Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻

Cheery_Daff

Yesterday's soup making results are in! 😂 still cheaper overall on agile,  compared to both the flexible tariff we were on and the fixed one we could switch to. 



And with the fixed tariff 

Cheery_Daff

I find it so interesting looking at consumption rates. There's an obvious spike at 9am, when I (rather belatedly) got up and turned on kettle, lights, electric heater. Turned the heater off about half 1, then we went out about 3 for a couple of hours. Came back, I started work again, Mr C made soup at 6.30. I ran a bath at half 7 which seems to have made no difference, but drying my hair at 8.30 caused a massive spike - I didn't realise the hairdryer was that energy intensive, I only use it for a couple of minutes! 

At the other end of the day, it seems Mr Cheery didn't come to bed til about 4.30am 👀🤔😂 No hiding from me! 🧐😂

(Obviously he's not trying to hide, he does actually come upstairs and get in the same bed, I just don't often wake up 😂)

redofromstart

My first student room had a 50p meter - cured me of hair dryer overnight. 

Cheery_Daff

Eek, yes, I can well imagine! 

Nice day today 😊 I toddled off to Hardwick Hall, using my EH membership card to offset the £19 entry fee 😱 there are actually 2 halls, the old one, in ruins, owned by EH and the new, well preserved, owned by National Trust, but members of either get into both, seems like a good arrangement.

Gosh, so much tapestry!! I've never seen so much. Not usually my thing, but the sheer amount and scale was very impressive, as was the fact that it's 450 years old 😮

Anyway, had a nice wander then a cuppa in the cafe. And then my twinged back, which has been niggling at me all week and which I have been ignoring, became un-ignorable and it took me a good 5 minutes to stand up out of my chair 😮 Lots of deep breaths, small movements, and I managed it without attracting attention - fortunately I was at a bolted down bench seat outside so I had a good prop to help me! 

Drove home and made it as far as the sofa. Mr Cheery advised a bath, but he was elsewhere on the phone and I couldn't bend down to put the plug in 🙄 Managed it now, then almost had a disaster when I couldn't reach down to turn the tap off. Ready now, and I am very grateful for the grab handles installed by the previous owner 🙄

If I manage to get in I might just stay there til Mr C comes home to help me out! 

Definitely in need of a month of yoga every day, and once I'm more mobile, a considerable amount less sitting down that I have been doing!

KajiKita

Oh no … So sorry to hear that! Hope it eases swiftly! 

KK

LadyWithAPlan

Sorry re your back 
stretching daily is really the best way forward but I often forget and then wonder why I am stiff!! 

I also find if I don’t exercise for a few days (& this less stretching) my back also stiffens up 

rtandon27

Cheery dearest - have you considered a sit/stand desk on wheels for work?  I bought on off the big river site and have found it makes an enormous difference to my back pains!  I can ping you the link if you want to have a little trip down a rabbit hole 🤣

themadvix

Eek Cheery, that doesn’t sound good… hope you don’t get stuck in a cold bath. Might I suggest that some core strength exercises might be helpful too- that’s what my physio made me do for my back. Yoga on its own doesn’t strengthen, which is what helps support the back.

redofromstart

Oh ouch. Hope you managed the bath ok. 

I always want to go and see the snowdrops at Hardwick Hall.

badmemory

I have a wii fit & it has one exercise where basically you wiggle your hips to hit the right numbers.  I haven't done it for a couple of weeks & my back keeps reminding me.  Known in this house as me waddling like a duck.  DS even noticed & I'm not sure if he would notice if the sun fell out of the sky.