Nina's Blog - Monday 2nd February 2026

Monday 2nd February 2026, 11:09

Today's must do task is to repair a tear in a duvet cover. But before I do that I'll get the bread machine started.

I've done a tiny bit of exercise so far too:
- press ups: 4
- squats: 20
- sit ups: 6
- squat thrusts: 6

Edit 16:37: just did five more press ups. Doesn't seem to be getting any easier, perhaps i need to do it for more than a couple of days :-)

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Wednesday 3rd February 2025, 21:24

Forgot to post the evidence that I fixed the tears in my duvet cover :-)

So here you can see my atrocious sewing 'skills':

22Michelle · 70-79, T

@ninalanyon Atrocious indeed, but still far better than I could manage!

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@22Michelle It seems silly to buy new when the only person who ever sees my bed is me. When sheets get too worn I salvage the usable parts and make pillow cases out of them. They look a bit better because even though my backstitch isn't much better than my darning it looks better because you can't actually see it!

22Michelle · 70-79, T

@ninalanyon I find I'm having to resist slipping into my father's attitude of "why bother" so I do still try to make an effort, even though it's only me that seems to care.