Monthly Archives: July 2020

One day at a time…

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Over the weekend I started working on a new quilt top. I initially wasn’t too keen on the colours and was going to donate it but its really grown on me as I’ve worked on it so I think it will find a home here once its done. Its no particular pattern, I just make it up as I go along. It was good to do a bit of sewing again,  I miss it and its a good distraction from all thats going on in the world right now.

Heres a pic of the fabrics I’m using. It was a set of fat quarters from my stash.

In other crafty news my crotchet rug is growing nicely. Mostly I’m using up leftover wool. However my temperature blanket is behind by about a month, so I need to get back to that this weekend and do some catching up.

On the work front I’ve been back in the office for a few hours this week, next week I’ll go a few more days and work up from there. I’m finding it all a bit stressful to be honest. I’d be much happier just continuing to work from home but I guess we’ll see what the next few weeks bring with Australias covid cases on the rise.

 Is anyone else finding their concentration is not so great? I think I’m just mentally a bit weary of it all. Right now I’m just focusing on ‘one day at a time’ as best I can, not thinking too far ahead. I’m grateful we are safe and well & have all kept our jobs, we are more fortunate than many at the moment.

DH had some good news yesterday!  Along with increased work hours he received a long overdue pay rise so that will be helpful. We’ve had a few additional expenses this month and the car has more repairs booked. This reduced how much extra I could pay on the mortgage this month but if all goes to plan I will hit that half way mark next week.

A quick update

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Its been an interesting week. I must admit my concentration and focus is not the greatest after three months working from home, I find I’m quite easily distracted  and my concentration is not as good as usual, so I think it will take me a bit to adjust to being back at work. My boss has said to come back gradually which is good. I’ll go in for a few hours on Monday to start with.

Financially we’ve had a few wins. I got paid $150 grocery voucher to do a 45 minute survey yesterday so that was a win. Grocery prices are still up so this is a big help. I’m just accepting that its costing more at the moment with the pandemic and its not worth stressing over.

DH will be going back to full time work next month. Even though he has enjoyed being part-time, it was never his choice to reduce his hours. So him having a full time income again will be good and help us reach our goals a bit easier.

In the meantime I’m trying to keep warm, we’ve had some really cold, frosty mornings here this week, focusing on one day at a time, and avoiding too much news.

Stay safe XX

Back to work!!

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Well yesterdays plans were quickly derailed as my workplace has now announced we are to be back at work after next week. In a complete turnaround from the ‘you must work from home’ instructions for the last four months, including being told this again last Friday, they announced it with no warning at all.

So the day was spent trying to get my head around it and in team discussions about how will all be managed. Our area has not had any cases for weeks now so I know realistically that the risk is low. However our town has been filled with tourists over the last week which is a worry along with the fact that Melbourne cases are rising rapidly and the borders were been closed between NSW & Victoria yesterday. It is school holidays here so thousands of people had 24 hours to get back across borders, those coming back from Victoria to NSW could have been exposed so I guess the next 2-3 weeks will determine how we fare in NSW.

I’m not happy about it and I probably could get a medical certificate but on the other hand I do not want to be seen as being difficult. At this stage my plan is to return but not do any face to face work and I’ll see how it pans out. If I think its too risky I’ll take leave.

On a positive note its a lovely sunny day here and its also payday. Knowing I only have one week left at home I want to get a bit more cooking for the freezer done and a bit more decluttering.