2020 - 'Nothing in your life will change until you make the decision to change'

jwil

ladyholly said:

Another vote here for Mallory Towers and St Clares. Its not that long since I was given some books to sell and found a couple of Mallory Towers stories which just had to be read.

It's nice when old favourites pop up unexpectedly!

WinterWarrior said:

Can we also add in all the Narnia books, pure escapism. When I was younger still Milly Molly Mandy was a great favourite too ❤️

Yes, I like the Narnia books too, I've read them again recently.  Little miss is at just the right age for Milly Molly Mandy, so we regularly read those, I love them.

doingitanyway said:

Sorry your anxiety is creeping up.
I love all the nostalgic book talk.
My favourites are the Madeleine books...

Thank you   I've never read the Madeleine books, but they look good, so I shall keep an eye out for them.  Thank you!

jwil

Hope everyone is well.  I had my follow up call with the GP earlier, but I've been feeling a bit better again the last couple of days, so hopefully it will last.

Work is still very busy.  Some interesting stuff going on though so that's good.  A lot of frustration on other matters though!

Just spotted that Bosch is back on Prime next month,  I love that series and the books, so I can't wait!  I've just started reading the 'Odd Thomas' series by Dean Koontz, and they are pretty good.  I've also been watching Superstore and am quite enjoying that as a bit of light relief.

I'm also thinking if I keep my spends to a minimum this month, and try and keep the grocery bill down, I might be able to pay back the last bit of the car at the end of the month!  That will be a debt cleared and DH will have his savings back

BalanceBy50

Hope you are continuing to still feeling ok? Love the talk of books - massive chalet school fan - still have them in the loft also loved Enid blyton and maybe I just need to fire my kindle up and start reading again - always moaning there’s nothing on tv!

Hope all the jwils have a fab weekend xx

jwil

BalanceBy50 said:

Hope you are continuing to still feeling ok? Love the talk of books - massive chalet school fan - still have them in the loft also loved Enid blyton and maybe I just need to fire my kindle up and start reading again - always moaning there’s nothing on tv!

Hope all the jwils have a fab weekend xx

Thank you   Touch wood, feeling ok again!

I read all the time, a lot more than I watch TV.  I'll read anything Hope you have a lovely weekend

jwil

Happy weekend everyone

I worked this morning, trying to have some peace to concentrate without the distraction of emails, calls and meetings. I did manage to get some stuff done.  I might have another go tomorrow, but will probably try and have the day off.  I'll have to get my hours back from today as it is, and still owed from when I worked over Easter.

Yesterday I went to get my prescription to find it wasn't ready.  Whilst i was out I stopped at the sorting office to try and drop off the RM parcels that my PO wouldn't accept.  They wouldn't accept them either so I've been told I don't have to do parcels any more, hurrah!  It's much easier just chucking stuff in the post box.  That was a waste of time though!

Last year I got a letter from my biggest creditor saying they hadn't treated me well when I was in difficulty and they credited a refund to my account of just over £100.  At the time, I noticed that it took ages for it to update on my credit report, and at the time I was going to finally complain, I spotted that it had been applied, so I didn't bother.  Well yesterday, I got another letter from them apologising for it taking so long to credit the refund, and saying they will send me £50 for the distress   I am very happy about that!  I don't know if they are sending me the cheque or crediting the account, but I'm very happy either way!

jwil

Very annoyingly my iPad has died.  It won't switch on or charge   I've only had it 3 months.  I'm awaiting a box to send it off to Apple for repair after using their live chat today.  It was fine last week when I used it, and I just assumed it needed charging, but I tried 3 different chargers and left it on charge for a few hours, but nothing

WinterWarrior

Oh no! After 3 months they should just replace it rather than repair...it’s much too new for that! If you bought it from a shop they may just switch it out? It’s always worth a try. I would be trying the ‘not fit for purpose’ route. ☹️

beanielou

Good news on the creditor but boo boo boo to the ipad..

jwil

WinterWarrior said:

Oh no! After 3 months they should just replace it rather than repair...it’s much too new for that! If you bought it from a shop they may just switch it out? It’s always worth a try. I would be trying the ‘not fit for purpose’ route. ☹️

I got on to Amazon where I bought it and they transferred me to Apple who will look at it.  It is very annoying.

beanielou said:

Good news on the creditor but boo boo boo to the ipad..

Thank you   I'm pleased about the £50, but annoyed about the ipad.  Luckily I don't use it all the time.

jwil

It's absolutely chucking it down here, but little miss still wants to do parkrun after swimming.  I love her determination even if I don't fancy standing in a wet, muddy field!  I will always do my best to let her go if I can though.  She says she's quite happy to go around on her own, although DH will be there today so he can go with her.

We've got to drop DH's car to the garage today to have the brakes fixed.  Hopefully that will be it for the car bills for now!

I've got a few listings to do, but don't plan on doing a lot else today otherwise.

Have a good day everyone