The Diary Of Onebrokelady Aged 60 And A Half

milann

Sounds like a lovely way to celebrate a birthday. Hope you had a lovely time with your Dd.
The batch cooking is THE way forward. It makes sense on so many levels.
Hope your day in work passes quickly so that you can enjoy the days off 👍

Onebrokelady

I do always make four portions of whatever I’m cooking but think maybe making several different meals for the freezer is the way to go. We had a lovely evening celebrating birthday thanks 🙂

Onebrokelady

jwil said:

Enjoy your time off

Thank you 🙂

Onebrokelady

milann said:

Sounds like a lovely way to celebrate a birthday. Hope you had a lovely time with your Dd.
The batch cooking is THE way forward. It makes sense on so many levels.
Hope your day in work passes quickly so that you can enjoy the days off 👍

Thank you we had a lovely time and it was so much more relaxing than going out for a meal. Yes a really need to get my self into properly batch cooking, I always cook four portions of whatever I’m making but then I normally just eat that for four day, it would be nice to have several different meals to choose from. I made bolognese yesterday and two of those have gone in the freezer.

Onebrokelady

Hi everyone 🙂how did it get to be March already 😳 . We have had a few lovely days of nice weather while I’ve been off which has been so lovely. I didn’t have a very good start to the week because I was really tired so in between doing things I slept a lot.
 

I have had a busy week though. Saturday and Sunday were spent with DD2 for her birthday and we had a lovely time, we ordered food from Zizzis Italian because it’s DDS favourite . I had a lovely mushroom risotto with garlic bread which was very trasty, I was a bit disappointed with my dessert though, I ordered a tiramisu and although the dessert I got was yummy it wasn’t tiramisu,it was more like a gateaux but tasty anyway. We watched A Man Called Otto and it was really good. I love Fredrick Backman as an author and have read most of his books so when the Americans made a film I wasn’t sure I would like like it especially when they changed the main characters name but Tom Hanks did a good job with the part so I’m glad we watched it 🙂

Monday I was tired so slept for most of the morning but I had to go into town to register my POA with my mums bank but it was a waste of time again because the paperwork was wrong again. I’m not doing again, my sister can have her way and she can deal with it all, she keeps sending the wrong paper work so obviously has a problem with me being involved and I’m now done with it. I wasted my afternoon and paid £4 for bus fares that I didn’t need waste.

Tuesday I went to mums to have my hair cut, coffee and a chat. Mums insisted I read her will while I was there and it’s not been done very well. The will only covers the house and not any of dad’s money which mum should now inherit. Dad inherited a sizeable amount from his brother which now goes to my mum but if anything happens to mum it’s not covered by her will. I also got to see a copy of my dads will while I was there and discovered that I am actually named as an  executor but no body has told me this, I had no idea at all and nobody has spoken to me about what is happening with dads will either. 

Wednesday I was up early to go and meet my sister for breakfast but was tired I had to go to bed when I got home. I did pop over to DD2s in the evening to drop off her birthday present because it hadn’t arrived at the weekend.

Thursday I met my friend for coffee and then I came home and did some house things. 

Friday I went to the Range for a look round and I was intending to buy some plants for the garden but I changed my mind. I’m going to wait for the nicer weather


Today I made a start on my bedroom again🤪😀😳 I have painted over the gray with white emulsion as the colour I’m using is very pale. I managed to do the whole room so tomorrow I can put the colour on and I am hoping to do the whole room again. It will only take a couple of hours so is doable depending on how tired I feel. I’m full of energy this evening so hopefully I will feel the same tomorrow 🤞🤞


In other news I have decided in light of certain governments and their support of billionaires who don’t deserve it I will not be shopping at the big river store anymore so I’ve cancelled prime and kindle unlimited. I’ve donated the money I spent on that each month to the war effort in the Ukraine via a charity I found through our government. This month I sent money to support army medics and next month Im going to donate to supplying equipment such as tanks, drones etc. I can’t send much but it’s better than nothing and I feel like I’m doing something useful instead of just watching the news and wringing my hands.


I go back to work on Monday and have asked someone to swap with me because I’m meant to be on the ward. My boss hasn’t replied to the email I sent her asking to be moved so I will have to speak to her again. I’m feeling really angry at the moment so I’m not going to be putting up with it anymore and if they don’t move me I won’t be at work it’s that simple. I’m done risking my health every time I go to work 

jwil

Well done on the painting!

I love your stand on the big river store.  I'm not quite there yet but definitely using it less.

I hope you manage to get things sorted at work, and definitely walk away if you can if they won't help you.

foxgloves

With you on the boycott, OBL. We don't use the store you mention unless it is the ONLY source of buying an item we absolutely need & can't find elsewhere. This almost never happens - maybe once every couple of years. It's so hard to fight the system but at least I can put my money where my mouth is.
Well done on the painting btw.
F x

milann

Well done for standing up to work. 👏👏

Onebrokelady

jwil said:

Well done on the painting!

I love your stand on the big river store.  I'm not quite there yet but definitely using it less.

I hope you manage to get things sorted at work, and definitely walk away if you can if they won't help you.

I tried to boycott before but having to order pet supplies always scuppered my chances. I really don’t need to use them now I don’t have any pets as I can get my chicken feed elsewhere. I bought paint directly from wickes this week and had it delivered and that worked really well. 

Onebrokelady

foxgloves said:

With you on the boycott, OBL. We don't use the store you mention unless it is the ONLY source of buying an item we absolutely need & can't find elsewhere. This almost never happens - maybe once every couple of years. It's so hard to fight the system but at least I can put my money where my mouth is.
Well done on the painting btw.
F x

I just kept thinking that I managed before the big river store so must be able to do without it now and so far it’s been quite easy.