Cheery's country living adventure

rtandon27

Cheery_Daff said:

...Not sure of the security benefit when they all arrived in identical envelopes in the same post...

Oh dear - we have mail avalanches when our regular postie is off for any reason, it all arrives on the Saturday instead of trickling in during the week!  I'm pretty sure the non-regular postie doesn't know he's meant to buzz the intercom to be let in via the gate!

greenbee

You absolutely MUST watch ‘The Biggest Little Farm’ if you haven’t already seen it!

Jojo Rabbit was good too. And Judy. i have a 5 hour flight on Friday and a 7 hour flight next week so will have more suggestions soon

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, thanks greenbee! 

Minor vexation here today (well, several vexations, it's my first day back at work after a week of strikes, and I only have two days to sort everything out before we're pulled out again for a fortnight, sigh). 

Anyway, it seems they've changed the promotions process - new deadline is in a few weeks (which I'll nowhere near be ready for) then they're not having another round in the autumn (which I was aiming for), so I'll have to wait til next spring. Pah. Still, at least it takes the pressure off a little and means I've got plenty of time to build up to it as I was getting a little worried various things wouldn't be in place. 

Still, while I was mildly annoyed for a little while, all that has been brushed away because THE PENSION LUMP SUM HAS ARRIVED! Goodness me. Most exciting. We've shared a piece of flapjack in the cafe as a celebration - don't want to get too extravagant... (!)

themadvix

Ooh congratulations Cheery! Love your extravagance!!

Elisheba

 THE PENSION LUMP SUM HAS ARRIVED! Goodness me. Most exciting. We've shared a piece of flapjack in the cafe as a celebration - don't want to get too extravagant... (!)

Now, now, Cheery.  You and Mr Cheery really have quite lost your heads! Rein it in, rein it in! 

rtandon27

Ooooo nice pick me up for the day Cheery! Since the days of going to the bank and cashing a cheque are long gone, here is to finding satisfaction in a flapjack  [insert clinking mug smilie here] 

Cheery_Daff

Thank you lovely people, we are very excited! 

Also you've reminded me I DO actually have a real life cheque to put in the bank! It's the refund on the car tax from the car we scrapped before Christmas. Grand total of £2.50...  Not quite got round to bothering with a trip to the bank yet  

Cheery_Daff

(You can bet I would have dropped everything to go to the bank today though if they'd sent the lump sum by cheque!!)  

redofromstart

@Cheery_Daff can you pay the HUGE cheque in via your bank App?  I can with both Halx and H__C.  You just take a photo of it.  Mind you it doesn't work if you don't notice that your mother hadn't dated it...

We had v exciting news about OHs early retirement options, wouldn't have even checked if you hadn't said.  Massive thanks from OH.

Fortune_Smiles

Cheery_Daff said:

Still, while I was mildly annoyed for a little while, all that has been brushed away because THE PENSION LUMP SUM HAS ARRIVED! Goodness me. Most exciting. We've shared a piece of flapjack in the cafe as a celebration - don't want to get too extravagant... (!)

How exciting!  Wonderful that you can progress your plans now.

Fortune x