Dusty's Frugal Fortnights

Oh LonelyRat,I love it,''Negative Nancy'' thats me!:rotfl:
I'm lucky that Mr Dusty does the ironing. Apart from washing up once in a long while he does no domestic stuff whatsoever. I remember when we were first married,48 LOOONG years ago, he was so fussy if I left even one tiny crease on his shirt collars that we had a truly massive row,and he took over ironing all his own stuff and the sheets,and has done so ever since.I cant stay in the room when he's doing it though,he goes over every spot about 5 times.It can take 5 minutes to iron one shirt.It drives me bonkers.:rotfl: But it is truly immaculate,I couldnt equal it in a million years
And of course,he leaves the ironing board and iron out,but putting them away is a small price to pay to avoid those shirt collars :D
I dont even bother to iron most of my stuff I wear around the house(good old artificial fibres,I love you,the creases fall out within an hour)

Well,I typed out my list of positives last night,jumped up and somehow twisted my ankle on standing!:mad:
Its throbbing and I'm limping. Had intended to go for a walk this p.m. .Oh well,its nice to be indoors because its absolutely freezing out there.There's always a silver lining:rotfl::rotfl:
And I should get some reading done,and perhaps read some MSE diaries. I havent had time lately to do it.I always learn something new,and its fun seeing the varied content,attitudes and strategies.I always thank heavens that I was so poor no-one would give me a credit card. The misery those things have caused the world is horrendous:eek::eek:
Wonder if there is some sort of new ruling on receiving advertising emails. I did declutter my subscribed sites recently,but today I got emails from 4 different companies asking me to click if I want to continue with getting info. So except for my internet provider I clicked them ''off'' :D
If you bought a hoover 3 months ago,do you REALLY need ads for the latest machine? Doesnt say much for the quality of their product,does it?:rotfl:
I am steadily working through all my son's old correspondence,chucking out masses of old paynotes etc from as far back as 2010. My shredder's not working so it takes a while obliterating bank statement details etc by hand. Very boring,but makes me feel better doing that rather than putting it in the recycling bin untouched.Probably another half hour's work and that will be one load of rubbish out of the house:j

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Woo-hoo,FINALLY reached the 4 stone loss level/I lost 1 1/2 lbs this week,though I dont really believe that,I have lost a bit of the oedema is all,but at last I can say I lost 4 stone. It only took 12 weeks to move from 3st 13 1/2 lbs to 4 stone!:rotfl::rotfl:I bounced between the same 2 or 3 lb till I was demented.
I will need to increase my sluggish metabolism,and cut down on my syns if I am to compensate for the slowdown.
Anyhoo,I have totally negated the loss today by eating fish and chips:eek:
Never had my fave meal for many months,but promised myself the treat when I reached the 4 stone. And thoroughly enjoyed it!:rotfl::rotfl:
Sad to say I still have the waterworks problem,its got worse again just when I thought i was improving.It was hard to sit still at SW for the whole class. So still not been to the cemetery. Want to bet by time I feel better the weather will have changed for the worse?:D:D
Little housework.or decluttering done this week at all.Hairdresser is due tomorrow for a trim,and I need to tidy up!:)Mr Dusty has been doing the garden this evening and there is grass trodden right through the house,and I couldnt be bothered to do anything about it.too busy enjoying my fish Hoovering and mopping and returning stuff he left out to their rightful places will be a priorityin the morning. Will be salmon tomorrow for Mr Dusty,I have made a big pan of soup for me,so not too much cooking to do.
LonelyRat was laughing at how as soon as I finished a list of ''gratitudes'' I hurt my foot,so dare I risk it again?:)
+my foot is much better I had little trouble walking today.
+ another couple of Prolific surveys brought me up to £16:)
+the wind finally dropped and we had lovely weather here on the northeast coast.Unusual!!!
+the light nights are coming in apace,after 8pm before it was too dark to read.I find reading by artificial light very difficult so its great to be able to read more Also am waking earlier with the dawn chorus,and I am managing about 1 hour reading before getting up now.:T
+ finished another book,that makes 7/12
+dont you just love the modern catch up TV,and the pause and rewind feature? I love all the BBC4 documentaries etc,especially art,music and history.Also old detective things on Drama etc.I rarely watch ordinary TV,and if Mr Dusty is in the room its wall to wall news!:mad: