25 for 2025

DundeeDoll

tinkerbelluk said:

@DundeeDoll - Just wanted to pass on my thoughts re your dog  ❤️

many thanks tinkerbell for your thoughts - only dog and I have adjusted well but I do still miss other dog. He always looked surprised when he did a poo and would look at me as if to say 'what's this coming out of my bum?' which always made me laugh. only dog has had a very stubborn ear infection which is costing a fortune at the vet. sigh. but since he is 12 this month which means his brother was 2 months short of his 12th birthday I think we were lucky to get this far with 2 spaniels and no ear infection. met a neighbour walking his hound yesterday and he has the same ear infection (The hound not the owner!)

tinkerbelluk said:

@thechubbyunicorn - I get what you're saying re some of the goals being nowhere near 1/4 complete. When I first started this back in 2020, I used to stress a lot about falling behind etc. Then I started to look at it another way. I have accepted there's no way I'm going to complete all 25 of my goals, BUT I know without this challenge I wouldn't complete any of them if that makes sense. king with this one ready for the work

Main goal for April is to change all of the zero's to at least 1's!  Have a good month all :-)

a great way to think of the challenges.

Smudgeismydog

As some others have pointed out, we are now a quarter of the way through the year 😳. I can see which challengers I’m unlikely to hit, but I’m not losing heart, it’s still keeping me focused on lots of positive things

1) Lose 0.5lb 25 times - 4/25
2) Go on 25 day trips - 11/25 
3) Sell 25 items on Vinted - 7/25
4) Try 25 new recipes - 7/25
5) Maintain regular contact with 25 people - on track
6) Complete 25 random acts of kindness - 5/25
7) Walk for at least 25 minutes every day - on track
8) Drink at least 1 litre of water a day for 25 days each month - 3/25
9) Walk 25,000 steps in one day each month - 3/25
10) Charity shop or skip 25 items - 33/25 🥳
11) Reduce monthly grocery bill by £25 
12) Acknowledge 25 things I’m thankful for - 6/25
13) Work in the garden 25 times - 10/25
14) Spend 25 minutes every month reviewing our household finances - 3/12
15) Volunteer for 25 hours - 16/25
16) 25 Zumba sessions - 9/25
17) Say “no” 25 times to things that don’t give me joy, are not good for me, or things I don’t want to do - 7/25
18) Reduce petrol bill by £25 per month by consciously using the car - achieved in Jan, Feb & March
19) 25 minutes of ‘pamper time’ every week 6/25
20) Floss at least 25 times each month - 0/25
21) Reduce electricity bill by £25 per month - reduced by £48 🥳, and looking to reduce again
22) Eat 5 portions of fruit & veg a day, 25 times each month - 3/25
23) Switch off tablets at least 25 minutes before sleep every night - achieved so far
24) Watch 25 films - 5/25
25) Read 25 books - 3/25

eltee2

Morning all


• 25 books - 19/25
18.  Watch for the Talleyman, Freda Lightfoot
19. No Mercy, Martina Cole

• 25 CS volunteering sessions - 10/25

• 25 deep clean/declutter tasks - 12/25
11.  Deep-cleaned & tidied 2x pots & pans drawers
12.  Decluttered, cleaned & organised laundry area

• 25 films - 22/25
20.  Captain America: Brave New World
21.  Spectre
22.  Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

• 25 live bands - 10/25

• 25 me-time activities - 3/25

• 25 mins weekly meal planning - all on track

• 25 gardening sessions - 05/25

• 25 new recipes - 15/25

• 25 NSDs per month - April 6/25; Mar 23/25; Feb 20/25; Jan 24/25

• 25 post-SW WI sessions - 13/25

• 25lbs weight loss - 4/25

suzeesu2000

Onwards and upwards. Like others in the group, I can see a bit clearer now where I need to focus a bit more. Planning a bedroom declutter for this week so should see some movement in numbers going out from under the bed etc. Did big deep clean and declutter of kitchen last week and it feels so much calmer now and a joy to work in. Even cleaning up is easier. Hope everyone is okay, have a great week groupies xx

DundeeDoll

oops forgot to update end of week 14 so here's 2 weeks' worth
more piano practice
2 more events - Beethoven 6th and St Matthew's passion
1 B&W film - a House in Bayswater - very interesting
1 competition - YHA
1 donation to food bank - tinned veg cos that's what they were asking for
1 just one thing - singing
1 fish - mussels
2 foot soaks
1 lecture - very interesting all about mosses
1 litter pick
3 runs (!)
1 more recipe from the big pasta book - creamy pasta with broccoli
2 translated books both by samuel bjork
which takes me up to 

1) 25 * 25 per month piano: 6.3904/25

2) Pounds lost: 10/25

3) Workout programmes: 4/25

4) 25k steps in one day: 7/25

5) B&W films: 7/25:

