[BB64]

I bet you are all thanking me for putting that song in your head, huh?

Anyway, I thought it would be nice to have a thread to catalog all the things we are doing for ourselves (and maybe our stand).
This thread should be a MLC'er free zone, so no talk about them, m'Kay?

Today, I have done more work in my garden and planted a few more vegetables.
Did a bit of sunbathing (boring).
This morning, I helped my neighbour with a few issues she's having.
Tonight I had dinner with my D17 and her boyfriend in the garden and it was rather nice, we looked at our old family pictures.

OK, not much done today but not a bad day all together. My garden is looking good considering I'm doing it alone with very little money.

Not a lot but I took time for myself today and took time to relax.

[Songanddance]

I play that song a lot - so what have I done?
I have done some gardening like you but mainly weeding very big overgrown weeds
I have written a really stroppy letter to a phone company
I have said yes to a hen party invite
I have been on my own again and been ok!
I have struck up conversations with complete strangers when out shopping today
I have been a taxi service extraordinaire for my S
I have discovered I am now a UK size 10!!! Yay me!

[crazyjourney]

Oooh like this.

I have jogged around my field again twice, started day before yesterday to try and get a bit fitter.

Bought an anniversary gift for inlaws.

Went and got tap connector for the hose pipe so I can get warm water through the hose to wash the dog, whilst the weather is nice, he is getting on in age so didnt want to use cold water and he is very big so doesnt fit anywhere else for a wash lol.

Sorted for car to go to garage also as it is coughing, dont know what is wrong with it, hope it isnt expensive.

Relaxing now, before bedtime.

x

[twilightzone]

When you are alone and retired, the things you tend to do are not all that exiting.  But hey, at least I got up off the Lay-Z-Boy and got a few things done.

I am in the process of getting my stuff and this house ready for eventual sale once the D is final and I know what my financial picture is going to be.  Along those lines, I began getting my clothes sorted and downsized.  I went through all my sweaters, sweatshirts, jeans, pullovers, shorts, t-shirts, etc and got rid of a ton of stuff.  These clothes are partly from two bedrooms upstairs which are now finished.  There is nothing in these two bedrooms except beds, dressers, and chests.  That furniture will all eventually be sold.

Then I went to the post office, went over to the Goodwill and dropped off 6 bags of clothes, and then went and filled the tank with gas.

It ain't much, but at least I accomplished something.

[Musica]

I took dogs for a walk, and a swim in the lake (its so hot for them here)  then I cut up some wood with the band saw ... first time I've used it. I chopped a tree down on Father's Day while H was out with Ds (he disapproved of course!) So today I took the branches and cut them up and stashed them in the log pile for next Winter!

Then I taught some piano, then went food shopping, picked up Ds, and sat with them singing and playing guitar!!

Yep I am proud of myself again!!

[BB64]

TZ, it is much!
I remember a few weeks ago when you just couldn't face ANY kind of tasks!
Told you, didn't I? Slowly but surely. I am proud of you!

Musica, you rock!

And SD, You put me to shame, AGAIN! hehehe, Good on you!

[Fizzy]

Myself and the kids:

Accepted an invite to the beach next week
Bought some water balloons
Picked up some books for me to read to kids we'd been waiting on from library
Paid nominal fee for legal aid to persue maintenance
Had a picnic lunch
Walked the puppy
Had a water balloon fight
Went to kick-boxing
Had another water balloon fight

It was a good day. 

[hopeandfaith]

Yesterday I volunteered with 6 other work colleagues to help teach and play basketball with a group of 12 intellectually disabled kids. SO MUCH FUN.  Watching the odd ball mix of work colleagues, some of whom have trust issues, was almost as rewarding as helping the kids.  They are so ready with cuddles and kisses that it melted my heart. I highly recommend doing something like this for a dose of perspective.

Another colleague took a photo of me holding hands with one of the boys and laughing about something with him.  It's not often that we love photo's with ourselves in them, but I love this one.  It was a beautiful moment captured so well. I am going to get it printed, display it proudly and let it remind me to LIVE NOW.

After that, I cooked dinner for H and the kids and watched 'Parental Guidance' before sitting in front of the fire and reading.  Had an R talk with S10 who has had his little girlfriend for almost a year now.  Boy that was cute too.

Today, I am taking my kids and one of their friends to the aquatic centre and then out to watch D13's friend play football.  We will have dinner at the club rooms and soak up the club atmosphere while there.  Weather is atrocious so we will ignore that and hopefully laugh lots.

