22 Foxhole East

f0xh0les

Applied to work 3 days immediately following the ceremony job. Will see if anything comes of it. I would be living in a tent for 3 nights, so it would also be fun.  It is at a festival, I am not having to go live on a roundabout or anything.

Did the food shop - sub £60 for the week. 

Have not put on any weight.  Have not lost any either, but still!

Tomatoes all over the place outside. Apple crumbles all over the place inside. Threw my yellow courgettes and purple beans into a miso noodle soup last night - DS4 likes MY courgettes, it is a new occurrence.  

Sewed the school badge onto a slightly larger blazer - next size up, school returns on Wednesday and I have had sixty-squillion emails telling me the gates will open at 10.20 and will be RELOCKED again at 10.30, and will reopen at 8.20 on Thursday and will be RELOCKED at 8.30.  For goodness sake! I feel the return of the sock monitor is imminent. Do they honestly have nothing better to do ?? And as for sending emails on a Saturday, and again on a  Sunday - pah!              10 months until that school is in the rear view mirror forever. I cannot wait.   

Today I got lots of emails telling me C-word is 4 months away and will be here in no time .......  well, I haven't got plans to put my tree up yet, so they can get in the bin. 

f0xh0les

I finished the original job on Thursday, but got the other job which started on the Friday, did the job, camped in a tent and had a fantastic time.  I also saw a racist roundabout in Ollerton, I was a bit shocked, but it still looked rubbish. 

Then back to reality.  Boo!

Saw my first mince pies in the supermarket today - they would be a bit stale by December though, so I left them behind. They have probably sold out by  now 

Saw the widow of my volunteer friend today. Poor love. 

dawnybabes

I’ve bought a box purely to test you see (love a mince pie) ! 

f0xh0les

I love them too, but I am refusing until December.  

f0xh0les

Bit chilly here today, wearing a jumper! Can't remember the last time I did that. I have made 2 soups this week already.  The weather really feels on the turn, but  then again I was wandering around at 11pm in a tshirt at the weekend, looking at the stars and moon, and not being in the slightest bit cold.  We are on the cusp.

Going to go volunteer today.

Workplace 1 expenses submitted on the Thursday night, because I was in a field by 8.30am on Friday. They will be paid next Tuesday.  Rather in my bank than their bank.

Monitoring the workplace 2 jobs page - I know there are some Nov/Dec/Jan graduations which will be advertised soonish.  

HMRC have changed my tax status (boo!) even though I will (probably) earn less than is required to pay tax - 3 employers now, they will not review it until April, I am treating it as a zero interest piggy bank. It will come back to me.

Shunted £1k into the ISA - 19 left to go. My SiPP is at 9% return. 9% of not a lot, but it will grow. 

f0xh0les

I have a week of work in January and a week of work in September next year, both now in the 5 year diary. 

f0xh0les

Another week booked  in for November!  But no job details (or hotel details)  for the job in 7 days time.  

Thought I would see what festive offerings the supermarkets will provide  for 2025 because the vegan options are disappearing fast off the supermarket shelves - so they can reappear as NEW! for Jan/Veganuary, it happens every year. 

So far only Wait)Rose have  admitted anything .... 

Emily Quinn, Chilled Vegetarian & Vegan Buyer comments, “Nothing says Christmas like cauliflower cheese.

Well, I think Emily needs to get out more!  I am surprised they did not just come out and say 'The jewel in the crown of the festive feast has always been The Humble Carrot,  so this year, we have put carrots in a bag for you to carry more easily on your vegetarian/vegan journey home.  It's what JC would've wanted, in fact historians believe Joseph, Mary, and the wee donkey,  happily chomped down on carrots while the manger was in alternative use!" 

Mice pies (squeak!), christmas puddings, advent calendars, gold coins, all available in prominent positions at the supermarket.   Carrots obviously less so.  

Have a lovely weekend! I am working away all next week, in a mobile/www deadzone.  See you on the other side.

LadyWithAPlan

Well done on the new work & the weight loss! Amazing 

just wondering on that WiFi mirror - can you not see in it til you turn the WiFi on? Do you have to say ‘let there be light!’ before  you can see yourself ?

Your to do lists are v impressive - looking after that many men - brave woman ! 

f0xh0les

You could turn the light on round the mirror and control the brightness by your phone. .... while you stand 50cm in front of it holding your phone..... 📱 above a sink .... what could possibly go wrong! 

f0xh0les

Nice little run of work completed.  Did 2 weeks in a town near home, then was down on the SE coast near the seaside for a week, but never actually saw the sea. Next time I go down, I am hopping on a bus straight from work and 24 minutes later I will be surf-side.  My escape is planned!

Then in a Midlands big city, where people were rude.  It never ceases to surprise me how well behaved some places are, and then the next job is bedlam, crisis-aversion, and you get sworn at because you understand the concept of time, and 'they' don't appreciate being told they are already 20 minutes late to be seated. 

How very rude of me!  Less time on eyelashes, more time in getting to the venue promptly!

Utter chaos with hotel rooms though. Name mixups, date confusions, payment issues, everything that could go wrong did go wrong, and there was nothing I could do, but wait for someone else to sort it out.  V much stressful. 

But I survived, and this month will be the biggest paycheque of the year so far.  

Sadly I only have another 4 days booked with the original company, and 5 days with another. 

DH is on strike for 3 weeks from the end of the month. 2/3rds of the house is down with PFMC (potentially fatal man cold) they really seem to be suffering, including dizziness tonight from DH.

MiL got thrown off her horse and has been  in hospital for the last 5 days. She should be released tomorrow if all goes well, she was allowed out of bed for the first time today. She has been told to be sensible. 

Pah! Fat chance of that. 

Bedrooms and bathrooms have been cleaned. Bedding changed. Laundry laundered. 

DS2 is 21 tomorrow - I have all the makings for a cheesecake, will do that tomorrow morning. 

Is there a national treacle shortage?  I have been to T0sc0 and Sainsbugs and there is none on the shelves.  Considering it is nearing bonfire night, and therefore Parkin Season is open, where is the black treacle in the red tin??  Gingerbread needs treacle! Maybe it is a regional supply issue - can I get a national treacle map of sightings please?