MG - The Matrix Re-wired

Tescodealqueen

Belated Happy Birthday Bitsy:beer:

greenbee

I have waved the hoover over downstairs, and planned some stuff (work and personal) for the next few days as I need to do some out of the house stuff (duvets to the cleaner... they are still in the car... garden rubbish to the tip so I can create more... charity shop drop off... post office... ), some garden stuff (dig up plants to take to my DB and plant in his garden, hack back the remains of the jungle at the back) and most importantly, clear up after the carpenter and do a deep clean upstairs to get rid of the sawdust.

I will need to wash down the bedroom completely, hoover my mattress and move it and a couple of other (well washed) bits of furniture that the decorating can be done round back into my bedroom, and then start working through the rest of upstairs to remove all the dust. And then downstairs will need the same treatment, although to be fair it isn't nearly as bad.

Lots of work to do as well... I'm feeling reasonably good about it at the moment, so want to use the momentum to get ahead.

Carpenter is LATE... need to call the hospital in a minute to find out which ENT consultant can fit me in first, then let my GP and health insurance know...

Lara44

After a bit of a messed-up week I have lots of things to finish off. The first is my abstract for the big conference. I'm worried about it not being chosen. Fear of failure is making me drag my feet in submitting it. But if I don't submit there will be no chance it gets selected. Got to get it in this morning whatever happens, whether it is any good or not.

Gemmzie

Hi all, no time to catch up I'm afraid so a quick wave and roll on the weekend!!

Horace

Happy Belated Birthday Bitsy..

Dora - I adore Phil Spencer and love his Secret Agent programme, I also love The Block which is on the Home Channel (oh I will miss that channel when I move as I have no current plans to have cable tv). MG would love The Block, this year (2011) 4 couples are renovating 4 houses and each week they have to decorate one room which is judged and if their room wins then they get £5K (ok in reality they get Aus dollars). During the week they have challenges too which allow them to earn more money or earn things for their room. This week they had to spend £100 in a second hand shop on a piece of furniture that they must restore and sell at auction - the couple that made the most profit got £1K. The couple who were more experienced at home restoration bought themselves an Art Deco-style desk for £85 - they sanded and revarnished it and added a black stripe around the top and painted the handles black. Last night they were each given a tallboy which they had to distress - they were told to make it look as though it was 100 years' old - two couples ruled themselves out straightaway because they didnt follow instructions and their pieces were more suited to a beach house. When the houses are fully restored then each house is auctioned off and the winning couple could win in excess of £100K.

Feeling a little sad today as my favourite BBC breakfast newsreader left - it was quite tearful on the breakfast sofa this morning.

Jobs for today - do washing (currently doing), will wash up later, a chicken breast has been taken out of the freezer for dinner tonight. I will finish my CV and then tackle the application form for a fabby job at a bham university (not the one that treated me so shabbily). CV will be uploaded onto various websites and submitted to Randstad. When the fog clears I will be getting the meths out to clean my car windscreen both inside and out - inside it is greasy and on the outside it is covered in greasy road crud.:(

greenbee

Have ENT appointment for tomorrow morning, so that's one less thing to worry about. GP and insurance company updated.

Have dealt with email filing so my mailbox actually works... it was a bit full

Now need to deal with the WORK stuff on my list so that I can go and run errands as soon as my lunchtime meeting is over.

groatie_queen

Well that's the adrenaline rush for today :eek::eek: - I went into the spare bedroom at 9.45am this morning to find water dripping on to the bed, looked up and more about to drip down. Not much, it had only just got going. Out to the garage for a tarpaulin, phoned the plumber and he came in 10 minutes. A bucket is now in place in the eaves where a joint has sprung on an overflow pipe, and luckily no floorboards or carpet has had to be lifted to find the source of the problem.

The plumber's gone back to finish off his original job, and will sort the joint later this afternoon. I'm so relieved it's been easily found and though there will be a bill (which will hopefully be the last one for here), at least it won't be ginormous. And while he's here I can get Steven to increase the pressure on the combi boiler, so that it won't need to be done again before the house changes hands.

Belated birthday greetings Bitsy!

Good luck with the abstract submission Lara.

I hope everyone else is having a smooth and leak-proof day! I need a strong cuppa tea now!!

robsmum_2

:jGood News day here!Had a lovely night out last night visiting a young girl for her 18th birthday. I first babysat for her at 18 months. An eye opener in to private schooling:eek: her
room is bigger than my bedroom. Had a lovely meal curtesy of her Grandfather and then a late night.

This morning got our council tax bill- it hasn't gone up:jand somehow I managed to overpay last years by a month. Quiet impressed with that as at one point last year I was in arrears with it. This means that I don't have to start paying this years until May and had budgetted for April so that will be transfered on the 1st into debt pot.

GP finally decided to investigate the severe nerve pain in my hands and leg:jstarting with blood tests next week.

Now need to do some housework and guess some 15 mins are about to burts forth.

Lara44

:eek: Groatie!! Glad that it is getting sorted relatively cheaply / quickly. Bet you needed a strong coffee after that!

Good news all round Robsmum - especially about the council tax and Drs.

Abstract is submitted :j

Horace

Where has the morning gone?

Smalls washed and are hanging on the clothes airer. Water heated but not washed up yet.

I have arranged a speaker for the business club to speak at the May meeting.

I have tinkered with my CV - uploaded a new copy to Reed and have spent the morning looking at jobs on there and applying for two of them. I am looking at jobs that I can get to easily - if it means several changes of bus, using the train (I hate trains) or driving long distances then they are ruled out. I have to be conscious of the fact that even though I might be able to drive somewhere - that I cannot drive in the dark and that if it is say a 30 min drive from home that in severe winter weather that that journey can take several hours. Need to sort the uni application out now.

I am being more focussed on salary too - looking at jobs paying a min of £18K (although the uni one's starting salary is £17827). I think that despite what the jobcentre have said, I need to start being picky and applying for jobs that suit my skill set and salary expectations as their no point with someone of my skills and qualifications going for a lesser job (I keep getting knockbacks as I am too experienced and often over qualified).