Mellow Fruitfulness

greent

Just listed 5 items on V1nted (about another 10 to go) and one has already sold - yay! (Even better, it sold at the list price, without having an offer on 😄)

Rhyddid2026

Just had the email to say my name on here has been changed so I'm counting that as a completed OAT.
The candle vase thing was nice but not sentimental, just one of the many things my friend left behind when he lived here for a while. I won't replace it😄

greenbee

Blinds are up in the bedroom (need to wipe down the marks that the handyman left on the new paintwork getting them right!), and the robot vacuum is running in there again to deal with any dust that may have made it into the carpet (he used my dust sheets, which is good, as I find very few trades actually have clean dust sheets!). 

Neighbour has asked whether she can raid my bubble wrap/box collection, so hopefully some of those will be out of the house shortly. Does mean I don't think I'll fit in a supermarket shop before work, but I might nip to the petrol station for a couple of bits if I can. 

Dog has been walked, and poo bags (including one dead vole and chicken bones from last night) deposited in the poo bin on the way. I do like living within a short distance of a poo bin as it means my waste bin doesn't fill up with stinky stuff. The cat's victims generally go in there, along with food waste that can't be composted. Don't tell the council

Workwise I need to change my phone SIM as the old one is no longer valid (we changed providers), submit this year's pay rises for my team, and update a slide deck for a meeting next week. Probably lots of other stuff too, but I'm avoiding thinking about it.

Wanna_Bee_Free

@Rhyddid2026 Our local train station in London has a shelf for people to drop and pick up a book. I also use the local Oxfam bookshop as they have never turned books away. I'm lucky where I live I have a huge choice of charity shops. The hospital charity also runs a bookshop in case you have those options locally.

In case you didn't see it on my diary I applied for the £100 big river voucher just for opening a Santander account. You don't need to switch from another bank. Now I have 60 days to tap the debit card 30 times once it arrives... https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/compare-best-bank-accounts/

I have compiled half of a huge list of OATs from June to August by rereading my journal and writing down all the ideas that it sparked. So now I just need some motivation. I will read the rest of my journal today and finish the list ready for November.

I decided to keep a closer eye on prolific for surveys as my total in October was pathetic. I'm up to over £4 today already.

I have also decided, thanks to @Blackcats recommending Diane of Denmark to restart Flylady tomorrow. This month's habit is menu planning which I think is great as the freezer is chockablock and I keep meaning to make a list of stuff to use up but then I put it off. The freezer is magic to me. I am so good at putting things in it but totally useless at defrosting things. That is OH's department here. I really ought to try harder.

greenbee

Remembered to order firelighters - got a HUGE box and will split it with my mum. 

PennysIntoPounds

Wanna_Bee_Free said:

In case you didn't see it on my diary I applied for the £100 big river voucher just for opening a Santander account. You don't need to switch from another bank. Now I have 60 days to tap the debit card 30 times once it arrives... https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/compare-best-bank-accounts/

I also opened this @Wanna_Bee_Free, fortunately remembered just as I was about to walk out the door that I would need to put the pin in for the first transaction, which took a bit of finding but sorted in the end. Then I remembered I should probably put some money on it too 😂
But the tapping has now commenced 

Cheery_Daff

An annoying OAT for me today. One of three dining room light bulbs had gone. Mr C was going to sort it, but hadn't bothered, and I was sick of sitting in the dark, so I finally got round to ordering some more.

Informed Mr C of this - and he pointed out that we had several already in the light bulb collection 😠 So why have we been sitting in semi darkness for weeks?? 

I have retrieved and installed the darn thing myself, and will add the unnecessary box of six to the light bulb collection once they arrive 🙄

This is why I usually just do stuff myself!

PennysIntoPounds

Oh that is annoying @Cheery_Daff, I am sending unimpressed vibes at Mr C!
Well done for sorting it yourself, and on the bright side (no pun intended), lightbulbs seem to get more ludicrously costly every time I have to buy one, so at least you've got ample supplies in, at today prices


I have not been able to progress the build OATs I mentioned but that's only because what needs doing is dependent on others atm.
I have however dug out candles to be used for the dinner table rather than putting it on the to-do list for days and not getting to enjoy candlelight in the meantime 

Rhyddid2026

I haven't done much again this weekend, but I have done two biggies rather than many smaller tasks. 
Please don't judge me for this one.... I finally buried the pet chicken that died the day I went on holiday. I've not been well enough to dig a hole so she's been in the dog freezer. A friend had said they'd come and help a few times but actually did today. It also meant I moved  a compost bin and spread some around, so another part of a bigger task done (still 2 compost bins to sort and spread). 
The other biggy relates to the relatives storage stuff. I had gone and photographed things that might be of value two weeks ago. Only one box worth as that's all I could get to until some stuff is got rid of. They were meant to find out if it was worth putting in auction or how best to sell it. They hadn't. They had been in hospital for a couple of days during that time, but still, it's been going on in one form or another since January. (The stuff has been in storage since 2021 but I have been actively trying to get it sorted since January). I got nowhere again this week when I pointed out I'd quite like to close my living room curtains now as it's winter but the stuff they were definitely getting valued months ago is still there, and being told to ship it all without listing for customs (pretty sure that's impossible), or bin it all. A whole storage unit. Anyway! Today I looked the newer auction place they had mentioned, saw they had a number you could whatsapp, messaged them and sent the photos I took 2 weeks ago. The auction house is willing to meet me at the unit with a van and take it all to sell. I can go with them, be there when they unpack and sort, and remove anything that the relative might want to keep. It could all be done in a day!!
I've messaged said relative with the good news but no reply yet. At least now we have 2 options, sort n sell, or ship/bin.
I'm now sat with the log burner on, music loud to distract the old dog from fireworks, drinking prosecco and eating posh crisps. I cleaned out my recently depleted freezer (I've been eating the contents down) and I have a delivery due any minute to restock it. 
Happy Saturday!

ETA - the dog freezer usually contains dog food not dogs!!!

greenbee

Cleared two veg beds, mulched them and planted a row of red onions and a row of yellow onions in one, and two rows of two varieties of shallots in the other. Both beds vaguely cat-proofed. Mulch and compost bags in the bin, weeds in the garden waste bin. Non-weed compostable stuff in the compost bin.

Also planted the clematis and muscari bulbs delivered a couple of days ago rather than waiting for them to die.

Chopped up two muntjac carcasses and bunged them in the freezer (I'm picking up another one tomorrow). Stacked two barrow-loads of logs on the porch ready to bring in to fill the big log basket (and will then refill the porch) in a couple of days.

Walked the dog who was unimpressed with the day's activities so far, and met a new neighbour who moved to the village recently. I've met her and her dogs once before so they joined us - nice to find out more about her and she now knows the standard 1hr walk circuit (where she will also meet all the other dog-owners in the village!).

Need to light the fire and eat. And ideally get either curtains up in the bedroom or some furniture moved in. Tomorrow I have to collect another muntjac which will take up half the day as it has been dropped off with my mum.