Confessions of a very tired old styler. Please join in.

wssla00

I do that all the time. Ok update for this pm.

I have a whole fridge of food ready to cook, but got lazy and had a sausage sandwich for dinner instead- it was GLORIOUS! Used hovis too lol whoops! Oh well tomorrow I will try to use some of my store cupboard ingredients into something nice......well will try!

I also have had the heating on tonight as I have been soooo cold!

katholicos

I agree with Rosieben, it's up to the individual to take what they either want or do not want (from the encyclopedia of OS knowledge) ... to enrich their lifestyle. If eating take-away meals/using taxis/not recycling etc, benefits a person and the deprivation of such things would stress/annoy/inconvenience/bore a person, then all is good.

There is no law, no rule, no taskmaster waiting to rap anyones knuckles should they not bake their own/make their own/grow their own or otherwise live a more or less self sufficient-ish lifestlye. We are not all living 'the good life' or even the Tom and Barbara 'Good Life'. Some of us are working towards that, others of us don't want or need to.

Personally, I like my creature comforts....amongst other things, I need warmth, i have a list of illnesses a ft long, so my heating has been on throughout winter, but i have turned it down to as low as i can stand and generally try to only have it on when the kids are here or when we have visitors.

My car is a major part of my expenditure but i need it to get around (because i can't walk far without getting terribly tired and breathless). The cost of using taxis and public transport, for me, would be prohibitive, so the car is one privilige that i will fight tooth and nail to hang on to no matter how dire my financial situation becomes (and it's looking pretty darn dire).

I don't like ready meals as such, but sometimes i have a quick lunch or snack of curry flavoured supernoodles, or for a quick main meal i chuck a bag of quorn in the microwave and cover with a tin of tesco sweet and sour sauce and serve with rice.

For me, the trick is to impliment ways into my life that will aid my living more simply, help me take a little better care of me and mine and hopefully help to cut expenditure and reduce the detrimental impact i make on the earth during my lifetime. But as much as i love trees, i'm no treehuggin' free lovin' loon. I'm practical. I use modern technology and i adore gadgets....especially kitchen ones.

cbsexec

Oh how I agree! Being an "older" MSE'er I have lived through harder times when my children were younger and now have just that bit more to manage on. I therefore can't allow myself to struggle with no heat, wet washing everywhere, the treat of a take away etc even if I know its not exactly os. I think you have to strike a balance to make your life as enjoyable and stress free as you can - not everyone is the same.

wssla00

Absolutely Well, my new Panny has arived so I'm going to try to make a white loaf. My old BM was rubbish for it so always ended up buying a sliced on for that, but made bread in the BM for all other types. I will let you know how it does with boiled eggs. You never know I may even stop buying bread altogether if this machine does what it says on the tin!
I am gonna make a large casserole today and try and portion it up but I will see how that goes

Spirit_2

I have had a bad week.

Wasteful - two large racks of ribs, and a pork fillet - languished uncooked in the fridge until I threw them out.

Slovenly - house is a mess, bathroom and kitchen floor dirty -and we have not hoovered for more than a week.

Sometimes even basics feel like too much.

Cheapskate

Just discovered this thread and feel so relieved that lots of other people are doing their best or what suits at the time - I always feel so bad when I read what people do and I can never hope to keep up! I start things (GC & other challenges) well then fall off the wagon, so to speak, feel guilty, spend too much/do too little housework, etc., then try again - like yo-yo dieting, I suppose. One day I WILL get to that level, but with DH just starting his own business (yours truly general factotum!), 18 yr old DS, 3 yr old DS, 6 month old DD, some things are just NOT achievable atm!

Morty_007

Spirit wrote: »

Slovenly - house is a mess, bathroom and kitchen floor dirty -and we have not hoovered for more than a week.

Forgive me but...:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:...More than a week?? I'm not sure the last time our floor got any more than a whoosh and a wizz by my 3 year old who likes to play with the hoover. He isn't very thorough, but it savesme doing it
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ginnyknit

New grandson in the house, I officially have no clean clothes so am wearing my gardening gear - then the visitors start arriving, I hide upstairs! Thank god for babies dad, he did the shopping and got lots of whoopsies including rather a lot of danish pastries which I enjoyed with a cuppa. Pulled the plug on baby bath into a bucket only to find I had used it to grow leeks in last year and it had lots of holes in! Carpet wet:eek: trail of water through kitchen when I ran through to empty bucket:( Cooker door exploded 3 days ago and the glass is still languishing in the proper bucket out back. Got no oven now so can't bake cakes - oh well tomorrow is another day

The_Thrilla

I haven't shaved my head for three days.

sammy_kaye18

The_Thrilla wrote: »

I haven't shaved my head for three days.

Oh dear - I can go one better than that - I cant remember the last time I shaved my legs - although in my defence I am 31 weeks pregnant and cant actually see my feet so as long as im not looking at them i don't care!