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Tillie
Posted: 27 January 2019 - 09:48 AM
 

Due to Godzilla Badger attack...

LOL ๐Ÿ˜€

 

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Tillie
Posted: 23 March 2019 - 04:08 PM
 

Please you all keep on posting about all your daily goings-ons.

Love hearing from you and makes me feel not so lonely.

The hole was dug deep, the funeral is over.
Nothing more to do but decide what plant I will memorialize the spot with.

When Poohkie passed I hadn't the heart to remove her bed but then I kept forgetting and looked for her in it through out the day/night.
To keep from giving myself all that false hope/added grief, this time I already moved his beds.
The empty spaces are bitter & lonely but it is helping.

Now I once again have too many tiny beds, tiny bowls, tiny blankets & tiny quilts.
I will donate them to a needy cat.

Scooter has been scared and hiding since yesterday but he did cuddle in bed last night.

 
Tatoulia
Posted: 23 March 2019 - 11:28 AM
 

Thank you for checking in, Tillie. Sending you much love today and always.

I'm off to run errands on the bright, sunny, very windy day. Going to return a dress and skirt I bought. Back on the no-spend challenge.

 
Tillie
Posted: 22 March 2019 - 10:21 PM
 

thank you all (((HUGS)))

 
CriticalMass
Posted: 22 March 2019 - 08:07 PM
 

So sorry Tillie - I know he meant so much to you. ๐Ÿ˜ฟ๐ŸŒนโค

 
Tatoulia
Posted: 22 March 2019 - 07:23 PM
 

Oh Tillie! I am heartbroken too. I am so sorry and am sending you much love. I am so sorry. What a terrible loss. I am comforting you from afar.

 
Subclinical
Posted: 22 March 2019 - 07:17 PM
 

Oh Tillie, I am so sorry!

We are here if/when you want to talk about it.

Be good to yourself.

 
Tillie
Posted: 22 March 2019 - 06:18 PM
 

My heart is broken.

Had to put my baby boy kitty to sleep today.
Still in shock and denial.

I love him so....

 
CriticalMass
Posted: 22 March 2019 - 12:04 PM
 

Hopefully short, since I must get ready for taking the bunnies to the convent by 2:00.

It's trash day, and I did something. SubC you may want to skip this paragraph. Here it is: I threw out the freezer burned meat. My roommate had said I could cook it in batches for the animals but honestly they wouldn't be able to eat it fast enough, so quite a bit would still end up being trashed. And what if it upset their tummies and they puked or worse, more drama, more falling behind on important things.

When I have more time I'll give you the long boring version of how this meat anguish is connected to things like having difficulty getting to the gym and the storage unit and why it's so hard for me, a grown woman, to coordinate basic life skills like getting going in the morning, deciding what to have for lunch and getting it cooked, and much much more.

Sometimes one just has to do a cost benefit analysis and cut one's losses.

On the other hand, I can boast that I did once deal with a dead rat carcass out of love for a dear friend. Stay tuned for the expanded edition of "Is CM a hopeless incompetent, a superheroine in disguise, or somewhere in the middle"?

 
Tillie
Posted: 22 March 2019 - 09:22 AM
 

Good Morning Everybody

Finally I can see the moon.
Couldn't see it yesterday due to the rain clouds.
Sun is coming up now and it's getting brighter out.
I love this special and quiet time of the day.

Hi Subclinical
Very happy you made time for swimming! ๐Ÿ˜€

Disappointed nobody wanted the molds.
"Now" will just have to hold onto them until a good home can be found.

WTG! cleaning your room even with no heat.
Hard to do much when you're shivering.

YEA! for clearing out 3 cans worth and getting them out!!!

It is depressing thinking about landfills.
And now other countries are no longer wanting the recyclable materials to manufacture into new cheap merchandise to cheaply sell back to us.
We need to greatly reduce where ever we can.

Hi Tatoulia
YEA! for clearing one dream box!!! ;D
Nice to have a good feeling dream.

Very happy you got in a lot of sleep, you needed it.

