Simple living in the country - back to basics

themadvix

Glad you're feeling better Cheery. And I know (as someone who struggles to get pets to behave) that Budgie taking her medication so sensibly must be a huge relief. Nice about the new cafe friends, and well done for exchanging numbers - I'm never brave enough to suggest it but it can be really helpful!

Cheery_Daff

I don't want to speak too soon with Budgie but I definitely have my fingers crossed that she will behave! 

Speaking of which... off to do anti inflammatories in a minute (but, as I say, it's liquid and will be concealed in an egg yolk so hopefully uncomplicated...) 

YNAB and banks done. All finally reconciled, although a bit messy because of expenses to claim, and also because I have an automatic transfer into, and straight back out of, another bank account to meet their opening requirements -they payment has gone out today, but not come back in again so I did spend a little while looking for the £1000 I'd 'lost'... 

Budget is rather awry what with expenses to reclaim, and also with about £320 worth of vets bills in the last couple of weeks. I've had to poach the £200 I'd earmarked for savings to make everything balance without pointlessly taking out of savings, but that's alright. Happy Wheel is at £268 for April as of today, so I'm hoping that will continue to rise over the next few days, or at least not drop too much... 

And now I really MUST do egg medicine!

Cheery_Daff

Morning chums 😊

I'm having a lazy one this morning which is nice after a week of hectic-ness. Watched some lovely homesteading and gardening videos while doing the Happy Wheel - up £85 today bringing April's total to an excellent £350. Fingers crossed that continues to grow. 

Remembered that the bloke never got back to me with a date for the rendering on the side of the house. He quoted in about October, and said he could do it in April - I asked him to let me know a date, but clearly he's relying on me bothering to get back to him, which I'm currently not inclined to. The quote was £900, and I'm pretty sure I could get someone cheaper. Didnt get more quotes before, he came recommended by someone else, but I might try someone more over the summer. It's only a small bit of gable end, and that feels very expensive! 

Not sure what's on the cards for today. Budgie needs her medicine of course. Mr Cheery will no doubt want some kind of excursion. And I'd like to do some garden pottering.

I built a bit of bench for the greenhouse the other day which is great, but I need to make the rest. Trying to do it all from pallets and other wood we have lying round. I'd like to get some seeds sown soon, but I think this next bench will need to built in situ, as we had a right job getting the last one through the door 🙄

Cheery_Daff

So, some things to do today and tomorrow.

HOME
* washing
* unpack from work trip
* clothes out of bathroom (do everyone's clothes migrate to the bathroom, or is it just because ours is so far away from the bedroom?!)
* wash chicken dishes
* will this be the weekend we finally take the Christmas tree down?! I think it might be!

GARDEN
* build at least one more greenhouse bench (and preferably the whole lot)
* mulch some of the garden with spent hay
* figure out some kind of sensible storage for pots/tools that isn't just throwing them in the greenhouse
* possibly get the strimmer out

OTHER STUFF
* send cousin's card and present
* check bikes over and do necessary maintenance
* possible bike ride?!
* possible run (depends on blister 🙄)
* clear up my study - it has become a bit of a dumping ground for coats and shoes
* more flute practice

That'll probably do, as we're likely to be out and about for quite a bit of the weekend as well. Have a good one folks! 😊

KajiKita

Could the rendering quote be so costly due to access kit e.g. a scaffolding tower? 

When you have designed your pot storage, please share as I am drowning in them! 🙄😳😂

Clothes - it took a while but Mr KK is finally trained to use a laundry basket in his room now! 😉

KK

Cheery_Daff

It's my clothes littering the bathroom sadly 🙄😂 Mr Cheery often sleeps in his, so they end up in bedroom 🙄 The washing basket is in the bathroom, but often I'll get undressed and leave my clothes intending to wear them another day, but perhaps not the next day... and before I know it half my wardrobe is down there 🙄😂

KajiKita

Cheery_Daff said:

It's my clothes littering the bathroom sadly 🙄😂 Mr Cheery often sleeps in his, so they end up in bedroom 🙄 The washing basket is in the bathroom, but often I'll get undressed and leave my clothes intending to wear them another day, but perhaps not the next day... and before I know it half my wardrobe is down there 🙄😂

I have one of those kind of dummy stand things - it has square footprint on the floor, a couple of bars to hang things over and a kind of broad ‘shouldered’ bit at the top - like a really large wooden jacket hanger. Perhaps one of those in your room along with a dressing gown for the trip to the bathroom might work?

Kind of like this:

https://www.furnitureinfashion.net/clarkdale-wooden-valet-stand-in-cherry-p-79727.html?fo_c=123&fo_k=19edf33d74cf9cf10cda1705ee27db34&fo_s=awin&src=awin&awc=8058_1682184327_2ccd4d690d80d8fe93d0021eaac281f6

KK

KajiKita

Sorry, should have said. I use mine for holding my garden work trousers and jeans in between washes at this time of year and folded skirts in the summer. Tops I want to re-wear, I rehang on the outside of my wardrobe. 

KK

fannyadams

Cheery_Daff said:

So, some things to do today and tomorrow.

HOME
* washing
* unpack from work trip
* clothes out of bathroom (do everyone's clothes migrate to the bathroom, or is it just because ours is so far away from the bedroom?!)
* wash chicken dishes
* will this be the weekend we finally take the Christmas tree down?! I think it might be!

My uncle had his washing machine plumbed in in his bathroom because the family left their clothes in there, it made sense for themt o have it there. Although they lived in an upstairs maisonette with a very small balcony so they also had the tumble drier (blue heaired shrieking emoji) in there venting through the window.
For us, we have the laundry baskets (one for whites, one for darks) on the blanket box on the landing, you have to walk past them to get to your bedroom after being in the bathroom so no excuses not to put your dirty clothes in there as you're passing. Although my boys managed to avoid this, resulting in a monthly 'mucking out' of their rooms!

Baileys_Babe

My daughter's room needs mucking out at least weekly, the eldest has always been on top of this. OH and dd have much in common 🤣 left to his own devices he wouldn't put his laundry in the basket and he would leave cups, plates, cutlery, tools, books etc where he stopped using them.