Today may be an especially difficult day for some

[chloe40]

It may help to share your memories of Valentines day with us x

Chloe x

[Downinil]

Been teary most of today. One of my cousins died recently and just got a call today that another cousin died a couple days ago.

[Caza in reply to Downinil]

Not surprised you’ve been tearful. I’m sorry to hear this.

My close friend lost two cousins over the Christmas period. It seems to be a bad start of 2025 for most people in my circle of family & friends.

[chloe40 Administrator in reply to Downinil]

That's sad Downinil

So close together too, no, not surprising the tears have fallen x

[Turnipgirl in reply to chloe40]

These horrible things always happen in the same blow don't they?

[Turnipgirl]

Yesterday what we did was gave valentines day a miss and finished the day at 2.30pm for some well earned self care which involved sitting down listening to music which helped!

Yesterday morning it was the pantry that I went to last week and it was empty yesterday but last week it was packed!

I find how small things make a big difference in regard to getting groceries and this week and last week I got about £25 worth of groceries for a fiver which adds up to a saving of £50 for the 2 weeks which I think is excellent value and had no need to go anywhere near a supermarket today so stopped in and had some home cooked food courtesy of the local pantry and baked beans from the cupboard I bought myself which are always ideal to have!

That pantry is great to put people on for a few days for £5 when I got £25 of groceries which is more or less what I spend on groceries anyway a week but it doesn't go so far when you are a family of 4 though and they're not a weekly shop place or a place to stock up!

Just having done those has helped cut my grocery spending as I can't go to them for the next couple of weeks as I have other commitments booked on those Fridays but it all helps though!

Some irresponsible friends of ours had ignored warnings from the bank about constantly going over their overdraft limit and the bank had had enough and sent their accounts to collections!

They have an extremely spoilt brown and white elderly tabby cat who one year had sent me her own Christmas card!

They will have better things to worry about nowadays than writing Christmas cards claiming they are from the cat!

I am looking forward to going out this evening though to an event in the village hall for 7.30pm!

[chloe40 Administrator]

Yes Turnipgirl

They certainly seem to be very helpful, which is great.

Enjoy your evening x

[Turnipgirl in reply to chloe40]

Its nice isn't it to have things to look forward to every so often?

This afternoon I have been preparing for my interview at EE on Monday at 10am walking myself through what might happen, just to put me at ease!

They did say it's going to be a few questions and nothing to worry about and if that comes to anything it will be a formal interview at their premises, so the worst that happens on Monday is that things don't go further and if they don't the world won't end!

I do have an interview on Thursday afternoon down in Grangetown and then a course in Canton on Friday morning so today I was glad to have had some quiet time and no need to go to the supermarket for anything!

Now I have had time to calm down and think things through I feel that the leisure centre closing down at the end of January was the best thing that could have happened to me!

Because that happened I no longer have to go near those areas where I have bad memories if I don't want to or go near that pharmacy again that treated me badly and also that scabby care home as well where I was shouted at for no good reason!

I also save on bus and petrol money and £40 a month not going there and also cash on overpriced cups of tea for £2.55 a go and 65p for an orange!

I feel when I got shouted at for no reason at the scabby care home it was a good turn as well as by accident when she did that she stopped me from working those ridiculous 12 hour shifts and those infuriating phone calls on days off asking me to come in because someone has called out sick!

I'm not saying it's right to bully though when I say I was accidentally done a favour when I got shouted at at the scabby care home as at the time it felt like the world had ended!

I also feel getting turfed out of the old place was a good thing as well getting removed from a place where I was made miserable!