Hope that bonus check is safely deposited in savings by now.

Didn't do much yesterday and internet was acting up so I couldn't stream a movie on Netflix.
Frustrating, but that's why I keep my favorite DVDs "Justin Case" I don't have internet.

Today is a little break from the rain but it is supposed to start up again this evening.
Will do a little tidying up today, again.
Seriously need to do a pedicure, my nails are too long and shoes are starting to hurt.

 
Tatoulia
Posted: 22 March 2019 - 07:25 AM
 

Tillie I hope you enjoyed your play day! SubC last night I dreamt I was going through large numbers of boxes (there were twists and turns but I'll just outline the main plot) and I was able to decide what someone would complain about (not being clear whose boxes they were) and I chose several items to donate and I cleared a box. It felt fantastic.

I came home after work last night and slept. BF met me halfway and we ran a few errands including getting some freshly baked bread and dropping off at mom's. Then I slept and slept and slept. So satisfying.

Off to work today. We get our bonus checks so I'll have to put in savings account. Immediately.

 
Subclinical
Posted: 22 March 2019 - 05:42 AM
 

Good morning!

No odd dreams last night.

The moon is beautiful this morning.

My class went well yesterday, but no one is interested in molds. I'm afraid I am going to bring them home for now. (Now is always happy to have things)

The program at the library was good. It was on preventing food waste. Not much new to me information - and a lot of it was depressing at first, but great resources to use with my kids, and i've decided that if 57% of the waste sent to the landfill in the county where most of my students live (I cross the county line to work) is compostable material, then I can have a real impact on that. (That number includes low grade paper and cardboard. The recyclable paper numbers were also depressing. Much work to do!)

I checked out some books, and they gave each of us a set of reusable silicone bowl covers - like the set I recently bought and really like. I've been thinking about buying a second set, but was doing ok with one. I may share some of these with family to get them hooked on the idea.

The heat was off in my building, so I did a quick clean up in my room. It's not right yet, but I think it's better. I'm going to enlist the kids this week on the molds. In each class, i'm going to have each kid find their favorite mold. Those molds will stay. Then I'm going to fill in any remaining space with molds that have seen use in other years or have potential for use in a particular project. When the space is full, the rest have to go.

Probably home with me for Now - I need to put my energy in my creative channel. although there may be a few i can accept using to lower the percentage of waste that is compostable ๐Ÿ˜‰

i did bring home two molds yesterday that I like but in four years no kid has used. Later I will have to purge my mold some more, but there are ones in class I like better than ones at home.

And I swam. And three cans of trash went up last night from the great studio barn purge. (100% non-compostable)

Today - clay work.

 
Tillie
Posted: 21 March 2019 - 12:16 PM
 

Good Morning Everybody

Hi Subclinical
What a strange dream that was.

Have a good day with all your plans and I really hope you make the time to swim. (((hug)))

I understand what you mean by trying to find the balance.
Balance in our lives and balance in the seasons.
Beginnings and ends to bring order out of chaos.

The years have seasons and so do we.
I am still reconciling myself to this new season in my life where I can no longer physically do all the things I want to do.
I have had to "let things go".

But by doing this I have found an inner peace.
I have given myself more time to enjoy what I still hold onto.

Cold, dark and rainy day.
No plans to go anywhere or do anything.
So looks like after all the gardening, house tidying and shopping these last 6 days, I may have the day off.
YEA! ;D

 
Subclinical
Posted: 21 March 2019 - 04:57 AM
 

Well, I didn't do particularly well in the sleep department last night. The rain came in later than expected and I was up with the fire too long.when my alarm went off this morning, I was dreaming that my parents came to visit (panned in a few weeks) and told me they were having trouble and thinking about splitting up. The chances of my parents splitting up are slightly lower than the chances of Tillie coming home from town to discover that Steven hired a hauling company and all of the junk is gone, so I don't know where that came from.

I have been trying to meditate on balance, but am stuck. I get as far as noticing that my life is out of balance, but then I start focusing on specifics and spinning my wheels. I want the answer to be "find more energy and more time in each day" but I'm afraid it's "let things go."

