Tales from The Shire

Thank you lovely peeps. It looks as though the pop was muscular rather than skeletal so things are not quite as bad as they could have been. The intense pain I had on Sunday night must have been the muscle going into spasm but a couple of days of anti-inflammatories and rest have seen off the worst now I think.

Friend walked FDawg twice for me yesterday and my lovely neighbours delivered a recovery package of painkillers, soup, yoghurt and daffodils

I've been able to walk FDawg myself today and we ran into some of his doggy chums for the first time in ages so he is a happy puppy.

I had to throw some food away whilst I was ill. Mainly salad and milk. Largely because my meal plan went out the window and I had no appetite. I hate having to do that though so today I investigated the fridge and menu planned to use up anything sulky. I have Jami£ Oliv£r's Baked Cod with Avocado in the oven as I type :A Not sure how the avocado survived this long but it was just about salvegeable and I thought it would be ok if cooked. One lonely cod fillet from the freezer put to good use

I did a smallish on-line grocery shop to bolster existing supplies so came in about £30 under budget for this week.

Tomorrow I shall try and get some washing done. The laundry baskets are overflowing and Mr F will be back from a two week business trip with more on Friday.

I know I still need to take it easy and I particularly want to avoid doing any more damage to my muscles. However, recovery time is looking a little more positive now.

And there was a little sunshine today

Hope the sun was shining on you too

Fortune x

At last I can feel my health returning Time to take stock:

Make and Save Pennies

• I've been setting aside my Tilly Tidies to pay against the mortgage when I reach the minimum amount allowed
• the last payment towards DS1's house desposit has been made :j
• the emergency fund has gone down a little due to some unexpected extra costs on the barn work
• there is a little in the budget for furnishings this month
• I was approached by my bank about possible compensation due to me under the Plevin rule so I claimed and now have a cheque for £500 to pay in :T That will help bolster the emergency fund
• Mark$ & $pencer sent me a £10 voucher for socks for my birthday this month :T Very timely as I've worn holes in about four pairs of my old ones and had to throw them out. I've ordered a pack of five
• I've menu planned for the week and shouldn't have to throw out any more food
• the fun money for this month is in tact as I haven't been having any fun :rotfl:

Stay Well

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• I did manage to take FDawg for his full walk this morning
• and I've had a proper lunch of baked eggs in avocado with diced pancetta, cherry tomatoes and cheese. That sounds so gourmet :rotfl: but it was thrown together to use up sulky veg.

Have Fun

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I do have a couple of things to look forward to though:

• a colleague of Mr F's who lives locally has invited us to go out for dinner the weekend after this one
• all the kids are coming to stay for Easter
• I have lots of people to catch up with.

I'm going to concentrate on essentials chores for the rest of this week. Then hopefully I can get back to Baying and progressing the big goals next week.

Keep your fingers crossed for me

Fortune x