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

WinterWarrior

Thanks @jwil, that’s really helpful. I shall have a look and a think! 

beanielou

WinterWarrior said:

Thanks @jwil, that’s really helpful. I shall have a look and a think! 

Ditto from me.

savingholmes

Love all the books mentioned
Good luck with iPad

jwil

WinterWarrior said:

Thanks @jwil, that’s really helpful. I shall have a look and a think! 

beanielou said:

WinterWarrior said:

Thanks @jwil, that’s really helpful. I shall have a look and a think! 

Ditto from me.

I just figure interest rates are so low now, I might as well be in with a (tiny) chance of winning something!  It's also easy access to withdraw, but not so easy that it's instant so I'm less likely to dip into it.

savingholmes said:

Love all the books mentioned
Good luck with iPad

Thank you   I love talking about books and hearing what others are reading.

jwil

Today I have heard that the ipad has arrived, they've looked at it and are sending me a replacement.  Woo hoo!  I'm relieved more than anything else that it must have been knackered and not me being a numpty  

It's so annoying though, one of the reasons I bought it was because I knew there were a load of big consultations coming out for work and I wanted to use it to read through them away from the laptop.  Well this has coincided with the consultations, so I can't use it for the big thing I wanted to!  Hopefully the replacement won't take too long.

I won £10 on the lottery, so that will be sent to the mortgage.  I've also had a money shuffle and condensed a lot of my pots, which means I now have my emergency fund with £1,000 in it!  I've never had that before (apart from payday) and it's so exciting, I keep logging in to look at it    Covid combined with my inherent laziness has done wonders for my finances as I am spending so much less because even if I want to buy something I generally can't be bothered to go to a shop to get it   I do use online, but because I'm spending so much time on screens at home while working, I make more of an effort to stay off them after work and I don't tend to shop or browse when I'm scrolling on my phone or ipad, I prefer to use the laptop.  It does show how much I've wasted before though!  Of course I am also saving on childcare and petrol which helps a lot.

Humdinger1

CRANKY40 said:

When I was young I only knew one other person that read chalet school books but I've found quite a few more readers now that I'm in my fifties. If I found one that I haven't read I'd still buy it. I have to admit to a fondness for old style books - Angela Brazil, The Abbey Girls and I do recall the Bobbsey twins too. Malory Towers and St Clares anyone? 

Well done to Little Miss. I've been trying to talk myself into doing a parkrun for the last 3 years! Sorry you're not feeling too good.

Cranky, not only do I admit to reading Enid Blyton- but my daughter and I read them out loud, acting them out and camping them up between fits of hysteria! Hope you don't mind me bounding into your diary jwil; I always read, enjoy and admire you.  Love Humdinger x 

Humdinger1

School stories, that is.  Love Malory Towers and St Clare's.  Though I have to ask, what school would stay open once the goings-on came out? Girls shimmying up sheets tied to drain pipes to rescue others from burning buildings where the fire brigade is waiting for tall ladders to arrive; clinging onto cliffs while the sea rages below; nearly drowning several times; and wasn't there also a kidnap plot? Ah well, good clean open air fun to take our minds off everything else!

beanielou

Good news on the ipad 

jwil

Humdinger1 said:

CRANKY40 said:

When I was young I only knew one other person that read chalet school books but I've found quite a few more readers now that I'm in my fifties. If I found one that I haven't read I'd still buy it. I have to admit to a fondness for old style books - Angela Brazil, The Abbey Girls and I do recall the Bobbsey twins too. Malory Towers and St Clares anyone? 

Well done to Little Miss. I've been trying to talk myself into doing a parkrun for the last 3 years! Sorry you're not feeling too good.

Cranky, not only do I admit to reading Enid Blyton- but my daughter and I read them out loud, acting them out and camping them up between fits of hysteria! Hope you don't mind me bounding into your diary jwil; I always read, enjoy and admire you.  Love Humdinger x 

Not at all Humdinger, it's lovely to have people post, and thank you for your lovely comments.  Enid Blyton fans are always welcome, and seriously,  I am coming round to play  

Humdinger1 said:

School stories, that is.  Love Malory Towers and St Clare's.  Though I have to ask, what school would stay open once the goings-on came out? Girls shimmying up sheets tied to drain pipes to rescue others from burning buildings where the fire brigade is waiting for tall ladders to arrive; clinging onto cliffs while the sea rages below; nearly drowning several times; and wasn't there also a kidnap plot? Ah well, good clean open air fun to take our minds off everything else!

Haha, I agree   And the Naughtiest Girl in the School where the kids make the rules and the head teachers pretty much do nothing!

jwil

beanielou said:

Good news on the ipad 

Thank you, and happily it's arrived today!  Fantastic service, I can't complain at all