It's hard, because this is the season of growing and building in the natural world, but my life is structured so that it is also a season of endings and letting go. - maybe that is where I need to look for the balance. I wonder if it would be easier to be a teacher in the Southern Hemisphere - where harvest and rest come at the end of the school year and all of the new beginnings coincide?

It also needs to be a season of letting go because if I don't finish most of these big projects before school starts in the fall, I will be hopelessly overwhelmed by my new schedule.

Tatoulia, have a good day at work!

I have class this morning, a lunch and lecture at the library, a classroom to restore to order, and plans to swim. You may not hear from me again until tomorrow!

 
Tillie
Posted: 21 March 2019 - 12:44 AM
 

Hi Subclinical
Hope you are sleeping peacefully with only sweet dreams. (((HUG)))
My brain is tired and scrambled too. ๐Ÿ˜‰

You can see almost all the animals from the road.
Lots of brown cows with some white on them.
And the traffic moves very slowly with a lot of cattle haulers on the road.

A rancher's cows are grouped together into pens
"auction lots".
The meat packers bid on the different lots.
Not at all a fun thing to watch.
Not at all like cow judging at the county fair.
Makes me wish I didn't like hamburger so much.

The cows are born & raised out on the open range.
Cowboys round them up, inoculate them, brand them and castrate "cut" the boys when they are young and set them free again.
Periodically through out the year, cattle are rounded up and sent off to auction.
Sometimes one will escape the auction and try to escape by running through town.

I have been to a round up, branding & "cutting".
It's fascinating watching the horses work.
They know exactly how to maneuver the calf and when the cowboys lasso it's legs, the horses know to back up pulling the rope tight to keep the calf off it's feet while the cowboy wrangles it.

These horses are Mustang, born wild, captured and trained.

Hi Tatoulia
Yes, the Goats are so cute and when I saw that tiny Burro today I seriously wanted it! ๐Ÿ˜€

Happy you had a lovely dinner with your friend and still made it to the lecture.

 
Tatoulia
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 09:03 PM
 

SubC sometimes I'm tired and sad too. Keep your chin up, my friend. You are doing hard work.

 
Tatoulia
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 09:02 PM
 

Sorry about the rat, SubC. Sorry you have to deal with it.

Oh I bet the goats and the tiny burro are so cute. Tillie. Sugar. I love the expression Sugar. I generally call people dearheart. As in, goodnight dearheart.

Well dinner with friend was absolutely lovely. We have worked together for ten years and have always planned to have a meal. It was tasty. So tasty. And, when we were done, I saw the time, and I quickly ran to Symphony Hall and was able to make most of the lecture tonight. BF had said he'd leave me the ticket if his friend didn't go. So full night all around.

I didn't get Pile It license at first!!!! CM you are so clever.

Goodnight, dearhearts. Full day tmr and I have to be there at 9 so Ive got to wash up and go to bed.

 
Subclinical
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 08:59 PM
 

I thought maybe you stopped in to see the animals.

Also, I just realized I said solstice instead of equinox - because normally I have a fire on solstice and plant things on the equinox. But nothing got planted today. Which I guess is ok, because things got planted yesterday.

Mostly, I feel tired. And sad. But that might just be tired.

 
Tillie
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 07:22 PM
 

Hi Subclinical

BIG (((HUG))) for your find today.
But at least it died fat & happy, probably of natural causes too.

WAY TO GO! for all the cleaning & straightening you did!
Sounds like you have a really good spot for the bonfire.
Hope the burning was very cleansing and cathartic for you.

LOL, I didn't go to the cattle auction.
But it is very large and right in the middle of town so you really can't avoid it and all the lovely smells.
The goats and tiny burro are in a grassy field down the road from the auction yard.

When I was young I was taught how to hunt deer and all that.
But I don't want to kill anything unless it were the last option for survival.
Even then I would allow the animal to live and let me starve.

