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[Wolfcub]

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Morning! Pity party is over. I am feeling much better today (not my back, but mentally). I think you are right Born, I am one of those people who cannot take cocodamol. I felt dreadfully sick all day but it’s out of my system now and I feel much better. I only took the half dose too, with the extra paracetamol... I can’t imagine how I’d have felt if I’d taken the whole lot!

So today:

1. Back to the GP to see if there’s anything else I can take instead of cocodamol. Otherwise I’ll stick to the fab anti-inflammatory with paracetamol. It’ll be more painful but at least I won’t be sick and stoned

1. Find a Cleaner who can come within the next few days. Floors and bathrooms are vile and DH is already run ragged

1. Get DH to do a few important chores for me - a click and collect, drop off some returns, drop off some other stuff that’s taking up space (bags for charity shop, Box of baby stuff for Meadow hopefully, if not a friend can do that at the weekend)

1. Tidy the house (mostly through the instrument of DH) so the as-yet-unfound Cleaner can actually clean.

1. Ring the tree specialist as i think my lovely huge magnolia tree is dying . I want to know if anything can be done.

1. Call MIL who left me a message last weekend and I still haven’t called back!

Poor DH. Today is our wedding anniversary and I haven’t even managed to get him a card. Normally I make him a nice meal but he’ll be lucky to get beans on toast. He’s also having to do all the night wakings with dd as I can’t pick her up. He’s hating being ‘me’ but is being stoic. And to be fair, he’s being ‘me’ but without the usual help I get from him around mornings and bedtime. And with me needing help to get out of a chair or put socks on etc.

Nanny lady is coming on Monday, hope she is nice as we are stuck with each other! I’ve also found another lady who can hopefully do the days Nanny lady can’t. Hurrah for the local Facebook group. So it’ll be like Picadilly circus here but at least I’ll have help. So, all in all, frugality has gone out of the window . It was an NSD yesterday though!

Ooh, must wear the tiara today.

Snuggly how was your night in the end?

I am also enjoying the seed talk. I’ve given up food growing as I’ve never got a yield worth the space /efffort but it fascinates me.

Wolf has your week improved at all?

And how are the SATs kids doing?

Sea my week is Improving I think, last sats are today and ds is disappointed that there aren’t more crazy child! Glad to hear you’ve got some help coming in. That must be a worry off your shoulders.

This is why we are frugal sea, to be able to do things when we need to. Excellent that you have help.

That sounds really positive Sea
I cant take codiene either -felt so ill

Quinoa needs seasoning. It's like couscous just tastes of what you add to it.

Em we had a pet owl when I was growing up. Well my dad found it in the woods and we reared it until it was ready to fly away. It was quite a long time it stayed with us.

Saving sorry things are so tough for you right now.

Sea you sound much more positive I'm pleased you've managed to find some help.

Well done on getting all that help Christmas. You are so efficient.

If you want help on the Magnolia I might be able to give you a few pointers. I'm a plant scientist. You could post a photo, if that's something that you can do, so to speak.

I'm off on another health-related mission today.

Ocado order put in for weekend. Used two of my three vouchers £59

sea that sounds really positive thinking.

I like quinoa and other similar grains but they're always either too hard and dry or too mushy when I cook them at home. There must be a secret to it.

I also know a little girl called Quinoa. The family wanted a name that was "special".

I'm determined to make today a NSD even if it means we have sandwiches for dinner. Other plans include checking out some spending/budget apps and getting my bottom in gear with selling some clothes on eBay. The thing that always puts me off is postage as it means queuing for hours at the post office at lunchtime. sigh

You can offer click and collect now on eBay via argos. You still pay but you can drop it off at a local parcel point rather than the post office.

Fluffycloudland77 oooh I hadn't thought of that. Much less painful.

hodge quinoa? As a name!? Is it pronounced kwinoa or keenwaa? For ages I pronounced it kwinoa.

em yep! I did struggle to keep a straight face when they told me.
Keenwaa is how I've always heard it.

Thay has made me laugh -poor child

Hi I'm jumping back in, got lost on the other thread as it went a bit mad here,have had appointments, shifts at work, and waiting for the council to come and do some things.

