and am at my desk feeling overwhelmed by work.  I've also realised my diet has become somewhat unhealthy with not enough veggies and greens and too much processed food.  I fell into this way of eating slowly and it really ramped up over the festive season.  I've made a decision that as the foods get eaten up I will not replace things like biscuits but will make my own if I want them!

MatyMoo

Sneaks in at the bottom of page 7 & pretends I have been here all along 😂

FWIW I think the PayPal find more than compensates for the tax loss 😉

a life can be rich in so many ways, I’m liking your version.

VNM seems to be a man of many talents, also good that he can still surprise you!

Suffolk_lass

I'm also changing my diet this month and next. Cutting out sugar in most forms (in things, added, cooked with), and cutting right down on starchy carbs (bread, pasta, rice, potatoes). The odd stray cracker is still being nibbled but timing when I have my homemade soup (without the crisps or bread that were a bit too much of a habit) and simple meat or fish and veg, followed by something like GS yogurt and bottled fruit from the garden. I always know when. I get a facial breakout of eczema and my mouth becomes sore and ulcerated.

It is entirely due to the excesses of Christmas (alcohol, blue and rinded cheeses, alcohol) and I need to go simple for a few weeks so I can reintroduce these in moderation. I should lose weight too, welcome but secondary. Chilli tonight, without any rice, garlic bread or jacket potato. We had some of the same ragu batch in peppers, topped with cheese and baked for 20 minutes last night too. Two more days and the cravings should stop. I really must stop mentioning the naughty things. It makes me think of them! A bit like see one, want some.

LadyWithAPlan

i think 99.9 % of the population has to take a step back from eating everything sugary in sight in Jan 

I always introduce extra greens first as a way to help - kale etc cleans up the liver and is great also for helping stop the sugar cravings
The more veg the better .. 

Watty1

I'm still eating up the sugar stuff that found its way into the house!  However I am also leaving a bowl of something for the VNM if he is here alone and that will get through it by the middle to end of the month.     

Next month I will start in earnest.   I've been browsing websites for inspiration.    Last night I made a traybake using left over veggies from the weekend roast, some frozen garlic, frozen peas, bit of stock and some sausages from the freezer. It was delicious and far more veg than I would usually eat.  It fed both of us and there is enough left for my lunch.  Frugal too in that the carrots and parsnips would usually make it to the horses if they start to go soft.   I'm loving traybakes as I can shove them in the oven while working and serve a meal at the end with no fuss. I also need to get my slow cooker going.    The desire for real bread has not passed so I am adding a bread maker to my list of possible purchases this year. I'm having a limited spend year (if I do no spend I'll give up) so I am simply making a list of things I would like to buy and will research how that could happen in a cost effective way. 

My allowed spends are obviously bills and the stuff for the horses (like physio) food for us all and some lovely time out with friends, although I'm sticking with cheaper events.  I'm also allowing coffees out as I really think they are an affordable luxury that I don't do often and deliver so much pleasure for the few pounds they cost.  (Also cheaper than going out for a drink).    Renovating house and garden come under allowed spends. Pretty much everything else will be carefully considered and probably not make the cut unless found cheaply second-hand.

greent

Rather than a bread maker, do you have a (stand) mixer with a dough hook at all? Eg Kenwood, Kitchenaid type thing? Dough takes maybe max 10 mins from start to finish in one and then you can just leave it prove, knock back once when it has risen and then pop it in a tin with a shower cap on until its risen again - 30 mins in oven and bosh! - a lovely (normal shaped/ sized) loaf of bread. And a mixer is far more versatile than a breadmaker. (Dough is reasonably forgiving with how long you leave it before knocking back or putting in the oven, so you can get in with work/ shopping/ riding whilst waiting)

TallGirl

I agree you just cannot do total no spend. Coffee out is a pleasure but not if it becomes a habit. You can always save up the stamps and as you said it is really only a treat if it not all the time. I like allowable expenditure too. 

Watty1

greent said:

Rather than a bread maker, do you have a (stand) mixer with a dough hook at all? Eg Kenwood, Kitchenaid type thing? Dough takes maybe max 10 mins from start to finish in one and then you can just leave it prove, knock back once when it has risen and then pop it in a tin with a shower cap on until its risen again - 30 mins in oven and bosh! - a lovely (normal shaped/ sized) loaf of bread. And a mixer is far more versatile than a breadmaker. (Dough is reasonably forgiving with how long you leave it before knocking back or putting in the oven, so you can get in with work/ shopping/ riding whilst waiting)

Oh !  That cupboard is one of the ones I need to turn out.   I am wondering if my mixer does have a dough hook. I will clear the cupboard and find out (off to google what I am looking for).