System Failure !

doingitanyway

You are doing well on the decluttering, organising and selling. 
Good idea to book the ticket to return on Monday to make it a weekend sounds like a good idea.
Enjoy the weekend

another_casualty

Strange few days ..
Had a couple of ciders ( we started on coffee ☕️) with my friend on Thursday 

Friday , I finally painted the walls in bedroom 🛌. . As I often point out , I'm not picssso but it looks better . The chest of drawers got moved to the other side of the bedroom 🛌 meaning that the external wall by the wardrobe finally has room to breathe . 

I had to wipe wall with flash wipes before painting , but apart from unreachable cobwebs 🕸 there is no Mold / mould on the wall . 

For the rest of the weekend , More decluttering .  I listed an item on next door website . A dvd / video converter going for free . No takers as of yet . Looking at options of how to dispose . I have 2 bins in my kitchen 🗑🚮 that need to go . Not sure how I'm gonna dispose of those . I'm all ears for guidance 👂👂. Just want rid , and get something more practical . 

I have a few scented candles which in all honesty , are not used or used once or twice 🕯
Not a million miles away , and will keep furrowing etc

I listed a pair of Ray -Ban sunglasses 😎for sale , and somebody paiid me yesterday .
Listed for £38 . Posted next day delivery, I made £30.05 . 

I'm still having thoughts about offloading my vinyl 🎧 . Plus turntable . There is a lot to be made if I do ££. I'm also thinking of offloading metallica 1986 tour poster which although is worn is very rare . I don't know . They have turned into kiss and I'm bored with the reissues and over the top cash cow 🐄 tactics by millionaires . I have many versions of albums by various bands , but I don't really play vinyl records . It's different with tangerine dream , as I know that they will release one more box set which would give me all stuff on one format ..cd . I will always buy CDs as and when . Maybe I'm getting old and crabby 🦀 albeit in an mse kind of way . 

Yesterday I was rough but it was a relaxing day in the end , and I even managed exercise 🏋️‍♀️🥵. First time since weds with mr trainer 🏋️‍♀️

Today is muggy , as I found out going to post office 📮. I won't meet friend today , but sometime this week I probably will . 

Received check from Hmrc on sat .( rebate from pension withdrawal as expected )  Will find a time to go on train to pay it in at some stage soon .

Heatwave for approx a week coming imminently 🥵

I'll leave it there ...🌞🔥

MrsPorridge

I know you don't drive AC, but for your unwanted clutter, eg. bin , it might be worth putting it all together and booking a taxi to a nearby charity shop to get rid.

another_casualty

A strange week and a half or so ..
last Thursday myself and my local friend went to the music instrument store 🎹🎼🎸to get some cables . This led to many ciders being guzzled on way back 🍻 .
Being very hot ☄️🥵 I lost my cap that I purchased a couple of weeks ago and got sunburnt 🔥. If it was Guinness , I don't think things would have been so messy.
I did however pay the cheque from Hmrc into bank . Luckily for me , I didn't lose covering letter which has my details / address etc .Ended up going to bed 🛌at 8.30 and waking up with sore head around 1.30 am .

This past few days have been unbearable at times🌞🔥 , but I count my blessings that things were indeed worse back in london . Overall,  sleep hasn't been too bad 🛌.
Having more than one cold showers a day Obviousky helped . 

In terms of training 🏋️‍♀️The wheels have been coming off so to speak , due to the heat🔥
Last weeks session with mr trainer 🏋️‍♀️ Had technical issues and I did it myself .
I postponed this Tuesdays to yesterday . It went well all things considering . 

Yesterday , I went on a fast for 24 hrs 🙀. It was suggested by mr trainer at various times,and yesterday I just about managed it . This was due to problems with my repeat prescription ..💊

Yesterday morning I noticed that the important / 2nd most important drug 💊was missing from pharmacy 4 u..
To explain it simply , I ended up spending a few hrs registering myself on nhs app( not the Covid 😷one . This entailed me shaving my trimmed stubble and sending multiple images of my passport etc. Plus emails from pharmacy 2 u etc 
What has happened since , is that I managed to get through to surgery 🩺and book a blood test . I missed the one I was supposed to go to last week . This is because I forgot .
I do think that the jabs 🥊have affected my memory .

Thanks for the tip mrs p 😼..
my decluttering is progressing more rapidly now due to my decisions of late.
I listed the table , plus on old usb midi keyboard, plus an old bass practice amp,for £20 
I have a buyer , and he will collect tomorrow lunchtime 🍌🥪. 

I may see if he can take 2 rope lights which I haven't used since being here . My flat is not a fairground 🥥

I have a bit more decluttering to do today , tbh it's just moving a few bits around .
Last week I had a brainwave 👋 ( brains may be there somewhere 😸) and the music 🎼🎹room is a good home office ⌨️💻setup now ,thanks to moving chest of drawers from bedroom into that room . 

One thing I will just add is that my next computer will be a MacBook 💻or Mac mini as they can be used in any room . 

