My Mortgage Free Mountain - A 7 year expedition to climb to the top

craftingmad

Morning all,

So the cafe shift yesterday was no where near as bad as my mind thought it would be so that is good. I will try and find out today what their plans are for it now - I guess they will sell it to one of the other parties which were interested and in which case I may not have a job there for much longer but hey ho I still stand by the fact that buying it was not right for us and the original cafe have just renewed my contract for another year so all is not lost  

I have another 9 hour shift again today - it was quite busy yesterday but felt a nice steady pace so hopefully the same again would be good as it makes the time go pretty quickly  

I'm going to give Baileys a good giggle again by posting a huge list  but I promise I will be kind to myself and only get done what my body and mind feels it can do today

So today I HOPE I WILL:-

1. Play on Mistplay (50 points target) - 7 points so far 
2. Watch videos on WeR8 - still no videos available today 
3. Post off little bag of love for Etsy order - packaged up and asked hubby to take it to post office but its still sitting in the same place  
4. Print and cut 250 plantable cards for Etsy order
5. Phone BTL1 mortgage company for up to date balance
6. Transfer remaining £108 from YBS into higher interest account
7. Comment on in search of posts to hopefully get some orders - commented one one post so far
8. Write and schedule social media posts for first two weeks of Jan
9. Get business accounts up to date
10. List something on facebook marketplace
11. Prepare cardmaking downloads for advent calendar (better late than never)
12. Take a course from a membership 
13. Design something new to sell
14. List something new on Etsy
15. Check freepostcode lottery
16. Complete Prime Opinion survey - DONE three surveys completed for total of 70 points
17. Take a survey on Inbox Pounds
18. Create another cardmaking download
19. Upload completed designs onto craftsuprint
20. Tidy more of craft room/office
21. No heating on until 5pm - DONE turned on at 6.45pm
22. Look into different pet insurance as premium has risen again
23. Complete tax return
24. Cafe shift (9am - 6pm) - DONE finished at 6.15pm so a little extra in pay packet this week
25. NSD - DONE

On the plus side today's list is shorter than yesterday's  

Baileys_Babe

Glad to hear your yesterdays cafe shift went better than expected.

craftingmad said:

On the plus side today's list is shorter than yesterday's  

Yes, 3 items shorter 🤣

craftingmad

Baileys_Babe said:

Glad to hear your yesterdays cafe shift went better than expected.

craftingmad said:

On the plus side today's list is shorter than yesterday's  

Yes, 3 items shorter 🤣

Thanks Baileys.

Shorter is still shorter  

craftingmad

Morning all,

It's bloody freezing here today but as I have to leave for work in half an hour and nobody else is up yet I am determined to not turn the heating on until tonight! Call me tight or very money savvy - I don't mind either  

My cafe shift today is going to be a hard one as I'm pretty certain I broke my toe last night - stupidly I misjudged where the doorframe was and gave it a good kick! My little toe is almost the size of big toe this morning and is a lovely purple colour (along with the sole of my foot near the toe too). I'm hoping for a quieter day so I can have a little sit down a few times but given the last couple of days and the fact that we have a table of 12 in today I don't fancy my chances much! Oh well I have four days off after today so I can rest it then  

Other than work I am hoping for a pretty uneventful day allowing me time to plough through my list of tasks but in true me fashion I will obviously never actually manage to cross everything off  

So today I HOPE I WILL:-

1. Play on Mistplay (50 points target) - DONE 252 points today  
2. Watch videos on WeR8 - DONE one video for 8p
3. Raise custom order on Etsy for A4 sized order book - DONE its for a £35.75 order so that will be good
4. Scan shopping hubby done at Lidl yesterday for Shop and Scan - DONE
5. Post off little bag of love for Etsy order - DONE
6. Print and cut 250 plantable cards for Etsy order
7. Phone BTL1 mortgage company for up to date balance
8. Transfer remaining £108 from YBS into higher interest account - DONE  
9. Comment on in search of posts to hopefully get some orders
10. Write and schedule social media posts for first two weeks of Jan
11. Get business accounts up to date
12. List something on facebook marketplace
13. Prepare cardmaking downloads for advent calendar (better late than never)
14. Take a course from a membership 
15. Design something new to sell
16. List something new on Etsy
17. Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
18. Complete Prime Opinion survey
19. Take a survey on Inbox Pounds
20. Create another cardmaking download
21. Upload completed designs onto craftsuprint
22. Tidy more of craft room/office
23. No heating on until 5pm - DONE  
24. Look into different pet insurance as premium has risen again
25. Complete tax return
26. Cafe shift (9am - 6pm) - DONE
27. NSD - DONE

craftingmad

Morning everyone from a very cold Norfolk Broads

I'm not at work work at the cafe today so I am hoping to spend the whole day today doing productive things in my business and decluttering the house Both of those things should keep me warm (so no need for heating) and keep me out of mischief

I'm actually glad I'm not at work today as my toe is seriously throbbing. I think I need to rest it as much as I can so I will declutter sitting down if that is possible I promise I will stop if it gets too much though Baileys

So let's get on with my super ambitious list.

