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

the_end_of_the_rainbow

Sorry you didn’t get the job. Villages are funny places ☹️

craftingmad

Morning everyone. I had the funniest moment yesterday. Somebody from the Village Hall Committee (where I applied unsuccessfully for the role of booking clerk) phoned me and asked if I could train the successful applicant in the job as they did not have all the correct skills which I did - I have to be honest and say that my reply was a two word answer and the last one was off!!!! I mean really - it's not just me is it?

My eye is still not 100% right but I can see ok and the pain is not unbearable so I'm going to live with it and hope it is back to normal by Monday  

Anyway - today is another day and its raining hard here on the Broads so hopefully it will keep me motiivated to keep my head down and get on with my not so little list for today:-

1. Play on Mistplay - DONE 247 points earned today
2. Complete a Nectar survey or two - DONE one survey completed for 20 points and timed out of one so 2 points for that I'm now up to £12.70 so my pot is creeping up nicely
3. Apply for a job at local chip shop - DONE got an interview on Tuesday but have a feeling they will not pay minimum wage as very cagey about what the pay rate was and were saying its ideal for a high school student so we shall see
4. Complete an order received on Etsy and post off when next passing post office - DONE
5. Post in 3 FB groups promoting my business with a hope I will get some more orders as I really need some 
6. Comment on In search of posts on FB in the hope I get some orders as again really needed looked really hard but could not find any today
7. Check free postcode lottery in the hope I might have won - DONE not a winner
8. No heating - DONE It's now 7.30pm and still no heating and no-one is complaining they are cold so a good result tonight
9. Find a small way to save electric
10. Earn some points on swagbucks (hoping to reach daily target) 
11. Enter 3 competitions  
12. Open High interest savings account or ISA 
13. List an item on FB Marketplace  
14. Look into selling on TikTok
15. Complete a task on OhMyDosh  - DONE downloaded couponfinder app onto my desktop to earn £2 Balance is now £4  
16. Submit claim with Royal Mail for order not received - Tried but still not accepting tracking number   
17. Return clothes not required back to Asda (£32.50 refund due) - DONE  
18. Small £10 shop from Asda to get another stamp in my cashpot (only need two more to add £5) - sort of done I got my stamp in my cashpot (only one to go now) but I did end up spending £33!!!
19. Scan shopping from Asda and Lidl for Shop & Scan - DONE
20. Complete a survey on Shopper Thoughts
21. Brainstorm ways to make an extra £25 a week seeing as I did not get the job
22. Pay Royal Mail cheques received in on banking app (who knew I could!) - DONE  

 

~FlowerPot~

good morning, sorry to hear about the job, it really is their loss. Keep going, your have more time to run your business and sell your lovely things. You never know something else might come along thats actually better for you

Flowers x

craftingmad

~FlowerPot~ said:

good morning, sorry to hear about the job, it really is their loss. Keep going, your have more time to run your business and sell your lovely things. You never know something else might come along thats actually better for you

Flowers x

Thank you so much FlowerPot x 
I will certainly see it as a positive  

Baileys_Babe

The village hall committee are out of order asking you to train the successful applicant.

~FlowerPot~

craftingmad said:

Morning everyone. I had the funniest moment yesterday. Somebody from the Village Hall Committee (where I applied unsuccessfully for the role of booking clerk) phoned me and asked if I could train the successful applicant in the job as they did not have all the correct skills which I did - I have to be honest and say that my reply was a two word answer and the last one was off!!!! I mean really - it's not just me is it?

 

what the actual????? thats unbelievable!

If they are like that then you really should consider yourself lucky to not be working for them!

How ridiculous!

craftingmad

Baileys_Babe said:

The village hall committee are out of order asking you to train the successful applicant.

~FlowerPot~ said:

craftingmad said:

Morning everyone. I had the funniest moment yesterday. Somebody from the Village Hall Committee (where I applied unsuccessfully for the role of booking clerk) phoned me and asked if I could train the successful applicant in the job as they did not have all the correct skills which I did - I have to be honest and say that my reply was a two word answer and the last one was off!!!! I mean really - it's not just me is it?

 

what the actual????? thats unbelievable!

If they are like that then you really should consider yourself lucky to not be working for them!

How ridiculous!

I know right! As you say FlowerPot I'm relieved I didn't get it now and so glad I don't have to answer to them

It did make me laugh though which was much needed yesterday

craftingmad

the_end_of_the_rainbow said:

Sorry you didn’t get the job. Villages are funny places ☹️

Thank you.
Aren't they just!

craftingmad

Good morning everyone.

I have been awake since silly o'clock today because I woke up having a nightmare that I couldn't do the chippy job because it was too hard - what the heck is wrong with me! Although my prowess in the kitchen is a little debateable so it's always possible! I think my confidence is still a little fragile after my last job hunting experience

Anyway that extra time has meant that I have been able to cash in another £5 voucher from Mistplay and make me feel really tired already but hey ho I shall just keep going and flop early tonight  

Hubby is working today and son has made plans to go into City so it's just me and my puppy dog today. Hopefully I will get lots of MFW tasks crossed off my list today. They really do seem to add up - OH had to buy a new car booster and batter charger from Amazon and he could not work out how he got £35 taken off the price - he was well chuffed with himself until I told him that I had added the vouchers to the account from doing surveys, playing games etc. Think I shocked him as to how much these little things can really add up  

Anyways, enough rambling (my diary is boring enough ) - here's today's little list:-

1. Play on Mistplay - DONE 307 points today and cashed in a £5 voucher 
2. Add £5 voucher to Amazon pot and transfer £5 into OP savings pot  - DONE
3. Complete a Nectar survey or two - DONE one survey completed for 20 points and timed out of 2 so 4 more points to be added today My balance is now over £13 so I'm happy  
4. Attend interview at Chippy (they moved it to today so must be desperate for people) - DONE I've got a trial shift on Wednesday evening and the good news is they pay living wage plus it will rise once I am settled in  
5. Post in 3 FB groups promoting my business with a hope I will get some more orders as I really need some 
6. Comment on In search of posts on FB in the hope I get some orders - commented on one hoping to find more as the day goes on  
7. Check free postcode lottery - DONE not a winner
8. No heating - DONE not on at all and it's now 3.30pm and no plans as I am warm enough without out. Just hope OH doesn't get cold like he did last night!
9. Find a small way to save electric
10. Earn some points on swagbucks (hoping to reach daily target) 
11. Enter 3 competitions  - DONE
12. Open High interest savings account or ISA 
13. List two item on FB Marketplace  
14. Look into selling on TikTok
15. Complete a task on OhMyDosh
16. Try to submit claim with Royal Mail again for order not received - DONE claim raised for £20.90 - now just to hope they pay up as that is a lot of money for my little business to lose   
17. Upload scans and receipts to Shop and Scan - DONE
18. Complete a survey on Shopper Thoughts
19. Brainstorm ways to make an extra £25 a week seeing as I did not get the job
20. Check to see if cheques paid in yesterday have been cleared on banking app - DONE and £32.10 transferred to OP savings pot
21. Tidy craft room and see if I can find some more bits to sell - made a start and already found a small pile of items I am going destash  
22. Try and find driving license to save having to order another one - still no luck but I will keep searching before I admit defeat
23. NSD (really limping on the bank account this month so desperately needed) - DONE

~FlowerPot~

good luck with the chippy interview x

 I dont think your diary is boring at all, (mine is !!) i find it inspiring, I love your daily list i even find myself doing some things on your list!!!