The Lockdown Saving and Spending Continues! May Frugaleers continued

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It’s really interesting to hear about how everyone experienced nausea. It just shows that every pregnancy is different, even for the same person.

We also had pancakes here this morning!.

Thank you tayto. I have 3 boys already, they’re 4, 3 and 16 months!.

It’s been a lazy Sunday here today. Hope everyone is well. Currently trying to spend as little as possible so we can get a new car soon.

Unescorted, glad your dad tested negative.

Tayto, all of those feelings are very valid and you have tackled it head on and getting counselling again seems like a good option .
I do wish you lots of happiness too x

Those of us that have been going into work since lockdown started, have been asked if we want to be part of a study, by Public Health England, to see why we and the children haven't displayed any symptoms.
I've signed up, if it can help, it will be worth it.

happier that looks really tasty, with fantastic crumb structure and an amazing first effort - mine looked like a dinner plate. To stop the flying saucer look - just tension the top a little more and let it rise for slightly longer. It is always a balance between over rising and not distorting the base.

Tayto that sounds difficult And it must be galling to see your Ex moving on - but remember he has had a head start of the processing of the split. He got to choose the timing of it and will have had the luxury of weighing up the pros and cons before having to deal with the practicalities. You had to do it all at once.

I hear you about the peaks and troughs of energy and pherrrreh days, even with work and everyone about me I get days of productivity and days of endless 1970's Sunday afternoon watching dust motes and listening to the clock tick.

This weekends mindless activity - teaching myself the mechanics of pop up books. I am not sure what I would have done without You Tube. I may have accidently bought a book and a ream of 160gsm card.....

Definitely didn't manage no spend days this weekend!
Teen dd had a meltdown fri night and went missing. We had to get the police involved and help find her. Which they did at 2am but she told them things that she hasnt told us... like wanting to self harm and worse. So sat and sun have been days of trying to find a bit if normality to lift her mood before getting in contact with her gp and her school tomorrow for some support about it. So that's been a trip to the supermarket. Some foods licked up that she likes, a McDonalds for the first time in I don't know how long and some bits today from home bargains.

I think I've spend £100. On useful things mostly but also some treats.

Dr that sounds horrific. I cannot imagine how worried you must have been.

Oh dear DRM. Pleased she is back but you must have been so worried. Hope you can all get some support. ((((Hugs))))

DD2 has gone back to her home...

Oh big step unescorted. I take it things have improved enough she is safeguarded. You are amazing for taking her in.

Hope so - she knows we are here if needed. I think she got to a point where she needed home even if that has risk. I can't quite explain it - but no matter how safe it is here it isn't family.

Oh Unescorted you must be very worried about her. It's wonder that you care so much and that she knows she can come back

Dr sorry to hear that dd is having a hard time. Hopefully you can get some camhs support in place quickly for her. I have a little recent personal experience in the area of teens/pre teens and self harm. If you want to dm to vent or just to have a listening ear feel free

Tayto those boxes sound a good idea. I might get something similar as I'm getting down to more bitty hobby stuff now which is harder to move

for DrM that must have been so scary.

More for Unescorted it was so good of you to take her in. She will never forget that.

Tired. Have had a lovely hot bath and am in bed.

We are 15 minutes away. She has our number, the local police have out number, school have our number, social services have our number. They all know where we keep our spare key and our address. Yes I worry, but she is of an age where she has to know that her opinion is important and has weight in the discussion about her future. We can only be a safety net if it is wanted or needed.

Just catching up.

Dr God that must have been terrifying, teens and their mental health have taken such a battering in all of this lockdown craziness 😓

Unescorted you've done your best by her, when I was around 17yo one of my friends moved into my family home as things at her home because untenable. Thinking back now my parents were really good about it and my friend was so grateful.

The carboot trail was okay, didn't sell as much as I wanted though but hey ho. It was good to have a proper sort out and I've listed a few things on various buy and sell sites now.

Spent £11 at the co op on a top up shop.

£12.50 online for some new summer pjs for dd.

Am sending dd into school tomorrow, hoping she gets on okay, have said if she hates it she doesn't have to go back but obviously hoping she enjoys it! Annoyingly they have to wear uniform which seems pointless, dd has outgrown a lot of her uniform and her shoes are wrecked but obviously it's a bit tricky to replace anything!!

Happy Monday y’all!! Bienvenu a lundi!

Today I’m taking the kids to dparents and am going to work from their study. (They have a study!!! Proper desk, chair, door which closes!!! Bliss!!)

Tomorrow we do nursery again. Have been prepping ds for this. Because we can’t go in with him.