So today I HOPE I WILL:-

1. Play on Mistplay (50 points target) - DONE 72 points collected
2. Watch videos on WeR8 - no videos available so far
3. Print and cut 250 plantable cards for Etsy order - DONE Printed and cut Now just to photograph and post off
4. Send proof to customer for order book for Etsy order - just waiting confirmation as to whether logo required on book or not. Sent message to confirm 
5. Phone BTL1 mortgage company for up to date balance - DONE balance gone down by £330 so very happy
6. Comment on in search of posts to hopefully get some orders
7. Write and schedule social media posts for first two weeks of Jan
8. Get business accounts up to date
9. List something on facebook marketplace - DONE listed some fabric gift bags for £30 I made ages ago and never sold
10. Prepare cardmaking downloads for advent calendar (better late than never)
11. Take a course from a membership 
12. Design something new to sell
13. List something new on Etsy
14. Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
15. Complete Prime Opinion survey - DONE one survey completed for 21 points
16. Take a survey on Inbox Pounds
17. Create another cardmaking download
18. Upload completed designs onto craftsuprint
19. Tidy more of craft room/office - DONE a small section cleared today and it is beginning to look so much better
20. No heating on until 5pm - DONE although I did turn it on at 5pm exactly as it was so cold
21. Look into different pet insurance as premium has risen again - DONE found one which is £6.99 a minth cheaper and has an annual £100 excess rather than £100 excess per claim
22. Complete tax return
23. Put away dry washing - DONE
24. Get one load of washing washed and hung up inside to dry - in washing machine and being spun as I type
25. Delete 3500 emails from my inbox - 2700 deleted so far
26. NSD - DONE I did have to spend £7.49 for car parking at rail station (I was only there for 21 minutes and 20 minutes is allowed for free so I'm annoyed but I'm not claiming that as making daughter pay for it  

Baileys_Babe

Good to hear you you are considering stopping if your toe gets worse. I hope it greatly improves with you not needing to be on your feet today.

craftingmad

Thanks Baileys. I did stop yesterday and just rest and it has helped lots as it is not that painful today at the  moment so fingers crossed the worse is over  

craftingmad

Good morning from a very cold Norfolk Broads again. We actually had a dusting of snow last night
I don't mind it if I haven't got to go anywhere as it does look pretty although I'm not too keen on the cold part

I'm not at work again today (and actually not at work until Monday) so I'm hoping to have a business blitz session and a decluttering day so fingers crossed it all goes to plan  

So today I HOPE I WILL:-

1. Play on Mistplay (50 points target) - 2 points so far
2. Watch videos on WeR8 - no videos available yet 
3. Post off 250 plantable cards for Etsy order - DONE
4. Make and post off cross in my pocket for Etsy order - DONE 
5. Comment on in search of posts to hopefully get some orders - commented on one post so far  
6. Write and schedule social media posts for first two weeks of Jan - written posts for whole of Jan and scheduled up to 19th Jan
7. Get business accounts up to date - Accounts completed for Sept 24 and Oct 24 - only two more months left to catch up on
8. List something on facebook marketplace
9. Prepare cardmaking downloads for advent calendar (better late than never)
10. Take a course from a membership 
11. Design something new to sell
12. List something new on Etsy
13. Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
14. Complete Prime Opinion survey - DONE two surveys completed for total of 47 points
15. Take a survey on Inbox Pounds
16. Create another cardmaking download
17. Upload completed designs onto craftsuprint
18. Tidy more of craft room/office
19. No heating on until 5pm - DONE - 5.50pm and still not on as only me and doggo in the house until about 8pm now Daughter kept complaining she was cold so I told her to put another jumper on and wear her oodie snoodie
20. Change over pet insurance
21. Complete tax return
22. Go through DD's and SO's and see if I can negotiate better prices
23. Delete 2000 emails from my inbox - DONE 2000 deleted today 
24. NSD - DONE

Baileys_Babe

I'm glad your toe is improving, hopefully by the time you're back in the cafe it will have greatly improved.

It's cold here too, currently -6 and not predicted to get as high as 0 until Saturday afternoon at the earliest 🥶

craftingmad

Baileys_Babe said:

I'm glad your toe is improving, hopefully by the time you're back in the cafe it will have greatly improved.

It's cold here too, currently -6 and not predicted to get as high as 0 until Saturday afternoon at the earliest 🥶

Thanks Baileys - it is certainly feeling much better with me not standing on it for 9 hours straight that's for sure

I take back everything I say about it being cold here, -6 is far far too cold for me - I would have to  hibernate!!

Hope your staying warm x