15months to debt free - I hope

beanielou

Lazy days are good for the soul. 

ladyholly

Evening all

My peace has ended until next year. He arrived home just in time to disturb my late afternoon viewing. 

A lovely meal out on Sunday with my dd, sil, dgds and their partners. I met the youngest dgds partner for the first time. They have only been together for 3 years and live a couple of miles away. All things come to those who wait. I think he was a bit overwhelmed with so many women all talking at once. My sil is used to it. 

I had a couple of hours getting puppy cuddles with my friends new pup. Very cute and livly especially with her two year old grandson also there. Rather her than me. She will bring him round to see Mr LH when her partner is available to pop him in the car ashe cant go out yet.

Spent time in the garden today doing some major tidying. I had to give up as it got too hot after an couple of hours but things are looking better.

Ironing done after several lots of washing done over the past week.

Hopefully I will get a trip in the new car tomorrow. Until then have a good evening.

northAthenian

evening @ladyholly - hoping you got some restful reading squeezed in over weekend too.  i have been enjoying a new-to-me author - David McCloskey - modern day spy novels . I read them back to back, I was so enamoured.   ('Damascus station' & 'Moscow X' - if that is a genre you enjoy, I do recommend) Also - chapeau! - Garden progress in the heat is a major achievement 

ladyholly

Evening all

northAthenian I have an idea I have read Moscow X in the past. Not tried any others.

I have listed a couple of things that someone gave me to sell this morning. I wont be making a fortune but it clears it out of her house.

Spent ages washing all Mr LHs camping eating and cooking stuff as his bottle of washing up liquid had leaked over all of it. Had to do it by hand as I it is all quite old and melamine and plastic so I dont know if it would survive the dishwasher. I cant believe how much he took bearing in mind it is only him and was struggling for space.

Out in the classic car to the farm shop for bacon and black pudding, also to the well known car parts place for a new sat nav and car radio (the one in the new car doesnt work - of course it doesnt!). Walked out having waited at the counter for some help as he wanted to see the mountings on the sat navs and as there was only one member of staff who was tied up up he wouldnt wait. He has bought them on line instead. Thats a fair bit of money they have lost. I do wonder if shop had more and more knowledgeable staff they would do better.

Having a lot of breathing problems at the moment so everything leaves me panting like mad. I am sure it will omprove again and I cant wait. 

Meter readings done. It would be so much easier if Mr LH would have a smart meter partly so I didnt have to do the readings but also we could get a better deal. Instead we are stuck on the standard variable tariff. I think in future that can become his job. 

Tomorrow I will try to get the camping stuff away. It mostly goes in the under stairs cupboard but to get it all in I have to largely empty it first.

Have a good evening

beanielou

Does Mr LH have an aversion to smart meters?  I love mine.  Makes life life so much easier.

ladyholly

beanielou said:

Does Mr LH have an aversion to smart meters?  I love mine.  Makes life life so much easier.

Yes. He is strongly against having one. He doesnt trust them but then he doesnt trust anything wi fi based. We didnt have the wi fi on the computer until we were forced into it. He hates internet banking and doesnt like me using it but tough on that one. A perfect example of his aversion came yesterday when trying to pay for the sat nav he bought on line. I had to complete the payment because the bank wanted to send a one time code and he couldnt get it because the phone number they have is an old one. 

It is infuriating at times and you woudnt think he was an electronics engineer before he retired.

jwil

Hope you enjoyed the trip in the new car

in_need_of_direction

it's because he was an engineer that he's suspicious of the tech

PennysIntoPounds

I know you have breathing problems anyway but my hayfever has gone mad again in the last week, might an antihistamine help take the edge off?

itsthelittlethings

I have a terrible cold/ Covid (not sure) but I’m sneezing loads and feeling a bit itchy so I might try taking an antihistamine.