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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    I know, its good, innit :D

    Baaaad sleep last night, but this morning I have:
    - put the dw on.
    - put the wm on, and most of it is out on the line for a couple of hours - rain forecast later, so I'll bring it in around midday.
    - made a phone call I was scheduled to make, no reply, so it goes.
    - got together the rest of my papers to do the tax return. That should help with sorting out what I've actually done with that money :o
    - started a few little bits of everyday scanning, an article from the last professional journal so I could chuck the paper, and my computer practically ground to a halt. So *I* called a halt.
    - and uninstalled Google Chrome, ta-da! I didn't want it anyway, it hitched a ride on Adobe something or other, so I've kondoed it :D

    I need a strong cuppa tea :coffee:

    I have a couple of hours work scheduled this afternoon, so got to have all this stuff finished by then.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,176 Forumite
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    Good work there KC, well done! :j :j and 43 weeks :eek: Gosh, the time is just flying by! :j
  • Firegirl
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    The credit on you credit card will come in handy for Christmas!!!
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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Good work there KC, well done! :j :j and 43 weeks :eek: Gosh, the time is just flying by! :j
    Hi Cheery :hello: it's going fast, isn't it!
    Firegirl wrote: »
    The credit on you credit card will come in handy for Christmas!!!
    :D Good point! It's not as if I *paid* for something, I just have a bit of extra dosh sitting somewhere other than my current account :D

    Several good things about today:
    - one of the "shtf" things has probably resolved - my rellie's operation seems to have been successful, she's off the ventilator and breathing on her own.
    Other, idiotic not life-or-death, things:
    - woke up at 4.30 as usual :( and unusually took 2 paracetemol to help me get back to sleep, I really needed it. Bliss! Got up at 8, finally, after 3 extra hours of quality sleep. The feeling that that gives really can't be overestimated :T
    - just done a yougov survey, 75 points, that took less than 10 mins. Since I'm staying with them, I worked out what thats worth - £1 is 100 points, so thats 75p, an hourly rate of .... erm .... £4.50, for sitting at my computer doing not-very-much. I like that :D

    Got 3 hours paid work today, and with my blissful late start anyway, not much time to do anything, but I'll pop out to get 5 mins fresh air before I start work.

    Hope everyone has a good day, in spite of the grey skies.

    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • greent
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    Karmacat wrote: »

    Several good things about today:
    - one of the "shtf" things has probably resolved - my rellie's operation seems to have been successful, she's off the ventilator and breathing on her own.


    Fab news! :T

    Other, idiotic not life-or-death, things:
    - woke up at 4.30 as usual :( and unusually took 2 paracetemol to help me get back to sleep, I really needed it. Bliss! Got up at 8, finally, after 3 extra hours of quality sleep. The feeling that that gives really can't be overestimated :T
    - just done a yougov survey, 75 points, that took less than 10 mins. Since I'm staying with them, I worked out what thats worth - £1 is 100 points, so thats 75p, an hourly rate of .... erm .... £4.50, for sitting at my computer doing not-very-much. I like that :D

    Got 3 hours paid work today, and with my blissful late start anyway, not much time to do anything, but I'll pop out to get 5 mins fresh air before I start work.

    Hope everyone has a good day, in spite of the grey skies.


    A good night's sleep works wonders :)
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  • beanielou
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    Great news on rellie.
    Even better news on more sleep.
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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Thanks both! Yep, you can't beat a combination of good news and enough sleep :)

    Just winding down now (I may have been online because I was downloading the new Nigella :) ) ... hope everyone else has a good sleep too.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • rtandon27
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    ...spoiler alert...

    :D:D:D

    ...she's just as annoying as ever, but her food makes my mouth water...

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: excellent analysis of the situation :D
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,698 Forumite
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    ...she made some sort of avocado mash during that episode...

    ...OH was looking at her as if it was a miracle...

    ...he doesn't look at me like that when I cook...

    (or ever :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:)

    ...I want what she has...

    :D:D:D

    ...or maybe not - at least whatever I have won't fade with age...

    (so I'm telling myself);)
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
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