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  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    well i have decided that some of my voluntary work has to go ...i really enjoy it but i need to now start thinking of overtime (yuck yuck yuck) and also the possibility of having to drive hubby to hospital appointments etc so just now i cant even think about volunteering ...on the plus side (or is it ) i have 40 hours overtime this month i think about 17.5 for next month and 25 for september so atleast it will help towards the finances hubby also realises his drinking is going to have to stop his ebaying will have to increase so maybe this is going to be a blessing in disguise ...

    i am stoked at not being on a murder charge i really am and the fact i did it sober really proved alot to me...will try and catch up with a diary or two just now catch you all soon

    finances well i need to talk to you all about that as well ...but am gonna keep my head firmly buried in the sand on that subject for another few days i think
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Hi El

    Yes, good to see you back, especially with no murder charge upcoming! :eek: Sorry you've got to pull back from the voluntary work - but its no help to anyone if you go under yourself. All I can do is think good vibes for you, hope today makes a good start for you.

    All the best.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    thanks karma all good vibes welcomed with open arms
  • Oh el how do manage volunteering with your schedule your a diamond.

    Glad your back hun x
    Isn't the knowledge that comes from experience more valuable than the knowledge that doesn't?
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    have to admit the volunteering was not too much of a problem till hubby's health deterioated.. i do volunteer work for the red cross (am now a first aider thanks to them) the local district volunteer group(as and when required and round my shifts) the local soup kitchen (only once a month ) and the c.a.b (thursdays and fridays)...didnt really want to admit to this one for reasons known to me and a few others ...but will need to give it up now...i enjoy them all and wont be packing them all in i have the soup kitchen tonight it's only once a month for 2 hours so that isnt much at all i do it with hubby ..infact it is more for hubby i do it he wanted to get involved in volunteering so we picked this one and the red cross to do together ....
    let me know if you fancy a coffee or anything this week
  • Got a mental week going to manchester on wednesday

    I'm off all weekend if you fancy meetin then?
    Isn't the knowledge that comes from experience more valuable than the knowledge that doesn't?
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    sat suits me if thats ok ...manchester nice one ...

    well i spent a few hours thinking of budgie recipes hubby is looking after his mums cousins (or something) and the little blighter got out and started chewing my frame for one of my pics in the living room ...if i couldve spanked it's butt i wouldve

    went shopping also but i am in denial about that so we'll skip right over it

    went to the soup kitchen tonight dont know if it's a sign of the times but it was the busiest i have ever seen it and some of the volunteers that have been doing it for years said they havnt seen it this busy for a long time also
  • A girl can never be in denial about shopping..just not done!
    sorry i meant to catch up tonight, was on earlier..merrily posting away and then the site just wouldn't load up..blank pages ...

    It seems like you have been busy and are probably shattered anyway. So we will catch up..she mutters in manic fashion, shaking head................
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    i was actually wondering if turnip went with budgie bob ...

    well i have slept till 12.30 today still feel a wee bit tired but not too bad catching up with things slowly

    todays plans are
    deal with mil things
    get rid of budgie
    do some housework
    chill
    try and find some energy from somwhere
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    Ooh, "try and find some energy from somewhere..."

    If you do find a good supply, please let me know, and I will pop over after work to pick some up for myself!!

    x
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
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