From Trash to Cash: Dribbling a river

mambury

hey all.... glad you had a nice weekend jo! Elly, wishing you a happy birthday too!

well, its been a busy few days entertaining the kids, and having some friends over for dinner.....

I have some news.. first products are on thge website... well sort of... bloody thing is playing up! OH is away tonight so I will bash away at it this evening.... And I might have a job... Not sure if you guys remember that I mentioned about a telesales job working from home? I received an email this morning from the company asking if I was still interested as the person they employed didn't work out so I think they are offering it to me.... we didn't really need the money a few months ago so I wasn't that bothered about not getting it but now since we are nearing the end of our building budget with lots still to do (at the moment finances dictate a choice between a kitchen and a bioler and I am not going with out heating!!) so this is perfect timing (well not so much with the school holidays but I will sort something out!)

I will carry on with PM as I am determined that this will take off.... I will just have to work evenings at PM and mornings at the new job.

woohoo....money coming in!!

Hope everyone else is well...

jo70mo

Yay Mambury, really hope the job works out. sounds like perfect timing hun.
and glad you are still going to keep on with PM.
Jo x

mambury

oh yes!! Just about to put a new order with a supplier for a new line too!!

dillidalli

Belated born day wishes hope you had good one Elly & Jo x

jo70mo

Thanks Dilli. I enjoyed it and actually feel quite happy about being 40 even though I hated the idea of it.
Jo x

elly68

See 40 is not sore lol turns out neither is 42 haha .I'm back from Oban where we got a pitch straight on the beach ,missed most of Saturday as I was soooooooooooo drunk on Friday night however didnt stop us going out Saturday .Last night we had a very late chinese and glass of wine and watched the sunset but headed home early as we knew carpet fitter was coming .Weirdly i have a card and flowers from my mum who you got a present off when you were young if she had any money but they were usually pretty random gifts ,and nothing else however dont mind in the slightest told oh not to go to shops and he said why have you bought something you want me to wrap ,i admit i have done this in the past lol so cant blame him ,kids have phoned from Florida and that was good enough for me .
Enough about me Jo where did you go Spilllllllllllll

elly68

ps thanks for all the birthday wishes ,when i saw 92 emails from being web free i was horrified then found that 50 were junk,20 were junk that had slipped through and 10 were facebooks from you lovely people so thanks again

EMminently

Happy Birthday Elly - sounds like you had a super time away, wine, beach, chinese... perfect! Don't let OH get away with thinking the carpet's your birthday pressie! Oooh it's not THAT kind of carpet i hope lol. I did look for a happy birthday merkin pic to post on your wall but couldn't find one - i hope it didn't look too dodgy googling that! x

ps I just struggled to get my socks on and OH said 'oooh even your feet are fat' and then laughed hysterically. he's not in my good books now! men! i told him to write that funny joke in his joke book.

elly68

men eh i broke my uncles door bell on the way in and almost broke a lamp on the way out was told to watch in case i broke the concrete steps ,oh might want to add that one .have to say i am a frank spencer though . pasta for tea then away to collect some ebay purchases .kids are back thursday wait till they find ou i'm working all next week and they are being farmed out again.
have decided on a hot holiday next year and since ev1 i know seems to have !!!!ed off to oz i think i might go there costs the same as florida so i need to have a good look at target and get my !!! in gear lol

jo70mo

Elly went to lovely campsite in a village not too far from us but in gorgeous setting and not commercial eg only a small shower block and little kiosk selling the ice cream they make on their farm and thats it. really close to sea and beach.just short walk through woods. DH got everything packed while I was at work on saturday (although I knew we were going as we decided about 2am in the morning when he got home from gig).
then him and kids went and pitched tent before picking me up from work.
Kids had taken allsorts of little random things to make a party on friday night and they had a fantastic time playing with about 5 other kids near to us.
they got totally sodden and covered in mud whilst I drank a bit of wine and chilled after the busiest day ever at work.
yesterday my actual birthday we all woke up early with strong wind buffeting our tent around. had breakfast and then DS fell fast asleep again in a nest of sleeping bags. DD cuddled up on the other side of me and fell asleep again soon after. so me and DH stayed in tent with kids all snuggled up and we chatted and snoozed while wind raged outside. was really peaceful and relaxing.
eventually wind got really bad and kids woke up so we popped them in their car seats with sleeping bags over them and took tent down which was hilariousin the wind as I kept nearly parachuting trying to keep hold of it. then met my mum and her OH for lunch in the village. there is a really nice rural crafty/arty gallery with a little cafe and great playground. kids made more friends while we ate and chatted. then went to visit my friend and her family who couldn't make it for lunch. then home and ordered pizza from our lovely little local takeaway. I couldn't keep my eyes open so Dh unpacked all.
Really enjoyed it but couldn't even face a glass of wine last night as so tired. must be my age.lol
Jo x
Ps he had packed me some trousers. some grey tracksuit bottoms that don't really fit me anymore and start slipping down and a top that needed washing!!! lol. was funny trying not to let them fall down whilst holding on to the billowing tent.haha.