EH is Back - and going Onwards, and Upwards!

Lemon_Tree

i did look for storage heaters last year but didn't really know where to get them from, in the end we got an electric fire and surround for the living room which we can take with us when we eventually leave here. It seems at the moment the phrase 'when we leave here' is ruling my decisions and it's not gonna happen for quite some time.

EssexHebridean

I've contacted a local electrician for a "supply & fit" quote - the 1.7kw size which is what we'd be looking for I think comes in at just at £278 which seems pretty reasonable to me. I know the bigger ones are quite a bit more expensive though.

EssexHebridean

Quick one - it's been madly busy on here today! I had to go miles back to find this!

Must do a list for tomorrow.
Must get round to repairing the trousers that need doing
And catching up the hem on a second pair.
Can also take the third pair to the tailors to get the length taken up as they are no good to man nor beast at the moment.
Avon books to collect - can be done at the same time as the tailors.
Avon books to redistribute.
Catch up on the diaries I've missed tonight while the forum has been boogering about
New challenge for photo challenge thread. :cool:
Update client invoice
Price up windscreen wipers in Halfords to see how much a drivers side one for my car is prior to service/MoT on Thursday. I suspect it will work out cheaper for me to buy and fit one than pay main dealer prices.
Washing from machine to airer.
Next load of washing to machine.
Washing up.

More to come tomorrow no doubt! One thing for sure Thursday will be largely an indoors day as the weather is forecast to be carp and the car is being serviced / MoT'd. Thankfully they know me pretty well at the dealers now so will come and collect & return it for me!

Pippajo

Basic convection heaters are expensive to run so would monitor usage. The storage heater we needed would have been over £400 for 1, and there are another 3 to fit after that too, plus if we want the ones that you can also turn on as a boost when you need we would have had to had the electrics redone as ours are old. We took the big old one off on Sunday and carried it in bits outside ready to take to the tip and yesterday a scrappy came by and took it away for us :j. I think over the next month or so we are going to take them all out and go with these delonghi ones, we arent selling so lack of permanent heaters isnt a problem and most people would put in central heating now anyway.

Good luck with the lists, they really seem to be working for you.

We have 70% chance of snow on Thursday and 92% chance at the weekend :T

EssexHebridean

Must get round to repairing the trousers that need doing Done!
And catching up the hem on a second pair. Done!
Can also take the third pair to the tailors to get the length taken up as they are no good to man nor beast at the moment. Done!
Avon books to collect - can be done at the same time as the tailors. Done!
Sort out Avon books to redistribute. Done most of the next campaigns, just need to sort out the inserts to go in them and work out exactly when I'm going to put them out.
Sort out inserts for next lot of Avon books.
Catch up on the diaries I've missed tonight while the forum has been boogering about
New challenge for photo challenge thread. :cool: Done!
Update client invoice
Price up windscreen wipers in Halfords to see how much a drivers side one for my car is prior to service/MoT on Thursday. I suspect it will work out cheaper for me to buy and fit one than pay main dealer prices.
Washing from machine to airer. Done!
Next load of washing to machine. Done!
Washing up. Done!
Car Tax - renew online Can't do this until the MoT has been done on Thursday. Boo!
Transfer car tax money from Car expenses account to joint account. Will put off doing this until I need to as well.

The two lots of repairs needed to trousers took a total of about 20 minutes, which makes me think it would have been far easier to have got on and done them when they first needed doing, rather than whinging and prevaricating about it!

Got the cheque back from the Sharesave scheme I was a member of with the company - unfortunately £50 short as for some reason the company decided to take a deduction from my final pay in spite of having already confirmed to the Sharesave people that I had left. I will give it a couple of weeks to see whether it trips back to me from either them, or the Sharesave people, after which I'll need to give it a chase. Spent a little time on Sunday afternoon doing a whizzy little chart to see how we're going with the progress of stashing money aside for next year's Hebrides trip. The amount we have worked out that we need is scary - hadn't *really* realised how much it all costs, but the fact is that it's the holiday we want and neither of us can imagine not spending our precious two weeks over there so it's a case of working out the best way to achieve it rather than worrying about not managing too. Good news is that we are a surprising amount of the way on already - thanks in part to the company paying me about twice as much untaken holiday as I thought I was due. The Sharesave money will be heading there as well, after which we will have enough stashed for all the essential bits (ferries, cottage rental, food, beer! ) and will be onto saving for spending money. :j

When I checked Quidco yesterday evening I spotted that £40 from More Th>n for the cat insurance has finally been received by them so that guarantees I'll get a payment at the end of the month - a little bit more for the Hebrides trip fund! :T OH is now a member of TopCashBack too so fingers crossed he can earn a bit of cash that way too. I think Quidco is the one I need to get him onto though as at the moment there is more "standard" daily cash available there.

We've pretty much decided that we're going to go for the storage heater. We know the Dimplex ones are good, and it worries me that there is always the risk of forgetting to turn a convector heater off and then ending up with it running all day which *would* be expensive. :eek:

Right, off to do some STUFF!

