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NoOneAround

Brogden wrote: »

I forgot it was Valentines Day NOA Nothing very romantic in progress here!

Sorry to hear hubby has the dreaded lurgy. But its on an ill wind......I haven't so you can come and sit with me .

My fuel for private use isn't paid for by my employer and I have always envied those who have this benefit - perhaps I shouldn't as my private use isn't really many miles, just hundreds of short trips so I'd probably lose out on the dreaded tax if I they paid me that benefit.

Speaking of the dreaded tax......I'm still obsessed with my strategy and I'll have to post on it .

Happy Sunday my dear :kisses3:

Brogden x

Hi Brogden Thank you. Romance in short supply here too. Funny thing is when I was in my big job and earned more than DH, I got a dozen red roses 3 times a year delivered to work (birthday anniversary and Valentines Day). Haven't had any since I stopped and we started working from home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He use to love all the attention of the admin ladies gave him when he went in about how wonderful he was;) So now I tease him - basically they were for the benefit of everyone else and wind them up rather than his adoration for me


Will keep up with your progress on pensions and tax and mortgage. need a role model (if not a new model;))
xx
NOA

Puzzcat

Hi Noah,


Glad to hear you sounding a bit happier... Loved the pictures of the snowdrops.. Unfortunately I don't have any flowers in my garden, just lawn that's currently looking very shabby and the foxes have dug a big hole in it...! My cats are now using that as the toilet... :eek: Good luck to OH when he does the first mow of the year... :rotfl:


Hope you have a lovely weekend.


Love Puzz. x

NoOneAround

Half term this week and it's been lovely not to have to get up early and do the school run. DH still going to worl so having been getting up, having a cuppa, then lying in bed reading til about 8.30-9am.....bliss:).


Went to see parent Tuesday/Wednesday with DS and spent a couple of days helping. They are adjusting slowly. No change in Dad's vision:(. came back Wednesday - very late - the 90 minute journey took 3 hours. DD has been home from uni since Thursday. We haven't done much - just been at home pottering, washing and housework. And I tried to have a big go at sorting office and now at the moment it looks even worse. WE have about 10 years or more of self employment paperwork which I need to go through and reduce down......so very tedious and I have lost interest:o
Have two weeks of work booked in already for March (marking) exams and I think there will be a steady trickle now until end of July. This means we should be able to keep up on all priority payments. However haven't had many new enquiries for business, so things fairly quiet at the moment. Have enough in the bank to pay everything till end March. Hoping DD will get some work over Easter (marking) as have just found out as well as deposit already paid she needs to pay Augusts rent on 1st May:eek:....before she starts working in the summer.


All quiet on the predator front at the moment. Just been making small payments to keep them ticking over.
Still haven't had time to catch up with budget and where we are at the moment.
I got a 1000 piece puzzle of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" for Christmas and I started it with DD and DS yesterday :eek: Tearing my hair out as its all swirls of different blues and greys and yellows. It was meant to be therapeutic:rotfl::rotfl:
Never saw it up close before and its actually very beautiful - felt like getting out the paints and canvas and doing my own Van Gogh style starry Night. Perhaps I could do a forgery and sell on ebay:rotfl:


Have a lovely Saturday Evening All
xx
NOA

NoOneAround

After a lazy weekend I have to make up for lost time so am writing my to do list now in preparation.

Ironing (10 shirts tonight, rest tomorrow) only did 6 last night!

Admin - catch up with projects clients (shouldn't take more than 2 hrs if I do not read diaries:o between emails) DONE!

Admin for voluntary work (1hr) DONE!

Kitchen Blitz especially floor/hob cleared but not blitzed:o
Make stock from today's chicken carcasses DONE!
Blitz shower room Tomorrow methinks.....
Hoover downstairs Tomorrow methinks....
2 x 1hr sorting office boxes Not 2 hours but done some:p
Wash hoover car (weather permitting) Emptied of rubbish
Post long overdue thank you cards. MUST DO

Breaks of 10 minutes allowed doing my Van Gogh puzzle every hour if needed. Garden and diaries instead!:p

It is written therefore it will be.

