Living Large, on a Small Income, by the Sea.

greenbee

I find bad food days and bad days go together too. I did actually force myself to get off the sofa and cook something this evening and feel better for it. Not more productive - I feel mean leaving the dog on his own downstairs if I go upstairs to sort stuff out, and the cats have abandoned us and are out terrorising the wildlife). 

My kitchen is very badly designed - it's a decent size but everything is in the wrong place, and the sink and drainer are right on the very end of the run of units with the DW below the drainer - which results in far too much clutter building up there and the same issue with breaking things. Mind you, I also have bad days where I just drop stuff because I'm so tired. 

doingitanyway

Thanks @PennysIntoPounds the draining board has been ordered. Dishes also seem to slip from my hands but at least a good drawing board should cut my crockery losses by at least 50%!

Thanks @greenbee feeling better is a win. Productivity can wait. I am starting to see my kitchen has lots of clutter too. No cupboard space... open shelves so things easily swoop off and break...my plan is to work on what can be controlled, like a decent dish drainer!

Yoga this morning and a visit this afternoon by a friend who is bring another friend here. Both are thinking of relocating to this neck of the woods. already one person who visited now lives here...

Humidifier is on as house feels a bit chilly and damp.

A different friend gave me a household item that had been in her garage for years. I stored it during my wandering years. She visited,  saw it used for a different purpose, liked it and is seriously asking for it back for her daughter. I feel bad as it wanted for her daughter. But, she gave it to me and I love it. The world is mad and now it seems the rules of if you give someone something and want it back, you ask for it back. Surely that is against the rules of the universe!

Sunny here. 

Have a lovely Sunday

teapot2

Wow thats just rude even if it is for daughter, [is it though 🤔]

MFWannabe

Wow I could never ask for something back I’d given to a friend 
Sounds like she’s seen what you’re using it for and thought ‘Oh I’d never thought to use it for that’ and wants it back 
Madness 
Id just buy myself (daughter) another one 

jwil

That is amazingly rude!  I wouldn't even consider asking for something back, I'd just buy another one.

I'm with you on the low mood/bad eating days.  Also I have to exercise in the morning otherwise I don't do it.

liselle

Yes, what a cheek! If you usually exchange presents with this friend, could you find another item like yours and give it to her then

Tresinia511

Dia, wow, the sheer effrontery!  That is outrageous  and said friend needs to be down graded  to an acquaintance if they can't see that😳 Total bad manners and there's no way she would get that back from me.  I've concluded you are just too nice for your own good! Never be afraid to say no,  I would serve that with a portion of side eye myself,  but I'm sure you can be more tactful (but don't forget it's yours now). I mean,  it's like someone coming to your home and just saying outright they want something so you should give it? No, nope and njet😁

doingitanyway

Thanks everyone

Good to know it isn't just me thinking this way! But...The thing is it isn't buyable. It is something she already had. I'm thinking it is a cheek, but it was also in her family and the daughter is now asking for it not knowing she gave it to me. It isn't a valuable (money wise ) item by the way. I would never accept a valuable gift in the first place. 

Anyway, chicken and veg in the slow cooker
Dishwasher unloaded
Breakfast

Getting ready for yoga   

doingitanyway

Haha @Tresinia511 just seen your post as I was posting too. It made me laugh! And I have concluded I am 'too nice' too. Although not that nice as I seriously don't want to be!!

in_need_of_direction

Maybe your friend needs to think before she offloads stuff she doesn’t want.  Maybe she should just explain to the daughter that it has already gone.