Holey Moley!

killerpeaty

MOVE OVER JELLY FISH, TINY DINOSAUR HAS MADE HIS ENTRANCE

(Cat for scale)

South_coast

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greent

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killerpeaty

  thanks guys. I have showed it to other people who have thought it was a smurf or a mouse or a pig. I'm really proud of my indeterminate crochet creature! With practice I will get better and make some kind of vaguely recognisable creature.

Good news I have hit the £50 payout for y live. If it stays this good I will gain about £300 a year from this.

I have not been feeling well these last couple of days. Don't know if I've gotten cold at work, if the temperature is affecting me or if the stress has caught up with me.very headachey, very tired, very achey.

I have a leak around my side door (the one to my yard). Not a welcome surprise at 5am the other day! I had intended to try to fix it today and managed to go out to obtain the materials but haven't quite felt up to going up the ladder to actually fix it yet. 

I still need to sort my money for the month. It's getting late now. I'll do this either today or tomorrow.

Going to try to do a bit of a clean and a tidy. A gentle one.

killerpeaty

Been trying to push through my headache. But obviously do not want to handle true chores that need to be done. So I started doing up the trunk £6, using the rotary tool £5 to get the rust off, using a magic sponge on the leather, sanding the wooden insides. I have decided that I will not get the stains out of the wood so I am going to use these sort of art deco inspired drawer liners £3 which I picked up randomly because I thought it was pretty. Getting the rust off the metal bits is labour intensive but satisfying.

Also went to the car boot again. Got some yarn (some glittery,some big, little, various colours) in a pack £2, a knitting bag with its contents £1, a crochet kit of a monster £1 and a crochet book £1. The knitting bag was a little disappointing since I needed to throw half of its contents away. But there's 3 or 4 pretty balls of yarn.

I've not done the work I should have. But I don't feel good, I wouldn't have worked very well any way. The things above are done with lots of rests and slowly.

killerpeaty

Evening all. I'm delighted to let you know that I have finally looked at my money. Investments are up, cash is up, mortgage is down a bit. In two months time I will be down to under 150k! Exciting! I shall have a party. In my head. No one else will care. 

My trunk is coming along. I had a very severe migraine yesterday so couldn't do anything noisy and I don't like using power tools late. I have acquired spray adhesive and a wallpaper cutting wheel (for about £5 each) to complete the lining when I've done the outside. I want to get the rust off of the metal bits but not take all the aging off. It's a used and battered trunk and that's why I like it.

Donkey head is now 3d but no legs, body or ears yet. I did find myself highly amusing about the potential of waking up with an animal head (albeit the wrong one) in the bed. 

Found a bulbasaur to crochet on YouTube. I've not got the right greens but I'm going to make it anyway! Also I need to stop buying black and white yarn. Don't let me do it.

As I mentioned, been quite poorly. I rang in having practised what to say "I can't come in, I have a meeting with X". X was the one taking my call and he asked what our meeting was about, but I hadn't practiced! I had no idea! Migraines are a hell of a drug!

Lastly, I managed to do a quick fix of the potential areas where the roof is leaking. I'll give it another go tomorrow to cover anywhere I might have missed.

Merlin's_Beard

killerpeaty said:

Evening all. I'm delighted to let you know that I have finally looked at my money. Investments are up, cash is up, mortgage is down a bit. In two months time I will be down to under 150k! Exciting! I shall have a party. In my head. No one else will care. 

My trunk is coming along. I had a very severe migraine yesterday so couldn't do anything noisy and I don't like using power tools late. I have acquired spray adhesive and a wallpaper cutting wheel (for about £5 each) to complete the lining when I've done the outside. I want to get the rust off of the metal bits but not take all the aging off. It's a used and battered trunk and that's why I like it.

Congratulations! It's amazing to see all your hard work paying off.

Donkey head is now 3d but no legs, body or ears yet. I did find myself highly amusing about the potential of waking up with an animal head (albeit the wrong one) in the bed. 

Found a bulbasaur to crochet on YouTube. I've not got the right greens but I'm going to make it anyway! Also I need to stop buying black and white yarn. Don't let me do it.

Right sort of area of animal though!

As I mentioned, been quite poorly. I rang in having practised what to say "I can't come in, I have a meeting with X". X was the one taking my call and he asked what our meeting was about, but I hadn't practiced! I had no idea! Migraines are a hell of a drug!

Lastly, I managed to do a quick fix of the potential areas where the roof is leaking. I'll give it another go tomorrow to cover anywhere I might have missed.

Whoops!

killerpeaty

I missed the leaky bit. It was quite soggy I won't lie.

Thank you Merlin, I feel like I get no where with my mortgage at times but this is not a sprint! I'm excited to see your progress.

I have learnt something today that is quite worrying really. eBay bidding wars are very addictive. I bid on something, regretted it afterwards, thinking I don't actually need it. I was outbid and felt genuine disappointment so I bid again! Thankfully I have been outbid again and have come to my senses. But I think I will have to be more careful in the future. I've always been quite obsessive (never people! I'm not a danger to society! Just myself and my wallet!) but didn't realise I could feel compelled into a bidding war (battle? I bid twice so not really a war).

South_coast

I'm the same with eBay, it just reels you in 🤣! Filtering for buy it now is your friend 👍

You should perhaps stay away from a real auction room though!

killerpeaty

South_coast said:

I'm the same with eBay, it just reels you in 🤣! Filtering for buy it now is your friend 👍

You should perhaps stay away from a real auction room though!

It's still on my list though. Might just take no money. Haha

I'm so pleased, poking my roof I found a potential gap which I filled until my hand ached and there was filler everywhere. Fingers crossed!

I have acquired eyes. Eeeyyyyyeeeeesss for crochet minions. Also more hooks. I left yarn at the carboot instead of buying it all so basically I'm the best.