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jwil

doingitanyway said:

Your day out sounded fab. You have got the most out of your NT membership!
Nice that you can feel the improvement in your fitness levels 

Thank you   The NT membership has been great value for us.

savingholmes said:

Well done on the PADs.

Thank you

jwil

PAD (Payment a Day)

Today's PAD - £2

Jan - £129
Feb - £63
Mar - £101

jwil

PAD (Payment a Day)

Today's PAD - £6

Jan - £129
Feb - £63
Mar - £103
Apr - £8

jwil

I'm not feeling the love at the moment.  Work is hard at the moment, and it's a struggle saying goodbye to our colleagues.  We did have a good night out though last week which was nice.

I'm very relieved that I managed to keep my job as there's talk at DH's job of the business potentially shutting down in the next couple of weeks(!). He's been there almost 8 years, so he'll get a bit of redundancy but not a huge amount.  It's just all that uncertainty again.  Luckily it's less of a problem than for me, as we can live off my wage for a bit, we couldn't do the same for his.  If it lasts a month or two longer though he'd get past the 8 year mark which would give him a little bit more redundancy. It's always a shame though, it's a small local business, but they have been struggling for a while so it's not the biggest surprise.

There just doesn't seem any end to all the doom and gloom across the country let alone personally!

In better news:
DH has had a nice flurry of sales, including 8 items to one person, so that was a big box of stuff gone!
I have been sticking to walking and picked up my weights again.  I've also done day 1 and 2 of the April Strength training challenge for BHF.   I'm averaging about 1000 steps a day more than this time last year and it's nice to see that average increasing gradually.

Not succeeding so much in terms of housework, and the last couple of weeks my diet has left a lot to be desired, so I'm trying to get back on track with eating well. Not that it does me any good as the scales are going in completely the wrong direction!  I can eat poorly for months and I stay the same.  I eat better and do more exercise and I've probably gained half a stone.

Nearly the Easter Holidays, so I'm only working 2 days each of the next two weeks which will be nice.  Then there will be another short week because of Easter Monday, and then there will be some time off in May with the Bank Holidays and half term, so that's all to look forward to!

Financials are all going in the right direction for now.  

doingitanyway

Fingers crossed for your husband's job. 

I remember the leaving do's when some were being made redundant and others are not 

The strength challenge sounds interesting...

As you say, lots to look forward this Spring

Sunshine_girl2

Sorry to hear about your DH job , a stressful time for all . My DGC dont  finish for Easter for another 2 weeks ,strange how all the school holidays vary over the country . 

in_need_of_direction

Good start to this month’s pads. If the worst case scenario crystallises for dh, it may provide the opportunity for a concerted declutter.

beanielou

Sorry about the worries about DH’s job. 

jwil

doingitanyway said:

Fingers crossed for your husband's job. 

I remember the leaving do's when some were being made redundant and others are not 

The strength challenge sounds interesting...

As you say, lots to look forward this Spring

Thank you.  This is the strength challenge: https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/events/virtual/strong-woman-challenge  It's one different exercise each day - so achievable for me.  I made a donation rather than getting sponsored.  If I do the whole month I might make another donation.

Sunshine_girl2 said:

Sorry to hear about your DH job , a stressful time for all . My DGC dont  finish for Easter for another 2 weeks ,strange how all the school holidays vary over the country . 

Thank you.  It's weird how the holidays vary.  I find it strange that the kids go back the day after Easter Monday, rather than having Easter in the middle of the holidays.  I suppose that it's because Easter is so late this year.

in_need_of_direction said:

Good start to this month’s pads. If the worst case scenario crystallises for dh, it may provide the opportunity for a concerted declutter.

Thank you.  I won't pretend that that thought about decluttering hadn't crossed my mind!  However, whilst I'd be happy for him to take a break, he won't feel secure not working, so I expect he will try and get agency work straight away while looking for something permanent. We'll see though, it's early days and I might be able to persuade him, plus of course, it might not come to anything.  These rumours have been going on for years, and it's survived so far.  It does seem to be a little more serious this time though.

ladyholly

So sorry to hear of your dh's job woes. It is so unsettling for you even without money considerations.