NOA
xx

Levi-

I love the to-do list idea NOA built in to the diary, I might have to steal that! Wishing you a very good week. xx

Igamogam

NoOneAround wrote: »

Ironing (10 shirts tonight, rest tomorrow)


Make stock from today's chicken carcasses

On your next To Do list out put down - ironing lesson for the chaps! I am guessing they belong to the men in your life.....I would die if I had to do this!!

Chicken carcass - you made me feel guilty as I put ours in the food waste bucket - will surprise the bin men as we rarely have any thing to put in said bucket! Its gone because I had a CBA moment and realised I didn't have room in my life this week fo ra chicken carcass, however wholesome. I usually freeze them if I cant make use straight away but tonight it just had to go! :rotfl:

Have a productive week !

NoOneAround

Levi- wrote: »

I love the to-do list idea NOA built in to the diary, I might have to steal that! Wishing you a very good week. xx

Hi Levi,
Thank you ....Feel free to pinch the idea of the To-Do list - but I can't take credit as I pinched it from someone else on these diaries:D. By putting it down on here it makes me feel accountable . I can make lists at home for my eyes only until they come out of my ears but I rarely look at them or keep to them!
The one thing I haven't managed to do yet is make a freezer inventory - that's Awesome with a capital A. Another thing that I did and would never look at. So nowadays I just try to keep everything rolling over on a 2-4 week cycle where I freeze down things until the freezer is full, then we eat them until its empty! and the only pre-prepared food I buy is battered fish and oven chips or pizza. Where did I drop my halo?:D
Have a lovely Monday.
xx NOA

NoOneAround

Igamogam wrote: »

On your next To Do list out put down - ironing lesson for the chaps! I am guessing they belong to the men in your life.....I would die if I had to do this!!

Chicken carcass - you made me feel guilty as I put ours in the food waste bucket - will surprise the bin men as we rarely have any thing to put in said bucket! Its gone because I had a CBA moment and realised I didn't have room in my life this week fo ra chicken carcass, however wholesome. I usually freeze them if I cant make use straight away but tonight it just had to go! :rotfl:

Have a productive week !

Morning Igamogam:)
Feelin' dim -can't work out what CBA stands for:o!
I should give them some lessons but to be honest I get sick of cleaning the iron afterwards:mad:. It's that thing when no one else in the house can be bothered to learn about recycling (everything but plastic wrapping/bags goes in the blue bin, and food waste goes in the green), how the dishwasher should be loaded, or that the iron has a temperature dial that is simpler to use than the 3 remote controls and 20 menus you have to go through to switch the tv, find a programme to watch and then adjust the volume. :mad: and to be fair, when I do not do DH will. Plus I usually just put on a favourite film that I know the script to and iron to that. Mindless stuff. I do make them take everything and hang/put away in their own wardrobes.
Chicken carcasses are in slow cooker simmering away (2 from yesterday, plus 2 frozen from previous times) and house smelling lovely and homey and warm. There are times I do throw it away so don't feel guilty!


NOA
xx

NoOneAround

Spent 10 minutes in my little bit of heaven - it's a glorious but bitterly cold day. Too cold for gardening plus have other To-Do's for today.
Spring has sprung, lots of bulbs peaking through, daffs will soon be out.:) Lots of birds about, twitter pated .


I love spring:). Will call my dad in next break and tell him about everything that's growing.


NOA
xx

mfmaybe

Lovely post NOA. I welled up a little at you calling your Dad to tell him about what was growing. What a lovely daughter you are . What are those cute little yellow flowers - I want to say aconites but not sure why? They are very cheery. Or are they just very well behaved buttercups

Glorious days have a way of making everything seem a little bit better, don't they? It's blowing sideways snow here today, so not quite so uplifting :eek: