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Pippilongstocking

Hey up dear hearts. Well today saw me set free in deepest snowdrop woods and saw a red squirrel a deer and a sparrowhawk.

I also captured 10 crates of snowdrops. Did expenses for work and a time sheet so I'm all sorted for that.

Wombles paid but it isnt' showing in the bank, pesky cheques.

Had 'date night' with b/f last night used CC vouchers shimmied into Pizza Express vouchers so that was uber cheap.

Also picked up DS who's mid thesis. And the reduced bread in the freezer is getting a battering!

All good. Hosp was interesting seems I've really damaged my knee in Feb in two places. OUCH. Have referral for phsyio and potentially surgery if I'm brave.

Pippilongstocking

So - here's a question which I think I know the answer too. This weeks wages are in April but on the 1st - so I'm assuming that's this current tax year.

March has been a bit bonkers on the work front again so we've made enough to have the second half of April off.

Fires on in the kitchen, soup is on (5p reduced veg bag) and kettle is boiled.

I'm a 'working at home day' today. DS is here 'thesising' and I'm doing reports and helping him to keep his chin up.

More snowdrops next week as its a great year for them lasting up here anyway.

Few chores to do between the data entry.

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, second half of April off? :j :j What fun! :j :j The second half of April is the best bit of the year

Have fun working at home :j

(gosh, there was just an almighty giant crash of breaking glass from the kitchen! :eek: :eek: The window blokes are here fitting a new pane but I didn't expect to have it all fall out into tiny pieces! :eek: :rotfl: )

Sorry pippi just made me jump

Pippilongstocking

Hey Cheery - yup the whole second half off and it surely is the best time of year.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK to panes of glass.


Hope all is ok.

So I wrapped up some plants for an mse chum the other day and got them safely off and remembered how much I love doing that. Not just for 'work'.

Must ponder that one some more as garden stocks here are filling up nicely.

Washing machine is on, time to open up that spreadsheet. Work emails are doing they're usual nonsense and piling in.

Cheery_Daff

Not to worry about the glass - although apparently they usually come out in one piece and this is the first time it's happened :rotfl: :rotfl: All sorted now and new window is so clean and shiny it looks like there's no glass in it at all! :eek: :rotfl: Can't stop looking out the window now

Are you going to set up your flying flowers through the post thing again? I'll likely need a million plants in my new garden and would much rather have them from you!

(no rush though, I mean, we'll likely be here another four years the rate we're going)

Pippilongstocking

flying flowers well that's a good name and yes I guess it was always the intention and this job is good for 'hospital cases' which would go on the compost heap so I have lots of things coming on that are quite lovely.

Woo hoo for new windows.

work call done and need a break. I'm such a lightweight.

Cheery_Daff

Always best to have a nice rhythm of work and rest I find

I'm stuck at the kitchen table - don't want to wander too far as the blokes are still here and currently no windows in living room. It's FREEZING!

Still, getting a lot of computer and phone related things ticked off the to do list :rotfl:

:j :j Yay for rescue cases Found my second miniature greenhouse this morning :j Probably going to dismantle both til we move mind you - I struggle to keep plants alive at the best of times and I think a greenhouse full of dead things will be a bit offputting for people looking at house

Any tips for a hyssop I think I might have killed? They gave them away when I went to a funeral, and I think I've just left mine in the pot for too long and it's gone all floppy and sad Tried watering, and left in water for a day or two but it now looks worse! Taken out of water and let it dry out, but it still looks nearly dead Shall I just try bunging it in a pot in the garden anyway?! I want to take it with me when we go (if I can keep it alive that long!!)

Pippilongstocking

Cut back hard and plant it - maybe leave about an inch of stems. That's probably the best for it.

If it grows you can lift it. Might have been reared in a greenhouse which is why its looking sad now.

Give that a go. My garden is looking alive in certain places and sad in others. Once it decides what's what I'll give it a good tidy up. The lower garden is full of winter beauties and I've replanted a bed up by the chooks with winter interest too. The rest is summer perennials mostly rescue cases so its a bit mismatched.

Free is free though. we have mini daffs (tete a tete) in two part of the garden now its very cheerful and much better for me with minature daffs so next plan is to put in some more hospital snowdrops and fill a few gaps with anything else that's lurking around.

I'd never exactly win any design awards.

free is free though.

Pippilongstocking

BtB = 11.25/?
Wombles general = 1/28

Just keeping a record somewhere.

Lunch scoffed poached eggs - I love this cook them in the microwave thing in a jug its epic.

DS is starting up his laptop and his noodle.

I'm about to start sorting out my spreadsheet for work. I may be some time.

Hokey cokey is doing its thing and the indoor mowing might become more appealing that my spreadsheet soon.

Lent a friend £20 via internet banking
Work cheque is in but not cleared
OH owes me 110 which he might put in for me
Bank thing came through from new place just need to pop some id in and the account will be sorted.
Must update HMRC

Entertain me - what's for lunch.

Cheery_Daff

Thanks Pips Will get it stuck out this afternoon :j

Lunch was leftover pasta bake from yesterday. Absolutely LOVE that stuff and have eaten loads and now am stuffed :rotfl: Bottom of the fridge style - onions (tub of CHOPPED ones, reduced to 10p :j ), cabbage, tomato puree (ran out of passatta), kidney beans, mixed with pasta, and topped with a mix of eggs/quark soft cheese/yogurt and smoked paprika. Eaten with a load of fresh spinach (Mr Cheery's just done a food shop :rotfl: ) LOVE it, could eat a giant vat of it every single day

I'd offer you some but there's none left now :$ :rotfl: Sorry

What's for your dinner? Oops, just read properly - poached eggs. Mmmmm. I do mine in a frying pan of water and vinegar. Love a poached egg - often stick them on top of pasta (or noodles) too. SO much looking forward to having my own chickens! :j :j :j

(this *is* cheery, chattering away like the old days!)