[Superman]

Today I took my 3 kids to work with me( I run a business with 50 employees) for 1/2 day. Went grocery shopping with them(hopefully they are learning life lesson)
Bike ride with d11 &d3 in the canyon
Tonight kids are helping make dinner ( pulled pork and pasta salad) anyone nearby come on over!
Getting S14 ready for a survival camp out tomorrow
Packing D's stuff for them to stay with W( low point)

Time with kids is priceless!!!

Cheer up we got this!!! I think

[onlyjo]

Today i bought a house for 3d and me!!
It's big-girl panties time, asmone of my friends said...

I took care of:
Sewer
Water
Electricity
Phone
Cable
Alarm

All today-i felt very efficient...

I did some mpre things today but thats the big one!
Onlyjo

[Superman]

Onlyjo


Congrats!! That's huge. Nothing like stability for you and your kids!! Something the MLC'ers can't provide !

[R]

Today I successfully connected up the TV to the surround system - no H input required :-)  (He would have loved to 'fix it'!)
Strike one for the girls!!

[Slow Fade]

I stood up to my H and told him to stop trying to make plans with his 10 year old son without consulting with me first. That s10 is NOT a teenager with his own car, does not make the decisions around the house and cannot be expected to pass along the pertinent information or ask the proper questions regarding the visitation schedules! I told him when he wanted to see his son, he needed to coordinate it with me first, and s10 second! Yay me!

You should have seen the look on his face. It was all 

[Songanddance]

I sang at a concert I had been dreading because it was always something H and I did every year, I was dreading people asking me where he was etc...
But nobody did!
However I sang my duets with someone else and it was ok - didn't feel so odd after all.
I also had so many and I mean, many compliments on how slim I was and one couple thought I was "stunning" to look at and those who do know what H has done said that H was a complete and utter fool etc....

That mountain has been climbed - much better than yesterday's disaster. Need to keep busy though so I keep climbing and yes I do sing Climb Every Mountain as one of my party pieces!!!!!!

[serenity]

Well done Songanddance. Glad all went well for you. Often what we fear does not transpire!

X

[IStillMatter]

I went shopping with my girls and tried on everything they wanted me to.  I bought two shirts, v-neck (first for me), and a size smaller than I normally do.  No more baggy clothes!

[in it]

I trusted enough to get on a table for another adjustment to my neck

I took the girls medical cards to the Lawyer so the former MLcer can take responsiblty for them living with him

I deal honestly and openly with people whether I trust them or not.

I stopped on the street to visit with a friends uncle on the way to the post office.

I stopped at the church garden to pick a few more tomatoes

Until I KNOW if I'm back in business: I received an email from an association I joined to vote on a mission statement defining themselves. I'm not voting because I don't belong as a member - JUST YET.

I called on a possible refinance on the apt most due to the interest rate not the balance..but due to no job record in the past couple of years I can't do that.
 BUT it made me feel good to make the attempt. I knew that was probably the case but It was nice to report a credit score that was still above average even with a couple of missed payments.

Posting on here made me proud to be part of this thread!

[MickiW]

Love this thread!!! 

I am only part way through today and am at work finishing off a report that is due on Friday. 

Yesterday I...

took care of the garbage, recycling and cans/bottles (usually my H's job)
took my twins out for dinner at a local sushi restaurant and they made ME proud!!!
facilitated a meeting rather successfully
went to sleep with a smile on my face despite missing my H's phone call due to blow drying my D's hair

Nothing earth shattering but I am managing to get things done. 

Micki

[i can and will cope]

I spoke to some fantastic people on thiss site, i didnt speak to my h and i did something new in my job and I packed my case to go for weekend away.

yesterday i worked out what mortgage i could afford
i emailed my solicitor

i didnt let h bully me

hugs

[Sunny]

what a wonderful thread! Love reading about everyone's day and all the awesome things the LBS gets up to!

As some of you may know, I am in the midst of packing up a three bedroom house by myself, with no help from H, while also selling loads of stuff to finance the move as H has not put his hand in his pocket once to help me!

So today I managed to sell the not quite working right treadmill! Cute guy came and we had a chat about it over a cup of tea, he tinkered with it for awhile, and then hauled it away!!

I have arranged someone to come and take away old books and bookcase (I still have two), sold boxes of junk to someone to car boot, packed up the lounge, and boxes for H. Chatted with H, after screaming down the phone at him. Took a pic of me with wedding veil on, posted on ebay to sell. I have my memories, I don't need it anymore.   

[MickiW]

That's a heck of a lot for one day Sunny.  And you had tea with a cute guy!!!!  Well done.  Nothing wrong with a little eye candy...lol.

(((HUGS)))

Micki

[Breakingthecycle]

I've been to have coffee with a friend.  She rang earlier (had bumped into my DD who asked her to call) and invited me out.  Instead of having a pity party at home alone I had a coffee and chat with her.

