Travelling On

smallholdingsister wrote: »

Chives do well outside - tougher than Basil (though maybe not new plants in snow!).

pinkypig wrote: »

Good luck with your herbs xx

Thanks! It was so cold overnight, I was actually a bit worried this morning even though they're *inside* the house. They seem fine, though. I have some chives in the garden already, and those huge perennial things (can't remember the name ) but I want lots - like a path edging, really, so I can eat regularly.

beanielou wrote: »

I am right in the middle of Scotland pinkypig:)

Loooong way north of me - and its cold enough down here - I woke horrendously early, and my phone said it was -5 outside ... its now up to a balmy 0 degrees :cool:

Another Amazon code arrived from SB, so thats £30 in total, £20 of which is still sitting at Amazon. More to come.

I've done two You Gov surveys in the last two days, thats good.

Paypal offered me a free £5, though it looks like I can't use it on ebay. I'll certainly find something.

Since I've been tracking again, from December, thats:
£57.55 actual money off or money earned
£90 saved on home and contents insurance compared to renewal quote
£45 prospective extra income, vouchers or money off utility bills.
:j

I'm pulling lots of my writing together, and heading out for a quick walk later on with my sister, as long as the ice on the roads melts first.

Stay warm, everyone! My thermals are seeing good use today.

It varies for me a lot, beanie, which is why I mentioned it. I still think they're worthwhile - when you *do* get to a payout, I've worked it out that you're "earning" about £2 an hour, tax free. For people on a good wage, its not worth it (unless they're on their commute or something) but for people like us - yep, I think they're worth it, as long as you don't assume you can finish it in a set time.

I certainly hope you will, CBC! My word ...

Yep, my wintry walk was lovely, but once I sat down on my return, I'm shattered I think even being outside in this sort of cold takes it out of you ... never mind, hadn't seen my sister in ages, it was good.

And instead of thermals, I wore my winter jeans - they fit! And they're size 12 :j I'll need some connection to my stomach muscles, mind you but they fit :j

Mmmmm ... they don't fit *well*, beanie, but they didn't hurt to pull up, put it that way :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I need to work on my core, as the Strictly judges would say :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Right ... a good day today, and thinking of tomorrow:
- I'm setting up my desk and office for writing - but I also want to review another 3 chapters tomorrow. New writing by next week.
- Must, must, must buy travel insurance tomorrow. I wonder if I can use the £5 paypal money for that? Must be done, in any case.
- weeding is always good!
- some emails to answer, that won't take long.

I think I'll leave the actual list at that for now. There's always decorating, cleaning, mending, blah blah blah, the exciting stuff, you know

New writing by next week.

Hiya :wave:

Downshifterella wrote: »

Well done on the jeans KC always satisfying! ( Like u say if they don't hurt to pull up always a fairly good start in my book! :rotfl:)

Unfortunately, the slim fit means they trigger my skin allergy - metal of any sort does that - so I'm still snookered on these, I'm afraid.

Walk sounds lovely ( and cold brrrrr) well done!

Yep, it was both; open water was iced over, and the ducks were huddled over an ice hole like you see Eskimoes doing, but we threw a few pebbles here and there, and they went through, so not exactly thick ice

What kind of writing are u doing? That's one of my pipe dreams .... Not sure I'm motivated enough to sit down and do it though!! X

A non-fiction one about salt or water, I have notes for both (I had a long time when I couldn't do much, thats my defence and I'm sticking to it ) and the one that I *will* now work on, a slow apocalypse fiction book, I have about 15000 words written. If you have any good stories about how cold winter can get, this is the place to share them