 
Subclinical
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 07:02 PM
 

Wow Tatoulia, nice job on the dresses! And on stopping the emails. Just remember, you can still go to their website when you actually need something, you just don't need them bossing you around. You ar in charge in this relationship!

CM, good job on the clear out and the not shopping. Dh is always trying to revoke my pile it license! I would be stressed about clearing out for the bug man, but I am proud of you guys for taking the opportunity to get rid of things.

Tillie Sugar, did you gave fun at the auction? I think it would be too hard for me. I don't like to think about them eating the poor goats. :(.

My studio looks a lot better and my animal barn looks a lot better. The bonfire is mostly burned down, so we are just keeping an eye on it. (The field is very soggy and the pond curves around about a third of the circle on the downwind side. We let the grass burn a little at a time around it to make a fire break while we are feeding it.) the next part is kind of awful, so you can be done reading now if you want to.

Icky part
I finally got to the pile of scrap wood in the corner of my animal barn. I set aside a few things to save but a lot could just go. It was saved long ago and there are better pieces in the shop now. However, few things will discourage you from storing scrap wood in your barn like getting into the middle of the pile and finding a dead rat. I did not finish the job because the chickens were all over in my space eating the corn and feed it had stored up. Thankfully, they didn't try to eat the rat. But that is a bad job for later!

 
Tillie
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 04:58 PM
 

Happy Spring Everybody!

Hi Tatoulia
Fingers crossed the back project goes quick & quiet.

Yeah, it is easier weathering storms when our whole world has more calm in it.

OH, dresses...
For me deleting dresses is the absolute hardest thing to do.
Good luck and WAY TO GO!!!

YEA!!! for deleting the store emails!!!
Keep thee from temptation.

Hi Subclinical
Great you had some solid sleep.
Making decisions is physically and mentally draining especially when things trigger painful responses.
WAY TO GO!!! for all you two did!
Enjoy your bonfire. ๐Ÿ˜€

Hi CriticalMass
So happy you had a good sleep without nightmares.

WAY TO GO! for laundry and making room for the bug man even though it made a mess.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE "Pile-It" license! ๐Ÿ˜€

This morning a rogue daffodil bloomed in my garden.

Had my Solstice bonfire the other day when I was working in the yard since the rain storm was predicted for today.

Went into town and filled my water bottles at The Water Depot.
It's coin operated and I took advantage of that to declutter a whole bunch of nickels I had in a jar for a long time.
Got food for me & the cats and I bought myself some Easter candy since the stupid rabbit doesn't ever visit me.

I am used to waitresses & sales people & other random friendly strangers calling me Darlin, Sweetie, Honey, Hun, etc.
But today was the first time a gentleman ever called me Sugar.
The stockyards are all filled up and busy with cattle auctioning off so there are a lot more Cowboys in town today.

The field beside the butcher shop is starting to fill up with goats again and today I noticed a tiny Burro in with all the goats.
Hope nobody is planning on eating that.

 
Tatoulia
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 03:37 PM
 

Cm! Great work getting rid of those pipes! And I'm glad you slept peacefully. I'm sorry you missed quilting. I'm happy, though, that your body rested up and you are feeling so cheerful! Thank you so much for the support.

I just did something really hard. I unsubscribed from emails from my stores. It hurt. It hurt a lot. Bye Talbots. Bye Lord & Taylor. You know why we are doing this. It pains me too.

 
CriticalMass
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 03:11 PM
 

Happy Spring!

I slept till 10:30 this morning! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ At first thought it said 9:30 so was going to fire up the afterburners and go late to quilting. They're used to me showing up whenever. But then I got a good look at the time. Oopsie! Change of plans to doing stuff around here. Thankfully no nightmares this morning, so woke feeling rested and positive. Very thankful for that.

Did laundry, just one load for today. My room is needing attention again along with other catching up. You see, last week in addition to the bunny care, we also had to move things around for the termite inspector, aka Bug Man.

Since the crawlspace hatch Bug Man needed to access is in roommate's office, she had to move office stuff into her bedroom and sleep in the living room that night. And I had to move some of my projects from the sofa. Sadly, it was just pile wherever in my room. Hoping one day to revoke my "Pile-It's License" for good!

