Walking into another chapter ...

benbenandme

• Clean lights DONE
• Fix lights under the stairs
• Paint bannisters
• Gut wicker drawers in lounge DONE
• Gut large and small wicker baskets DONE
• Paint table and chairs
• Sand coffee table and wax it
• Gut tall cupboards DONE
• Clean under sofas DONE
• Vax carpets
• Clean skirting boards DONE
• Clean blinds in lounge
• Gut shoe cupboard
• Put up photos
• Fix broken candle holder DONE
• Deep clean dishwasher
• Deep clean washing machine
• Gut food cupboards DONE
• Inventory freezer DONE
• Gut cupboard under sink DONE
• Blackberry picking
• Clean kitchen tiles & grout
• Clean kitchen light DONE
• Replace glasses
• Descale kettle DONE
• Touch up painting in the hall
• Paint downstairs loo
• Clean bathroom tiles & grout
• Clean bathroom light DONE
• Descale shower heads DONE
• Gut bathroom cupboards DONE
• Gut my wardrobe
• Gut my chest of drawers
• Gut under my bed
• Fix garage door
• Gut garage
• Paint new fence panels DONE
• Remove shed
• Bin garden chairs
• Jetwash decking
• Turf
• Step and patio tiles
• Weed grey gravel
• Sort front garden
• Clean conservatory roof
• Clear next doors brambles to get to outside tap DONE
• Clean garage door 
• Car MOT - BOOKED
• Eye test DONE
• Clean the car
• Boiler service - have emailed to book it in
• Return wheelbarrow
• Get shelves in airing cupboard
• Get rid of tumble dryer (doesn't work)
• Get rid of garage freezer (doesn't work)
• Check all finances / insurance etc for renewal dates
• Clean wheelie bins
• Clean all windows
• Hoover conservatory light
• Fix garage light
• Sell stuff on Vinted
• Lots of trips to the tip - 4 done so far

benbenandme

And I've just applied for a new current account - I have several current accounts, my main one that my salary goes into and most of my payments come out of, a Monzo one with various savings pots, another one that I've had years and has one dd and then a last one that I only use to switch. I rarely use it, just literally sue it to move around every now and then to claim switching bonuses. Anyway, I have applied for a Natwest account, completed the application, uploaded the id and it says the account will be open by tomorrow. Then I just need to pay in £1250 within 60 days and log in to the mobile app and I get £200 within 7 days Happy days! The £1250 will be borrowed from a monzo pot then returned again to it once the bonus has been paid out.

Hazelnutty

Hi BB&M Just caught up on your diary

On the whole decluttering project (I am on the same wagon - aiming for 1000 items by the end of 2023!) have you tried Olio? It works best in urban areas where there are lots of potential collectors, but I've shifted heaps of stuff by listing on there and people collect from your home or designated public place if you prefer. It started as a food waste reduction app so you can also list/collect food, but I've ended up using it more for non-food items. 

benbenandme

Thanks HazelNutty, I haven't tried Olio but if I'm honest almost all of what I'm getting rid of is just rubbish, it's no use to man nor beast. Anything that might be worth salvaging goes on facebook marketplace, I have sold a few bits on there over the last year but the vast majority of what I'm chucking is rubbish that should have been cleared out long ago - think notebooks with only a few pages left in them, old receipts, half used candles that don't smell of anything anymore etc.  
When I sorted the cupboard under the sink I left about 6 bottles with small amounts of stuff in them on the kitchen windowsill to remind me to use them up. I have finished a bottle of flash floor cleaner tonight, one more thing gone but used up first

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Morning, £5 transferred from Prolific into the summer holiday pot this morning Today is one of my favourite days of the year as the Premier League is back!! So I have had a shower, actually bothered to dry and straighten my hair properly, made sure my bedroom is tidy, and am now having half an hour on the laptop before I take the car for its check. The sun looks like it's thinking about making an appearance, fingers crossed

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So I took the car for its check, only to get there and find they were closed as they had a problem with their tills. I spoke to the manager and said it was poor that they hadn't let people know who had appointments, he said they couldn't get on the computer ... so 20 minute journey each way, wasted time and petrol. I stopped off at Tesco on the way back and spent £42 but got 2 chickens, 2 packs of bacon, a new lunchbox for work and other bits that I know I've used this week and needed replacing. 

I have a friends husband popping round later to give me a quote to sort the garden for me - to remove the gravel, rotivate it, lay some turf, maybe a step ... the summer holiday fund will be going towards it. Other than that the sun didn't really put much effort in today, its quite overcast again but is fairly warm. 

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My new bank account is now open so I've downloaded the app, logged in, transferred the money and fingers crossed that will earn me £200 by next weekend, very easy money to make!

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Quote is in - roughly £800 to rotivate the ground, lay topsoil and turf and build a step. Once the bank account payment and my glasses payments are in I should have made enough in the summer holiday pot to cover it without touching any other pots Very happy with that!

benbenandme

Morning all, a good nights sleep for me last night and am looking forward to an afternoon of football again today, This morning I might tidy some bits of the garden that aren't being done, it has at least given me a bit of motivation in that area now. Hopefully there might be some betting offers about today too.

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Finally got all my cards listed, have sold £58 this morning so that's on its way to the summer holiday pot.