Spent 4 years pretending it's all OK

Brogden

liltdiddylilt wrote: »

See NOA. I blink and miss 26 blimmin posts!

Brogden, how could you think our NOA is anything other than lovely, courteous and grateful for your valued input. And no, I am also not being sarcy although compliments on the web are very easy to read the wrong way

I didn't think that Lilt !!! I only said I was sitting on the fence !!!

I was pretty much won over anyway (just worried!)

I read about what you said about work. I didn't ever need to do this but I do now......I 'compartmentalise!!!!!' I used to live work and was happy to be with a lot of friends but it ain't like that now. Not everybody is bad but I do what I do and finish......strange one with me being based at home but its amazing how antagonising emails can be Work is just not what it was so I do what I do, put up with whoever I have to put up with and finish. what matters is what lands in the bank on payday

I'm saying all of this when you probably already 'compartmentalise' anyway !!??

Hoping you and 'Tot are good and well.

Brogden x

NoOneAround

Brogden wrote: »

OK, OK, OK!!!!

Are you listening everybody?

Noonearound is an absolute sweetie

Now NOA.......behave yourself!! ;);)

Brogden x

Well Brogden, what a nice thing to say, and how kind of you to say so, kind sir:p
xx
:rotfl:NOA


Charlie Chaplin "A day without laughter is a day wasted."

NoOneAround

Update on finance-y stuff.....


Broken phone - not yet sorted - still works so scraping by:(
Some more hours worked at school this am
Several hours volunteer work done this week
Low spend last few days generally (apart from fuel):)
Bought/ordered all bits necessary to help parent's redo kitchen wall/ tiles/paint in half term next week pick up Friday.
All but one Direct debit transferred and confirmed and functioning in new account.
Debit cards Finally arrived (much agony and chasing) for new business account so now can spend less time making sure right amount of money is in right account at any given time!:)


Need to focus on generating more work before Christmas otherwise...:eek:
Am planning to visit sibling (for a sleepover) with DS at weekend as its half term:) will increase fuel spend but no school runs so balance neutral.
Need to try and update spread-sheet - have been lax. VAT return due in 2 weeks so that will force me to get up to date.



Yawn.

liltdiddylilt

Brogden thanks for thinking of me. You're a sweetie. It took me a very long time, a lot of jobs and a lot of heartache to realise that work is work and home is home. I think the push came when I had Jellytot. I don't feel the same about work any more. It isn't my be all and end all. I was still working to more than maximum capacity... but then I started to have responsibilities removed from me piece by piece, and gradually I was moved from my role into a role anyone with half an ounce of common sense could do. So now, I go in, do my dogsbody work, be it researching and negotiating new iPhone 6 contracts for the bosses, or like last week archiving hundreds of old client files with my boss because "we two will do this job better than anyone else". My time is charged out at £80 per hour. Hers, at £250. Yeah I am sure it's a good use of our time to pull files, put them in boxes after a cursory glance and write them up in the archive list. Anyways - now I thoroughly compartmentalise. I laugh at the jobs I am given, I am polite and I neither tell anyone about my life or inquire about theirs. And I feel a lot better for it. I am glad, but a little sad that you do the same..

NOA, thats a mighty to do list. Like the sound of the weekend away and it is more than cost neutral because Sister will be feeding you

Yay for debit cards!! I have had a high spend week and so may freeze my debit card for a while... :eek:

Brogden

liltdiddylilt wrote: »

Brogden thanks for thinking of me. You're a sweetie. It took me a very long time, a lot of jobs and a lot of heartache to realise that work is work and home is home. I think the push came when I had Jellytot. I don't feel the same about work any more. It isn't my be all and end all. I was still working to more than maximum capacity... but then I started to have responsibilities removed from me piece by piece, and gradually I was moved from my role into a role anyone with half an ounce of common sense could do. So now, I go in, do my dogsbody work, be it researching and negotiating new iPhone 6 contracts for the bosses, or like last week archiving hundreds of old client files with my boss because "we two will do this job better than anyone else". My time is charged out at £80 per hour. Hers, at £250. Yeah I am sure it's a good use of our time to pull files, put them in boxes after a cursory glance and write them up in the archive list. Anyways - now I thoroughly compartmentalise. I laugh at the jobs I am given, I am polite and I neither tell anyone about my life or inquire about theirs. And I feel a lot better for it. I am glad, but a little sad that you do the same..

NOA, thats a mighty to do list. Like the sound of the weekend away and it is more than cost neutral because Sister will be feeding you

Yay for debit cards!! I have had a high spend week and so may freeze my debit card for a while... :eek:

Yeah - on we go!

StressedSteph

Hi NOA,


I Found you :T.


I am spending the morning trying to find friends diaries. You were my first find. :j.

Once I have finished my tracking down of diaries I will settle in to having a read.

Hope all is going well with you.

xxxxx

NoOneAround

StressedSteph wrote: »

Hi NOA,


I Found you :T.


I am spending the morning trying to find friends diaries. You were my first find. :j.

Once I have finished my tracking down of diaries I will settle in to having a read.

Hope all is going well with you.

xxxxx

Hi SS,
Lovely to see you and honoured to be your first find! Please don't feel you need to trawl through every page - my little trials and tribulations, tantrums and mopes might get a tad boring!
Hope you had a lovely holiday - will pop over later to have a catch up!
xx

NoOneAround

My DD had a money tin from HS*C our bank they were giving them away free years and years ago. DD had LOVED shiny new pennies to the point of obsession, so every time we got given a shiny 1 or 2 p she put it in this money tin. DS collected foreign coins left collected from holidays! I started the collection before either was born) in his money tin - can't place a value on that, it might need to go in the unicef (or is it Oxfam) bags at airports where they collect all currency change.
Was hovering her room yesterday and found this dusty tin along with her tooth fairy tin. It was very heavy. I emptied it and counted all the coppers.....not many are shiny any more as have tarnished over the years but she managed to save £6.81. Might buy a couple of glasses of something at the uni bar!!!!!!


New work enquiry today - if ( ooops be positive WHEN) this goes ahead will be a quick project to do before Christmas which will cover Decembers priority direct debits fingers crossed


Need to do some work now....


xx

grannyx2

I hope you have a good & productive day today x

NoOneAround

grannyx2 wrote: »

I hope you have a good & productive day today x

Thank you Granny You too xx:)