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  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,763 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 23 August at 9:58PM
    It took me all day, half a tube of pringles and a tot or two (or three) of irish cream whisky to feel even half way motivated to list anything!

    important tasks...
     ❗ do bus pass application
    🔱 check when current energy fix ends (Oct 3rd) & diarize 49 days for switch (Aug 15)
    🔱 never ending paperwork filing - woo hoo it's now sorted - need to hole punch and file!
    🔆 my savings need juggling

    routine tasks...
    🔱 YNAB juggling
    ✅ grocery order - not doing one this week - may need to pick up some yogurt
    ✅ meal plan - eating from the freezer and eating out for our staycation
    🔆 weekly digital planner
    🔱 supplements - ran out of some so have enough until Tues! - will revisit on Weds
    ✅ Weekly surveys & contests
    🔆  laundry - lots to be done this week!

    non-routine tasks...
     ❗ clean up of spare laptop that needs to go back to the office - laptop is in the office, I've not cleaned it up yet!
    🔆 across the pond banking
    🔆 send a message to BFF across the pond - we are talking this week - the 5 hour differnce means one of us is always asleep when the other is ready to talk
     ❗ Delay Repay
    🔱 Nightmare Train Delay snot-o-gram!

    medical follow-ups...
     ❗my dermatologist referral - have docs names - now need to book
    🔆 follow-up on OT recommendations for work assessment
    🔆 follow-up on private eye specialist

    never ending garden things...
    ✅ harvested 2 growing bags of potatoes - not a great yield and most are small - about 500g - one meals worth
    🔆 pick and process apples
    🔱 4 bags cotswold stone - trip to W!ckes planned
    🔱 transplant baby trees into their new pots - one of three done! - have soil for other two and pot trolleys for underneath as they are quite heavy
    🔱 start getting quotes for new felt for flat roof & summer house & shed (needs doing in autumn)
    🔆 need to transplant two chili plants & one more pot of flowers
    🔆 once lavender is dry from rain make lavender bundles for drying - during hols
    🔆 trim down and rehome butterfly bush - during hols
    🔆 new trellis needs to go up for the climbing rose in the front - OH has acquired the hardware!
    🔆 finish taming climbing jasmine & add more supports for it to grown on - during hols

    social calendar...
    💖10 days of no work - lots of plans with OH but may have to revisit these as life throws us a curve-ball
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 8 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 16 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
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