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The positive mental health thread - part 4

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Spudlet · 23/03/2020 19:39

Keeping it positive, keeping our sanity, people 👍

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Benji13 · 30/03/2020 13:49

Worked on laptop this morning just logged off for scrummy egg mayo sarnie and a pear.
Dh not feeling well at all well today have left him some Tom soup outside door. Trying very hard not to worry and stress 😩
Ds1 working from home in room, ds2 who is a graphic designer had been put on 2 hrs a day this week as no work coming in but he’s fine and accepts it. He’s busy chatting to gf and doing online design tutorials.
Dog and cats fine. Latest little rescue cat aged 1 is having the time of her life - she loves the spring sunshine- she’s in the catflap out again in again etc etc. She’s very sweet

SureTry · 30/03/2020 13:50

Went for a nice walk to the beach with DP and DS2 - I'd not been out for a walk in ages so it really lifted my mood. We finally seem to have established a routine for the older children regarding school work and garden activities. I'm now going to get them involved with so easy DIY bits and pieces around the house.
I would like to do some gentle yoga but not sure where to look - if anyone can recommend any on YouTube I'd be very grateful. Hope you're all having a lovely day wherever you are ☺️

Roussette · 30/03/2020 13:50

I'm just about to cook a beef in red wine casserole. Saturday night, we were doing a competition/quiz online with about 25 other families, and got carried away opening a second bottle Shock Using what was left in a casserole.

With mustard mash (DD made DH wholegrain mustard from scratch in a kilner jar and using that up too!) And cauliflower cheese. All very greedy Grin

M0reGinPlease · 30/03/2020 13:51

Today's Telegraph positive news roundup:

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/30/coronavirus-positive-good-news-round-up-free-parking/amp/

gingerbreadslice · 30/03/2020 14:56

@Noooblerooble That's really kind I will have a look at that, I feel a bit better today and can see again now we are one day to this being behind us. Hope you still feel okay too. I have ordered some new bath stuff to try and cheer myself up a little bit

@DaffodilThatch I have deleted my Twitter too and news apps it was just not helping at all. I did have a laugh earlier though I phoned my Nan and we had a chat and she seemed really happy to hear from us and we said when this is over we might have a family holiday together if we do lose our one Smile

DogsAreTheShizz · 30/03/2020 15:00

@SureTry I love "Yoga with Adriene" she has a nice way about her, is good at explaining poses and has a yoga practice for absolutely everything! tired, stretching, stress, core strength etc etc!

Oh @Roussette that sounds delightful! (the beef and the wine-fuelled quiz!)

Spudlet · 30/03/2020 15:01

@SureTry Try this - it’s a Yoga with Adriene playlist. Yoga for uncertain times.

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLui6Eyny-Uzy-b0MKzL2EfaTqB0ppgK06

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Roussette · 30/03/2020 15:06

@DogsAreTheShizz

Quiz went very well until I forgot to turn the mic off for about three answers, so everyone else could hear me rabbiting away and could pick up my answers, oh dear, I blame the wine!

DogsAreTheShizz · 30/03/2020 15:11

@Roussette
Brilliant haha! that would be me! I get very carried away with quizzes... or anything competitive that's not a sport! Was getting grumpy with the DH over scrabble the other night until I pulled out a 42 point score and won... oh how life has changed... I'm very rock n roll these days

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 30/03/2020 15:13

I am fairly happy with my eight-fingered gloves so far. Only a hundred rounds of the body to go, plus the bottom to match the sleeves. Too late for this winter, though!

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 30/03/2020 15:17

There was an image with my post, in preview, but it doesn't seem to have gone up and I have no idea why not. Can other people see it?

Roussette · 30/03/2020 15:37

oh how life has changed... I'm very rock n roll these days

Me too! I felt a ripple of excitement earlier when cleaning my grouting earlier and it came up good. Yes, how times have changed!

Pinkarsedfly · 30/03/2020 15:58

I’ve spent my fifth day in self isolation writing a very silly poem if anyone’s interested?

Callybrid · 30/03/2020 16:08

Go on pinkarsedfly!

Glad to hear you’ve had a better day and a nice chat with your NaN gingerbread - it is tough for everyone dealing with this and it’s tough normally for anyone who’s had a baby 13weeks ago and looking after said baby (plus other child/children!) so both together you are really being put through it.

