Travelling On

Karmacat

Yep, made almost all of the sarong - a single seam sewn up by hand, using embroidery thread - I have maybe 30 hanks, inherited?  A couple of gathers/darts, to make it vaguely human-shaped.  I need to do the straps, and I have stash stuff available for that.  Happy with it.

Collected lots more greenery for the bin - I could have harvested some greenery for pesto, but its too late now some sedge had become massive without me noticing - all gone now.  Must do better for next year, but I've done as well as I can for right now.

Karmacat

Right, I've only done a few bits, it's difficult to work in the heat (could be why I keep going on holiday to coldish places these days  )
- cleaned sinks in loo and bathroom (disgusting!).
- wm on, washing is on the line drying *very* nicely.
- paid sister for some teabags she bought me - Waitrose, dontcha know.  I like.
- choice of 3 haberdashery items for straps for the nightie.  As follows
I could perfectly well make the decision myself, but my decision making is really shot, so I'm putting it up here help!

Suffolk_lass

Blue. Why?

• A it matches.
• B It will dry at the same speed.
• C you can wash it at the same temperature as the nightie.
• D Blue is the colour (football is the game), Chelsea, through and through here.

Karmacat

  Most of those points are my own, too, SL    it would be comfy - because its plain in texture (and I have more skin weirdness that makes me include that as a positive), and although one side is a selvedge,  it's on the bias, so very slightly stretchy.  Job jobbed, thank you  

PS except the footie - blue is Everton but I do have one Everton fan in the family, so I can live with that 

Karmacat

Just keeping myself up to date here.  Decided to close down one of my Regular Savers - I need the cash available, and it's only getting 1% even in a Reg Saver - it's the easiest cash to get at, so that's what I've done.  

It's reminded me that I've just got an ISA maturity reminder from one of the providers I use - I could look at that now, do something useful before I finally get out into the garden to tidy it up for the green bin tomorrow.


ETA - done it, almost changed provider to one that has something else of mine, but it would have been all that extra faff before the hol for 0.02%.  Not going to do it, lovely to have a completed piece of financial admin  Now to clean the old litter tray I use to keep flowerpots in!

Karmacat

Ug, too hot to do anything much.  Plus a slight family emergency has meant the phone lines are hot   oh, they still are  

Dishwasher is on  has finished - I think I'll sew the straps on next, so I can put the wm on when appropriate, that will tick quite a few things off.  Better than sitting.  

Suffolk_lass

I hope all the family stuff is OK

elantan

Hey KC hope everything is good with the family xxx 

Karmacat

Thanks both (El!!! Fancy seeing you here, hello!)  We've got a temporary fix in place till Friday afternoon, then we see what happens.  

Still planning the holiday and hoping we'll be able to go - picked up the train tickets today!  And although you get your own ticket for your own seat, if there's two of you, you share the reservation note - so I've got it, and my sister's taken a photo of it - we're worried in case one of us has a connecting train problem.  But a photo should help - and then I took photos of everything, ha   

Destination research today - it's very humid.

Karmacat

Yawny yawny yawn.  Done well at the Happy Wheel, baby version, the last few days - £1.50 added  YG don't seem terribly keen on me at the moment.  

Money shuffle fulfilled by closing a low-interest Regular Saver, which also gives me leeway to pay the AirBNB fees.  That's good!  I don't think my new cc is set up to pay off in full automatically, will faff with that in a few minutes.  
ETA - no I won't, I might need the card reader, I'll probably let it go till September.  That's okay, just need to remember to pay it off before I go on holibob.

Straps sewn on to the "new" nightie  a lot of stuff is the wrong way round, but its done, its been through the washing machine, the sewing will hold until I can learn how to use the electric machine, that's good enough 

Spoke to another neighbour, on my side of the road - he offered to keep an eye on the house too, that's great.

Sorted post yesterday - nothing that's urgent, though if I finish packing early next week, there are things I could usefully do.  At least the porch is a bit clearer ... 

Very thankful that there isn't current a rail strike planned for our departure journey or our return - that would be a bit of a downer.  The cabins get Sky News, because its satellite, so we'll watch it once we leave our last port.