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

Cheery_Daff

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81931614#Comment_81931614

😂😂😂 that's hilarious 😂😂 No I'm not being that covert 😂 although I haven't felt the need to have a conversation about every little decision I've made either... 😬😂

badmemory

Just to mention though that spices that have been kept in the dark will keep for a lot of years. I have a few that I only use rarely that are almosst 40 years old. Keep then on the worktop & they will not last.

Cheery_Daff

40 years is an impressively long time to keep hold of a jar of spices! Although I'd wonder about whether it was worth giving it house room if I'd not got through a jar in 40 years 😂

Long day today. Lost 2lbs at SW this morning (not that impressive - I'd put 3lbs on over the previous 2 weeks). Then straight off to work for an event. Left at half 2, but there was a fire on the road out of town so I didn't get home til after 4.

Still, after a bit of a rest I got outside, and have done 3 more barrows of mulch - up to 9/32 now, so 28.13% 😂 although looking at the coverage I suspect I'll need more barrows than my initial vague calculations 😬

Also transplanted some more flowers, and decided not to do any more - they're all the same, all purple, and not the most exciting things, and I now have almost an entire flower bed full of them. The rest can get buried under the mulch and take their chances.

Mr C's gone so I have the rest of the evening to myself. Partly tempted to do another barrow but not sure i want to be doing that much clambering around in the back fields when there's nobody else here in case I have a mishap, so I think food and a plan for the rest of the evening is in order 😊

Cheery_Daff

Urgh,the evening is running away with me already! 😬

Pizza is in the oven - not remotely SW friendly but hey ho. I'm going to eat it and watch the last 20 mins of yesterday's film that I never finished. Then...

8-9pm - TIDY

• General tidy up podcast
• Declutter of a small area to keep the ball rolling

9-10 - PHOTOS

• blog post
• Sort more pictures for photo book

TThen head towards bed. Will likely faff considerably - I always do when I'm on my own 😬

Want a plan for the morning too.

• Longer yoga video (I think there's a 45 mins one to do this month)
• Another couple of barrows of mulch
• Another tidying podcast, possibly upstairs
• Flute practice

Then we're meeting friends for lunch, I'll need to leave about 12.15 so that's probably enough activity.

beanielou

Would Mr CD manage a barrow or two?
Iwant pizza now!

Cheery_Daff

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81932423#Comment_81932423

Mr C's back has been temperamental since he slipped a disc 25 years ago 😬 He's not a feeble weakling, but I'd not risk making him barrow stuff like that. So it's all on my. But quite frankly I need the exercise 😂

If it's any consolation it was alright but not brilliant 😂

I put on a cleaning podcast and did an hour of pottering and cleaning and tidying 😊 Just realised I didn't do any conscious decluttering 😬 Might do that before bed. But an hour of cleaning is probably enough for one night 😂

Baileys_Babe

@Cheery_Daff said:

Still, after a bit of a rest I got outside, and have done 3 more barrows of mulch - up to 9/32 now, so 28.13% 😂

Excellent progress 👏

Queen_of_the_Hive

Loving the mulching progress updates in % form @Baileys_Babe!

Cheery - I have two raised beds to prepare. They are metal ones I used on my old place but haven't set them up here yet but as I started with sowing courgette and pea seeds inside I must get this set up. Keep going - this is a good motiviator!

Decluttering - I have piles of tut in various places at home but the one by my wardrobe is the worse. Must make a start!!

Cheery_Daff

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We can spur each other on! I always do better when I think other people are doing the same thing at the same time!

Morning plan not going well so far - been awake for almost 3 hours but only just got out of bed 😬 stupid phone. Might need to take drastic measures.

In the meantime, I am at least now up. Going to stick some washing on so it can be whizzing while I'm doing my yoga 😊

Cheery_Daff

OK. 45 mins of yoga done, an hour cleaning podcast done, and I've just carried on pottering since. Put a bit pile of clothes away, changed the sheets, pegged the washing out, hoovered all of downstairs, wiped a much-needed duster round the living room, and I'm off to report on the OAT thread because I have finally...

... taken the Christmas tree down 😱🙈😂😂😂