Travelling On

Karmacat

- go to my bank, I need to pay off a cc by tomorrow, and can't do it online,
done, they just needed the bank card, it was pretty fast as well.

- speak with my colleague, set something up for next week.
Not yet, on purpose, he gets up *really* late :rotfl:

- carry on with the genealogy notes, decluttering them, including setting up a stack for my sister, she'd rather have actual papers, rather than computer files :rotfl:
just done a bit, but thats the main task this afternoon.

- I bought some veg a few days ago. I'd better start cooking it
Not yet - the days are still pretty short, so I want to do a little bit more of cutting laurel or box hedge this afternoon, before dark.

- text my brother, check he's still on the same planet as me. He's had a lot of driving to do to help rellies out.
definitely still on the same planet, midway through a driving task.

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Karmacat wrote: »

- go to my bank, I need to pay off a cc by tomorrow, and can't do it online,
done, they just needed the bank card, it was pretty fast as well.


- text my brother, check he's still on the same planet as me. He's had a lot of driving to do to help rellies out.
definitely still on the same planet, midway through a driving task.

I'm glad the bank transaction went well. I've revised my opinion of banks recently as they've turned out to be far more helpful than they used to be. A 'real' person's help rather than struggling to fix things unaided or online can save a lot of wasted time and headaches.


He sounds like a very helpful chap and good to know. He seems to have done a lot of driving to help people this past few months including bringing all that furniture etc from your Mother's home, taking things to the tip for you and other things that you mentioned. See, I've been paying attention:rotfl:. OH loves driving wherever necessary and fetching and carrying for people too. He's got another long-distance trip to help someone as soon as New Year is out of the way. I might go with him this time if the car, including the passenger seat isn't full to the roof with the stuff he's got to transport for them. He's hoping he can use his own car rather than have to hire a van this time.

gallygirl

Karmacat wrote: »

- I'm getting the kitchen revamped after that (including a rewire of the whole of downstairs and the plaster in the hall repaired/renewed).

Oooohhh, forgot to mention:
Powerpoints.
Work out where you need them.
Double it.
Get lots.
And lots.
And then some more.



And if you're going for a modern look...........

Goldiegirl

Hello, hope you had a good Christmas !

I've just been looking at your plans for 2019 and have noticed that you are going to be revamping your kitchen, which is exciting.

We had our kitchen re-fitted 16 years ago, and have always been pleased with it. The trouble is, the laminate coating on the doors is starting become unstuck, so within a couple of years we'll have to do something about it. Maybe, take the laminate off completely and paint the doors, or get new doors for a new look.

I'm currently reviewing the year and planning next year - nothing particularly earth- shattering, but I'll put my plans on my thread in the next few days.

Good luck with the Frugalwoods challenge!

earthgirl

I normally do the fw challenge but last time I didn't really learn or change anything. This year my goals are much more widely spread so I'm having to put a bit more effort in!

Good luch with the challange and the rest of your goals.

Downshifterella

Hi Karma
Hope you had a fab Christmas
Good luck with the Frugalwoods challenge and the kitchen plans!!
Exciting !!
I might have a look into FW challenge, love a bit of a plan to go into a new year!
Ella

Karmacat

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Hello, hope you had a good Christmas !

I've just been looking at your plans for 2019 and have noticed that you are going to be revamping your kitchen, which is exciting.

We had our kitchen re-fitted 16 years ago, and have always been pleased with it. The trouble is, the laminate coating on the doors is starting become unstuck, so within a couple of years we'll have to do something about it. Maybe, take the laminate off completely and paint the doors, or get new doors for a new look.

I'm currently reviewing the year and planning next year - nothing particularly earth- shattering, but I'll put my plans on my thread in the next few days.

Good luck with the Frugalwoods challenge!

Thanks Goldie! Like I say, I've never re-done a kitchen before, so I'm doing a *lot* of prep. I know what you mean about doors - I didn't even mention the way my cabinet doors are going when I listed whats wrong with the kitchen, but yes, everything's peeling off. If its doors only, of course, you can simply get new doors, if everything else works. I'll be looking out for your thread.

earthgirl wrote: »

I normally do the fw challenge but last time I didn't really learn or change anything. This year my goals are much more widely spread so I'm having to put a bit more effort in!

Good luch with the challange and the rest of your goals.

Hi earthie - I've never done the fw challenge, and I don't expect to do it regularly, in fact the last 6 emails I've just had to skim and no action needed. Widespread goals sounds like a real success story to me, good for you!

Downshifterella wrote: »

Hi Karma
Hope you had a fab Christmas
Good luck with the Frugalwoods challenge and the kitchen plans!!
Exciting !!
I might have a look into FW challenge, love a bit of a plan to go into a new year!
Ella

Hi Ella! I'm not expecting huge changes - I definitely need to change my mobile contract, I need to find a home for this probate money, and I need to plan the kitchen and a few holidays, and I'll use mse/fw principles on all of that. Then we'll see



Still working on the laurel - I've cut down enough of the trunks that I can get to the branches towards the back, though they're so far over the property line I don't think I can get them all but I did a lot this afternoon, and I made future maintenance a lot easier.

Karmacat

carbootcrazy wrote: »

I'm glad the bank transaction went well. I've revised my opinion of banks recently as they've turned out to be far more helpful than they used to be. A 'real' person's help rather than struggling to fix things unaided or online can save a lot of wasted time and headaches.

You're right! I don't really like doing it in flu season, though it isn't really flu season yet, but needs must, and he was really helpful.

He seems to have done a lot of driving to help people this past few months including bringing all that furniture etc from your Mother's home, taking things to the tip for you and other things that you mentioned. See, I've been paying attention:rotfl:. OH loves driving wherever necessary and fetching and carrying for people too. He's got another long-distance trip to help someone as soon as New Year is out of the way. I might go with him this time if the car, including the passenger seat isn't full to the roof with the stuff he's got to transport for them. He's hoping he can use his own car rather than have to hire a van this time.

You're right, my brother's been amazing - it was his work 2 years ago that first got the laurel under control, after all :rotfl: Seriously, he'll drive anyone anywhere, he loves driving, in almost any vehicle but in general he wants to help - he's been known to go litterpicking on the beach on his own, because its the right thing to do.

gallygirl wrote: »

Oooohhh, forgot to mention:
Powerpoints.
Work out where you need them.
Double it.
Get lots.
And lots.
And then some more.

And if you're going for a modern look...........

So true :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: and some of the fittings are already stainless steel! I installed one upstairs, a dimmer switch I definitely want the powerpoints that the wm and dw use to be up on the counter, so I can unplug them when I go away. And yes, having more ... plus having those new plugs that have a usb powerpoint fitted. That always helps.

apple_muncher

I've not had any fw emails since I signed up. Not even into my spam box. Feeling left out now...!

Karmacat

That's weird, apple, when did you sign up? I don't think I even needed to confirm my email address. Why don't you sign up again? They're headed "UFM 1" etc ... hope you can sort it soon!


PS - to see what the first one is, go to Cheery Daff's thread - she cut and pasted the questions onto her mse thread.