There is a boat near us belonging to a couple in their late fifties, they spend their weekdays caring for their grandchildren and his 94 year old mother. This weekend they came to their boat and socialised with the people in the next boat. They didn't bother to practise social distancing as "There is lots of fresh air around"!
Scrimping and saving, ranting and raving. Past retirement age.
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Monday, 23 March 2020
Mortgage free in Three
Elaine is doing her best to get the Mortgage Free in Three website up and running again. If she succeeds I'll,let people know on here.
Mother's Day
This is what my daughter posted on Facebook today.
Happy Mothers Day to my mummy! She taught me all the skills I need to survive this! 💪
🔹️Patience of a saint - well not quite but I'm close 😬
🔹️Realistic expectations in parenting - ok calling my 5 year old, a knob to her face isn't great but I'm only human 🤷♀️
🔹️A dark sense of humour - we all need a laugh in these times just don't say it loud enough for anyone to report you 🤐
🔹️To live in chaos and embrace the madness - I was raised in a home overrun with wild children, I just feel like I'm back in my childhood home. And the madness..well, that's hard to avoid so I'll just throw myself into it! 🤪
🔹️To eat what I'm given and make dinners out of almost nothing - lumpy milk featured heavily in my childhood! As did chicken 'stoup' (too runny for stew, too lumpy for soup) Last night we had 4 portions of spag bol and tonight we have 8 portions of lasagna..12 dinners all from 250g of mince! Ok its hunt the mince but that's how I was raised! 🧐
🔹️That worrying is like a rocking chair, it's something to do but it gets you nowhere - there are better things to do with my time ⌚
🔹️Life isn't about surviving! It's about thriving! - and I do! My kids do! We are thriving, and kicking the sh*t out of life! 🥳
🔹️IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD - a phrase I didn't like growing up, cos so many things felt so big but now, it's a phrase I LOVE! There's nothing better than a mother that takes this attitude to every bomb you drop! 💣
21 - mum I'm pregnant 🤰
36 - mum I'm leaving my marriage and home...🏃♀️
And now, in this global crisis, it's still Not The End Of The World! Thank you mum for all of it! ❤❤
Happy Mothers Day to my mummy! She taught me all the skills I need to survive this! 💪
🔹️Patience of a saint - well not quite but I'm close 😬
🔹️Realistic expectations in parenting - ok calling my 5 year old, a knob to her face isn't great but I'm only human 🤷♀️
🔹️A dark sense of humour - we all need a laugh in these times just don't say it loud enough for anyone to report you 🤐
🔹️To live in chaos and embrace the madness - I was raised in a home overrun with wild children, I just feel like I'm back in my childhood home. And the madness..well, that's hard to avoid so I'll just throw myself into it! 🤪
🔹️To eat what I'm given and make dinners out of almost nothing - lumpy milk featured heavily in my childhood! As did chicken 'stoup' (too runny for stew, too lumpy for soup) Last night we had 4 portions of spag bol and tonight we have 8 portions of lasagna..12 dinners all from 250g of mince! Ok its hunt the mince but that's how I was raised! 🧐
🔹️That worrying is like a rocking chair, it's something to do but it gets you nowhere - there are better things to do with my time ⌚
🔹️Life isn't about surviving! It's about thriving! - and I do! My kids do! We are thriving, and kicking the sh*t out of life! 🥳
🔹️IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD - a phrase I didn't like growing up, cos so many things felt so big but now, it's a phrase I LOVE! There's nothing better than a mother that takes this attitude to every bomb you drop! 💣
21 - mum I'm pregnant 🤰
36 - mum I'm leaving my marriage and home...🏃♀️
And now, in this global crisis, it's still Not The End Of The World! Thank you mum for all of it! ❤❤
Sunday, 22 March 2020
Friday, 20 March 2020
Dad's Army
I'm living in an episode of Dad's Army!
Steve is alternating between barking orders at me like Captain Mainwaring, panicking like Corporal Jones or predicting doom like Private Frazer!
I'm trying to keep him calm and keep myself busy, I have the tapestry I showed you yesterday, I have a massive net petticoat that I shall turn into tutus, some towels and men's shirts to cut up and edge to make face wipes with and some small bags to embroider to make into spell bags.
I only wish I could find something that Steve would do apart from scrolling through Facebook and getting stressed.
I do periodically make him get offline but he has nothing else to take its place.
I would like to meditate more and study the cards but I cannot concentrate, I unjoined (yes I know there is no such word, but you know what I mean) a couple of Facebook boaters groups as I couldn't cope with the stupidity and hysteria. Unfortunately Steve is still a member and is constantly reading out all the posts I was trying to avoid!
Steve is alternating between barking orders at me like Captain Mainwaring, panicking like Corporal Jones or predicting doom like Private Frazer!
I'm trying to keep him calm and keep myself busy, I have the tapestry I showed you yesterday, I have a massive net petticoat that I shall turn into tutus, some towels and men's shirts to cut up and edge to make face wipes with and some small bags to embroider to make into spell bags.
I only wish I could find something that Steve would do apart from scrolling through Facebook and getting stressed.
I do periodically make him get offline but he has nothing else to take its place.
I would like to meditate more and study the cards but I cannot concentrate, I unjoined (yes I know there is no such word, but you know what I mean) a couple of Facebook boaters groups as I couldn't cope with the stupidity and hysteria. Unfortunately Steve is still a member and is constantly reading out all the posts I was trying to avoid!
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Lock down
There will be no more jumble sales for a few months.
Stroke Club is closed for the foreseeable future.
DD1 and DD2 are staying home, some of the grandchildren aren't well. They have streaming colds and no temperature but they are not allowed to return to school. Mind you the schools are closed next week. I transferred some money to DD2 to tide her over.
Lots of people have decided to spend time on their boats as they self isolate so it's very busy here.The marina office is running a reduced face to face service. Gas and coal will be dropped at the end of the jetty and payments are to be made by phone.
We did a slightly larger weekly shop today, an extra bottle of milk a jar of coffee and two extra tins. We cannot have shopping delivered here at the moment so we have to go out.
Apart from that, it's hunker down and sit it out.
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Prick
On Saturday I helped at a jumble sale in aid of the Wessex Cancer Trust. There were two new helpers one of whom was serving beside me.
She asked if I was local and I explained about living on a boat.
She immediately went into raptures about how lucky I was and how it was her dream to live on a boat.
She waxed lyrical about sitting on the front deck with a cold glass of wine whilst watching the scenery pass by. About having no housework to do as boats are so small. About not having to work as there were no bills to pay. About having a boater's stove to keep her warm.
By the time I'd explained about the locks and swing bridges, the cost of the boat licence, insurance, mooring fees, about lugging in the coal in and clearing out the ash, her happy bubble was well and truly pricked!
She asked if I was local and I explained about living on a boat.
She immediately went into raptures about how lucky I was and how it was her dream to live on a boat.
She waxed lyrical about sitting on the front deck with a cold glass of wine whilst watching the scenery pass by. About having no housework to do as boats are so small. About not having to work as there were no bills to pay. About having a boater's stove to keep her warm.
By the time I'd explained about the locks and swing bridges, the cost of the boat licence, insurance, mooring fees, about lugging in the coal in and clearing out the ash, her happy bubble was well and truly pricked!
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