We also had to clear a path in the garage for Bug Man, and in the process got rid of several big unneeded items and stuff like pipes. Put it by the curb and it was gone so fast! Took a large box of donations to the thrift store on Saturday too. While there, I resisted buying two 80s era Barbies. I'm not as into that period of Barbies, and if I bought them to resell, I'd have to store them. Let someone else enjoy them.

Tatoulia, you certainly have been awesomeness personified this past year. Someone will like the dresses. I'm so rooting for you on the no-spending and the debt elimination plan. If temptation tries to lead you down the primrose path, think of me. I would love to be able to nuke my debt by such a plan and am so far from being able to it isn't funny. On a disability income and with my reserve eaten by that old van, I don't know if it'll ever be possible. So resist in honor of old CM cheering from the sidelines! ๐Ÿ˜‰ You got this!

SubC I get it about the mental energy for decision making and creativity coming from the same wellspring. During these last few days of fatigue I couldn't decide my way out of a paper bag, and I had no creative mojo to speak of either. Yesterday despite the nightmares I did begin to see a return of creativity. So that I keep the Lenten resolution not to go recreational shopping, on Tuesdays when I have quilting at the church in the morning and holy hour in the afternoon with a three hour gap, I took the sketches for a new quilt and worked on them. Made some progress.

Tillie, glad you heard from the neighbor. And that you're enjoying some gardening but not overdoing it. We have sunny days today and tomorrow then storms coming Friday and rain through Monday at least. It's good to have indoor and outdoor projects. And kitties. ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ

 
Tatoulia
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 12:37 PM
 

SubC you and your husband are doing great work! I am so happy for you. Yes the decision making is overwhelming and exhausting. I'm glad you had such a nice lunch. You are doing so well. I am so proud of you and pleased for you.

I went up to visit BF. It's beautiful out. On the way home, I stopped by dry cleaners and the skirt I wanted to wear tomorrow ( a re-claimed skirt) wasn't ready and I said okay I'll come back on Saturday. Getting my home organized has helped me weather the storms easier. It that this was a storm. I am also so relaxed without sibling. Such a gift to just be me and not berated and abused. A co-worker whom I see rarely was in the office yesterday and he told me early that he could stay late, so we worked together late last night. It was good and cathartic. I told him about brother. Co worker is a nice man, not intense or deep, just smart and funny and nice. So we talked about that and other things. I often stay late when he comes in since it's company while we work.

I just went into my closet and gathered five dressy-dresses to give to cleaners. All sizes. 8-14. Even the ones that fit or willl fit aren't anything I'll wear again. They are pretty and most only worn once or twice. One in particular (size 8) I remember wearing at a party with BF and we looked so cute together. Even when I get to that size, I don't think I'll wear it again.

I am going to go back to my work now. Just wanted to check in. SubC you are my inspiration. And Tillie, you are my rock.

 
Subclinical
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 12:11 PM
 

Hi all!

So funny, I always scroll down to my last post and start reading up in order, so I was getting ready to say something about the salads, but I am glad to see that is all sorted out.

Tatoulia, I am sorry you are in a fish bowl again. How tall is your building?

That is a fantastic debt reduction plan! Much better to pay interest to yourself! And taking it right out of your check before you see it removes all the temptation and lets you really see what your usable income is. I bet you will feel rich in four years - like me with no car payment!

Now if I could just feel like going to another store for boots....

Tillie, let us know what you get up to in town!

I am exhausted. I went to bed early, but had nightmares about flooding (most likely feeling overwhelmed combined with dh showing me pictures yesterday of where we used to live near the Mississippi.) finally feel into a better sleep after dh came to bed several hours later. Slept ten hours in all!

I got off to a nice gentle start this morning, but dh took the day off to work in the studio again and asked me to come out after chores and breakfast.

Two hours and two teary beakdowns later, we had a bigger pile for goodwill, a full trash can, and the back of the pickup filled with scrap to go to the recycling yard (including the dead water heater that has been in the garage for ages.)

