Wols Riverbank Tales 5: Recapitulation

Karmacat

Wol2 wrote: »

Hi KC

If I'm honest I don;t think the 3 year one will last for more than a few months - but at least it gives me some income to pay the bills until I can get another job.:)

How are you doing - Hope all is well chez KC :wave:
xxx

:wave: Hiya! I'm good, ta muchly :jstill carrying on with the previous work, getting on with the trading, and just for light relief I'm writing too now :rotfl:

Wol2 wrote: »

Today's good news!

Boiler broke down last week. It's quite an old model and spares are getting more difficult to find. ...........Boiler man came today and said it needed a new PCB.........luckily I had picked one up off Freecycle a couple of years ago :money::money:

..................so he fitted it whilst he was here and I now have hot water and central heating again .....without further delay...and saved myself £150....:j:j

Wow! I had to google pcb, but this sounds **brilliant** - good for you! As El says, real forward thinking gone on there :T

elantan wrote: »

thats a great saving there wol ... forward thinking

Wol2

If British Gas send me a bill for the £50 excess, I will be sending them a bill back for the PCB they should have supplied at their expense under my service agreement :rotfl::rotfl:

More news:
Completed last GCSE invigilation today so can now submit my time sheet and get paid. I could actually answer all the questions on today's paper for "Health and Social care" so am feeling a bit more intelligent

Some of the new piggies are now being syringe fed as they are not coping well with the change in environment - this is a first for me.

Unfortunately I did not win the Euromillions today :mad:......
....but I have had a "productive" day today ....and as I don;t have many of those atm..:o..... I am feeling very positive tonight. :beer:

xxx

Wol2

This is a positive diary..........this IS a positive diary

Unfortunately, this weekend did not get off to the best of starts :whistle:

Yesterday:
a) the boiler, which was meant to be fixed, is clearly still not fixed as there was no hot water for the morning shower :mad:. The VERY nice (young totty ) gas man came today - and of course the boiler then decided to work perfectly :wall:....so I now have to wait until it has another one of it's little tantrums and ring him. I do so hate intermittent faults :mad:. Still, at least we now know it will either need ANOTHER PCB - or more probably it's a replacement electrode. The good news is that firstly, both parts are available and cost is covered on the service contract :money:and, secondly, I do not need to fork out for a new boiler.......yet! :T:T

b) I didn;t win the EM lottery.

c) a large wooden salad bowl "jumped" off the shelf onto my bare foot/toes yesterday evening-:doh: It's possible that it might have broken a couple of the little bones in my foot judging from the pain/swelling/bruising...and I am having serious problems putting any weight on it. I have however strapped it up in a bandage and forced it into one half of a pair of Crocs so I can at least do a hopalong impresssion :rotfl:

I DON;T BELIEVE IT - :wall::wall::wall:.....I'm so utterly frustrated...it seems that every couple of years since the flood I am destined to temporarily lose the use of a limb just as the best of the summer weather sets in - first the right arm with the guinea-pig severed tendons, then the left broken wrist from slipping on the stairs....and now the left foot :rotfl::rotfl:

I have so much "active" stuff/chores lined up to do this weekend as I am playing catch-up owing to the horrible recent weather- e.g. plant out the hanging baskets before all the plants die in their polystyrene containers, cleaning out the piggie (including the newcomers); addressing the now 2' high weeds in the garden........and I have to go to site tomorrow to talk to residents for the job I'm doing atm.
My motivation for these types of tasks/chores is still pretty shaky - but this was the weekend I was "up and going for it"

Still - I have managed to completely hoover the house today and [STRIKE]hack[/STRIKE] mow all the lawns......albeit rather slowly! I've also done a bit of paperwork de-cluttering ......And luckily I can still drive to work tomorrow because I have an automatic!

It looks like it's going to be a sitting-down type of afternoon/eveningwatching the Wimbledon highlights whilst on-line grocery shopping using my vouchers to their best effect :money:..... and Mount Kilimanjironing..

I just hope I can get my swollen (and now somewhat sauteed) foot back out of the protective but now somewhat sweaty Croc before I go to bed
Regrettably, the guinea pigs will just have to pong for a couple of days -not up to my usual standards of husbandry but hey ho ..They have eaten loads of grass today, so luckily I don;t think they're too bothered :cool:

I am obviously trusting that this latest temporary disability will only last a few days, based upon my past experience of breaking toes on barrels when I used to serve behind a bar as a student :cool:

On a positive note - I received a cheque today for£100 from annual share dividend - which will go towards the overdraft/mortgage drawdown account..when I can hobble up to the bank to pay it in

Wol limps off for a hot foot soak/bath - boiler permitting :rotfl:

Have a nice weekend everyone

xxx

Nargleblast

Wol!!! Is it really you????? Mwah! Mwah! Welcome back to MSE land!

So sorry life has been a bit pants for you - but now you're back on here we'll soon have you sorted!

Re: parent issues - deep breath and remember "who's the adult here?" Her problem, not yours.
Re: broken limbs. With your history perhaps you should be proactive and get your right leg plastered now, just in case?
Re: Top totty gasman. Put him down. Now. You don't know where he's been.

Will now go and subscribe to this diary as the more of us there are to keep you in line the better!

taxi73

Ouch...hope it heals soon x

Wol2

Nargleblast wrote: »

Wol!!! Is it really you????? Mwah! Mwah! Welcome back to MSE land!

So sorry life has been a bit pants for you - but now you're back on here we'll soon have you sorted!

