Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)

KajiKita

skint_spice said:

Sounds like the funeral went well, perhaps MIL just wanted time to herself after putting on a brave front up til now.

We think that. She has her rescue cat as company in the house at least. 

Brie

Suspect MiL's cat will get both soggy and over hugged for a couple of days at least.  And talked at a lot.  

Your catio and residents look great.

KajiKita

Feeling virtuous. 

Done three small surveys. 

Wrote a covering letter for a cheque my mother sent to me last week (she usually does a BACs transfer but that is too difficult now apparently 😢) to go into my savings account and a second covering letter for an annoying and random £11.47 refund on some house insurance thing we got last November but I never got around to doing anything with because they only put Mr KK’s name on it (The Patriarchy is alive and well it seems 🙄 Grrrr!) to go into our ‘Groceries’ account as that is in joint names. They gave both gone into one envelope with second class stamp and hopefully will appear in our respective accounts next week. (I did try scanning the cheque from my mum but the app was freaking out about the additional lines she had put on the cheque after ‘only’. Again 🙄). Walked the envelope to the nearest post box. 

Spuds are in the air fryer to have with our individual versions of bolognese for an easy dinner tonight 😊

KK

PennysIntoPounds

That's a productive flurry! Grr to the patriarchy.

What a nice pic of the cats, are you definitely going to get rid of the catio? They seem to enjoy it and it would be a nice space for you to sit in with a comfy chair and a book with the rain pattering down all around. I'm jealous of the catio 😁

Such a compliment to be asked to do the uncle's eulogy, maybe this could be a new sideline income?!

KajiKita

PennysIntoPounds said:

That's a productive flurry! Grr to the patriarchy.

What a nice pic of the cats, are you definitely going to get rid of the catio? They seem to enjoy it and it would be a nice space for you to sit in with a comfy chair and a book with the rain pattering down all around. I'm jealous of the catio 😁

Such a compliment to be asked to do the uncle's eulogy, maybe this could be a new sideline income?!

Yes, definitely going to get rid of the catio. It takes up half our patio and we can only open one of the french doors. It’s just an interim measure until they get big enough and confident enough to cope with next door’s bruisers and until they come to trust us enough to be allowed out on their own. We do also have a (very untidy! 😉) conservatory 😊

KK

beanielou

Wee cuties 😻😻

KajiKita

beanielou said:

Wee cuties 😻😻

Little monsters! 😉
We saw the foster mums at the wake yesterday (and referenced the catio FiL built for them last year in the eulogy ❤️) and offered to give them back! 😂😂😉 They were so impressed about Chloe catching a bird! 🙄😂

Both slept well last night, first full night for Mr KK in a week 😊
Made a list of what I want to get done today, divided between indoor and out tasks - primary focus today will be outdoor things as forecast is good today and it tomorrow, Made a start on the washing and done my Du0lingo practice so far 😊

KK

savingholmes

Glad you got some sleep. Enjoy your time to yourself this weekend too.

KajiKita

Thanks @savingholmes 😊

Today has been productive and I am shattered now, but in a good way 😊

- cleared the cut flower bed - that took longer than I expected, lots of bindweed.
- as it started getting too sunny I took myself back in the house to clean the kitchen sink and cleaned and refreshed the water filter jug 
- emptied and wiped down both kitchen bins
- ordered a metal circular needle for my blanket as the bamboo ones feel nice but catch too much ….
- three loads of washing done, dried and all put away! 👏😊
- aimed to do four rows of my knitted blanket - have done nine 
- planted out small dahlias into cut flower bed
- rescued a bumble bee from drowning and put her on a Shasta daisy head in the sun 🌞 
- edged all the ornamental beds and then hover mowed them - this is a job I have been meaning to do for a while so I am really pleased this got done today as it was just getting away ….
- repotted the 2 house plants that live in my bedroom - chain of hearts and Chinese money plant 
- tried to do four surveys but kept getting bounced - managed one
- watered everything in the conservatory 
- updated / amended the toscos delivery due for tomorrow
Sustained 3 injuries - two horrible bites and a grazed knee. The bites were from some teeny, tiny, black fly with shiny wings - might be a hawthorn fly? They actually draw blood! 😳 Lathered up with cream and a tablet so hopefully I won’t react too badly 🤞I will put more cream on before going to bed tonight. 

Tomorrow I won’t get much chance to do anything in the garden as my whole morning will be taken up with a haircut. Later in the afternoon, as the sun starts to drop I will ‘deplant’ the greenhouse and hopefully, start to plant it up again as well 😊

Looking forward to my bed tonight! 

KK

PennysIntoPounds

That is a productive day! You'll definitely enjoy your kip 😊
What are you getting done with your haircut?