Daily Project round 8

[SpiritOfEdna]

A brand new shiny thread. Whether you want to do one extra thing a day, or a brain dump of what you have to do this is the place.

love Iceland @autumnangel glad you had a nice time and there were signs.

Today

• back to the garage I go. I actually went to the wrong one yesterday...who would have thought two garages with nearly the same name and the same named employee would cause so much trouble. I should have paid more attention when I was dealing with the brake stuff but as they did the initial fix at home it didn't get highlighted at that point!!!!!
• in another episode of extortionate costs - £2.25 for a bog standard 500ml bottle of cherry coke. No wonder I'm too skint to get the bathroom done if that is where all the spare cash goes 😄
• Finished cleaning the upholstery this morning and taken back the Rug Doctor machine and everything is now drying
• couple of bedrooms + bathroom to finish tidying and we are ready for visitors from tomorrow - really need my car fixed or I am screwed 😄
• clean bathroom
• refpilates tonight - lol I need it

That's all for now - I've managed to put away all my art stuff and make the bed in the spare room, have a good one SoE

• Nails done
• A bit more painting done in my bedroom
• Bought a bag from a brand called The Horse, based in Australia, and got a £65 import fee charge through the post! Had no idea i'd get one so have complained
• Got dd's Halloween costume, inspired by mumtobabyhavoc 🙌 - dd is going as Supergirl, second year running

She loves to jump around with the cape on 🤭 - i hope to be able to take her trick or treating this year, we didnt do it in our old area, but will see

Also want to get some Halloween decorations on our windows and in the flat. Might also put up fairy lights because why not 🎄

Dd went back to school today and now is munching on mcdonalds french fries while we chill in bed on the blanket - two doors down on the telly, mumsnet on my phone

Sending my love to any Jewish people on the thread, following the awful events in Manchester. May Yom Kippur be meaningful ❤️. Love to all of you xx

Eight hours behind here, so just Googled the news after reading @mumofoneAloneandwell 's post. 😔

Good morning all!
@SpiritOfEdna I've got a 'grab something to eat from the newsagent' habit and i must really cut it out. A fiver for a load of empty calories is not a good thing!

I would love to go to Iceland @autumnangel I am glad you saw signs. I do applaud your bravery in going. Much love to you ❤️

@mumofoneAloneandwell I saw a young family outside their house putting out halloween decorations yesterday, with their little girl who looked about five running up and down with a witch's hat on. She looked so cute 😍 We are the old couple who put a few decs out on the day, and have a big bowl of sweets ready for the trick or treaters. One of these days I'll dress up to answer the door.

I listened to Seeking Wisdom by Julia Cameron during an insomniac hour last night. She is the lady who wrote the Artist's Way and started the morning pages and artist's dates trend. It was really interesting. I started morning pages years ago but always been hit and miss with it. I would like to start again, to replace my morning NM habit.

I've got behind on extra house jobs but standard jobs are up to date, bar the mountain of clean clothes in the laundry basket that needs addressing.

Today I will do one extra thing and it shall be.... 🤔......drop the broken printer at the tip, as it made it to the back of the car earlier in the week. And pick up a prescription.

Nearly the weekend! Have a great day everyone!

Hello all.

Glad you enjoyed Iceland @autumnangel - I am sure it was very bittersweet but lovely that you felt DH was with you.

We are still in midst of painting inside and out. We had two nights with no kitchen this week so went to the pub for dinner. Got the kitchen back yesterday. Utility room is out of action today so I can’t do any laundry. What a shame!

outside painting of garden room/shed is ongoing. We had a day off yesterday as had to do some sorting inside moving kitchen stuff back to kitchen from utility room and clearing utility room to be painted. Today it’s raining so no outside painting but DH wants to do the floor. I also need to chase up the lights I ordered.

Booked a trip to Ireland for the end of the month to see my sisters.

Need a quick supermarket trip today and I’m going to start cleaning my room which always seems to get left. Still need to swap out summer and winter clothes. I have a big walk in wardrobe which was very badly designed and is an odd shape so it’s very haphazard storage wise and it needs fully emptying and a good clean.

Have a good day all.

Thank god it’s Friday!!! Hoping I can get car back later today 🤞Another spendy episode. Ironically someone in the garage offered to buy my car off me and I was very tempted!!!! Although when I checked the value they had offered me half of its current value.
Family arrive later today so it’s game face on - house is visitor ready and I’ve just got a day’s work to get through. I am looking forward to seeing them but it will be a full on weekend 😂 when I am still not 💯 and in denial about it 😂.
I was very shocked on the drive to the garage yesterday with the proliferation of Union Jack flags in one particular area.
Today is a waiting day: boxing gloves, car, family, have a good one, Some

too late to edit : some = SoE 😄

What a coincidence @WinterFrogs - one of my jobs today was to take an old printer to the recycling centre too! It hasn’t been used in at least 10years so I don’t know why we kept it.

Got most of my list done today, but need to go to Costco for a grocery shop and to return two produce items that were bad. Could've done that after supper before closing, but dc were over-tired, so made the wise decision to give them baths and get them ready for bed. Both are now asleep. 😇😇

I hope everyone has a good weekend. 🥰

I have things to do and I cannot stop procrastinating. DH's family are coming tomorrow to go through his clothes as I am hoping to get some teddies made. I need to go through them first though so I can set aside the things that I want. Then I need to tidy / dust / hoover the whole house. I have always left everything to the last minute but now it's on another level!

Finally made it to the tip today, along with some bits from some land I'm helping to clear. It's amazing how we humans just gather broken things, isn't it?

