Travelling On

debtfreeoneday

Sorry about the cat. ❤️

Karmacat

rtandon27 said:

I'm loving the idea of sandals that adjust with velcro! These days swelling feet have become a reality so those might just do the trick for the walk from work to the station!

Yep, all the high-end stuff has buckles etc, but my favourite pair ever were from Primark, velcro, cost £8, and I wore them for years.  Loved them dearly.  I wore them again yesterday, and they're good, so I can actually pack them now  

debtfree thank you I had about ten weeks of live-in catsitting with her, over the space of two years, so I got to know her quite well.

Today ... I was going to fill up the remainder of the green bin, but the neighbour has taken it to help his *other* neighbour (the man's a saint!) so no can do.  Plan today:
- home made ice boxes for the cooler I've borrowed (jam jars filled with water, put in the freezer )
- washing machine on.
- antkiller around the edges of the house.
- dig the trolley case out of the understairs cupboard.  Harry Potter does not live there.
- ahem, finish cleaning shopping from Wednesday.
- shower and wash hair.  Maybe cut hair.  It should calm down before travelling.
- I soaked 3 small portions of beans overnight - cook them, load them up with onions that need using up.

Karmacat

Right, I've done the first four - now to cook the beans and onions and clean the shopping.  The understairs cupboard was predictably horrendous - I did it once I realised I was dreading it.  Very happy that last autumn I sprayed in there *strongly* with insect killer.  Big, big spider body can be seen, and thats only the one that's visible **quakes in boots**

rtandon27

Well done on ploughing though it! & eek to spiders!

I'm onto my list late today after another horrendous interaction with a tradesperson!

First thing - balance the books
Second thing - meal plan & groceries
Third thing - look at planner and plan to catch-up on all the missed items from the last week (a blue shrieky smilie would go well here)

Karmacat

Thanks for condolences on the spider ... I return them with interest on the occasion of the horrendous tradesperson!  Things can get very tough very quickly.  

That's quite an item, isn't it, sadly: "everything I missed from last week", sigh ... 

Today - hmm, I kept going, once I managed to start.  Of the list, the only extra thing I managed was the beans/ onions mix, and I added some cashews as well, just little extra bits needed to make a full meal, that'll go down well on the holiday.  And little jobs done in the kitchen, too tiny even for me to list  

Gratitudes (a la madvix):
- opened my hall curtain this morning intending to open the window, but didn't - instead, I watched a mini flock of sparrows gambol about in the neighbour's hollyhocks, and then ... they just sat there, enjoying the sun.
- fantastic cloudscape this afternoon - I was in bright sun, clouds were towering, very dark with an edge of sunshiney whiteness, absolutely gorgeous.
- I'm reading a freebie kindle book, science fiction, and its actually **good** - and there are no, I repeat no, typos.  Second one in a month, I'm in clover.

badmemory

I seem to be on a roll with my kindle.  A couple of months ago I bought 25 books & only had to pay for 3 of them, total £2.97.  Then on Thursday night I realised I had read all of them so bought another 27 & only had to pay for 3 again & again only a total of £2.97.  That's cheaper than the petrol to go to the library would have been & unlike the library they haven't shortened their opening hours.  The other advantage is that I have the font so large that when I fall asleep it falls on my stomach & not my nose!

Karmacat

Thats really good, badmemory!  I love my kindle, I must say - I've put our National Trust tickets on it too, for instance.  And I sent them by email, so I can download them to my phone as well  

I *do* pay for a few books - Grace Dent's autobiography, I like her.  The Deliciously Ella cookbook too - but only ever 99p ones   I bought a new kindle, but I haven't charged it with books, and I haven't got used to how to use it, it might as well be a different device.  

Clothes packing now!  Or possibly the cleaning of the shopping, they both need doing.

debtfreeoneday

I wish I could enjoy a kindle but I like the feel of a book and pages!  

badmemory

I too like the feel of a proper book, so I only used to use my kindle for times when I needed it in my handbag.  But then my local library was closed & the main library hours were seriously reduced & my parking had to be paid for instead of free.  I bought my 27 books for the same price as 2 library visits, although it was closed for months anyway due to covid.  Now I can't be bothered with the hassle, especially as the covid rates are shooting up here.

beanielou

I am a mixture of a book & kidle girl these days.