Breaking Through, Travelling On

beanielou

Rest up my friend :0

Goldiegirl

It's been so windy, no wonder nearly got blown away. Our new bird table kept on getting blown over. I hope it's not too damaged, as we've only had it a month.

Hope you are sitting with your feet up, having a good rest:)

Cheery_Daff

Hope you're having a good rest

I use 'patchwork fund' slightly differently - mine came about because I wanted a patchwork life, a bit of work, a lot of not work, maybe two or three different jobs, not a giant full time career - and my patchwork fund was going to allow me to continue that life without worrying about dosh too much :j Then I got a full time job :rotfl: so patchwork fund grew faster, even though it wasn't being funded through lots of different income streams It's giving me the opportunity to live a patchwork life later more easily :j :j

Karmacat

I didn't get blown away :j thanks for the good wishes all :kisses3:

I'd forgotten about the work/not work mainspring of patchwork, Cheery just goes to show I suppose working on the income is the issue for me. But following my actual interests the way I used to would certainly up the patchworkiness, once the income's sorted.

Gave myself quite a talking to last night. I have a blogpost ready, so I'll get that online, but then its about the money. I did actually tot up my income for last year, and, well, it was 30% down from the previous year :eek: So, its about the matched betting and slots, and proofreading - can't learn copywriting under that sort of pressure, but I *know* I can proofread other people's stuff, so I'll complete my profile and get to it, I've been learning my way around elance, time to jump in.

Got to do the banking today, such as it is, buy a bit of veg, and visit the polling station - I won't say "vote".

Alchemilla

Will you spoil your ballot paper then?

Karmacat

Alchemilla wrote: »

Will you spoil your ballot paper then?

In a word, yes

There was a good article in The Guardian about it. I'm in the safe seat of a party I would *never* choose, so there's no chance of tactical voting saying what I want it to say, and I do think (whisper it, and only on my diary thread) the big parties are all as bad as each other.

Alchemilla

I am in the position of either voting with my conscience or voting to keep the destroyers of education out.

Karmacat

And they're opposing votes, Al? That's tricky I've always voted with my conscience, but the betrayals of those beliefs have come too thick and fast to ignore any longer

Karmacat

Karmacat wrote: »

I've always voted with my conscience ...

And I've just realised - I'm still doing that. Just not in the conventional sense.

gallygirl

Alchemilla wrote: »

Will you spoil your ballot paper then?

If you were cynically minded you might think the ballot paper was spoiled when they printed the candidate's names on it...........:D