Travelling On

greent

Glad you had a good time - and am very impressed at how organised you've been with unpacking and washing on your return

I also knew lighthouses had their own signature - think I picked it up as a child when visiting lighthouses on holidays - I always tended to read ALL of the info around and absorb it - I was a  solitary bookworm of a child

Suffolk_lass

I knew too. But only because the BBC is showing a series on the building of impossible lighthouses that I caught an episode of - Bell Rock was the one (a Stevenson build).

Sounds as though you had fun (and what have you done with KC that your washing is done already?!) 

Chiglepig

@Suffolk_lass I think I saw that documentary too, but I'm crediting my knowledge of lighthouse signiatures to Blue Peter!

KC, sounds like a lovely time - I haven't been to the Motor Museum at Beaulieu, but I have kayaked up the river there - it's fab. Did you enjoy Fort Nelson - we went there lots when daughter was small - running through the tunnels and arounf the walls is a great way to wear small chidren out!

Karmacat

Hiya lovelies  

There's more washing, I guarantee  and I started it because we got home much earlier than we planned - the weather warnings were dire, and they were fulfilled.  Sadly, we had to miss Fort Nelson the weather went rain ... rain ... cloudburst ... rain ... rain all the time.  We couldn't drive the rest of the journey as wet as we would have been.  It was a shame, but we *did* see Hurst Castle, which was built around the same time and even upgraded during the invasion fears of WWII, and we got a ferry ride there and back  it only seated a dozen people, it was brilliant!

Here's a sample of how brilliant: I took this photo out of the front passenger window of my sister's car:

Karmacat

Debtfree's comment about 77% financials achieved has got me thinking.  I work really well to targets.  I don't have much income, in particular, but I *could* do the Happy Wheel etc, especially over the winter ... I think I'm going to set a target for the next year - £5000 of completely new money to go into premium bonds.  I'm going to cheat initially, by including the euros over in France that I'm intending to bring home, because I've literally never brought any money back to this country.  There's now 10,000 euros over there, and something needs to be done about that: waving some of it alluringly in front of Agent Million would be good  

Karmacat

OCTOBER PLOT

ADMIN
New aim: £5,000 new money over the next year, for premium bonds/ car.
pay French taxes
send some euros to the UK

sort computer docs into correct files

back up computer

cancel principality dd

make new principality dd

fund principality accounts

send money back to current account

buy more premium bonds

sort out bank regular saver

check on elec and gas

sort out broadband bill

send London friend the genealogy info

join local horticultural society

space group at U3A - should I go in person?
Decide on what to knit for the new baby, with the wool I already have. And start knitting!
Purchases: Christmas cards, up to date Highway Code, Christmas presents.  Good lord, Christmas presents!

GARDEN
Cut back, especially a few plants that do nothing for me or for pollinators
There's planting.  Horrified about this, but there we are.
Clean all the leftover garden equipment I haven't touched.
Prepare for winter's garden diy tasks: concreting near kitchen wall, gap filling near air bricks, painting fences, mending gaps in crazy paving.

HOUSE
Cleaning.  It's now much better than it was, but some areas still look like a slum 😮
Clearing away in my living room and my bedroom, so that I can get someone in to do quotes to replace the windows.

This is October only, not the next 6 months, so I'll leave it there.  There was a possibility of going away for another 2 days or so, but I'm not going to do that now.

themadvix

That's quite some list Karma!

Re fence painting - I'm not sure if this is what you're hoping to do with brother very soon, but be aware that temps need to be over 8 degrees for the paint (and it obviously needs to be a dry day) - not something to do in the depths of winter.

Karmacat

Good point, madvix!  Oops ... no, it's not with brother, I've stashed him away back in Merseyside for another year I think I was being over-enthusiastic in putting that in.  But OTOH, if I don't do it in October, this winter could create more problems.  If we have a warmish dry spell, I might go for it.  Thanks for the temperature reminder, I'd completely forgotten that.

I've done a couple of the little jobs: cancelled the dd, bought more premium bonds.  While I was at it, I paid sister what I owed her for the holiday we just had, bought more premium bonds, downloaded a few finance statements I needed, and ran outside in a gap between showers to cut back some raspberry canes plus reconnected with Lovely Neighbour.

I'm quite tired

themadvix

A warmish dry spell would work - I think I did my front fence about this time last year. 

I'm not surprised you're tired - sounds like a busy morning!

Karmacat

It was, to be honest I did much less this afternoon, but still got outside for about 45 mins, cutting back more stuff, all of which is now safely in the green bin.  I might actually have a bit of fun on Amazon and buy the Christmas cards I've been thinking of - a huge pack of "Scandi" cards - eco, apparently, and lovely modern designs.  If I knit for the baby, I can't do my own Christmas cards too, I don't think