Simple living in the country - back to basics

badmemory

As few limitations as you can on the health POA Cheery.  There was someone on here a couple of years ago that had asked for the POA to be notified by the GP of health things & when they were admitted to hospital they refused to tell what was going on because it only stated GPs.  Seems incredible doesn't it, but when my mother with by then bad dementia was admitted to hospital they refused to tell us anything until I went home & waved the POA in front of them.  Nothing like making a bad situation even worse.

beanielou

Jealous of the courgettes. 

Don’t fall out 😂

greenbee

Cheery_Daff said:

Indeed RT! Two tomatoes are going red as well 😊 and I've planted out the only two surviving kale plants, which are so tiny I'm not sure they'll survive but still.

Washing is hung out, and it's quite breezy so hoping it'll dry. 

Now hanging around (literally) in the hammock 😂 Can't figure out sitting in it, but I think I've got lying down to a fine art. Currently got a leg out either side so I can rock myself like a rocking chair - I don't think it's a very dignified look 😂😂

You need to lie diagonally across it so that the netting supports you, not lengthways. 

Cheery_Daff

Yes I've seen that advice greenbee - following it is a different matter! 😂😂

greenbee

I love my hammock @Cheery_Daff - I just need to work out where it will go in the new garden. I got it in Mexico when I was a student and used it while I was travelling, and now it's for lying around reading in the garden. 

Cheery_Daff

Gosh, what a long but satisfying day! 

Spent the majority of it in the garden, and I'm making good progress 😊 Weeded under the apples trees and added 6 barrows of mulch, and made a start on the windbreak. Spent about 2 hours strimming the whole garden, including the big of long grass behind the washing line that I tend to leave over the summer - it had all been flattened in the rain so has now been cut too - makes the garden look quite a lot bigger 😂

Also managed an hour of scything, plus all the admin tasks I did when it was raining at lunchtime. Asked Mr Cheery the question I needed to ask so can do the other POA tomorrow, then print next week and do the ridiculous task of getting all the signatures in the right order before posting it off. Might use it as an excuse for a quick visit to my sister at some point rather than just sticking it in the post, but we'll see. 

So a NSD for me, but Mr Cheery has been to the dentist and various errands so not the household in general (oh, and of course I paid for the POA and the rendering, so definitely NOT a NSD 😂😂 but I at least didn't leave the homestead!) 

Happy wheel - down £5.83 today so standing at £154
Prolific - at £27.44 with £2.64 pending
1P is at £8.40, I can see a couple of surveys on there so I might do those shortly.

A week left in August - will I make it to £200 in extra cash?! Will do my best! 

Another day with no specific plans tomorrow. Will get some more washing hung out first thing, then it's due to rain in the afternoon so we might trek to the supermarket. Mr Cheery brought home to wood for my new bookshelves in the study, so we might attempt those, although we may leave it til next weekend as we have 2 lots of visitors in that room this week and I'd rather it wasn't a half-done DIY fiasco... 

Still not attempted the brick acid - there are so many dire warnings I'm not doing it til there's someone else here and we're both in a good mood 😂 maybe tomorrow!

beanielou

You can do the £200 😊😎🌻

Cheery_Daff

Thanks Beanie! I'm hopeful, but that happy wheel number can go down as well as up! 

Just did a few 1P surveys, grand total of £8.65 now. And snuck into a Prolific one too, so now £4.18 pending. Mr Cheery signed into his and is currently doing one too 😊 He's not had a payout before, will have to check whether there's a limit (I think it used to be £20, but maybe that's changed?)

Cheery_Daff

Yep - just checked and it's £5 now. For the first 4 payouts you have to wait for Tues/Fri payout days, but after that it's instant. 

joedenise

I generally just timed my payouts for Tuesday or Friday to start with but now I just transfer the money at the end of each month - just so I can see how much I make each month.  Has been around £50 each month so far but not as hopeful this month as only up to £35.29 with £1.76 pending but still a week to go so who knows!  I've found there haven't been as many this month but suspect that has something to do with unis being shut at the moment so hopefully things will pick up again next month!

Good luck with getting to £200 this month which I'm sure you'll do as long as the HW plays ball!