[BB64]

Not long after BD I lost my Galaxy phone, teh best one on the market at the time. I was devastated and couldn't afford a new phone, so at Christmas my MLC'er bought em a new one. A good phone, but not quite efficient enough for what I need it for- Business and pleasure.

So, this morning, I went out early before work and marched down the mobile phone store and treated myself to a contract phone which comes with a tablet as well.
It's all very swish and I get unlimited calls and texts all for £27/month. My pay as you go phone was costing more than that.

So tehre you are, I went to treat myself good and proper, because....

I'M WORTH IT! 

*Preens, swishes hair and winks* 

[R]

Check you out Booboo 

Today I have realised that I am the lucky one out of all this horrific mess - I have the best friends and support which means a million times more than an H who can't face life in the real world.  I live in the real world and it's great.    (Most days...!)

xxx

[Musica]

Haha right on Boo and CB and everyone else ... yes we are definitely WORTH IT ... I have never come across a bunch of such lovely, compassionate, and caring people as the ones here. We are all absolutely AWESOME and we all deserve to have the best in life, to win the lottery and to live in peace and happiness. I also went shopping yesterday and splashed out on some new things ... JUST FOR ME for a change!

Anyhow, bit late to the party ... I did the Great North Run 15th Sept ... for Cancer Research UK in around 2hrs 25mins. So I am very proud of that! Another medal for my collection. Ha!

xxxx

[crazyjourney]

Well I havent managed to do anything much except the washing today so far cos I have been too busy reading about everyone else.

I am so nosey !!!!! 

x

[BB64]

Hahaha!

Doing the washing is a good enough achievement for one morning. That's another thing MLC'ers cannot do as well as we do. My MLC'er just buys new clothes!

[in it]

Number one thing I'm proud of today:
LAUGHED!!!

[Songanddance]

This was yesterday but still proud of it
Managed to connect a VCR player to DVD recorder so that I can convert all of my department's performance videos to DVDs. Tried it out and it works!!! Yay!

[BB64]

Number one thing I'm proud of today:
LAUGHED!!!

I'm just walking around with a silly grin on my face. Not even sure why!!!

Nice one, SD, how did we survive before...it's a wonder! lol

[in it]

Today:

I got more of my clothes in order

Finished a craft project and took it to consign and it actually brought a smile to the shop owners face and a few customers.

Called a friend to apologize for snapping at them a little for something they were trying to do for me that was thoughtful. BUT I hadn't had MY NAP.

[riverbirch]

I helped finish a brick walk way this morning. I do work on the side with an ex coworker. He and I started it Tuesday. Then went and helped him mow.

[Musica]

Whoo hoo River Birch ...brick wall  wow  amazing!!

I used the saw-bench to cut up a load of firewood which H had so thoughtfully dumped! Its an electric circular saw, very scary, but wow it took hardly any time to cut ... beats a hand saw anytime!!

I am WOMAN ... hear me ROAR ... along with the rest of you!! ( and the men here too btw!!) xx

[serenity]

Good for you Musica

See - we can all do stuff when we have too. Mind you,  don't like the sound of that saw much - bit scary. Be careful with it!!

X

[BB64]

I'm open for business!!!!

Yes, my shop is open!!! And it is gorgeous!!

I am so pleased!!!

[Musica]

Wow! That's brilliant Boo ... Are you selling online too? What do you sell?

Haha sorry so many questions. Hope you're really busy!!lol

Well done xxx

PS  thanks Serenity ... I finished and still have all my fingers!!
X

[BB64]

I sell horticultural equipment for indoor and outdoor plants, nutrients etc..., exotic plants, exotic fruits and vegetables and everything people might need to florish our beautiful planet and their own environment.
I also sell tropical fish and I offer a free service as a plant clinic.

[crazyjourney]

Just hung the washing out again I am getting so boring.

I am almost finished decorating my kithen/dining though, it has ONLY taken me the last 2yrs. so yes proud of that, I even did some plastering, next job is to get a masonry drill bit so I can put up the curtain pole and I am done more or less YEEHAA!!

Meanwhile crazy mlcer is running up and down the country lost trying to find himself, oh boy!

Hugs everyone x

Ps Not done completely, starting on the sun room next.

[R]

Woo hoo Booboo - sounds a fabulous kind of shop.  Shame you're not nearer, I would love a nosey...!!

So many talents - - you could have a Q&A plant clinic session on here too!!

Hope it's a marvellous success.

Today I've not done much proudnesswise (is that a word?), but have had a lovely haircut, so that makes me feel good if not proud!
xxx