Cheery's buttling diary: tea in one hand, plant pot in the other, running shoes on

Pippilongstocking

Hmm you see now I'm on the hunt for spare money bags

Waves to all.

DedicatedDFW

Hi Cheery,

Loving your weekly plans - i love doing the hula hoop as a kid and have pondered buying one now - would love to hear how you go on and i spotted some more decluttering going on this week too :T

Dropping you a PM

Cheery_Daff

Thanks DDFW Have replied

I LOVE hula hooping Mr Cheery bought me one a while back but it was a kids one and really hard to do. The trick when you're an adult is to get a really big, heavy hoop that moves slowly, so you have to move slowly too

I'm sure you won't be surprised to hear that I made one :rotfl: Out of plumbing pipe and easy-pop connectors (they're not called that in real life :rotfl: ) I wanted one that I could keep in the car, so it had to dismantle :rotfl:

It's in two halves, which connect together easily, and I made it all stripey with black gaffa tape and orange 'jaffa tape' (yes, that's what it's called :rotfl: ) It's ACE.

And it's currently in the cellar - gah! Must retrieve it...

Anyway, I walked to town AND back and therefore I can declare today September's 4th NSD :j :j :j

Ron Finley was cheery Never heard of him but it appears he's quite famous - the cathedral was packed, people had come from Bristol and London to hear him, and apparently he was on Radio 4 yesterday :rotfl: :rotfl: I should pay more attention!!

Must go to sleep, work tomorrow, yawn...

Cheery_Daff

Gosh I was SOOOoooo tired yesterday! So tired. But I managed to not stuff my face which is what I usually do in such circumstances. And Mr Cheery came to get me off the train in the car, then I took him home, which meant I could drive to the meeting and home :j

Just spent £2 on grapes and yogurt (from food budget) and £1 meeting (in an envelope) so I'm counting that as a NSD :j :j :j

Today I'm working at cheery office pal's house, and then hula hooping tonight

Ooh! Meant to say, for once I actually read Martin's email this week :rotfl: and signed up for my first ever (I think!) groupon deal £20 for 5 cinema tickets :money: I'm not right bothered about the cinema, but Mr Cheery loves to go, and this means it's £4 a ticket rather than £7.70 each, and they last til nearly Christmas

Not spent anything out of the treats budget this month so this is a nice treat that'll last us a little while :money:

Right - work!

Karmacat

Excellent! Grapes, yogurt, hula-hooping, working with a pal, reduced rate treats - you're on a roll (or a hoop :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: - sorry, I couldn't resist).

Cheery_Daff

:rotfl: :rotfl: on a hoop indeed :rotfl: :rotfl:

Popped out for lunch to cafe so got to declare £5 (gosh, it was ever so tasty though, poached eggs on the nicest soda bread!)

Also had quote from the plumber - they can replace our stuck lever with 2 other levers for £96, meaning that we'd be able to have hot water (for dishes and baths) without having to put the central heating on.

Surely that's got to save us £8 a month over a year?? Don't know how to work it out!

He did say they could rewire the whole thing so we could control it from the kitchen rather than having to switch levers in the attic (which is a room with a proper staircase, not a loft with a ladder!) but the letter basically says that'd cost over £500 so there's no point on such an old boiler and we might as well put that towards a new combination boiler :rotfl:

Lovely to see an honest tradesman LOVE this guy, he always turns up on time and does what he says he will,a real gem! :j :j

Reckon it'll save us £96 a year?!

starnac

Probably. Once you put the heating on for hot water do you switch it off straight away or do you find that half an hour/hour(s) later you realise it's still on?

Cheery_Daff

Er, the second one :rotfl: :rotfl:

And given that it's a tank rather than a combi boiler, you have to heat the WHOLE tank (which involves heating all the radiators too). Which means to have a bath the heating has to be on for nearly 2 hours :eek: We don't bother for a sink full of dishes, of course - we boil the kettle for that, but the kettle is on the gas stove so takes a while...

So ultimately a combi boiler is probably best, but we decided years ago there's no point replacing it til it actually *breaks* so for now this is probably the best solution. (and being able to wash my face in warm water in the morning will be VERY nice...)

starnac

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Er, the second one :rotfl: :rotfl:

And given that it's a tank rather than a combi boiler, you have to heat the WHOLE tank (which involves heating all the radiators too). Which means to have a bath the heating has to be on for nearly 2 hours :eek: We don't bother for a sink full of dishes, of course - we boil the kettle for that, but the kettle is on the gas stove so takes a while...

So you probably will make back the £96 in savings :rotfl:

Greying_Pilgrim

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Also had quote from the plumber - they can replace our stuck lever with 2 other levers for £96, meaning that we'd be able to have hot water (for dishes and baths) without having to put the central heating on.........

......Lovely to see an honest tradesman LOVE this guy, he always turns up on time and does what he says he will,a real gem! :j :j

Dearest Cheery, if, for £96 you would get what you want, and it will give you flexibility, then GO FOR IT. Tradespeople are getting harder to get hold of again. After a lull, they are all booked up again for weeks at a time. So, if you know and trust them - book them to do the work now - before folks start ringing them at the first frost because their CH system doesn't work.

Just my two penneth...........

Greying