Autumn, Rent Update, More Blackberries, Car Camping And Starting A New Job (Sort Of)  

You are obviously a good tenant. Such good news.

Fantastic news regarding your rent. i have had some right horror stories this last couple of weeks regarding rent increases .Not sure what the answer is for people and families that can't stretch to the new increase. We have a meeting next week and have a couple of people from the council a person from shelter coming to do a talk on how best we can help and advise anyone coming to the centre for help 😢

Glad your first day at your new cleaning job went well. You are a very determined person and a real striver.

So pleased you can pay monthly with your rent 🎉that’s because your trusted and a good tenant!

That's amazing you don't have to pay 6 months in advance for your rent.

That is such a relief. I suppose the landlord wants to have reliable and trusted tenant, so the good karma pays off. Most normal people understand that forking out half a year's rent is too much for many.

Hiya Claudia strange i was on my spreadsheets making additions when this video popped up in my feed. Ok on the new clean job your good at planning your time management stuff. Im cooking chicken curry in the kitchen while listening as well. Marc In Bletchley

When I am doing long jobs in the garden, I listen to long audiobooks on a little MP3 player. When I am working indoors, I listen with my blue tooth earbuds. Better than just listening to neighbours kids, neighbours coughing and their dogs barking.

I totally empathise with your heating dilemmas , you are still relatively young so I am sure you will be ok for many years yet . Health issues can occur as we age due to cold air in our homes as you are Probably aware , I have barely used heating for years but I may have to pay this year as I became very unwell last winter and cold air may have contributed, take care x Good news about rent , hurrah 🎉

Love seeing the route youre driving too!

I bought myself a couple of ponchos on Amazon. They may blow up in wind though. I think they need some wire to hold them down a bit. I am size 16 and they hide the bad bits too. Ponchos are great for keeping you cool if you are walking.

Yay that's great news about the rent.

Someone I once cleaned for seemed to have cleaned everything already lol

I've had a few blow up mattresses but I prefer a memory foam pad... you can roll it up, cut it to size and it won't puncture!

Great news about your rent!

It is still very warm here. I do really love autumn though so looking forward to it. ❤

Yay that rent worries are over! 💃🎉🤗

I often say 'nah, not doing it 😂

Cleaning can become very boring I agree ❤

I had a thought - have you considered youth hostels as a plan for stays away? A while since I did it, but had some lovely experiences

Is that Ste and Janine that u mention, Claudia (living in a tent suddenly)? They r in a caravan now as some1 kind donated it. Congrats on the rent situ. Will u go car camping back at Lake District? U r right this year has flown by. Im dreading winter as last year was hard work!!

Brilliant news about the rent Claudia and your new cleaning job sounds hopeful. I hope you manage another car camping trip before the colder weather sets in. Yes Autumn has definitely arrived and we haven’t had much of a summer 🫤. I’m going to look into bubble wrap for our bedroom. We live in a bungalow and our bedroom is at the back which is the coldest side and we have patio doors as opposed to windows so a fair amount of potential heat loss. We use blackout insulated blinds and curtains at night but the bubble wrap would help especially during the day 🙂

I hate cleaning with a passion it is faffy, never ending and sometimes a waste of time. I think cleaners should be paid more because it's bloody hard work and stressful.

Do you blanch the veggies before freezing?