Simple living in the country - back to basics

Karmacat

Your lists are amazing!  I can never stick to mine in the slightest, it's why I have a longer list that I gradually tick things off  it's the only way my lists bear any resemblance to reality   

More good luck with the ceiling for tomorrow  

Cheery_Daff

themadvix said:

If it helps Cheery, my list for tomorrow is similarly out of hand (and has hangovers from today too as it was wildly unrealistic as well!)

Ha, glad I'm not the only one! 😂😂 Let's see who can tick the most things off! 😂

KC I think you have the more sensible approach to lists! 

Fortune_Smiles

I'm saying nothing - I've not even made a list yet 😆

Fortune x

themadvix

Cheery_Daff said:

themadvix said:

If it helps Cheery, my list for tomorrow is similarly out of hand (and has hangovers from today too as it was wildly unrealistic as well!)

Ha, glad I'm not the only one! 😂😂 Let's see who can tick the most things off! 😂

KC I think you have the more sensible approach to lists! 

I'm up for that... except my list keeps growing!!

Cheery_Daff

Ha, you might still win - Mr Cheery's put his back out and I've ended up driving him to the dentist 🙄 Might use it as an excuse to visit someone for a cuppa, so I won't be home til lunchtime at least - a nice headstart for you! 😂

£9.82 on the Happy Wheel this morning, but I've been wobbling up and down for days, so currently standing at £234.56 - a very pleasing orderly number 😂 Would be lovely to get up to £400 by the end of the month. I've made it over £200 the last 2 months, and I had that big £230 ish win at the start, so it's not completely out of the question... although of course not guaranteed. 

Feeling a bit weirdly dissatisfied with things at the minute 🙄 Nothing specific, just that everything i do I feel like I should be doing something different 🙄 Doing lots of pondering of longer term career options too - should hear about promotion decision before the end of this month, and if I get it, fine, but if I don't... 

I'll likely have a short period of throwing toys put of the pram (in private!) then decide that short term I'm best off staying put anyway - I can work 4 days, there isn't anywhere feasible that's closer to home etc.

Longer term though... yes I could go for the same promotion next year (for the third time!) Or I could jump ship... in which case, where to? There are plenty of similar places with similar length commutes - although I'd lose the convenience of being able to combine trips to work with the dentist, friends etc. Or do I want to go sideways for a bit into something a bit different? 

A change of job would likely mean working full time again for a while which I'd rather not do...

Anyway, just trying to prepare myself so I don't accidentally resign in a strop! 😂

Cheery_Daff

Right, ordered diatomaceous earth to put in the chicken house to stop mites. Apparently I last ordered it in December 2020 so it's lasted a while, and it's also gone down in price by £2.20 - must be the only thing that's had a price reduction lately! Shame it's only £17 and will now last another 18 months 😂

Cheery_Daff

Well, so much for my list! We've only just got home from the dentist! 😂😂 Still, I'm glad I went too, as it was a good day all round.

* Mr Cheery's checkup was fine, and the thing they were worried about has now gone, thankfully. Fortuitously, the filling they put in 2 weeks ago fell out this morning, so they were able to replace that, plus the other small one they put in 2 weeks ago that had also fallen out, which he hadn't noticed. Dentist was very apologetic! 

* Quick potter round our old haunt charity shops near our old house. I finally found a handbag (been looking for weeks), and also bought some hankies, a pair of jeans which I hope are long enough to wear with my sandals, and a book about the local area we now live in, which is £16 in our local village shop, and which was £1 in the charity shop. Excellent haul! 

* bumped into someone i know in the street and had a nice chat.

* nipped into the local hardware shop - spent ages in there when we did up our old house (they have a very cheerful dog and will sell one screw at a time). Lovely to see them for a chat - turns out they have chickens too so we talked about them for a while 😂

* went to have a cuppa with a friend of Mr Cheery's who had open heart surgery recently. Lovely to see him looking well.

* had a cuppa with another friend whose husband died about 18 months ago. Him and Mr Cheery were very good pals and it was a big shock, unexpected and he wasn't much older than Mr Cheery.  Lovely to see her (and I was very jealous of/inspired by her garden!)

Back home now, and barely anything is going to get done off my list 😂😂

Cheery_Daff

Some list progress has been made! Only a tiny bit, mind you 😂 

* paid garage bill

* posted parcel to sister

* rang the pensions people - their system is down today so she advised leaving it a couple of days. Helpfully, she also said we could ring together, so they'll deal with me and then I can pass the phone over to Mr Cheery, so we won't both have to wait in a queue. Going to give it til Thursday or Friday I think - a combination of work and other events is going to get in the way before then. 

Er, that's it 😂

badmemory

Cheery_Daff said:

 Helpfully, she also said we could ring together, so they'll deal with me and then I can pass the phone over to Mr Cheery, so we won't both have to wait in a queue.

That is a major bonus when getting through is a big pain.  You can take turns in pacing the floor whilst holdinh on.  That's when I get the bulk of my steps done.  I'm sure I never used to spend this much time waiting for them (as in anyone) to answer.

themadvix

It sounds like a lovely day and quite productive even if not as planned!