Simple living in the country - back to basics

rtandon27

Cheery_Daff said:

...I have been reluctantly parcelled off for a nap - it has been collectively decided that I am far too grumpy for anything else...

Happy Nap time - sometimes a snooze is just what is needed!

beanielou

Enjoy your nap 💤. 

Glad that you got the appointment rearranged. 

Karmacat

Wow, so much work and planning - I love the planning in particular, I'm not so keen on the work 🤣 and what a lovely thing to get bundled off for a nap.  

My loft insulation seems to be pretty good, though its disappeared around the loft hatch - but it must be full of rat droppings 😥 as I've had two infestations, from the nature reserve.  Yuck.  I love the idea of starting out with clean insulation, and the whole house gradually warming up.

peb

Hope the nap helps.

NB, if you can find the local search and check out the section in building regs that's where any compliance certificate issued for cavity wall insulation would be.  It won't tell you where it is and the lack of a certificate registered doesn't mean there's no insulation.  Not particularly helpful but there you go 

Cheery_Daff

Thanks peb 😊

Well, I have been asleep, and feel a little less grumpy (although slightly annoyed that it was sunny when I went to sleep, and now it's not - and also I was promised a cup of tea in bed 2 hours after I came up here - where is that?? 🤔😂)

Given up waiting for tea, and we'll be needing to go out in about an hour and a half, so I'm going to get up and eat something 🙄

Definitely having a day of gentle pottering tomorrow, I'd really like to get SOMETHING done this weekend, even if it's only some flute playing and this HMRC paperwork 🙄

dawnybabes

If you’ve a mortgage with Barclays they do Green rewards and you can get lump sums to pay for upgrading and Making  your property green. 

Hope you’ve managed a cup of tea ! 

Cheery_Daff

dawnybabes said:

If you’ve a mortgage with Barclays they do Green rewards and you can get lump sums to pay for upgrading and Making  your property green. 

Hope you’ve managed a cup of tea ! 

That's good to know (although ours isn't with them - you never know who's reading though!)

Logged into Mr Cheery's pension account - it gives start and end dates of employment, and entry into pension scheme (with previous employer, same pension scheme though), and years of service. Slightly more years of service in pension than with last employer, but not quite enough to cover both employers I don't think 🤔

So now need to log back in to check national insurance record to see which years would correlate with what, and then take it from there...

Feel like a private detective 😂

Cheery_Daff

Evening! 

Another late one here.  Musician's wife is not an early morning job 😂 Punk band tonight,  in a social club somewhere I'd never heard of over an hour away.  Surprisingly busy - there were at least 70 people there 😱 all very enthusiastic too. A very big contrast to last night's smallish and quiet folk club 😂

Anyway I did my Roadie Girlfriend duties, caring heavy things and driving and fetching drinks 😂 Arranged to stay over for next week's gig to avoid late night travel.  Mr cheery ended up driving the last half hour - I was getting quite tired,  and in fact once he was driving i fell asleep within 2 mins and slept till we got home. 

We'd left the mouse trap out,  and of course had caught one when we got back. Unfortunately we'd just driven past the mouse lay-by and there was a camper van parked there, still with the lights on😂 I've sneaked in and released a mouse when there's been a dark sleepy camper before but not when there's a risk of having to explain myself 😂😂 so we released it into an outbuilding and fully accept that we may end up having to catch and release that one again 🙄😂

And now I'm in bed, and I fully plan to stay here until I'm very ready to get up and I will NOT make a list for tomorrow (not now,  anyway 😂😂)

rtandon27

Hope you are having a good second sleep 😉

LadyWithAPlan

Cheery_Daff said:

Evening! 


Anyway I did my Roadie Girlfriend duties, caring heavy things and driving and fetching drinks 😂 Arranged to stay over for next week's gig to avoid late night travel. 


We'd left the mouse trap out,  and of course had caught one when we got back. Unfortunately we'd just driven past the mouse lay-by and there was a camper van parked there, still with the lights on😂 I've sneaked in and released a mouse when there's been a dark sleepy camper before but not when there's a risk of having to explain myself 😂😂 so we released it into an outbuilding and fully accept that we may end up having to catch and release that one again 🙄😂

Roadie Girlfriend is better than a groupie I suppose - though the latter probably does less work   

Ah the mice and their never ending tails  .. (typo deliberate)