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Jessy103

Oh SC! What you like 😂

Hetty, you are a little tinker! 😀

Jessy103

Well, work is officially done for two weeks, but I've decided to go in Monday and Tuesday to get caught up. My boss said this is fine and that I can carry over two days holiday to next year. I'd rather do this than worry over the Christmas period about all the work I will be going back to. There will be no phones and colleagues to distract me so I should get quite a lot done. 

We we got paid yesterday so £200 shifted to savings and £200 overpayment to the mortgage. This overpayment will cover the interest when that goes on at the end of the month and then I will round down to the nearest 0.00. I don't want to go too mad because getting paid early means it's a long time until our next pay day at the end of January. Hopefully I'll get some money for Christmas which can be used as an OP.

BF picked up boyo yesterday so, tomorrow we will have our own little Christmas dinner and open presents. We're all wrapped up and done present wise so nothing to worry about there. 

Have a lovely weekend x

newgirly

Have a have a lovely early Xmas today Jessy 🌲

Jessy103

Thanks NG ❤

We had a lovely walk in the woods this morning and even saw a little robin 😃
We then had a yummy veggie Christmas dinner with a quorn roast instead of turkey and the honey roasted parsnips I made were amazing, if I do say so myself!

Boyo seemed happy with the presents he got and it was a lovely day. Due to the change in tiers, we now won't be able to stay at BF's parents house when we go to take boyo back as planned on the 23rd and come home on the 24th, as they are in tier 4, so BF will just be driving to drop boyo off at his house and coming straight home. We're still in tier 3 so we will be able to go to my parents house for Christmas dinner. 

What a nightmare, we purposefully didn't get a puppy because we thought we'd be travelling too much and now we can't go anywhere! Bloody typical! 😂

Hettyhound

There’s still time 🐶

Jessy103

@Hettyhound I may have enquired about the last boy puppy of a litter that we have been keeping an eye on this past few weeks! If we get him that would be awesome but if not, it wasn't meant to be and we'll continue with our plan of early next year

I've been into work today, 7am - 3pm and just ate lunch at my desk and I feel so much better for it, got loads done on my customer care side of the job with there being no distractions. I'll be going in tomorrow (providing we're not going to see about a puppy) and I'll concentrate on the other part of my job, which is new orders. It'll be nice knowing I'm not going back in January to a losing battle and I will be able to take the two days holiday I get back in nicer weather. 

themadvix

Putting in a plea for rescue dogs everywhere! If the puppy doesn’t come to be, there are so many unloved dogs out there (including specific breeds), maybe consider giving one of those a happy forever home?

 Glad you had a lovely day with boyo and can still see your parents for Christmas Day. Hope you have a lovely time!

Staffordia

themadvix said:

Putting in a plea for rescue dogs everywhere! If the puppy doesn’t come to be, there are so many unloved dogs out there (including specific breeds), maybe consider giving one of those a happy forever home?

 

I second the plea for a rescue. We lost our beloved dog in April and have just adopted two puppies from Greece.  We tried the UK rescues and despite being ideal candidates didn't get a look in, so we went with a reputable registered international rescue and have got two well adjusted friendly dogs.

Jessy103

I've had three rescue greyhounds in the past and regularly donate money to local rescues and I have tried rescues again, they won't let us because we don't have a garden and our front door is straight onto the path and a main road. They do not care that the dog will be walked 4 times a day and spoilt rotten.

Staffordia

That's sad Jessy, especially as the dog would obviously be loved.