chewits - the debtquake monster is coming

mooomin

kissjenn wrote: »

Hoping to have a day out up north tomorrow with OH, SB and Husky. Found GPS in a pile of rubbish today ... we will declutter if it kills me.

Ooh, where you off to?

And have you booked any Fringe shows yet?

kissjenn

Up to Perth to do some Geocaching is the plan. Found some nice ones around the town centre so OH can stomp around too. He usually walks a bit and lets us kids run ahead...:rotfl:

Fringe not yet ... Will do early next week ... actually will take programme up to bed now and have a quick peruse...thanks for the poke :T

How many things do you have lined up?

mooomin

kissjenn wrote: »

How many things do you have lined up?

*counts tickets*

11 at the Fringe Including a night out at Faith No More (WooYay!)

Then it's Billy Connolly in September :j

Also planning on investifating the Free Fringe stuff and the Fringe for a Fiver, depending on how the budget holds up!

kissjenn

Where do you get the free fringe and fringe for a fiver stuff?

When does it start?

And yes dump run then Perth...

mooomin

kissjenn wrote: »

Where do you get the free fringe and fringe for a fiver stuff?

When does it start?

And yes dump run then Perth...

Free fringe and Fiver Fringe you should find via google I think.

Starts on Friday :j

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.
• W/b 20th July 57 out of target of 66 activities 6/10 for effort.
• W/b 27th July 69 out of target of 66 activities 8/10 for effort.

Good split this week but carp on activity. Pedometer should be at 70,000 steps in a week, it's at 35,000. That's half and bad bad bad. Now given my competitive OCD nature I could double that and then never do it again, or I could do what is completely against my nature and do slow and steady and add 10% per week based on this weeks total so it doubles in 10 weeks (simple not compound interest!!).

So targets are:

W/b 3rd August - 38,500
W/b 10th August - 42,000
W/b 17th August - 45,500
W/b 24th August - 49,000
W/b 31st August - 52,500
W/b 7th Sept - 56,000
W/b 14th Sept - 59,500
W/b 21st Sept - 63,000
W/b 28th Sept - 66,500
W/b 5th Oct - 70,000

What gets measured gets gone...must translate that into Latin so it's sounds more profound.


Key jobs next week are

1. Office complete apart from furniture.
2. OU Essay completed and submitted.
3. 50 items on ebay.
4. Decision made on jeep.
5. Fringe shows chosen and booked.

Blue Bucket - Health and Exercise – 7 per week.

• Walked dog.
• Pedometer reading end Sunday 2nd Aug - 35000 – bad bad bad should be 70000. 10,000 a day will have to be target. Looks like starting at 50% this week.
• Walked dog but not far enough...hmmm
• Long walk with dog.
• Optician for me and SB.
• 3 Geocaches – only found 1 grrrr.

Green Bucket -The House – 14 per week.

• Sorted all the washing.
• 10 loads of washing done.
• Car gone for MOT and failed miserably.
• Lunch made.
• Dump run done.
• Lunch made.
• Baking done.
• Source of cat “smell” located and dealt with.
• Dump run done.
• Washing put away.

Purple Bucket -Business Number 1 – 7 per week

• Duplicate keys sent to tenant together with a bill for £16.
• Dealing with agents re stinky flat.
• Quick training session from agent on Section 19 and Section 33 NTQ and periods...great result.
• Phoned DCA to request status report – they’re useless.
• Invoice raised for stinky deposit.
• Replied to council about fence dispute.
• Washing machine ordered.
• Stinky flat 85% cleared.
• Chased missing rent payment.
• Stinky flat 100% cleared.
• New tenant moved into stinky flat.
• Missing rent payment received.
• Arrears spreadsheets updated for July payments.

Gold Bucket – Education – 7 per week

• Sat in on 2 CAB interviews.
• Completed Employment
• Completed Employment 1
• Completed Debt 2
• Learned how to raise a Small Claim action
• Read half of Antigone.
• Finished Antigone.
• Passed TMA05.
• 1 to 1 with tutor.
• Completed Tenants and Landlords.
• Sat in on 1 CAB interview.

Red Bucket - Business Number 2 – 5 per week

• 4 Amazon packages sent.
• 6 more books listed.
• 1 Amazon package sent.
• 16 ebay listings done.
• Cheques sent to accountant for fees and insurance.
• Downloaded Turbo lister.
• 2 Amazon packages sent.

Pink Bucket - Extension and Refurbishment – 7 per week

• DVD sorting finished.
• 10 more boxes moved to storage.
• Painter organised for Wednesday.
• Office furniture chosen.
• Plans received back from Structural Engineer.
• Office furniture ordered.

Brown Bucket - Family and Friends – 5 per week

• Family trip and lunch.
• Bank appt made to open account for SB.
• Account opened for SB. He can keep child saver J
• Power of Attorney form signed and returned.
• Spent day in Perth geocaching with OH, SB and Husky. Got OH upto 1500 steps on pedometer – that’s a lot and took about a hour with a big rest in the middle for him.

Lilac Bucket – MSE – 14 per week.

• Checked bank accounts.
• Sent 4 rent reminder texts.
• Checked bank accounts.
• 3 emails to council who denied knowing tenants...wrong.
• Updates received for 3 tenants.
• Free Directory Enquiry for sent for OH.
• Told optician was on WTC, glasses half price.
• Check bank accounts.
• Updated spreadsheets.
• Check bank accounts.
• Updated spreadsheets.

kissjenn

Well slow start to the week.

Phone call today from invisible agent with a job "I'd be perfect for". So I'm in for that but based on recent experience that'll be the last we ever hear of that one!

Also had a useful conversation with another local landlord. We've agreed to an informal information share now on tenants as I've now gor one who ran out on him owing 3 months rent ... I'm going to get teeshirts made with "Rent is Not Optional" printed on them.

Painter hopefully here later to start new office - I'm soooooooo excited :T:j:T:j:T:j

kissjenn

I've finally signed up to mystery shopping and just passed the KFC and Pizza Hut courses.

Got my first assignment and genuinely terrified. Isn't that just pants. I'm so OCD I'll be measuring the available crust to topping ratio to see if it's acceptable or below par and the colour coded crust charts - jeezus help ma boab - stress or what.

It's me, painter handed me an inch and a half of colour strips.
"I want yellow" says me.
"Ah but what shade?" says him.
"About there" points me.
"Don't you want to sit down with all these books? No rush."
"Nope. Yellow. Sort of that. Done."

Pizza crust colouration charts are not boding well :eek:

mooomin

If you need someone to eat pizza with you again.....;)

kissjenn

flying_fresian wrote: »

If you need someone to eat pizza with you again.....;)

Oh yes. That's a good MSE move. I'll do the first one to understand what I'm doing then we can maybe get together for Pizza and a Movie again. The one on Lothian Road was on the list...yum and they pay - double yum!