Re: parent issues - deep breath and remember "who's the adult here?" Her problem, not yours.
Re: broken limbs. With your history perhaps you should be proactive and get your right leg plastered now, just in case?
Re: Top totty gasman. Put him down. Now. You don't know where he's been.

Will now go and subscribe to this diary as the more of us there are to keep you in line the better!

Mwah to you too Nargle :wave:

Love the idea of plastering my right leg in advance :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


I am pleased to be back........it is time for Wol to emerge from under the duvet and really concentrate on getting life health and finances back in order...and also getting a full-time job.

I did put the house on the market last autumn and found a dream house in Wales to move to.......but whilst I had loads of viewings, I didn;t get any offers. I think the large amount of rainfall/flooding occurring in the South West at the time rather put people off the picturesque stream running round two sides of the garden :rotfl:

Anyhow I have now stopped overpaying the mortgage and this has substantially reduced my outgoings such that I can afford to stay provided I get a decent job. :T

Yesterday's good news - I have renegotiated my car insurance and knocked £85 off the renewal premium. :money:

............and I have finally reached an agreement with Southern Water about a compensation payment for loss of use of my garden which will cover my outgoings for another month :j:j....although given their current track record I'll be lucky if I receive the payment before next year :rotfl:

Have a long Meeting tonight ....so off to cook early dinner and back on tomorrow.

xxx

xxx

Nargleblast

Sounds like you were meant to stay in that house, Wol! And I suspect, despite the trials and tribulations with flooding, you are quite content to stay there for now. Good news about the payment from the water company - hope it becomes a reality soon and not just a paper promise. And well done on the car insurance savings - every little helps! Regards to the pig population.....and to Numpty when you see him!

Wol2

My goodness - another weekend already!

First - some really good news - I finally had my first mammogram. My younger sister was diagnosed with breast cancer some 3 years ago and my local health authority have steadfastly refused to scan me in advance of "my natural call-time". Well that call-time finally happened - and they cut it a bit fine - only 4 weeks from my 53rd birthday. Anyhow - it was negative - I didn;t even need a recall as a first timer :j

Next - The foot was improving rapidly ....but then I stubbed the broken toe again yesterday on a cardboard box....:doh:...so I am back to bandage strapping and crocs Hence there is only so much I can do in any one "session"before I need to rest it....and oh boy is it hurting tonight _pale_

I am really pleased to have had a more productive week this week....I am only managing working at 40%. at the moment...i.e two full working days which corresponds to my current employment contract. However this is far better that the 10% of the last year - ie half a day per working week.....

On the home front - .I have previously found it very difficult to get anything at all done at the weekend apart from the basic chores such as washing, cleaning piggies and feeding myself. I have been spending a lot of time reading as an excuse to avoid doing anything else including ebay listing, gardening, ironing, etc
However these last two weeks I am more motivated - mainly due to coming back to MSE :money:- and am now catching up with the outstanding items/chores/clutter/mess.

Yes dear peepies, I am the ultimate plodding babystepper

I spent an enjoyable evening yesterday attending to Mount Kilimanjironing whilst yelling myself hoarse during the Murray match. What a sight - Wol sitting on the sofa with one leg up desperately peering over the steaming smalls on low-level ironing board to watch the next break point :rotfl:.....with the piggies wheeking along with the crowd quite happily but scuttling for cover whenever Wol emiitted a loud cheer or groan :rotfl:.......to be repeated tomorrow afternoon for the Men's Finals despite the heatwave.

Today, I have set up all 11 of my hanging baskets :eek:......thus saving all the plants from dying in their polystyrene containers. I got some really good deals on plants from Aldi last month :money:......but the weather has not been conducive to date to plant them up....except for last weekend but "The Foot" happened :mad:..
Anyhow - they are now done :j....and waiting for Numpty to put them up when he comes down next week :cool:

Also - an amazing thing happened on friday - I actually received my first monthly re-payment towards a very large outstanding loan I made to a friend 10 years ago :eek:........:cool:

Praise be! It will still take 3.5 years before I am repaid on the current schedule.........but at this moment any and all contributions are welcome.:D:j:beer:

Finally I'm really encouraged and grateful to see you all posting on my new diary :T
Thank you everyone - :A - it;s extremely motivating and helping me to climb out from the bottom of the stream which is where I have been lying AWOL for the last year

Obviously I will endeavour to keep you all entertained by including as much top totty in this diary as possible :cool:......hmmm I feel I need to get the tree surgeons back in ......at least some things don;t change :rotfl:

xxxx

taxi73

love this post..go Wol xxxxxxxxx

Wol2

My goodness....what a tennis match :T:T:T

.........and I got all my ironing done :j:j.......but I still need to put it away

We have a sick Bailey guinea today...he's an oldster and I am quite worried that despite all the right treatment he might be too frail to make it .

The good news is that two of the piggie newcomers seem to be "happy" bonding with two of my existing others...although it;s early days yet and there's still a lot of "rudeness" going on....but that's boars for you

So spends today were a bit hefty:
£45 vet bill
£25 hay for next two weeks
£40 sawdust and litter for the cage cleaning next weekend

I would love to find a farm supplier in this local area that sells decent quality hay and wood shavings for £10 combined that don;t cause skin problems/mites/lice/fungal, necessitating more vet expenses at £30 per consultation/per pig........and i currently have 12 pigs!!
It's been 6 years now ..I've learned the hard/£££ way. Our local supplier went out of business 4 years ago albeit their quality did cause a few infestations ........so I'm still looking at having to travel over 50 miles to buy a decent bale of farm hay which doesn;t make it cost-effective....yet! :mad:

Rant over......off to give Bailey piggie his meds and send up a quick prayer for his recovery

xxx