Cheery's country living adventure
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Mortgage end date now: Feb 2033
...and shoes too? I had to dust mine over the weekend & put them into storage boxes - have only worn crocs, wellies & sneakers for the last 10 months - LOL
And shoes, yes! I went with crocs for a while over the summer but in my job I quite often find myself outside my comfort zone, and having to put on my brave pants, and wearing shoes just helps me feel more like a grown up professional
Mortgage end date now: Feb 2033
MFiT-5 no 45
You're doing really well, Cheery
Retired August 2016
Paid off French mortgage September 2018
New kitchen fully installed June 2019
Not counting this! 2020
Garden fencing completed, woohoo 2021
Ha, my work attire isn't necessarily smart, most of my colleagues are usually in a hoodie
Lighting is paramount with zoom calls I find! I have a window in front of my desk and find it does bleach out a lot of my wrinkles
I'm not that vain but I've done a LOT of experimenting this year - largely because my students rarely turn cameras on so I spend a lot of time just looking at myself
Mortgage end date now: Feb 2033
So @Karmacat you could probably apply virtual make up, which would be very MSE (where is the turning Martin head when you need it?) as it would never run out, you could quickly change "palette" depending on your outfit or the season, also you wouldn't have to remove it before going to bed.
Retired August 2016
Paid off French mortgage September 2018
New kitchen fully installed June 2019
Not counting this! 2020
Garden fencing completed, woohoo 2021
Not much to report here. Wickes delivery STILL not arrived and customer services, while sympathetic, have so far proved unable to do anything other than say 'the tracker says it will be delivered today'. I've put an alternative item in a basket at Screwfix, and if it's not delivered tomorrow then I'll press go on the Screwfix one and Wickes will have to sort out a refund. Shame really as I do like Wickes and spent a fortune there when we were doing up our old house as it was just down the road. Hey ho.
Post Office account has been closed, and the dosh arrived in the bank account today so that's looking very healthy temporarily
Had a letter about my latest test for the Covid study - negative, just like all the others I've had.
Oh, and I was formally voted in as a trustee today! Most exciting. Not been a trustee before, so this is a new adventure for me.
What else?? Oh, rain is coming in above one of the kitchen windows - yawn. I don't even think it's something we can do anything about, it comes down through the inside of the wall so I have NO idea where it's ultimately getting in. It only happens when it's raining really hard and the wind is blowing in a particular direction, it's probably happened 2 or 3 times in the last 3 years, so I'm inclined to just stick a bucket under it and ignore it...
We didn't catch it soon enough though, so all the tools on the windowsill got wet, so we've had a bit of a clean up, and the clean up spread to all my insulation mess, and all the chicken bowls etc in the off shot, and now the place is looking rather a lot better. Phew!
Right. Realised I did YNAB the other night after I was paid, and reconciled the banks, but haven't actually distributed money into next month's budget yet, so I'm going to do that now - that's always the fun bit! Ooh, and I must update the spreadsheet for the mortgage challenges...
Mortgage end date now: Feb 2033
Most of my meetings are on M$Teams as z00m doesn't work on the work system - I've been finding posh designer living room shots as my backgrounds - the Christmas ones were especially fun - a different tree in the background every day! The best background so far is a picture of one of the fancy meeting rooms at work which truly confuses those who know I'm working from home & not the office! Ooo - and for a bit of juvenile silliness I've also found the h0gwarts common rooms - lol