Gallygirl's "A journey of 121,226.67 pounds begins with a single penny" diary

AlexLK

gallygirl wrote: »

Yup, Little LK can watch them hatching on the webcams :T. The top picture is amazingly clear.

Peregrine at Norwich Cathedral:
http://upp.hawkandowl.org/norwich-peregrines/norwich-cathedral-peregrine-live-web-cam-2015/
Doesn't do much but has sound so when they hatch he'll be able to hear them calling for food :T.

And at Nottingham Uni they've already hatched:
http://www.ntu.ac.uk/ecoweb/biodiversity/falcons/
Aw, there's four of them and they're being fed and making little noises Much cuter than the baby ospreys who are definitely no lookers

Loads more about as well

I'll save both links, my son is now in bed but he'll enjoy this, thanks.

gallygirl

A Cut grass Done, at least first cut, will go over in a little bit when dried and the flattened bits have jumped up again. DONE
B Weed front properly & weed back quickly
C Touch up living room paint, Except this involves removing pictures and large mirror, filling in holes, washing walls, touching up paint, sitting and ignoring the fact that the touch ups are obvious and room looks dirty. Probably cracking and making a bolt for B&Q. But if I do the living room then hall gloss will look awful so I may crack there as well :eek:. Very, very frustrating day which I won't bore you with by going through it all. But living room now freshly painted - supposed to be Mocha but more a lilacy-grey-melted chocolate icecream . Darker than I'd have chosen if I was staying here but I'm not :rotfl:. Needs a second coat tomorrow but hopefully won't take long. And obviously will be done by 5pm . DONE (with one coat :whistle:)
D Clean oven Cleaner on. DONE
E Feed lawn

Packing:

1. Cookery books - including weighing to make sure maximum weight of planned shelves won't be exceeded. Packed, need to weigh. DONE
2. Tagines - again including weighing as these will be on display DONE
3. Study - massive job, need to sort out four large filing drawers, a few boxes and a bookcase so I can sell desk and bookcase
4. Shed & garden - clean out shed, decide what pots I want to take, empty and wash. Lift solar lights and wash. Almost done. Just need to wash them so will do that now. DONE
5. Garage
6. Kitchen - glass unit [STRIKE]Glasses washed but bubble wrap not turned up yet so currently lined up in unit ready for packing.[/STRIKE] DONE
7. Glassware DONE
8. Tupperware
9. Dresser unit - miscellaneous
10. Dresser unit - terracotta plates and dishes Washing them first - in dishwasher DONE
11. Microwave - probably pack filled with tupperware
12. Double unit - casseroles
13. Double unit - other dishes
14. Double unit - bowls
15. Slow cooker - pack filled with something
16. VasesDONE
17. Drawers
18. Under sink - pots & pans
19. Under sink - baking trays etc
20. Dolly the Shopping Trolley
21. Boxes in hall - possibly pack wrapped glasses in them? DONE
22. Lamp in living room
23. Wii - write down where cables connectDONE
24. TV - need to find big box
25. Bathroom - won't take long, basically done
26. Bed 1 - plastic storage boxes
27. Utility room cupboard
28. Pantry - coats (eek :eek: - forgot about them)
29. Clothes - sort out to winter, summer that fits, summer than nearly fits, lose 3 stone then fits, charity shop, bin, then pack
30. All stuff boxed up already - bring downstairs, check, seal and label.

Some progress, thought I'd done more though . Need more medium - large boxes, on the trawl today :T.

newgirly

Flippin heck good luck with that list :eek:

Karmacat

But thats really good! I just counted up ... you've done 8/30, and you've got 10 days left ... you must be on schedule?

Best of luck

gallygirl

Karmacat wrote: »

But thats really good! I just counted up ... you've done 8/30, and you've got 10 days left ... you must be on schedule?

