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savingholmes

Hi kissjen - just dipped into your diary.... I loved watching Harry Potter this week with the family and did like the last book - although I found it much better on the second read through.... There seems to be loads of time when harry and his mates struggle to achieve anything which made for boring reading but was I felt realistic... it does get better....!

Glad your unpaid rents situation is improving....

kissjenn

Cheers SH, I'll keep pressing on. I'm still in the tent at the moment...it could do with speeding up a little and I miss Hogwarts. I'm still waiting for my letter, think it must be lost in the post. Do you think the Ministry for Magic had to bail out Gringotts? Wonder if the Head Goblin got to quit on a full pension - £600,000 Galleons a Year...mudblood!!

Spot The Difference

mooomin

kissjenn wrote: »

That's disappointing. I've just re-read the book and cannot get into the 7th one. Forcing myself to finish it but it's truly bo00dy awful. I loved the earlier books but the end just seems to be an attempt to tie up the ends.

Ah well, if the boys won't go (a) I'll save the cost of the tickets (b) save cost of lunch (c) save cost of juice and ice cream and (d) miss a rotten movie. Every cloud has a silver lining.

I went to go on Friday but the showings were sold out!! It was bedlam on the opening day apparently - people pushing each other to get in the queue etc. Especially as it was Orange 2for1 day.

Not sure when my next plan is to go and see it - which cinema do you normally go to?

kissjenn

Ocean T is the usual now they've shut Kinnaird Park. We're in East Lothian so they're all pretty painful to get to. Weather's nicer today so may do something outside with Husky and SB and do cinema another day.

Never thought of Orange Wed - bit of a silly day to launch it??

EssexHebridean

We're only hanging on to OH's phone on Orange now so we get to use an Orange Weds for Harry Potter - will possibly go next week, if not the one after. I did enjoy the last book but would agree it certainly wasn't as easy a read as the others. I do like the fact that she didn't go for the child friendly happy endings throughout - I would have felt that was a real cop-out.

kissjenn

Bucket round up for this week done.

• W/b 6th July 45 out of target of 66 activities 4/10 for effort.
• W/b 13th July 61 out of target of 66 activities 7/10 for effort.

Lot better split this week. Key job was the OU essay and that was done. Also made good progress on clearing new office so I'll organise an electrician and painter next week. Need to get organised with ebay and Amazon and start cleaning this place.

Week Beginning Monday 13th July


Blue Bucket - Health and Exercise – 7 per week.

1. Walked to ex-trashed flat to do viewing.
2. Grandad taken to hosp appointment.
3. Husky down to beach for run (her not me!!)

Green Bucket -The House – 14 per week.

1. 5 loads of washing done.
2. Roast Dinner made.
3. Soup made for Tuesday.
4. Lunch made.
5. Lunch made.
6. Home made fish and chips.
7. Tesco order done.
8. 3 loads of washing done.
9. Living room hovered.
10. Top hall hovered.
11. Dump and recycling run done.
12. Lunch made.
13. Top up shopping done.
14. 8 feet of clean washing sorted.

Purple Bucket -Business Number 1 – 7 per week

1. Showed ex-trashed flat again.
2. Application details delivered to agent.
3. Beanie boy flat application query.
4. Rent arrears problem discussed due to change of circs.
5. Text to social work about monies they owe us – friendly little nudge.
6. Bona Vacantia material sent to Accountant.
7. Visited court office to get small claims material.
8. Wrote to Debt Collection firm to ask for proof of work done.
9. Spoke to tenant with arrears to agree a repayment plan. He will put his offer in writing.


Gold Bucket – Education – 7 per week

1. 2 hours of OU done.
2. 30 mins OU done.
3. OU TMA Part 1 done
4. OU TMA Part 2 done
5. Bibliography done and submitted
6. CAB Benefits 2
7. CAB Debt 1


Red Bucket - Business Number 2 – 5 per week

1. Tax returns signed and returned to accountant.
2. Amazon parcel sent.
3. Standing order for Accountant set up.
4. 27 more items listed on Amazon.


Pink Bucket - Extension and Refurbishment – 7 per week

1. SB Sorting through his room for ebay and attic stuff.
2. Games put in attic.
3. Carpet hovered.
4. Carpet washed once to try and get most disgusting stains out.
5. Ebay items in dining room.
6. 8 boxes loaded in car for storage.
7. Carpet washed again...Lucozade is evil!

Brown Bucket - Family and Friends – 5 per week

1. Family trip to Matalan to dress and shoe SB.
2. Family game of Scrabble...minimal bloodshed.
3. Family poker – dear lord have mercy.
4. Family trip to beach and picnic.

TBD. POA forms signed.

Lilac Bucket – MSE – 14 per week.

1. Rents checked.
2. Spreadsheets updated.
3. Tesco shop done with Discount Code – spent too much though L
4. Rents checked.
5. Spreadsheets updated.
6. Agreed with OH that surplus in Business Account will go to Mortgage OP J
7. Rents checked.
8. Spreadsheets updated.
9. Shrapnel fund hit £1000!!
10. Bid on Finance Course for SB going back to school from Ebay – did win.
11. Bid on Creative Writing Course for OH from Ebay – didn’t win.
12. Washed new office carpet to try and reuse it.
13. 100 books entered onto Amazon to see which are worth selling – cramp now.

kissjenn

Well I now have emphatic proof that there is no recession and everything is hunky dory.

Phoned Steve the electrictrian - beside pool in Spain. He suggested Sparky 2, Dave who is definately still working.

Dave the electrician - beside pool in Portugal. Is plumber about say I, yep says he.

Mark the Plumber - Hi Mate, it's nice here in Spain. Is joiner about. Yes!

Scott the Joiner - Canaries

And now last stop on the magical mystery workies tour

Brian the Painter - I literally just caught him beside the Pyramids...

New office to be finished now in early August. Tenants will be told to stick fingers in leaks and don't turn on the lights until end of July.

Seaxwyn

Hilarious!

kissjenn

And to add to it BT are a disaster. Office needs a telephone outlet not the new line they were hell bent on selling me at £122.50 plus line rental. When she eventually understood what I meant she huffily said "Right, I'll transfer you."

Ended up in India! No handover of course. Started story again. Don't need expensive connection to outside, just need box in that room to plug phone into.

£185.50 :eek::eek::eek:

Looks like me and a £5 extension kits from B&Q!!

The_Golden_Goose

KJ - your posts make me ROAR with laughter. I thank you. Esp on the week I have had, and yes, its only Wednesday so far.

Enjoy HP. Plus meeting F_F!

I am off, before I do something I regret, see my diary and you'll get what I mean!!