Karmacat: I'm passionate about my DFW journey to riches

mizmir

Blimey karma - am exhausted just reading that! need to sit down with a coffee to get yourself started.....

Good luck with it. Think I need to get a list up on my thread. Tend not to when am working but not sure why not!

mizmir

ps getting the future ready tanks sounds sensible to me!

Karmacat

mizmir wrote: »

future ready

What a lovely phrase this is! Thanks for the feedback.

The builder's just rung - the difference is only £220. I know thats a fair amount of money, but really, in the grand scheme of things ( who knows what Russian ambition is going to do for our gas supply, for instance?) and the ethics of being able to go green but *not* doing it - I think I have to. Its a self respect thing.

mizmir

It's not a huge amount in energy terms either - you could probably recoup that in a couple of years with solar heating. But as you say sometimes money is not the most important consideration anyway.

Karmacat

I won't be able to use it at first none of the solar gubbins - the PV cells or whatever - will be installed, its just that I won't have to replace the tank when I *do* come to do it up. Still valid tho. Thanks again!

The focus people - I did contact them, they've pushed the time forward to 10.30. I'm still going to do it, tho that means a *really* early start. I'm going to have to have my wits about me for the next few days!

Off to m.s. now :wave: Catch you later!

OliveOyl_2

there was a solar panel on our freecycle last week. People had a loft conversion and could only put back 2 of their 3 panels. But OH wouldn't let me apply for it and then have to store it for years.......

redsquirrel80

Wow, busy day! I'm really pleased that you've managed to sort out the ballet classes

Karmacat

OliveOyl wrote: »

there was a solar panel on our freecycle last week. People had a loft conversion and could only put back 2 of their 3 panels. But OH wouldn't let me apply for it and then have to store it for years.......

Now *that* is a really interesting piece of info, thanks Olive! I can certainly bear to check out freecycle once a day (or more, when it gets closer!)


Red - I knew you'd be pleased at the classes!

boredofbeingathome

Wow what a busy bee. I love the whole eco friendly thing and always swore that if i ever had the money and the opportunity then i would definately have all the gubbins installed.
The ballet classes sound great as well..alas it was never my thing but both of my girls did that and dance as well. I always felt self concious when i was younger so never did it.

Karmacat

I got shoved into ballet classes by my mum on the recommendation of the foot clinic I had to go to when I was little - I couldn't walk very far, my feet were so flat, and ballet was thought to be the thing. I left for years, as I was a bit of a tomboy, but it was in my blood by then, and I went back - stayed until I left to go to college.

- prepare for mystery shop: need details of another address, & must remember to take my diary with me. done.
- water plants done.
- phone doctor for appointment. done
- phone focus group people, they left a message for me. done - its an earlier start, I can still do it.
- go do mystery shop done.
- make lunch to take with me, so I can eat on the way home. done

Then this afternoon:
- check at post office delivery system, for the non arrival of Stargate S10!!!
- input mystery shop data finally done!
- read meter for Scottish Power, I'm going onto their fixed rate. done, but not told them yet. Just told them.
- follow up on query email about the electronic spider repellents - only one has arrived, and I ordered three. yep - bless him, he didn't read his printout, he's sent me another two today.
- put washing machine on. done, but not taken out yet, busy puzzling over the m. shop (see below)
- storm through some emails.

Okay, a bit still to do, but not too bad, considering the time it takes me to travel to and from the mystery shop, and I had some actual work to do as well! I've also:
- phoned my builder to tell him I want the dual coil. And to yell help - the water board want to put the water meter in on Friday, but the earthing isn't being done till Tuesday or Wednesday - I don't know if that means my appliances won't be earthed?
- cos its sunny, I got out into the garden! I couldn't believe how much better I felt, and tho I didn't concentrate on any one part, I spent a whole hour out there, filled a binbag full of clippings, as well as got rid of some huge dead branches cluttering the side of the pathway.