But now dh has gone off to unload the scrap and drop a tool off at our friend's house (friend is borrowing the tool) and I was going to work on clay (I am almost out of time to do wet work for the spring show) but I think the well from which decision making and cleaning out draws is the same well I use for creative energy, and it is empty. I spent 45 minutes puttering around straightening up before I realized I was getting nowhere and came in to see if lunch would help. Lunch is a big bowl of Brussels sprouts and almonds and a glass of juice, so maybe. It hasn't had time to soak in yet.

When dh comes home we are going to have a big solstice bonfire and burn a bunch of wood scrap and brush. ๐Ÿ™‚

 
Tatoulia
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 11:15 AM
 

Thanks for the understanding on the salads, Tillie and for remembering them! Oh I'm so glad your former neighbor called! I am so grateful for that! It was very sad when they left. I used to love hearing about you and dear Marty heading over there to check on things.

They have started the back project. Thank goodness I have the drapes and my Roman shade to keep them from peeking in. Kitty's doing okay so far. They are putting up the scaffolding. I'm a bit concerned they will set ofc the wondow alarms and will have to think about how to handle. The project is expected to last a week, so that's a relief.

I'm going to get dressed soon and go visit BF. I also need to pick up my dry cleaning.

I am excited about the debt reduction and must pull the spending into control. Real control. Just like my eating. And my hoarding. I'm pulling it into control and my life is easier. I just keep reminding myself of the ease and grace of my life today compared with a few years back. Or even one year ago. This time last year, I had a dirty house and the furniture was laid out wrong and I still had sibling and I was downtrodden. And fat. With high blood pressure abs high cholesterol. Look what we've done!

 
Tillie
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 10:50 AM
 

Good Morning Everyone

Hi Tatoulia
I really like the way you have arranged paying off your debt.
You borrowed from your future self and will be paying yourself the interest on the loan.
Fantastic!

I had calculated your work day salads into your regular grocery costs since you explained how nutritious they are and in sticking to your weight loss plans.

I honestly believe you will be successful in keeping spending under control now that you are getting your home all sorted out.
These things go hand in hand.
Out of control excess items in the home and out of control spending for the items. (((hug)))

Just drinking my tea and soon I will get ready and go into town.
Clear skies this morning but windy.
Rain is supposed to start up about noonish.

Yesterday my former neighbor friend called and we had a wonderful & long conversation.
I sure do miss them.

8:50am better get going.............

 
Tatoulia
Posted: 20 March 2019 - 10:02 AM
 

SubC! Tulips poking up! Lovely! Good work on your classroom!

The debt situation is this: everything will be paid off Monday. It's all set up. The issue is sometimes there's a residual bill for some interest. Those will be paid immediately. All credit card debt will be gone. I borrowed from my 401k at a low interest rate and the interest is paid to myself. I borrowed exactly what I needed for my credit card debt, even though I was eligible to take much more. The payments come out of my paychecks automatically. The length of the loan is 4 years, even though I had the option to make it a longer payback period. The interest on my discover card is absolutely sickening and even when I pay 500+ a month, I get no where on making a dent in the balance. I will close that account in a year or so, after my credit score has recovered.

Tillie your tips are absolutely spot on. Esp the reminder that only get mom what she asks for. So no surprise dresses or other clothing. The one thing I will modify is that the three days I go to office, I will buy my nutritious and delicious salads. They are 10 and yummy and fresh. And they serve as my main meal for the day. There is protein and salad and fruits and nuts. I do now stock pineapple juice and cranberry juice and seltzer in my office (they gave me my own cabinet) so I can enjoy a beverage without paying an exorbitant single serving price.

Tonight I do have dinner plans and I have dinner plans next week. I think tonight the person is on an expense account and might be paying for my meal. In any event, I have cash for the meal and I will have cash for next week.

I can do this. I will continue to strengthen my thoughts and feelings about money. I was always the one with bank accounts and savings accounts, etc. in fact, when I bought my apt I had the down payment already in my bank account without even realizing it. The mortgage guy kept saying, see, the balance is the right there. I never paid attn.