Need to order a gift for nephew in nz for his birthday, and have a think about dms birthday and Father’s Day. Why. Why is June so busy!!!!

Oh Dr, that must have had you so worried, hopefully things will be put in place for her quickly .

Unescorted, big steps for DD2! You were there for her and will continue to be, I hope everything will be better for her now .

Em, hope you enjoy your work day and get the things done you need to do!

I know what you mean unescorted. As bad as it got they are her family. Fingers crossed it works out this time.

Need to return some gym shark leggings today. £40 when I get the credit.

Now on 80% salary and have a huge vets bill. Great timimg

Thanks. GP today and school councillor. GP spoke to her and the councillor has made an appt to call her tomorrow. She's still angry and resentful and won't talk to her dad at all. And we don't want to do anything that will spark it all off again.
Tears shed (mine) last night. DH upset that she's so against him. She's still angry, angry angry. Referral to Camhs in. There's not much more we can do apart from try and be normal, yet sensitive to her needs.

Sigh. She's been really easy til now. As has her, now adult, sister.

A few expensive weeks coming up. £300 for scaffolding this week. Then £1k to get the exterior of the house painted (finally) next week.

I'm not in the hub school today because someone else went in my place so I could sort DD's medical appt. Next week, due to working from home and not being on the rota I'd arranged the house painter to arrive on the Monday. And now, the HT has arranged a face to face all staff (distanced) meeting in person at school on Monday morning. I can sort all my online learning stuff the evening before, but can't really well say 'Sorry, I'm not coming, I've got painters coming!' so DD1 (19) is going to have to be in charge of greeting him if he hasn't arrived by half 9. Then I'll be back a couple of hours later to be around while doing the emails/reports/transition forms and planning for our return.

We're in Wales and are welcoming all year groups back on a rota basis. But no idea yet what that rota will look like. Back on the 29th.

Dd survived her day at school, she said it was fine 'a bit boring' but nice to speak to some kids her own age.

We joined the queue of doom tonight to get a drive through Macdonalds 😶 took about 30 mins and when we got home I realised my order was wrong 🙄 oh well, I was so hungry by then I'd have eaten a scabby horse!! £13.

Started my assignment today.

I went for a walk this evening with dog but really I just took a look at the beautiful view and caught up with you guys.

Dr that's awful frightening, had Dh done anything or is she blaming him needlessly?

Sorry to hear about your daughter DrM

Hope DD2 is ok unescorted

Got home to an email from my mum saying she was pleased that she dealt with Santander who called up asking if she had tried to make a big payment (which she hadn’t) so then got them to cancel her card. She then had to send her bank cards to them special delivery 🙄🙄🙄 which she then proceeded to do! Needless to say, she has now rung actual Santander to cancel her cards. FFS.

NSD

Love they sound so convincing when they are on the phone so don't be too hard on her. Otherwise if it happens again she may not tell you.

Happier that is so beautiful. My ideal location would be on the coast with hills ( no midges so that is Scotland out) and a warm but not too hot winter.

DD2 is happy to be home - and all is good so far. It is oddly quiet here - everyone is tidying up and looking for things to do to fill the space. We are all missing her.

DrM I wish we could wave a magic wand for you and wolf. It is so hard to parent and then to add into the mix MH - we all want our fleas to be happy and content more than anything else in the world and when that doesn't happen we internalise it and hurt for them in the vain hope it take their pain away. You know that even if you can't you are still a good parent because you care that she is happy or not.

On a really trivial note - my Pop Up paper mechanics book arrived. YaY! the card did not BOO! I am so looking forward to making my pop up encyclopaedia and then to make my Pop up lockdown rant journal. I am shallow but it gives me something to do that does not involve flour, Netflix, Green bin management or mindless folding.... oh hang on

Aaaaaaannnnnnnnd the kids are back at nursery!!!! Wahoooooo!!!!

£5.40 on celebratory flat whites for dh and I in coffee shop next to nursery.

I am now 76kg. I don’t want to be. So am embarking on a lose the 6kg initially.

Wahoo.

Em join us in the frugaleer weight loss thread And woohoo to nursery, how did they get on going in without ye?

Love oh no how many others did they catch out though

Unescorted love forward to see the photos. Of your pop up creations

Here's sourdough #2 which spent too long in the oven #3 will be perfect
Crusts are just a tad too crunchy

€18.45 on our lunch out on Sunday deli counter
NSD yesterday and today

Tomorrow I'm finally getting takeaway from fav restaurant and it's doubling as birthday present for my cousin, socially distanced visit coming up