Alchemausterity II

chicker

Glad DH is home and enjoying plentiful soup by the sound of it! 

I love grooming but not so much at this time of year if they’ve got long hair with mud dreadlocks   

Make sure you don’t see your time off as a chance to get loads of jobs done. Try and make some time to slow down a bit if possible. I’m not speaking as someone who is very good at this myself…

Watty1

Alchemilla said:

savingholmes said:

Lol at homework crisis

Good news on the clothes

Honestly it's not funny!!

Karmacat said:

Fussing Bigorse and Ponyplops, with a walk in the woods later, sounds a wonderful day  

It was lovely to spend time with them. Bigorse saw DH and thought he was the farrier, but chilled out when he produced carrots and no new shoes.

This is her rug, @Watty1 do you think this is fixable?

Yes I do.  I know it looks bad but it is patchable by a rug repairer.  Do you have one you can send a pic too?  Just explain you want it cleaned and patched as a second emergency rug in case first rug gets ripped.  I've been astonished at what they can do if you don't mind large patches.  

Karmacat

From a completely uninvolved and ignorant perspective, it looks a very clean tear, as long as you don't mind a reminder of it, as Watty says about the patch.

Loving the sound of your soup - and I too have mistaken the day or the date for whole days at a time.  Including the wrong Tuesday to roll out the green bin for collection 

apple_muncher

I thought it was Friday today.

Wishful thinking...

Alchemilla

chicker said:

Glad DH is home and enjoying plentiful soup by the sound of it! 

I love grooming but not so much at this time of year if they’ve got long hair with mud dreadlocks   

Make sure you don’t see your time off as a chance to get loads of jobs done. Try and make some time to slow down a bit if possible. I’m not speaking as someone who is very good at this myself…

Thank you, I did have a little snooze this afternoon.

StripeyTightsSpottySocks

hi Al - glad DH is home. And our relative may now have a date for their op - i am trying to just focus on looking forward to the relief of having it done and them home (positive thinking) but at the moment it's just a possible date. 100 mile round trips here we come! I know it's not the same but i'm reading your pages thinking this is where we'll be x months down the line - relieved not to be doing that long journey regularly (and daily when they're in - for a week at least).

Re your plans for your days before your new job - i know you have lots going on - family - DH, children, animal family, wider family and the support you give to them all. I agree with SH about factoring something in just for you. I'd also suggest if there's any small achievable jobs you've wanted to do about the home getting them done - nothing drastic but things you can do - like you did with the fish tank - i'd maybe plan 1 thing or 30 minutes a day as it should be easier doing these things before you start your new job x

savingholmes

Glad you got some rest. 

Alchemilla

@StripeyTightsSpottySocks what a thoughtful post, thank you. I don't envy you the 100 mile round trips. Take water! Hospitals are very dehydrating.

Thank you @savingholmes xxx

So got DH to finally SORN his car (had to pay for a new V5, stupid tax, literally and metaphorically!).

Promenaded the puppies then took a trip to recycle shop to drop some stuff off. Two disappointments, one - our favourite manager has left and moved to Wales and two - they wouldn't take the fishtank. Dropped it off at the little shop bit by the tip though so all good.

Work have sent me some more computer equipment, not sure what yet.

I would like to get some more space cleared in the kitchen. I am slowed down a bit because Daughterofsatan keeps jumping the stile to go in the field and eat horse apples. Then she goes walkies. Well named!

edinburgher

@Alchemilla - is Daughterofsatan a) a person b) a dog c) a horse? I have to say it confuses me

Aquariums are difficult to get rid of, next to no resale value and people often give them away. I sold a beautiful customer aquarium (really well made, quite unusual) for about £200 when it had cost £1,000 new. It was such a good deal for the purchaser that he was able to pay a man with a van to drive from Wales and back to collect it and still saved a fortune vs. new!

twinklie

OOOh how exciting they've started sending you shiny new work equipment already. 

I want a new laptop, but as this is my 2nd one in 5 years I'm not holding my breath. I wouldn't mind but they took a brilliant one and replaced them all with tiny screens. Still annoys me.