Getting out of my comfort zone

gilligansyle

se999 wrote: »

I If there really is lots of stuff, why not do a garage sale, we did a house clearance one when we left our last house, just leafletted the nearby streets as we'd left it too late for a newspaper advert etc.. It was actually really good fun. It turned into a mini-street party, with people discovering who they'd lived on the same street with for years.

Friend of mine did that before going to Papua New Guinea, and I've always thought that when I move from here, that's what I'll do; take everything that I want to keep and put it in storage and then open the house up, no reasonable offer refused, and then get house clearance people to take the rest. Wouldn't work for me as a garage sale as I don't have a garage and live in a terraced house so would probably get 'done' by the Council for obstructing the pavement:D

In the meantime its getting labelled up, and photographed while I work out what to do. There's also a 'bloke' thing of not wanting to chuck anything remotely technical 'just in case'; so DS has boxes full of wires, old co-ax cable, scart leads, kettle leads etc.Not to mention 3 mixers, an amp, some HUGE speakers. Why do I care?

Mad busy in work today, goalposts moved yet again. New project plan needed. And nobody knows how long they want me to stay for so can get no commitment, even though they've apparently told the agency September (where's the confused smiley?)

se999

gilligansyle wrote: »

There's also a 'bloke' thing of not wanting to chuck anything remotely technical 'just in case'; so DS has boxes full of wires, old co-ax cable, scart leads, kettle leads etc.Not to mention 3 mixers, an amp, some HUGE speakers. Why do I care?
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Definitely know about the bloke thing, I'm the only female in a 3 bloke household!!

At a car boot sale, hubby was in charge of the 'bloke thing' plumbing, diy etc boxes and enjoyed selling to 'kindred spirits'. It was amazing how they loved rumaging in the boxes of apparently miscellaneous useless items We grouped the boxes at one end of the stall, so I go the people interested in my bits, and he in his

Sounds like workwise you're up in the air like us at the moment too, hope things firm up soon.

Karmacat

Laughing at the bloke thing .... tho because I don't have that sort of bloke, I have to get a OCDish about wires myself I've been stern tho, and thrown lots out, tho the one I discovered last week has gone into storage

gilligansyle

Internet in hotel not very good, typing this from phone,back later today.

gilligansyle

Morning,

why am I up so early, got no work to do today. Not only am I up, but already showered, dressed and hair dried; bathroom cleaned and started on kitchen.

THE KITCHEN!!! I was sooo angry with DS yesterday. I got back from Shropshire late. DS had mentioned during the day that he was doing tidying; don't know where he tidied but it sure wasn't the kitchen, which looked like a bomb had gone off. Plates in the sink, crumbs on worktops, empty multipack wrappers just left on worktop; food not put back in fridge.
I calmed down eventually, but its not what you want to come home to.

Get paid tomorrow for one job and Monday (I think) for the other, then have no money until the Bank Holiday weekend, which is also when the Cheshire job finishes.
I've a fair amount of money in the tax saver account, and have been trying to work out my tax liability myself, but I think some of the rates have changed, and some of its been paid. But, I think I'm right that I pay the taxes for the year ending April 2011 by June 2012? In which case I've got a while to build it up. I've paid the NIC bit as I've gone along, also the VAT, its the other stuff.

Back to tidying.

Karmacat

Aargh! Hope you gave him what for ....

What else are you doing today?

gilligansyle

Hi KC
Unfortunately he wasn't around at the time, as I was back late and he was out playing football. It wasn't just the mess, it was also that there was no hot water. The boiler is in his room, and all the pipes go under the carpet, so he switches it off because he gets too hot!

So far today have de-cluttered some bookshelves and been on hold to HMRC for over an hour. When I was out of work, I was registered as self employed because that was the way the courier work was done. I told them I was no longer self employed but they still keep sending me NIC demands.

Am now off to see Mum and have some lunch. Not necessarily in that order.
And tonight am going back to singing club.

Double_Trouble

gilligansyle wrote: »

Hi KC
Unfortunately he wasn't around at the time, as I was back late and he was out playing football. It wasn't just the mess, it was also that there was no hot water. The boiler is in his room, and all the pipes go under the carpet, so he switches it off because he gets too hot!

So far today have de-cluttered some bookshelves and been on hold to HMRC for over an hour. When I was out of work, I was registered as self employed because that was the way the courier work was done. I told them I was no longer self employed but they still keep sending me NIC demands.

Am now off to see Mum and have some lunch. Not necessarily in that order.
And tonight am going back to singing club.

That sounds like fun what sort of singing I am very envious of people who can sing my OH has a lovely voice and well just say I don't

I have been decluttering bookshelves too 2 out of 3 large floor to ceiling ones done last one to do tomorrow it has made such a difference they are in OS' room which used to be my office so we have now been able to unpack his DVD and book collection which I brought back from cardiff in preparation for his move home for the summer (must tell him about TV licence refund) he is going to be very pleased and it looks so much tidier.

Waiting for a date and time for my career advice interview in Chester plan on going to a certain retail outlet to see if I can get an interview suit which Mom has said she will pay for :j I will let you know when in case you are around and we can meet to catch up

DTxx

gilligansyle

Double_Trouble wrote: »

That sounds like fun what sort of singing I am very envious of people who can sing my OH has a lovely voice and well just say I don't

I can't sing, but like singing. In fact I used to think I was tone deaf, but apparently its that I can't hear myself properly.


Waiting for a date and time for my career advice interview in Chester plan on going to a certain retail outlet to see if I can get an interview suit which Mom has said she will pay for :j I will let you know when in case you are around and we can meet to catch up

:TI am mainly free Thursdays and Fridays

DTxx

That's what's good about this, there are no auditions; just people who like to sing. They do some show tunes, and hymns from school, or things like Ferry 'cross the Mersey.

OK, social butterfly that I am, I'm back out again now.

Karmacat

That singing club sounds lovely! And I like the sound of Gill the social butterly

Long live decluttering! The big period of decluttering books has ended for me, but even so, today I'm taking half a dozen to the charity shop - one will catch my way in a different way from usual, just all of a sudden, and I'll think, **that** has had its day - a couple of days ago, it was an outsize book on Plant Propogation - its over 20 years old, no pictures, just hand-drawn cartoons, and *way* too much detail for what I want now. And the approach is, let us say, not organic. Or healthy, which is why I'm not offering to send it to anyone on here.

Friday today! Hope its a good one for you.