Travelling On

Staffordia

No snow here at all yet, but it was bitterly cold when we took the dogs out for their walk this morning.  A warm and cosy lazy afternoon planned. 

Karmacat

Absolutely, stay warm, Staffordia Definitely an indoor day for me, it's still snowing.  I've condescended to use the dishwasher and then had to put it on a quick wash immediately after - the tablet got stuck it's happened 3 times recently.  

One thing I'm really pleased at - I was putting all those keys away   and I found the dance exercise dvds that I *knew* I had somewhere.  They were in my desk, very far away from the dvd player

Karmacat

Afternoon all Hmm, well, I woke up *so* early, but I seem to have done very little.  Phone call with sister.  Repacked the dishwasher.  Oh, I baked!  Potato and veg, very nice.  Did a YG survey, I see there's another one in my inbox, I'm up to about 3,500.  Their rate of pay is fine for waht it is, I don't care about it taking a long time, though I'd like for the payout to come earlier, of course. 

Snow is still happening there, in a measly, thin sort of way.  But the green bin is being collected tomorrow, so there are a few bits I have to do.  Might do that before I flake a little bit, because of that early awakening  **yawns**  

Karmacat

So, I did that, cut back the rhodies and the brambles growing underneath the mahonia, and there were two sets of bramble roots I'd dug up last week but not put in the bin, got rid of them too, happy days, and the bin is where the binmen will collect it.  But man, it was **cold** out there!  And we've definitely progressed to snowflakes.  

Today isn't working out to be a day when I'm doing anything very focussed - I've noticed a pattern when I have a phone call in the morning.  Getting the dishwasher going counts as a victory, I'm afraid.  Tidying up the computer to get rid of useless stuff and general tut.  I'm quite tempted to make Yorkshire puddings - they'd use some eggs, flour and butter, all of which I have in abundance, and I have a supermarket delivery on Wednesday.  Which I've just postponed for a week - I'm still cycling the flour through the freezer, and it's still uncomfortably full, I confess.  Yep.  Yorkshire puddings.  Yum.

Suffolk_lass

An alternative is Pancakes too KC to use up flour and eggs - thicker ones to make Scotch pancakes (or drop scones as some call them) and thinner ones as either straight pancakes or dinner wraps, with your roast veg in and then a simple tomato sauce and baked with a little grated cheese on top

Karmacat

That sounds lovely, SL - I used to make pancakes lots, but when I was ill, the "making" bit was beyond me, and I'd just pour pasta into a pan.  

Extremely slow start today, I haven't even done any clicks, and I've been waylaid by a search for hallmarks on the web and on fb in particular.  Okay, I'm trying to avoid doing anything useful, I confess.  I was sent a silver reproduction of my head girl's badge the year after I left school (I know!  I'm blushing as I'm typing it! I still feel like an idiot) and I'm hearing stories about Iona silver, but the hallmarks I'm seeing are Birmingham, 1964.  I've been using these sites: 
Maker's Marks and Hallmarks (alexander-ritchie.co.uk) and 
Silver Makers Marks and 
English silver marks: Birmingham sterling silver (silvercollection.it) 
The latter seems a bit odd because it's got the Italian country code, but there you go.  Does anybody know any reputable source for hallmarks?

The thing I must​ do is the French email to the maintenance people.  That's an item all on it's own on the February list, which isn't doing too well right now.  3/23 done.  3/23 part done.  5/23 are regular self care items (sketchy fulfilment, but better than nothing, vitamins etc).  The remaining 12 are either small jobs like the French email or things that take several days.  Lockdown is still going on for a while, I have to think of it as "this gives me the chance to improve my standard of living before the world opens up again".  That's what gives me my balance at this time.

Suffolk_lass

Karmacat said:

That sounds lovely, SL - I used to make pancakes lots, but when I was ill, the "making" bit was beyond me, and I'd just pour pasta into a pan.  

Extremely slow start today, I haven't even done any clicks, and I've been waylaid by a search for hallmarks on the web and on fb in particular.  Okay, I'm trying to avoid doing anything useful, I confess.  I was sent a silver reproduction of my head girl's badge the year after I left school (I know!  I'm blushing as I'm typing it! I still feel like an idiot) and I'm hearing stories about Iona silver, but the hallmarks I'm seeing are Birmingham, 1964.  I've been using these sites: 
Maker's Marks and Hallmarks (alexander-ritchie.co.uk) and 
Silver Makers Marks and 
English silver marks: Birmingham sterling silver (silvercollection.it) 
The latter seems a bit odd because it's got the Italian country code, but there you go.  Does anybody know any reputable source for hallmarks?

The thing I must​ do is the French email to the maintenance people.  That's an item all on it's own on the February list, which isn't doing too well right now.  3/23 done.  3/23 part done.  5/23 are regular self care items (sketchy fulfilment, but better than nothing, vitamins etc).  The remaining 12 are either small jobs like the French email or things that take several days.  Lockdown is still going on for a while, I have to think of it as "this gives me the chance to improve my standard of living before the world opens up again".  That's what gives me my balance at this time.

I would check out the assay offices - the Birmingham one has guardians instead of being run by the trade via the guilds but it is the same - here is a link goldsmiths is one of the London ones (Sheffield and Edinburgh are the other two unless things have all changed)

rtandon27

Karmacat said:

...my head girl's badge...

😏 - I didn't know you were a smarty pants - lol xxx

Karmacat

rtandon27 said:

Karmacat said:

...my head girl's badge...

😏 - I didn't know you were a smarty pants - lol xxx

Fraid so!  At my school, 6 LVI girls were made prefects during the summer term, and head girl was voted for by the staff from those six.  I won.  The headmistress called me to her study to tell me, and was kind enough to inform me that it didn't mean that I was the best choice, just that the majority of the staff had voted for me  she really, really hated me, I think because she remembered me from the 2nd and 3rd year, when I'd been *very* naughty  and come to her attention in different ways  

SL, thanks for that - it never occurred to me, shows how I'm blanking this thing out!

apple_muncher

Are you doing a % for your Feb list too?