I'll leave it there ⚡️🌞⛈☔️

another_casualty

Well, the tables have turned somewhat ..
I received a phone call from chap that was coming to pick up items.
Not in a van 🚐..but a car 🚗!  

We discovered and agreed over the phone of ways and means of collecting table .
For some reason , I texted him back to say " actually I've decided to keep the table after all , hope you don't mind ."  I sent him a pic of all the other stuff that I was offloading with it . He was fine with that , and we had a chat for a couple of hrs and he understood why I kept the table . 

In the end , he didn't want the vhs - dvd converter but took the rest and I still made £20 

The table will go into the bedroom where there now is room ,should I wish and it does look good .  

Nice guy , but a very odd day .

I listed the metallica 1986 tour poster on fleabay ( starting price £200😸) It is rare ,but with 2 and a half days I changed my mind . Lockdown affects the moods I think 

I'll leave it there ..⛈

doingitanyway

All sounding good AC.

You are doing great with decluttering and selling things you no longer have use for. If something is too hard to let go it isn't the right time to do so. No harm in keeping it.

I hope today is treating you well

another_casualty

Thanks DIA 😼
I'm looking at the table infront of me , and glad it is staying . What part of " collect in a van " did the chap not understand ?🚐 I gave him a hand taking the stuff he did want to his car 🚗which was very small . 🤦 
The stuff he did take , was worth over £20 anyway and my local friend thought I was mad including it in the sale . The thing about getting ruthless with stuff can mean stuff just not wanted / too many dumb questions / or having to eventually pay the council to collect and dispose of . Listing things for free such as my DVD player get ignored , but magpies 🐟swooped at the blow up bed I listed . Sometimes it's a guessing game ..

I was looking at one of the other boards on here about a banging noise from boiler .
Looking at the topic in more detail , it seems that the noise that I heard in the winter , was not a mouse 🐀in the kitchen . It seems to be my new boiler . That said , it got serviced in March and we'll see if I get the banging noise again in winter . The engineer wrote in his report " all ok replaced right hand hinge ": 

I am in 2 minds about gong to my brothers 60th in august . It will be a smallish  affair in his house . With this ping business I just don't know . 

Despite the rain on and off💦 🌨it is still on the humid side making myself and many others tired I'd imagine .
I have things to move around , and exercise to do 🏋️‍♀️. At the moment , it can all wait 

I'll leave it there 💦🌨

harz99

Everything alright AC? 

another_casualty

Hello harz 😼👋 Yes, I'm still about . More below ...

Hello to everyone else also, and I hope that you are all ok . 

A bit of a strange feeling for me tbh , as I noticed that a few other diaries I follow stopped around the same time . So in a way , I guess I had a break 

A fair bit has gone on .  A vital part of my medication was stopped abruptly by my surgery due to the fact I forgot to go for a blood test a couple of weeks ago . The annoying thing is that since my surgery has been amalgamated with others under the "shore medical " banner the repeat prescriptions and other things have gone downhill. I had a blood test booked for Tuesday ( august 3rd which I attended ) and all of a sudden the medication was sent . I normally get 2 months supply in advance , and I have an emergency supply that I can fall back on due to last years shenanigans . 

Today I was going to go to my brother's 60th , but decided not to . After checking the swt app the other day, the train journey to Waterloo changed to 3 hrs approx and with this ping situation I think it's too much . Plus my sisters move goalposts🥅 and are not organised .I don't think im in the mood for bawling babies 👶🍼Plus not knowing if others have symptoms . I won't go on..

I'm 90+% in terms of finally getting the decluttering finished. The musicroom/ 🎼🎹home office 🖥🖨is done . It's just a matter of placing a few things away, chucking more stuff to recycling , finding my Stanley knife to cut up plastic  rearranging a few things and eventually shampooing the carpet . 

I cleared m credit card the other day . However, my iPhone 📲 finally decided to quit on Thursday . 😾 I had the cheapest model with the lowest GB which Vodafone provided around 4 years ago. I have been on a sim only contract for sometime now, and the cost of the new iPhone s e ( cheapest for Apple 🍏) is a hit initially but better in the long run due to the sim only contract I have. I got 128gb which should cope with all the "software updates"🤬we'll see. It will probably be my last iPhone , although I have everything else Apple 🍏which will remain . 

I received an email on a guitar forum 🎸from the chap interested in buying one of my basses
It looks like he'll be buying it sometime over the next couple of weeks . If he doesn't , someone else will snap it up for £200

Had coffee ☕️With local friend on Thursday . Should be seeing him for Guinness in a few days 🍻. Not doing cider though . 

There are other things I've probabky forgotten . Since those jabs 🥊🥊my memory lapses at times . That's my story 📕anyway. 

I'll leave it there..⛈

MrsPorridge

I think you are wise not to undertake a long train journey at the moment AC.  There are things I want to do, but am being cautious.   I will wait it out another year I think and then I am hopeful that things will be much better, then we can spend money and not feel worried