Dinner tonight is very boring - a lasagna from the freezer, plus spaghetti and tomato pesto from a jar for the children who don’t like lasagna, and peas/broccoli from freezer too. I am going to have to shop tomorrow - managed to make it 11 days since last shop though so think that was quite good going.

M0reGinPlease · 30/03/2020 16:20

I've decided to attempt to make patatas bravas!!

DogsAreTheShizz · 30/03/2020 16:25

"Ripple of excitement" I laughed a lot at that! I think that we should all have a competition about the most pathetic (but also sweet to enjoy the little things!) thing we've got excited about since lockdown. Some of my personal highlights are:
Giving my cooker a good clean, have been walking by looking at it admiringly.
Getting time to weed the garden.
Gleaming patio door glass, I usually wait until someone's coming over before I tackle cleaning these!
That Hotel Chocolate deliver!
DH coming home with my fav ice cream.

DogsAreTheShizz · 30/03/2020 16:28

@Pinkarsedfly
I'm interested/listening!

My mum called round to "drop and run" some homemade scones and pink prosecco on my doorstep, my dog got so excited to see his "uncles" that we let them have a wee play in the garden and then he actually "awoo-ed" with excitement so I let him go with them and will pick him up in a day or two. Happy he's happy but sad to see him go! Will be good for some socialisation/change of scenery for him and they have a much bigger garden than we do....a poem will cheer me up!

CheerfulBunny · 30/03/2020 16:30

@Roussette I did the same thing on my work group call this morning. OH has been getting on my nerves, inhaling his food, and was eating toast in the kitchen and I muttered 'Oh yeah, just shove it all in!' forgetting I wasn't on mute Blush. I hope to god no one heard. In my defence, I have terrible PMT..

Pinkarsedfly · 30/03/2020 16:33

Here goes Grin

I’m in self isolation
And the walls are closing in
They said ‘You must use FaceTime
To keep up with your kin!’
It hasn’t cheered me up much -
Quite the opposite
‘Cos I’ve learned I have six chins
And my hair is, frankly, shit.

I’m in self isolation
Like that Andy guy in Shawshank
So to try and pass the time
I thought I’d have a...go at a jigsaw
It’s not what I’d call thrilling
But it helps to pass the time
I started it at eight and
three hours later, it was nine.

I’m in self isolation
And I’m glad I can’t be seen
The internet says ‘Take time out
To pamper, primp and preen
With face masks, wax and hair dye
Don’t let your standards slip!’
Meanwhile, I plait my leg hair
And comb my upper lip.

I’m in self isolation
And supplies are running down
But because I coughed last Tuesday,
I can’t go into town.
Last night I hit rock bottom
With a tin of Spam for tea
And a microwave Christmas pudding
from 1993.

I’m in self isolation
And I’m only on Day Six
I’ve exhausted Amazon Prime,
iPlayer and Netflix.
I could learn a language
Do Pilates, play guitar
But instead I’ll lay here drinking gin,
and eat Nutella out the jar.

I’m in self isolation
And I know it’s not forever
I know all things must pass
And I know this storm we’ll weather
The nightmare will be over
And we’ll look back and laugh,
And we’ll pat our beer bellies
and pay back our overdrafts.

SureTry · 30/03/2020 16:35

Thanks Dogs & Spudlet Smile

SureTry · 30/03/2020 16:39

Love the poem @Pinkarsedfly you're very talented Smile

gingerbreadslice · 30/03/2020 16:59

@DogsAreTheShizz That is so cute I love how the dogs gone out for the day Grin

Zoidbergonthehalfshell · 30/03/2020 17:00

Love that, @Pink! Grin

gingerbreadslice · 30/03/2020 17:02

@Callybrid it has been hard the other two are slowly coming round to the idea now of staying in so thats getting easier a bit now. I feel so much better today I'm just going to accept now I will have up and down days and it's completely normal I think Blush least that's what I've been telling myself lol

riotlady · 30/03/2020 17:04

@Pinkarsedfly that made me cackle, thank you for sharing!

Glad to hear everyone’s doing ok today :)

One of my friends sent DD a doctors kit for her birthday so we’ve been watching Doc Mcstuffins and curing her baby doll of various ailments (or giving her new ones, judging by the amount of eye drops she’s been made to drink!)

My compost arrived from Wickes so will do some planting once I decide what’s going on the windowsill and what’s going straight in the outside pots. Our little yard is in almost permanent shade so fingers crossed something grows!