I think procrastination is a very normal response @autumnangel 💐

I have mother admin to do today, and I paid her gardener for a day's work last week so I need to sort that out with her. And i had a call from her nursing home to tell me that some of her medications now need to be bought over the counter - ones the GP used to prescribe. I am the one adult child of hers that gets things done. So I get the calls and the emails. Lucky me!

I have papers scattered across two rooms again. And I can't find a file that I need 😢

So I'm embarking upon a reset again

Good old flylady. I will start by shining the kitchen sink and then do 15 minutes in all room, and then all will be well again.

Good morning ☺️

All I'm planning to do today is a large load of laundry.

Happy Sunday. 🥰

@Mumtobabyhavoc - those pancakes look incredible!
@WinterFrogs - a reset is much needed here but I accept that it is very much a work in progress.

DH's family only took 2 things away yesterday which I was surprised about so his wardrobe doors have been closed again. There is no rush for any of that to be sorted so it can just stay how it is until I'm ready. Yesterday I took his car to be valeted then took it to BIL's who has very kindly offered to deal with selling it. I know it's just a car and it didn't mean much to DH but it's still another part of him that is gone and it feels significant. I miss him so much and I don't want to accept that life is going on without him. I think the car has been hanging over me for a while, I knew it couldn't remain on the drive forever and I was putting it off so although I feel dreadfully sad about it I'm pleased I have dealt with it.

Back to work today after 2 weeks off and now working 8 of the next 9 days. I really must prioritise sleeping and eating better and getting out for a walk every day. I don't have much time this morning so my one job is to send an email to the letting agency. I keep putting it off but it does need to be done today.

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend.

My mh is in the toilet!

Absolute chaos in house mumofone 😭😭😭

Love to you all. Will be back to sanity soon 💕

You're doing amazingly @autumnangel honestly.

Just take all the time that you need. Hopefully work will be helpful? If not, do put yourself first 💐❤️

That looks delicious @Mumtobabyhavoc 😋

Big hugs for you @mumofoneAloneandwell 🤗

Hi- i am still here. Have had a really tricky few days, but nothing to worry about.

I;ll be back and fighting fit tomorrow.

Good to see you @FourSeasonsLobelia ☕️ 🍰 ooh sun's over the yard arm 🍷

Love and good thoughts to @FourSeasonsLobelia @mumofoneAloneandwell @autumnangel
One step at a time. 🩷

Stripped bed and threw sheets the wash then took dc to playground instead of school. They had dressed themselves before breakfast 🙄 and I wasn't up for changing them into another set of clothes that didn't have food stains, so off we went to play. It's a play school program, so not mandatory to attend, so no need to report me 🤣
Going to get lunch together then we're off to take my mum to a medical appt. Hope Monday treated everyone well. 🩷

Morning all! @Mumtobabyhavoc I love how you get your little ones out and about all the time. I hope your mum's appointment goes well.
Big 👋 to everyone else and wishing for good things for you all!
Lovely misty start to the day here. We had littlest here overnight. I have gone back to bed with a coffee after being up before dawn with her, and now she and DH are watching paw patrol downstairs, so I have that in one ear and birdsong in the other.

I must find the cat who clearly overheard me saying it's time to apply his flea medication. He's made himself scarce. I would have done it first thing but best done with small child out of the house.

I've taken so long writing this that she's been picked up and taken to school now. The place is a bombsite now, so I will set that straight then get on with some work.
I've also promised my mum a new photobox album so I'll do that today too.

So sorry to hear others are struggling 💐❤I'm thinking of you all. It took me ages yesterday to send the one email I had to send I'm not sure why I always overthink these kind of things. I've been to work this morning and I'm now sat in Starbucks doing more work. I'll go for a walk or to the gym afterwards. I only really have one task on my to do list, to open a new savings account. Anything else I can do on tip of that is a bonus!

Aw @autumnangel this just one thing is what these threads are all about. It gets so overwhelming when there's a lot to do. It's really helpful to prioritise things that will stay done, if you see what i mean ( ie the savings account)
I managed to overcomplicate several things last week before I decided that things done 'badly' were better than things not done at all. Or less than perfectly, I should say. All got done - no sweat, no strain, in the end. I'm not sure if all the overthinking beforehand was helpful or not.

Anyway...cat's been found and deflead, a subscription has been stopped, and i have still not made mother's album. I have eaten a bit more chocolate that is wholesome though.

Good morning everyone 🌤️It's another gorgeous fall morning here. Not much sleep last night as dc were overtired and took hours to wind down. Laughter turned to tears before they finally fell asleep. 😩
We were all up by 7 and I made them steel cut oats with cinnamon, butter and banana and now we're doing "school" here sitting watching vids on YT. We've watched the Planet Song, Tongue song and are now watching the Teeth song. I found a new kids' learning channel, KLT, that's holding their attention the past couple of days. It's quite amazing, actually!

My mum's appt went ok, another biopsy checking for skin cancer. It's the 3rd since May for a sore of some kind that never seems to heal. Thanks for the good wishes. 🩷

So far I've cleaned up from breakfast and put the dishwasher on. I ordered Christmas pj's from Old Navy for the kids and need to go there to today try on and pick them up, too. Hoping the quality is decent. The prints were super cute.

We're now on spelling, so I'm going to make another coffee. 😄

Those tv programmes sounds good @Mumtobabyhavoc I am of the Hector's House generation and my children watched Teletubbies and that lady with a spotted plane and a little dog called Pippin.
I am glad your mum is ok. Sores that don't heal are miserable.
Up with the birds again today. I woke up from a not very pleasant dream so I was grateful that it was morning (5.45)

Just a bag of clothes going to the clothes bank today.

Hope everyone has a good day xx