6) Ballet / opera / plays / concerts: 8/25

7) The library: 9/25

8) Celebrations: 8/25

9) Competitions: 9/25

10) Donations to food bank: 10/25

11) Egg recipes: 7/25

12) Evensong: 11/25

13) Just one thing: 7/25

14) Fish: 10/25

15) Foot soaks: 9/25

16) Children: 7/25

17) Green in the title: 8/25

18) Lectures: 8/25

19) Litter picks: 8/25

20) Makes: 3/25

21) Malt whiskies: 6/25

22) Pasta book recipes: 12/25

23) Runs: 10/25

24) Simple things: 6/25

25) Translated books: 10/25

IrishRose12

1. Clean 25 cupboards and corners in the house. (6/25) 
2. Do 25 fun activities with family. (8/25)
3. Go out for 25 walks (2/25) 
4. Lose 25lbs. (10/25) 
5. Read 25 books. (5/25)
6. Save 25 of each domination of coin (if I can find £2's lol) 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 £2, £5, £10, £20
7. Treat myself 25 times this year. (13/25) no more for a while lol
8. Watch 25 new to me films (3/25)
9. Chill Out activity (7/25) 
10. Declutter 25 bags or boxes of unwanted items from the house. (8/25)
11. Knit 25 items. (0/25)
12. Spend 25mins sorting out my emails and photos. (12/25) 
13. Make 25th of the month a "me" day. (3/12)
14. Complete 25 DIY jobs in the house. (5/25)
15. Make 25 visits to the local church. (6/25)
16. Make 25 extra payments to my debts. (11/25)
17. 25mins of Gardening per week. (5/25)
18. Use up 25 toiletries from the stash. (8/25)
19. Tell myself "NO" 25 times. (8/25)
20. Make or bake 25 items. (4/25) 
21. Sell 25 pins from my collection. (34/25) 
22. Learn 25 new things this year. (1/25)
23. Spend 25mins per month checking 1st aid and medical supplies (2/12)
24. Listen to 25 pieces of classical music. (7/25)
25. Research 25 new DIY/life skills (1/25)

Afternoon everyone from a cold and wet/rainy Ireland  

We've had an eventful few week here at home, which has included another hospital admission, new diagnosis, travelling and Money being spent which hadn't been budgeted for.  Oh and our car gave up this week, so I'm not sure what else can be thrown at us this year as we've had everything thrown at us since November! 

Lots of new siutations we've been presented with, none of them good, and lots of new things happening that will change famiy life forever so we're literally just taking each day as it comes right now, as I'm afraid to even use my phone now becasue I don't want any more "news" or disasters for a long time now thanks. 

We're all still here and standing so that's one positive I suppose, If life could just freeze for a few months, so I can get my head around everything that woulld be great lol. 

Off for Easter break now, so I'm hoping to get some of my list ticked of, and I NEED to get some things done around the house.  Everything is building up from the cleaning to washing to things around the house just keep happening to break or leak, a lottery win would be very much appreciated right now! 
Hoping to get stuck in this week, and hopefully not much money needed to be spent to fix some things as it's non-existent right now :cry

Hope everyone has a lovely Easter and enjoys their break if you are lucky enough to work in a job to get one! 

eltee2

Happy Easter everyone


• 25 books - 19/25

• 25 CS volunteering sessions - 10/25

• 25 deep clean/declutter tasks - 12/25

• 25 films - 24/25
23.  A Working Man
24.  Timestalkers

• 25 me-time activities - 4/25
4.  Met friends for lunch

• 25 mins weekly meal planning - all on track

• 25 gardening sessions - 05/25

• 25 new recipes - 15/25

• 25 NSDs per month - April 10/25; Mar 23/25; Feb 20/25; Jan 24/25

• 25 post-SW WI sessions - 16/25

• 25lbs weight loss - 3/25

Am struggling with 'me time' stuff so am including meeting friends when it's without OH.  Annoyed with myself for not committing properly to SW - need to give myself a talking to

IrishRose12

My update for the last 2 days so far  

Clean 25 cupboards and corners in the house. (8/25) 

Chill Out activity (9/25) 

Spend 25mins sorting out my emails and photos. (13/25) 

Complete 25 DIY jobs in the house. (5/25)

Use up 25 toiletries from the stash. (10/25)

Tell myself "NO" 25 times. (10/25)

Sell 25 pins from my collection. (41/25) 

Spend 25mins per month checking 1st aid and medical supplies I'm going to mark this one as complete, as I've just ordered a new first aid box and various ointments (Germolene, Bonjella etc) this evening

DundeeDoll

for the last week: more piano, two more single malts (a tot of Bunnahabhain Friday night, a tot of Bowmore 12 Tuesday night), another just one thing (eccentric exercise, goodness my legs ache!), managed over 25K steps on Saturday, another B&W film (Marble Arch to Edgeware) and 2 makes (an origami butterfly and an origami fortune teller, the butterfly was a new one for me)

eltee2

A few more films watched - gone over 25 now so that's target met.   NSDs not so good, same for weight loss 😬

• 25 books - 19/25

• 25 CS volunteering sessions - 10/25

• 25 deep clean/declutter tasks - 12/25

• 25 films - 29/25
25. Cleaner
26. The King's Man
27. Wrath of Man
28. Raiders of the Lost Ark
29. End of Days

• 25 live bands - 11/25

• 25 me-time activities - 4/25

• 25 mins weekly meal planning - all on track

• 25 gardening sessions - 05/25

• 25 new recipes - 15/25

• 25 NSDs per month - April 13/25; Mar 23/25; Feb 20/25; Jan 24/25

• 25 post-SW WI sessions - 16/25

• 25lbs weight loss - 3/25