Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

MatyMoo

:j:j:j What they all said, with stripy nobs on :j:j:j

It is so exciting as I didn't even realise you would get the results today.
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Congratulation Mistress Stripes


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lucielle

More then welcome to come and stay here if it helps. PM if you need to
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Pippilongstocking

Thanks lu - will have a think, but aunty c would probably club me to death but if we do I'll shout you, thank you! Xxxxx I really appreciate it.

Hey guys thanks for congrats:)


Gardened for 3 hours ( no guilt!!!!) amazing!

Reduced stir fry veg for tea w ith cheap noodles and bought a bottle elderflower cordial go me

Filled more of veg bed with soil/compost - mowed grass. Drove into hedge lol nowt changes!

Oh, the high life!

vl2588

:T well done Pippi, what a nice feeling it must be now you're freeeeeeeeeeee! :T

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you'll have to pretend that's ice cream!

Lemon_Tree

congratulations Pippi, i'm so pleased for you. I know i wasn't on last night/ this morning to wish you the best but i did have my fingers crossed and stripey things in abundance.

enjoy your evening, and your holibob

Pippilongstocking

Thank you all LT grand for the stripey vibes and that and VL - thank you and I meant to say thank you for the lovely comment re the cellist!

OK bank money update - and now for the money bit -

NOT paid - that is a bit of a booger - waiting for 39 hours from one set invigilating and 25 hours from the other set. (ARGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGH)

They pay on wednesdays and nowt in the bank (well £113 of the overdraft left to be precise in the fat controller (Rbs) and smuffette central (LLoyds) has £290 of the overdraft left which is part of the rent money (£542) waiting for WTFC too which can be any amount (?????) as I've changed my claim and won't land til the 30th (Thurs)

LLoyds CC - 804/1000 - e.g. £196 left in that
Capital one - 1511/2100 - e.g. £548 left on that

OK action plan - ferry book on cc and get petrol on cc on way down. Tell mum today can we have bro ferry fare into bank pls
Put the £135 (left of the £150) after yesterdays treats whoops - in the bank for the rent (290+130=420) - with the £113 thats in there we're almost there (533) - need to find £9 from somewhere
Ah ha - two cheques here from plants which comes to £13 - that will pay for that - will check paypal account too (NOWT in there gamerface spent the last of it and owes me a tenner!)
Aunty Wik mailing a 5p off petrol voucher to OH (won't get here in time) and I'll top up with that when in central scottieland (thank you wik)
Gamerchop owe me a £10 - will claim that

OK rent scraped together (kinda) but leaves NO cash - until WTFC hits bank (whatever that is??) on Thurs, rent due on Friday - what on earth and I worrying about eh? (LOL) talk about by the skin of your teeth.

Argh - time for a cuppa

Patchwork income in June
£150 cleaning - recieved - do another 3-4 hours today (£30-40)
£375 teaching (for over the year so a bit of a cheat!) - recieved
£576 invigilation money - waiting
£39.75 plant money - waiting
£45 - gardening (waiting)

Patchwork income total for June

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£1195.75
Egg money = £27 - but that keeps the gals in special hen food and their nutrients topped up so I don't count that - but not too shoddy eh?

There you go whilst I'm poor and scraping rent together - June has been a good patchwork month YAY and its really not that much I guess as the teachign was over 2 years it just happenned to get paid in June!

Poor but smiling - off to look for lose change to see if we have anything lying about, you know the odd hundred down the sofa etc

Then I have to do my going away list - ergh!

Triciaxx

Well done! We were out all day yesterday but I did wear stripy socks and, as we were up in the wilds of the dales, thought of you as there were sheep everywhere!

That's a great achievement and you must be so glad to be finished. Is it worth keeping in touch with yesterday's guy? Perhaps just a 'thank you' email. I know you just want it to be over but contacts can be useful in the future.

Have a great holiday.

PS We met a chicken named Charlotte who has a penchant for hiding in people's cars and travelling. She has been returned from 30 miles away twice this year already. She lives here. Excellent gardens.

Karmacat

Wow, Pippi, you managed it! Patchwork indeed, a beautiful piece with many patches, and beautiful strands of embroidery in there too (thats the eggs from the girls ). Considering this is all done while you were, you know, becoming a Mistress of Flowers you'll do even better now ....

Hope the cleaning flies by!

Cheery_Daff

Well done Pippi! :T :T :T Am well impressed at that patchwork income! :T :T :T :T :T Go you! :T :T :T

Thursday is only tomorrow - only one more day to wait :j :j :j

Hope you have another peaceful guilt free day today! :j :j :j :j :j

Karmacat

Ooh! I just crossposted with Tricia and saw Wharfedale! Thats a really important part of the leyline between the south of France and the north of Scotland, its the throat chakra .... Edinburgh is the crown, I think ....

Happy days, paddling in the Med at the root chakra in the Camargue .... one day I'll have a holiday of my choosing again. Off checking the trading now...