Breaking Through, Travelling On

Karmacat

beanielou wrote: »

You have a lovely weekend too lovely Karmcat

Thanks beanie - I had a lovely time, I restrict my visit to 2 hours so I don't run out of puff, but I felt okay, and recovered enough to do a bit more attack on the cherry laurel another binbag full

rtandon27 wrote: »

Oh a visit to your sis sounds lovely!
Hope it is glorious where you are and the sun peaks out for a few mins!

(UGov for me is up to 32.25)

Hiya! Windy as all get-out yesterday actually, and very cold, but we were plotting about the wedding in May, and retirement later on, so we didn't care

I'm pretty sure I'd like to see the French house one more time before it's sold - sales are very slow in France, but it *might* go any time - we'll see, as its yet one more thing that'll have to wait till after I retire.

Verbatim wrote: »

I've just got to pay out in yougov too! Took me 3 goes on their (mobile) website though to get them to accept my claim.

Yougov seem to update the award of survey points very quickly for me, i.e. immediately - sorry you had trouble, Verbatim, hope you get the actual cash in your mitts soon.

I may have just watched 3 of The Hunger Games films but I took some time out to transfer another shelf of books to empty the bookcase thats on its way out :j

The plan today, I'm spoiled for choice - writing, gardening, and online sales (webuybooks, or maybe ebay). Plus its finally time to buy the train ticket for Scotland for the wedding :eek: and finalise the hamper for my mum's birthday.

Hollyboll

KC weebuy is offering a 10% bonus until tomorrow ... pm me with your email if you don't have it and I'll forward it to you xx

smallholdingsister

Love the feline totem KC.

Karmacat

Hollyboll wrote: »

KC weebuy is offering a 10% bonus until tomorrow ... pm me with your email if you don't have it and I'll forward it to you xx

I've got one email that says to use a 10% code which then gives an entry to a competition for a Kindle Fire plus 10% on the *next* offer, is that the one? It expires tomorrow.

smallholdingsister wrote: »

Love the feline totem KC.

Thanks SHS Its amazing what you find, once you start looking.

You've had such a lot going on!

Hollyboll

Karmacat wrote: »

I've got one email that says to use a 10% code which then gives an entry to a competition for a Kindle Fire plus 10% on the *next* offer, is that the one? It expires tomorrow.

Yes sorry I've just checked again and read that wrong . Thanks for pointing that out; if I do any today I will only do the minimum, get the code and split the rest into a separate order now which I can use code. Sorry ;(
Skulks off ....

Karmacat

It's very sweet that you thought of me, Holly! Thank you

Anyway, I haven't done that yet but I have:
- readied the two birthday cards for this week
- updated the birthday hamper
- started scanning film for cat references its such a hard life
- bit of pruning.

I've suddenly come over all ambitious to rescue a couple of nice white solid wood Habitat bar stools from the collapsing shed. They've been out there a loooooong time but they look solid apart from loss of the paint at the edges of the seat. Since they're solid, they're worth trying to recover. But the grassbox from a lawnmower is sitting on top of them, and heaven only knows whats nesting in that :eek::eek::eek: I need to hook the stools from a distance :rotfl: A neighbour's out at the back, and I'm not doing it while anyone else is out there because I just *know* I'm going to shriek if something runs about :eek::p

Cheery_Daff

Oh dear KC - I'm with you on the shrieking! Currently demolishing an internal wall (stopped for tea break ) and hoping nothing runs at me out of that! :eek:

Lots getting done though Bet your garden looks ace :j :j

Kittenkirst

Eeeeeek hope nothing scary runs out! I'd totally be the same and probably fall over in fright, so go steady!

Karmacat

Hi folks! (Great name, Kittenkirst!) In the end it was fine - I used my garden fork to push the grassbox away, then hoicked out the stools the same way brushed them down rather thoroughly - there were a couple of spiders nests in the screw recesses (deep ones!) I think I'll give a quick spray with Raid or something before I go to bed, just to be sure

I'm sorry to disillusion you on the garden, Cheery the left side is almost completely untouched, all I've done there is break up the old table - but underneath it is old turf which now has weeds growing through it so even that isn't much cop. The shed has *literally* fallen to pieces, the waterproofing of the roof blew off in a storm and it gradually fell to bits, and the cherry laurel at the back is horrendously tall. The only saving grace on the laurel is that I *think* there's at least one bird's nest in there, as I heard alarm cheeps when I went to one end of it - so I'll leave most of it be until birdies have flown.

Even this quite small garden has run utterly riot while I've been ill. I'm a bit shocked myself

Did a bit of shredding *inside* the house

Slightly stressed at levels of arrangement that suddenly becomes necessary for planned events - a spreadsheet wouldn't go amiss to sort out train arrivals at the same station from two different lines :eek: I'm abandoning that for the evening :eek:

Ug, I'll be glad to see the back of this evening!

Cheery_Daff

Ah yes, as far as I'm concerned there's a reason the entire discipline of admin was created And there's also a reason I chose not to get a job in it :rotfl:

Ooh, exciting to have little baby birds cheeping in your garden :j :j Sadly I found an ancient practically fossilised one in the wall yesterday Looked quite small, must have been a nest in the roof or air vent or something years ago and it's fallen in

Sorry, that's not a very cheerful note to start the morning on!