EssexHebridean

Must get round to repairing the trousers that need doing Done!
And catching up the hem on a second pair. Done!
Can also take the third pair to the tailors to get the length taken up as they are no good to man nor beast at the moment. Done!
Avon books to collect - can be done at the same time as the tailors. Done!
Sort out Avon books to redistribute. Done most of the next campaigns, just need to sort out the inserts to go in them and work out exactly when I'm going to put them out.
Sort out inserts for next lot of Avon books. Printed and done - can be inserted in books on Thursday
Catch up on the diaries I've missed tonight while the forum has been boogering about
New challenge for photo challenge thread. :cool: Done!
Update client invoiceDone!
Price up windscreen wipers in Halfords to see how much a drivers side one for my car is prior to service/MoT on Thursday. I suspect it will work out cheaper for me to buy and fit one than pay main dealer prices. Am going to have to bite the bullet and get it done with the service as the ones Halfords said were right, weren't! :mad:
Washing from machine to airer. Done!
Next load of washing to machine. Done!
Washing up. Done!
Car Tax - renew online Can't do this until the MoT has been done on Thursday. Boo!
Transfer car tax money from Car expenses account to joint account. Will put off doing this until I need to as well.
Book Cadburyworld using Tesco Days Out vouchers Done! Didn't realise before that you could advance book using the vouchers! We're going on Saturday! :D

All in all, not a bad onslaught on that list I reckon. I feel quite smug. Must get my head around sorting out what I need to achieve on Thursday. Must also do the wretched meal plan which is still eluding me - can't get my head around it for some reason. Oh well, last night was liver & bacon, and tonight will be the leftover brisket from sunday in a tomato sauce with spaghetti & garlic bread. Need a quick option for tomorrow night as I'm heading to Boots after work for the second christmas evening - I have a voucher for an extra 500 points if I spend the £50 to qualify for the extra 1200 already on offer, and several christmas presents on my list to buy if possible.

EssexHebridean

LISTday!!! Hope anyone who has got snow is managing to wrap up warm and not be too badly affected by it - we've not seen a flake down here yet!

So - to be done today:

Car to Garage for Service/MoT Was collected at 8am so hurrah to the garage for that!
Washing from airer, fold & put away Done!
dirty stuff into dishwasher Done!
One load of washing Machine running now
Washing onto airer Done!
Sort out next load of washing Will be OH's rugby kit so he gets to sort that out!
Collect Avon books that weren't left out for me on Tuesday Done!
emails to a couple of customers who haven't ordered to remind them of the deadline Done!
Notes through doors of a couple of customers who I know were interested in ordering to remind them of the deadline. one texted an order this morning so just the one to do
Finish sorting out Campaign 1 books to go out next week. Done!
Pay Avon invoice Done!
Update finance spreadsheet Done!
Update client invoice Done!
Banking Done!
Quidco/TCB/Pigsback daily clicky stuff Done!
Collect trousers from tailors after shortening Done!
Take boots back to Matalan for replacement as the soles have split - BOTH soles! :mad: Done! - no quibble at all
Take camera into town to try to get a shot for this weeks photo challenge Well I;ve taken some shots - will see later if any are right for the challenge. Enjoyed wandering round town with the camera though!
Get some more bits for OH's "Years Supply of" christmas box. Got another 6 deodorants and a pack of soap!
A bit more decluttering if I have time? Done! Just a small amount in the spare rom but every little helps - have part-filled another charity shop bag so that's three to go next time I head that way!
Pay Car Tax online if possible. Done!
Create spreadsheet to show items that are deductible from income on Avon invoices. Done!

That'll do to start with - usual rules apply - more to be added as I think of them!

chevalier

Pippajo wrote: »

Basic convection heaters are expensive to run so would monitor usage. The storage heater we needed would have been over £400 for 1, and there are another 3 to fit after that too, plus if we want the ones that you can also turn on as a boost when you need we would have had to had the electrics redone as ours are old. We took the big old one off on Sunday and carried it in bits outside ready to take to the tip and yesterday a scrappy came by and took it away for us :j. I think over the next month or so we are going to take them all out and go with these delonghi ones, we arent selling so lack of permanent heaters isnt a problem and most people would put in central heating now anyway.

Good luck with the lists, they really seem to be working for you.

We have 70% chance of snow on Thursday and 92% chance at the weekend :T

Would you not be able to get a grant to put in efficient heating?

chevalier

EssexHebridean wrote: »

We've pretty much decided that we're going to go for the storage heater. We know the Dimplex ones are good, and it worries me that there is always the risk of forgetting to turn a convector heater off and then ending up with it running all day which *would* be expensive. :eek:

Right, off to do some STUFF!

You could get one of those timer plugs and connect it to the heater, so that you could set when it would come on and go off, then you wouldn't be risking that problem
chev

EssexHebridean

chevalier wrote: »

You could get one of those timer plugs and connect it to the heater, so that you could set when it would come on and go off, then you wouldn't be risking that problem
chev

We have done that before - in fact we use the oil filled rad in just that way to warm the bathroom up first thing when the weather turns really cold (not sure what I think it is at the moment - it was -2C out there this morning!) so you're right, that would be a way of working it.