Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)

KajiKita

Made an interesting discovery on my H@lifax app this morning. Our work pension has switched to the Gaelic Widows provider. It appears that there is a link between H@lifax and the Gaelic Widows as on my app below the three accounts I am used to seeing detailed there, has appeared one called “Pension Account”. Useful I guess. 

The local plant centre (only does plants, compost, a few seeds and eggs) posted on FB yesterday that they were shutting for the winter until 1st March, so popped in to wish them a quiet winter, a happy Christmas and pick up two flats for half price - one of Bellis Perennis and one of an unusual brown / yellow striped viola. I have emptied and ripped apart into the compost heap, the rootballs (no, I do not want that autocorrected to footballs, thank you! 🙄😂) of the two summer bedding pots that live outside the greenhouse during the summer, washed them and plonked them in the potting shed to plant up with tulips and bedding this afternoon - too wet to work in the garden and Mr KK has lit the wood stove so I would be smoked out anyway. Once planted up, these pots can sit on the patio by the house and be cheering through the winter and into the spring 😊

I’m starting to think about lessons and learnings from this year, seeds, plans, veggie plot ideas for next year. Crazily, in spite of the endless disasters I have with the garden here, I am excited for it! What is it they say, about hope springs eternal …. ? 🤔😉😊❤️

Nearly at another £5 on QM33 for a small OP - soooo slow though …..

KK

KajiKita

Pots planted and on patio, so that’s a few more tulips ‘consumed’ 😊❤️
I can hear Mr KK in the kitchen debating with the Floof whether she is to have a fishy pouch or a meaty pouch for tea 🤩
All snacks, breakfast and lunch set up for tomorrow, so apart from wrangling one last load of washing (in the tumble sadly) and having a shower I have no further set chores to do. That’s miles ahead of where I usually am by this time on a Sunday 😊
After the brew that Mr KK is making I will draft an advert for the PC Clerk as, No! I definitely do NOT want to cover this role, thank you! (We are struggling to find anyone and the Chairman is asking me … 😳🙄). 

Am also going to start C-Mas present strategising and planning the garden for next year this evening 😊❤️

KK

KajiKita

PS - it was a fishy pouch and it disappeared with much happy feline mumbling! 😂

KK

Brie

KajiKita said:

PS - it was a fishy pouch and it disappeared with much happy feline mumbling! 😂

KK

It pleases me no end that you report on the most important issues of the day!!!

KajiKita

Brie said:

KajiKita said:

PS - it was a fishy pouch and it disappeared with much happy feline mumbling! 😂

KK

It pleases me no end that you report on the most important issues of the day!!!

Well, it must be understood that the needs of the most dominant, sorry, sorry … Important! Member of the household must be closely monitored and met!! 😉😂❤️

KK

beanielou

Cat's rule!!

skint_spice

Agreed Beanie! 

KajiKita

😂😂😂😂😂🤩 They do in this house! 😉❤️

KK

KajiKita

Quiet day here. Had a session with a Dale Carnegie coach about a 360 review I had done today. Came out of it feeling fairly accurately skewered! Some very positive feedback but some significant things to work on too, particularly related to setting vision and response to stress and pressure …

QM33 finally came through - £5.03 to OP. 

Ordered a new microwave plate as ours has chipped significantly and left us with a nasty sharp edge. 

Saw the father of my English coachee today - he was roaring with laughter as he related his son’s reaction to the book he’d accidentally chosen! 😂 Apparently my coachee was laughing so hard his dad couldn’t understand him for a while. We have now got a much more sober and sensible looking option for this week … 😉
Dropped my bank details to the dad and told him what he owes me to date. 

Mr KK has taken off the outside skin of the second window cavity. Another step forward 😊

KK

savingholmes

Glad the Dad reacted well to the book choice. Could have gone a lot worse. Your description made me laugh out loud though... Not a book I could read - far too traumatic. I am extremely visual... 

Well done on the window going in. Sounds like you guys need a rest. I don't know where you find your energy to fit in work, council stuff and coaching never mind all the home and garden stuff you do. Congratulations I think - but also perhaps find ways to be kind to yourselves and rest more - whatever that looks like for you.