Thank you all so much. Decluttering my debt and my worries.

 
Tillie
Posted: 19 March 2019 - 08:59 PM
 

HI Subclinical
You posted while I was composing!

WOW! WAY TO GO!!! for getting a great start on organizing the classroom!!!

I sure do understand not doing more in the garden until you have more time for it.
Most properly stored seeds only lose about 10% for every season they go unplanted, so you should have plenty of sprouts come up.

How WONDERFUL to have Tulips coming up!
Sure sign Spring is here.

Best idea to ask around pottery class to gift someone with some of the molds.
That could really help someone who doesn't have many to choose from.

Using containers and having specific stations for storing them is a great way to help keep it organized and also for easily finding exactly what you are looking for.

Yes I do have gloves and wore them as much as I could.
But my hands get too hot in even thin cotton gloves, so I took them off.
Been using Vaseline Intensive Care lotion and it's working very well.

 
Tillie
Posted: 19 March 2019 - 08:42 PM
 

Good Evening Everyone

Hi CriticalMass
"Nuns & Buns" I love it! ๐Ÿ˜€
Really hoping you can start getting to the storage unit.
Spring is not yet too hot like Summer is.

Please work on getting more restful sleep without any bad dreams.
It's impossible to try functioning when exhausted.

Enjoy you time with your 96 year old friend. ๐Ÿ™‚

Hi Tatoulia
Alright...

NO SPENDING for the next 30 days.
This challenge is subject to being extended as needed.

This includes brown bagging it, no Starbucks, no girl's night out, no restaurant meals unless as a guest, absolutely no deviating from the grocery shopping list, etc...

NO IMPULSE BUYING!
You MUST wait three or more weeks before purchasing anything that is not food or toilet paper, etc...

This also includes anything your Mother has not specifically requested or urgently needs.

Figure out a bare bones budget for your food & etc. needs and stick to it.
Live like you have absolutely NO access to any other funds/credit.

OK, How's that? ;D

Moved rather slowly today but the place is more acceptable now.
Laundry is all caught up and put away.
Kitchen is all clean, again.
Cats & I spent a little time enjoying the outside.

Rain clouds are starting to move in.
Plan to go into town tomorrow.
Have my shopping list all made up and my empty water bottles in the car to fill up.
Not planning to do any more yardwork until next week, need the time to rest up.

 
Subclinical
Posted: 19 March 2019 - 08:39 PM
 

So Tatoulia, on Monday your cards will be (basically) paid off, but you will have a single loan payment? Is that right?

I know you can do this!

CM, I too love "nuns and buns" and I am also not surprised you are feeling discombobulated. I hope you get your nap!

Tillie, I am glad you got such lovely weather, but take care of your poor hands! Do you have gloves? Lotion?

I finished starting my indoor seeds before I went in to school today. I am just planting "things I have leftover" this year, so some may not come up. It is ok. I can't justify spending more money on the garden until I get what I have under control.

Did I tell you about the huge batch of tulip bulbs I got for mother's day Last year? I still have a bunch to plant if Spring ever really arrives, but the ones I did get planted in the fall are making little green leaf cups in the soil.

My classroom is not a lot better - I mostly did the "pull things apart" part of cleaning up. And my car is full of things I brought home. Some are to wash and return, but some are not.

I am trying to use the "container concept" from "a slob comes clean" for my classroom, specifically "this" is the slip casting corner, and all the slip casting molds, materials, and equipment must go on these shelves. Any molds that do not fit will have to leave.

But then, I don't want to throw the molds away, because they are still good. And some if them I like, but won't use with my class. And *I* have the same problem my classroom has. I think I will ask around my pottery class to see if anyone is interested.

Thursday I have to go back and put my room back together. (It's actually not bad, but I moved big furniture, so the stuff from the furniture is on tables. Plus I washed some things and left them out on tables to dry. And I stopped mid- sort on the molds and some are still on the floor.)

Ok, tomorrow is another day, but today is over because I am tired.

 
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