So today is shopping day(along with the other 6 days a week) I'm taking the money out and using that, need to get DS2 new trousers and white shirt to as he has a cup final on Saturday and they have to be dressed smart, he's goal keeper and this will be my 1st time watching him.

Holiday is in just over 2 months so I need to get saving for spends, all inclusive though so don't have to worry about food etc, total so far is just over £80.

Sea sorry to hear about your back, that's all you need with everything else.

40 free pg tips on quidco clicksnap. I'll get one for dhs account too. I've only got about 200 tea bags left.

Seacow glad you have a plan, take care. Sorry, I can't remember, when are the funerals? I'm assuming next week, so a bit of time to get yourself more comfortable.
Lonely you sound more positive, but don't forget about Stepchange etc, they might just be able to help & have the expert knowledge we don't.
Just waiting to hear how Paper 1 Chemistry has gone for ds. So far "okay I think" is about as good as it gets! His exams are very evenly spread so that's helping him structure his revision. We were planning that he wouldn't play much cricket until the exams were over, but actually he has made a really good start to the season and his mood has lifted with that and he's actually worked harder so we're just going with the flow & crossing our fingers! Eye is better than it was but still weepy & sore.
I'm having a very productive and frugal week off work. I've been doing lots of sorting through things in the house, so far, 2 bags of general rubbish, 2 to go to the tip, 3 to the charity shop, I'm being ruthless.
Today, I've done a circuits class & I'm about to start sorting in the room with the most clutter. I've got a meeting later with the consultant who has agreed to be my supervisor when I start my independent prescribing course in september & then I'm going to finish with some gardening.

Free PDF of Mental Health and Debt Guide 2018 by MSE

NSD.

I've been lurking, in awe of you all...

I'm struggling to have a single NSD!

Just can't seem to do it... every day there is something, whether a few grocery bits (milk, bread) or a cheeky online purchase at the end of the day

Missed a trick there. Should have called ds asparagus. Or linguine.

£53 in boots. Cough and cold stuff, rehydration stuff (just in case), sun screen, nappy cream, and a new bunny comforter (at £11...?!) he loves his bunny. And has lost it twice in the last fortnight. So I’ve bought a back up.

Make comprehensive lists Fish, if you get through loads of milk freeze them, same with bread. It stops top up shops that cost £30 and fill 2 carrier bags.

Online shoppings pure willpower. Also unsubscribing from the email list helps loads.

fish I don't have an issue with online spending but I've heard people recommend putting things in the basket ut not checking out. Then you can go back to it the next day and decide whether you really need it, or not.
Try to keep a record of all your spending, maybe different categories: food, fuel, kid's activities, social etc then you know where your money is going.

Hahahaahaha with another sibling called Ravioli, em?

I love random names, they make me smile. I genuinely went to school with a guy called Ben Dover. That still tickles me.

One thing that I have thought of, thanks to the MSE pdf, is getting rid of my old jewellery. It's definitely time to get rid of my old engagement and wedding ring but they are diamonds and platinum. They cost thousands but from a quick google it looks like i'll get peanuts, literally, for them. :(

Just checking in briefly to say hello. So sorry about the slipped disc seacow (I could dig out the tens machine to send back to you if you like? It does need new pads though as I used the old ones till they lost their stick)

Things are still mad busy here. We’ve really stepped up our home ed lately and it’s about to get even more structured as DD seems to have made a huge leap in confidence (I don’t think it’s entirely coincidental that the bully who kept calling her stupid has fucked off back to school :o) and is suddenly desperate to do more “proper” work. So I’ve been finding textbooks and such, could do without the expense right now but I have to leap on this sudden enthusiasm. eBay to the rescue though.

Sunny you may like to know that it was plant science that encouraged DD in this, she has discovered the joy of labelling diagrams :o yay!

Such a lovely day here, we are learning Japanese on the extremely unmowed front lawn. Classy! :o

Spends in Asda

£25.50, that got me suncream for holiday, ds2 new trousers and shirts, and dd2 some new t-shirts.

£72.27 general shopping, and paid cash.