9/30, forgot I used the boxes in the hall to pack glasses in :T.

gallygirl

A Cut grass Done, at least first cut, will go over in a little bit when dried and the flattened bits have jumped up again. DONE
B Weed front properly & weed back quickly
C Touch up living room paint, Except this involves removing pictures and large mirror, filling in holes, washing walls, touching up paint, sitting and ignoring the fact that the touch ups are obvious and room looks dirty. Probably cracking and making a bolt for B&Q. But if I do the living room then hall gloss will look awful so I may crack there as well :eek:. Very, very frustrating day which I won't bore you with by going through it all. But living room now freshly painted - supposed to be Mocha but more a lilacy-grey-melted chocolate icecream . Darker than I'd have chosen if I was staying here but I'm not :rotfl:. Needs a second coat tomorrow but hopefully won't take long. And obviously will be done by 5pm . DONE (with one coat :whistle:)
D Clean oven Cleaner on. DONE
E Feed lawn DONE

Packing:

1. Cookery books - including weighing to make sure maximum weight of planned shelves won't be exceeded. Packed, need to weigh. DONE
2. Tagines - again including weighing as these will be on display DONE
3. Study - massive job, need to sort out four large filing drawers, a few boxes and a bookcase so I can sell desk and bookcase DONE, put up for sale when back from DD's
   
4. Shed & garden - clean out shed, decide what pots I want to take, empty and wash. Lift solar lights and wash. Almost done. Just need to wash them so will do that now. DONE
5. Garage
6. Kitchen - glass unit Glasses washed but bubble wrap not turned up yet so currently lined up in unit ready for packing. DONE
7. Glassware DONE
8. Tupperware partly done, sorted out what I want to take, need big enough box so I can pack microwave.
9. Dresser unit - miscellaneous
10. Dresser unit - terracotta plates and dishes Washing them first - in dishwasher DONE
11. Microwave - probably pack filled with tupperware
12. Double unit - casseroles
13. Double unit - other dishes
14. Double unit - bowls
15. Slow cooker - pack filled with something
16. VasesDONE
17. Drawers
18. Under sink - pots & pans
19. Under sink - baking trays etc
20. Dolly the Shopping Trolley DONE
21. Boxes in hall - possibly pack wrapped glasses in them? DONE
22. Lamp in living room
23. Wii - write down where cables connect DONE
24. TV - need to find big box
25. Bathroom - won't take long, basically done
26. Bed 1 - plastic storage boxes
27. Utility room cupboard
28. Pantry - coats (eek :eek: - forgot about them)
29. Clothes - sort out to winter, summer that fits, summer than nearly fits, lose 3 stone then fits, charity shop, bin, then pack
30. All stuff boxed up already - bring downstairs, check, seal and label. DONE

Oh dear, flogged my guts out all day and don't seem to have achieved much , took around 4 hours to do the study :eek:. Sourced packing boxes (good old Wilko ) but ran out of bubble wrap . Also managed to sort out MIL's phone :T and meet new tenants (protected deposit just in time ). Had a laugh (and little tear ) at some old photos . Now decluttering last of red wine :j.

Need to remember to finish money shuffle in the morning, but it's not the same with no pay day :rotfl:.

Goldiegirl

Yes, shuffling money isn't so much fun when you don't have any!:rotfl:

ljaneyr

Just had a catch up This is going back a few pages but:

Karmacat wrote: »

Having fun

Gally, there's a scene in Sarah Connor: the Terminator Chronicles where she rescues a tortoise that's trying to cross a road don't tell me you're the saviour of mankind, I'd have to get your autograph :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Your day *still* sounds lovely, even though you go around threatening plants :j

One highlight of our holiday last year was rescuing a tortoise from the middle of the road


I'm loving the giant list gg - awesome organisation :T When I helped mum pack and move last year the mess and confusion almost drove me mad:o She had months to prepare but still ended up taking everything with her because she didn't have time to sort it :eek: Or clean it :eek::eek: her packing involved persuading me to come over, having a complete panic, then 'faffing' around with something pointless while I packed up the rest of the house :mad:

Phew, mini rant over Off to watch ospreys (obsessed?)

Janey xxx

Karmacat

Woo hoo, Janey, I'm very happy to know the saviour of mankind

Gally, how's the list coming along?

ahem_47

GG - at the airport. Looking good x

ps - this new forum set out is yuk