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Great to have the first day out of the way.Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.3
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Hello
I have these on my pond - currently not working due ****head gardener ruining the outdoor electrics.
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Nevertheless she persisted.3 -
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Morning, happy Tuesday. WFH today. Hopefully I will finish clearing my inbox this morning. The cats are fighting and grumbling in the background.
Mr M order delivered and packed away. One sub that I sent back as they sent me white breakfast muffins in place of wholemeal ones, I only like the wholemeal ones.
Today's exercise is 15k steps, lunchtime bums and tums and resistance band training later. WW moved the resistance band training from 5pm to 6.45 which is a bit of a pain but I enjoy it and it's only 20 minutes so will still attend. They seem to be moving a few sessions to later in the day, I suppose because of feedback from members.
Cleaning tasks are the kitchen and bathroom. I've pegged out a line of washing but the weather looks a bit dodgy, typical it was beautiful yesterday and I didn't do any washing!
Tonight's dinner is smoked haddock on a bed of lemon and leek rice.
I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)5 -
WinterWarrior said:That’s a very odd leave year starting date. Ours works on the financial year and I have friends who have the calendar year, but I’ve not known any work on the school year before…maybe I’ve just had a very sheltered existence 😁 I hope you survive Monday ☕️
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I always wondered why any organisation linked the start of their holiday year to their financial year's start. The end of a holiday year invariably has people scrabbling to take their unused holiday days whilst their managers are scrabbling to get projects completed in time.
I was very lucky that my employer paid me my full unused Covid-year's holiday days plus the current holiday days when I retired through ill health last year. I put the request in fully expecting them to say only 7 days could be carried over.What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?4 -
I always thought the best holiday allowance started on the day of your start with the company.
Staff ( especially those who who were parents) always kept a few days back in case of emergency child care, but as a manager there was no mad rush for 20 of them to take their last few days all at the same time.3 -
We are allowed to carry 10 days leave over although during Covid it was a lot more. I always have a good stash of flexi too to cover early finishes, appointments or emergencies.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)2
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We can only carry 5 days over and I agree, it’s always a scrabble at year end with people squeezing days in when it’s really busy. I always keep my 5 day carryover stashed for emergencies 😁Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
🌊 A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor 🌊
My WW and friends diary is here 😁 …
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6259606/must-try-harder/p12 -
I’ve done a full day in the office today. Virgin are doing an upgrade in the area and said if might affect services so decided to go in instead of WFH. At lunchtime went out for a walk with the Wednesday walking group which was very pleasant.On the MSE front today is NSD 2 of September. I’ve also got 3 months free Disney Plus via Tesco Mobile which funnily enough I was going to get for a month then cancel solely to watch the new Hocus Pocus movie, so that was most welcome 😀
Exercise wise I’m currently on 21,243 steps and will be doing a FitSteps session at 6pm so will probably finish on well over 25k.
Tonight’s dinner is something quick and simple scampi and butternut squash fries with lots of veg.
Walking home a bloke in a van pulled up, I thought he was going to ask directions, but he said he remembered me from years ago at a local pub disco. He mentioned a few people’s names I recalled. I didn’t recognise him to be honest but he was going back to the early 80s. He said he’d seen me about with Mr SA and was he my partner. When I said yes he said I was going to ask you out but I won’t bother then 😬 Get your coat you’ve pulled 🤣🤣I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)9
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