Travelling On

debtfreeoneday

Good going KC

Karmacat

Thanks both I'm really, really physically tired today so I still won't be finishing off the paving stone malarkey, which makes me a bit sad ... but talk about "high intensity exercise", it's a bit too intense when I'm not on top form.  So I'll put that off till next week.

Today, it's the lightweight stuff (literally ) there are two more premium bond transfers till I get to £10k in there, and I can do one of those today.  That draft email in French really needs doing.  Oil on the belt.  Self care with cleanser and vitamins.  The only physical work is getting all the recycling out to the bin to be collected tomorrow.

Karmacat

Note to self, on Ratesetter
Ratesetter are liquidating their investors (not killing them  they're giving everyone their money back) because they've been bought by Metro Bank.  Sort of good news - they're not going bust, the money I have in there is still mine!  But the liquidation (snigger) is happening in April, in the tax year when I've already got to be quite careful about interest earned.  So when I'm a bit further forward with my current to-do list, I'm definitely going to request an early liquidation    And I'm liquidating myself now, off to beddie byes.

beanielou

Have a happy toddle to bedfordshire 

Karmacat

Thanks beanie, I slept well.

The Ratesetter note to myself was a prime example of how you need to take things one step at a time, especially when you're tired: it doesn't matter when I withdraw it, because I've been declaring it every year as required - it doesn't matter where it is, of course it doesn't 

Feeling a bit better today - I actually moved the last paving stone from the front to the back garden - hoped I'd smash it, literally, which would double the amount of fencing that would be protected but it didn't smash   And then I walked round the block, hurray.  I'll probably be a little bit careful with the rest of the day - tidying, self care, that sort of thing.  And I haven't been on here yet today  

rtandon27

Resting is as important as 'doing the thing'!  Enjoy your Friday afternoon & may it be an easy & slow-paced one

Karmacat

Thanks again, RT   I confess, I used my trolley to bring the remaining paving stone into the back garden.  And then I threw it down, forcibly, and hit it with a hammer, lots  the aim was to get more coverage of the fence, and I got it, although it broke in a completely different way than I thought it would, at a 90 degree angle, v odd.  Did a bit more digging (10 minutes?) in the recipient spot, and I've left it now, to let the worms run away from the heavy weight that will descend on them tomorrow    I haven't done anything else, not even stacked the dishwasher.

There's another note to self coming up: my broadband and home phone has shot up from £32 to £44.  Unacceptable.  And I have 600 minutes of calls with my mobile provider (that contract runs out on 27th of this month, though, so anything might happen).  Check with the mobile provider who I'm allowed to call with those 600 minutes: other mobiles?  Firms?  Government departments?  I don't know.    But once I know that, get in touch wtih broadband/ phone provider and haggle.  

apple_muncher

Well done you, getting those slabs moved and broken up and in place.

Now to hunker down and keep snug and warm x

Karmacat

You're right, apple - I didn't get up till 8.15, magnificent and about 10 minutes faffing in the kitchen is the limit of what I've done.  After lunch, a bit more in the house, and emplacing that paving stone, that'll be good.

Oh, YG and pinecone surveys done too.  

ETA - confirmation of latest premium bond move.  So I sent another £1k over, that's it, the £10k transferred.  Woo hoo   A tick on both Feb and Big Lists, I think, I'll check.

apple_muncher

Sneaking that % up, eh?