NST OCTOBERFEST

Shrewbie

apple_muncher said:

Today I am grateful for a good cup of coffee first thing, for dyeing my hair, for Pip enjoying an afternoon at a friend's house, for a quick chat with a neighbour, for 8 more sleeps until I fly to Málaga (yes, Shrewbie, I'll wave to you🤣).

Ooh lovely, enjoy. I think my sister will be in Malaga at the same time! she's been helping out at a dog sanctuary in Ronda and will be going to Malaga afterwards to do an intensive Spanish course. 

Well done on the NSD streak @beanielou, I haven't managed it yet.

grandmanerd

Tuesday 8th October 2024

Normality is a paved road:
It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow
(Vincent Van Gogh)

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred
(Dalai Lama)

Open your heart and watch the magic happen

In the end we are all made of love and stardust

beanielou

I am now on day 7 of my NSD’s 🤩

f0xh0les

I am cleaning my house. It is exceptionally boring, but at least you can see the difference it makes, so it is also kind of rewarding. I am refusing to clean DS1 and DS2s bedrooms as they are now both over 20 and they can flippin' well do it themselves. Anyway, the top 2 floors are looking great, and I have hoovered down to the bottom step and have just made a sausage sandwich for lunch. Plan for this afternoon is to blitz the bathroom and loo, and move all the recycling into my car for a trip to the tip tomorrow. No spends is an added bonus. I had no plans to leave the house, except DH left some papers at home so had to take them to him - dressed for scrubbing the house. Oh dear! Nobody saw me, I was weaving my invisibility spell. Anyway, progress is being made -every week I get a little bit further, a little bit quicker. One day I will get the whole house clean in one day.

DawnW

I can no longer get the entire house cleaned in one day @f0xh0les but I have done the top floor and most of the middle one - the exception being the room that OH uses to keep all his 'collections'. He can do that himself.

Also did the grocery shopping for another week.

I still have a pie to make for dinner and a pile of ironing, the latter of which might have to wait till tomorrow.

Rainy and dreary here, so ideal for indoor jobs!

f0xh0les

DawnW said:

the exception being the room that OH uses to keep all his 'collections'.

If I could confine DH's 'collections' to just one room it would be fine. He has colonised 3 now. Plus I have his roadbike in my bedroom (??????) It HAS to stop.

beanielou

Luckily enough I have a bungalow & two rooms in the main that are not used. 

laura_lau

I don't have a spare room and OH "collections" have colonised part of the kitchen, 6 drawers in the living room and a whole cupboard in the landing. I don't even want to talk about the garage, I have barely space for the luggage and the Christmas decorations, all the rest is taken!

dizzyblnd

Thrifty_Taylor said:

NSD#4
Did yoga first thing,which I've not done for weeks! Heard the workers bus beep their horn for DS3, but he'd stayed at his GF's last night, so had to thrust my feet into some wellies, grab a coat, & run out across the main road in my PJ's!! Nothing like a minibus half full of builders looking at you like you've been dragged through a hedge 🤣

A full on day at work, but managed to stay patient & not think bad thoughts about my co worker.

Spent the evening sewing. I've sold one of the dresses I was flipping on Eboy, got watchers on the other 2.

Grateful for DS1 still feeling positive, looking after myself by doing yoga & a few exercises this morning, having all my boys back home again

I love the idea of you having a full on day at work but managing to stay patient and not think bad thoughts. I am going to assess days based on this in the future.

grandmanerd

Go beanie Go