Travelling On

beanielou

Happy new chair to you 

Karmacat

Aw, thank you it's so comfy in comparison 🛌🏿  

Karmacat

Afternoon all! Just lost a huge post, argh. But basically, I was out walking this morning with my sister on a new route I'd checked out, came back to the news about Prince Philip. I'd just watched the last 30 minutes of BlackKkKlansman too.

1. see to underneath mahonia. no2. plant kale and echinacea. no3. repair lightpull in bathroom. no4. use up brilliant white paint on bare plasterboard. no5. repair mortar under DPC (urgent at this time of year). no6. get compact radio going. no7. get sewing machine set up no8. make face masks noPlus:9. French accounts yes10. Lay out timber for raised beds. 70%11. Clear slate, put down hard core. 70%12. Plant next set of seeds. no13. Back up computer (and tidy it beforehand). Yes, but needs doing again14. Research eco cleaning. 40%15. Sort out office. 40%16. Sort out 2nd bedroom. 40%17. Clean patio furniture. No

Numbers one to eight were carried over from February    I've done a lot else, of course:

• welcomed the new baby, lots of online shopping and postage

• Virgin Money made me work hard! Took ages.

• Quite a bit more cooking than usual. Okay, cooked twice.

• Emailed a few rellies, including for another new baby.

• Got a bus pass!

• Census. Prevarication took a lot of time.

• Lots of online genealogy work over Easter. I count that!

• And my fun writing project, whether or not I publish. 15,000 words and counting.

But planting the first seeds is becoming a matter of urgency. Can't do that today, but will focus on it tomorrow.

Karmacat

April
1. see to underneath mahonia
2. plant seeds
3. repair lightpull in bathroom
4. use up brilliant white paint on bare plasterboard
5. repair mortar under DPC (urgent at this time of year)
6. get compact radio going
7. get sewing machine set up
8. make face mask

Plus
9. Lay out timber for raised beds
10. Clear slate, put down hard core
11. Back up computer (and tidy it beforehand)
12. Research eco cleaning
13. Sort out office
14. Sort out 2nd bedroom
15. Clean patio furniture
16. Sort my tech: digital library from my council library is changing, can I connect my printer to my new laptop, get 2nd kindle working, that sort of thing
17. Emails: check ratesetter, 3 more rellies to email, a friend to phone.

Given that after today, there's 3 weeks left, and that I really *want* to write more of my fun thing, there are a few doubts about my completing this lot.  But some are half done, and you never know

Karmacat

Finance upkeep:
1. Ratesetter money has arrived, finally - they were emailing about problems, and I was holding my breath a bit.  All good.  Fulfils the reward requirements for the current account too.
2. Next two RS payments to Principality have gone out.
3. Sent another £1500 to PB.  
I'll have to rejig my NW figures at the end of April, a lot of stuff has moved around.  Its all good!

Looks really unpleasant outside today, I'll check and then maybe start on the "clear slate, put down hard core" element of my April list, which would also clear the patio a bit.

Karmacat

Karmacat said:

April
10. Clear slate, put down hard core
11. Back up computer (and tidy it beforehand)

When I wasn't just pootling about doing maintenance jobs, I focussed on these two, and cleared enough of the leftover building materials from the patio to give about half of it a preliminary sweep.  Looks different out there!  Plus I stripped the salvageable rags off the old Ikea chair, and binned the rest.  Mucky job, that 

I've just watched Gardener's World, and I have Nottingham envy - St Ann's Allotments.  Each allotment has its own hedge, and its own little wooden door, I kid you not.  Bliss.

Suffolk_lass

I totally agree re St Anne's allotments - that sort of enclosed environment stops the pilfering of produce that sadly occurs on lots of urban allotment sites, and creates a lovely enclosed micro-climate. Lots of bind-weed and ivy in the hedges I thought, with the potential for spreading...

themadvix

Ooh, sounds like excellent progress Karma! Always good when you can see a difference 😊

Karmacat

Good morning!  Oh ... good afternoon    chatting too long on the phone to bruv.  And I've not done anything else yet either     so, I'm not coming back on here (my own thread) until I've put the dishwasher on - I have no clean dishes or pans, I recycle the minimum continually - and then planted the seeds.  Last word!  Yikes.

apple_muncher

Will we ever see you again...?!