Simple living in the country - back to basics

rtandon27

Haha - getting dressed can sometimes be highly optional! - if I wasn't going for physio, I'd have chosen to stay in my tank top and pj bottoms - honestly it's the coolest thing I own that is not a work outfit!

At the moment I'm contemplating a shower & getting into some yoga gear, after having had and early morning session of eating the 'annoying admin' frogs, which included contacting a certain probiotic chocolate company that is going out of business and has messed up my order in three seperate ways! - First their super duper 70% off code did not work so I had to send a request for a refund or to have the order cancelled, then their next day delivery turned into next week delivery as they were overwelmed with orders & now that my order is finally here, only 4 of the 6 packs arrived! Cheap chocolate is ending up costing me in time!  When I work out my hourly rate for extra 'work' they technically own me - LOL - I'd have been better off ordering it at full price from one of their suppliers!!!

Cheery_Daff

Oh that's annoying RT! Hope it got sorted in the end 🙄

We have had a lovely day 😊😊 Spent a couple of hours dithering over an email I had to send for work 🙄 then a quick uneventful trip to the docs, and then met my sister in town 😊 Had lunch, then sat in the shade in the park for a while 😊 Mr Cheery joined us, had a very quick charity shop mooch, and then trekked to our favourite cafe, where we got the lovely manager to witness my sister signing my power of attorney form 😂 So good multi tasking there 😁

Dropped her back at the station and now on the swing seat in the shade, watching the last of the sunshine lighting up the other side of the valley, with a nice cup of tea 😊😊😊

Not super money saving - I paid for lunch and a round of coffee so about £25, all in but very much worth it for a nice day out 😊

No plans for tonight other than making something wholesome to eat and maybe having another shower 😂 And no real plans for tomorrow, although there might need to be a boring supermarket trip at some point as we don't have much milk, and are down to our last loo roll, and have no fruit - all things which could have been rectified in town today if we hadn't been so focused on having a nice time 😂 Still, I'll do a meal plan for next week and stock up, no harm done.

Sunday we're off for lunch with Mr Cheery's family, and then going straight to a band rehearsal for him rather than coming home and him going back out again. A bit tiresome as it will it make it a longer day than necessary for me, but it'll mean we can share the driving, and can stay more than a couple of hours at the family gathering. 

Right, this cuppa isn't going to drink itself 😁

Cheery_Daff

Oh, and money-related things for over the weekend, in no particular order

* send final email to Boots about stupid cooker. I've been putting it off, but I just want the whole thing over and done with now 🙄

* pay stupid parking fine 🙄 Dont think I'm even going to quibble - there are literally no grounds, it's entirely my own fault, and I want to pay it quickly before it doubles in price 🙄

* dig out Mr Cheery's HMRC letters. How long has this been on the list?! 🙄

* fill up both cars, and get some petrol for the strimmer too

* meal plan for next week

And other stuff to do

* scything! This has taken a back burner in this heat but I need to ramp up again before the weather turns and it doesn't get done 🙄

* check banks

* get shelves up (or at least started!) in the study

* get some more big washing done while the weather is nice

* put the giant pile of done washing away

* make more washing liquid

That'll probably do 😂

Karmacat

Today sounds idyllic, Cheery, how lovely.  And just thinking about the jobs - there's a lot of "big washing while the weather's nice" going on, for me as well as the rest of the country, from the sound of it enjoy what you can!

Cheery_Daff

Definitely a good time for washing big things! Although we have potential storms tomorrow, so I'll have to keep an eye out...

Just done the second part of a Prolific study I started the other day, so standing at £6.52 with £6.25 waiting to clear, not too bad.

1P has been rather quiet for me after my initial flurry 🙄 Got screened out of 5 in a row yesterday! 

Happy wheel is being a menace, down £4.59 today, and down £30 overall for September 🙄

Mr Cheery's phone finally died - in fairness it's one I replaced a couple of years ago, and it was second hand when I bought it, so it's had a good run 😂 But the microphone went, making it impossible to make a phone call, and there were already several reasons why I'd found it too annoying and replaced it, so he's had a new one. 

Well, not new - reconditioned from BackMarket, so thank you to whoever recommended that when my laptop needed replacing a while back - was it @themadvix ? Ordered about 11pm on Wednesday night and it arrived today, pretty good! He's happy with it so far, and at £65 it didn't break the bank either 😊

EssexHebridean

Good bargain on the phone for Mr C there - and I absolutely agree that £25 is excellent value for a day spending time with people you love being with. 

Sounds very sensible to not be scything in the temperatures of the past few days too - I cycled in to town and back yesterday, under 2 miles each way but I was absolutely roasting by the time I got home! 

themadvix

Glad to hear Backmarket continues to be good for you Cheery - it’s our go-to for tech now.

Agree with EH - it’s been faaaar too hot for scything lately!

Cheery_Daff

Thanks both 😊 I did get out there and do a bit last night, once it got to about 7.30 - by the time I got to the end of the row it was pretty dark 😂 That's the end of row 10 though! Will aim for a bit more tonight.

Lazy one this morning, only just got up and remembered of course about having no milk 🙄 Going to keep it simple and nip to the village shop - yes, we need a supermarket shop, but I don't want to do that without a meal plan and a cup of tea so that's a job for later!

starnac

Well done to you for scything in this heat. I am melting here! On the upside, as @Karmacat pointed out, I have also got a lot of "big" washing done. 

Cheery_Daff

I've got the sofa cushion covers in the washing machine this morning too! Two on the line, two still in the machine, and we're off out in a bit - going to leave them out and risk the possible thunderstorms... 🙈