What made you happy today?

Sonnet said:
Peppers are coming along nicely! Did put this plant out rather late, but I’ve got fruit growing. Loads more flowers still to open, so hopefully will have a decent harvest.
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Now it's stopped raining and blowing a gale I popped into the greenhouse and found not only my chillies but I have a pepper too!
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Pigoles said:
It's hard for the kids. My tiny niece can't eat dairy ... her joy at Granny (my mother) finding dairy-free raspberry icecream for her ... she loved it!
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Ooo I did dairy free for a while when trying out some bizarre diet to avoid surgery (it didn't work). There's a brand called Swedish Glance that was really nice. They only stocked vanilla at the supermarkets back then but then there was hardly anything available that long ago
 
My baby fell asleep lying next to me on my bed so I transferred her to her cot in her own room for the first time. She slept for 1 hour 20 (only normally naps for 30 mins). I'm hoping I can get her to nap well in there everyday as I might actually get stuff done then 😂
 
Spaghetti & Noodles said:
Thank you, I've never grown either before so am quite pleased with myself!
It's all a bit late but it's growing!
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I moved my pepper plant out of the greenhouse when I had 1 pepper on it and lots of flowers that weren't turning into peppers. I thought maybe the flowers needed bees, which don't generally go into my greenhouse
 
So one bank account is massively in the red, I apparently cancelled today's appointment last Friday which I definitely didn't and now I have to wait on a phonecall to rearrange it, which was apparently going to be today but now isn't so it'll be Friday she phones at the earliest BUT SHE'S OFF NEXT WEEK so, y'know, thanks, the moron who couldn't take a message properly last Friday.

It took at least 6 revisions of that sentence to make it SFW. Sigh.

So what is good? Well apparently my "backup" account that I never use has enough money in it to do one of two things - lessen the unplanned overdraft in the main account, OR buy a repeat of the food coma takeaway from a couple of days ago.

Mmm, good food.
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
I moved my pepper plant out of the greenhouse when I had 1 pepper on it and lots of flowers that weren't turning into peppers. I thought maybe the flowers needed bees, which don't generally go into my greenhouse
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I actually have a few missing panes in my greenhouse 🤨 so have a few bee's going in and out and I tend to leave the doors open when it's nice ( or ridiculously windy!), Having never grown anything like this before I'm just waiting to see what will happen, I suspect the girls will eat most of the peppers although we do like them in this house, my husband keeps asking what colour the peppers and chillies will be, I have no idea and weirdly though my pea plants died but everything else in my lockdown veg patch is doing ok, apart from my broken runner beans frame, thanks to the storm.
 
Siikibam said:
Firstly I would complain strongly about the fact they changed dates without letting you know. Secondly, we’ll done on your restraint 😁 I hope the blue air made you feel better.
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Oh, believe me, I have complained most vociferously. No one was in any doubt about the extent of my dissatisfaction. And I managed to be articulate and civil whilst making my extreme displeasure fully known. So much so that the installations manager is coming to see us in person.
 
VickiA said:
Oh, believe me, I have complained most vociferously. No one was in any doubt about the extent of my dissatisfaction. And I managed to be articulate and civil whilst making my extreme displeasure fully known. So much so that the installations manager is coming to see us in person.
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I definitely did not do a little cheer out loud at that. Serves them bloody right!
 
Lorcan said:
I definitely did not do a little cheer out loud at that. Serves them bloody right!
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I think they realised they had met their match with a member of the legal profession who’s married to a member of a trade who has formerly worked on the sites. Not your average clients.
 
VickiA said:
I think they realised they had met their match with a member of the legal profession who’s married to a member of a trade who has formerly worked on the sites. Not your average clients.
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Hey I went over a contractors head once to his boss....nobody ever said a word to me about it afterwards, but he never made that mistake again and apparently every other contractor was warned too, a case of "do not give him cause to ring again, once was quite enough".

They expect you to get angry and rant and rave. The level of satisfaction from these calls cannot be overstated. But they shouldn't need reminding that this stuff is unacceptable.
 
VickiA said:
Oh, believe me, I have complained most vociferously. No one was in any doubt about the extent of my dissatisfaction. And I managed to be articulate and civil whilst making my extreme displeasure fully known. So much so that the installations manager is coming to see us in person.
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Well done.
It is so frustrating when you take time off work and then get let down.
 
My provisional driving licence came in the post today. It was 6 weeks today I posted it off & with the dvla backlog I didn't expect it to come back for months....and here it is!

I can't really describe how I feel about it & don't really know where to start now!
 
The driving lesssons round here have started up again. My road seems to be THE place to start learning to drive. It's nice and quiet and you can go round in a square of four roads one way and then the other for to get the hang of right turns and left turns before going out on the busier roads. The Driving School down here that always makes me chuckle when I see the name is Accidont. The Instructors and pupils all wear face masks too. Good luck in your driving @Sar.
 
Betsy said:
It's worrying when you have to send of originals or even copies cos they can so easily fall into the wrong hands these days.
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And considering how busy it was with them of late, I was getting worried. Also because I need them for the induction next week! *sigh of relief*
 
Sar said:
My provisional driving licence came in the post today. It was 6 weeks today I posted it off & with the dvla backlog I didn't expect it to come back for months....and here it is!

I can't really describe how I feel about it & don't really know where to start now!
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Hope you can get on with driving lessons soon.
Good luck.

It can be a bit scary at first - I was overtaken by a man on a bicycle during my first lesson
 
Betsy said:
The driving lesssons round here have started up again. My road seems to be THE place to start learning to drive. It's nice and quiet and you can go round in a square of four roads one way and then the other for to get the hang of right turns and left turns before going out on the busier roads. The Driving School down here that always makes me chuckle when I see the name is Accidont. The Instructors and pupils all wear face masks too. Good luck in your driving @Sar.
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All I've seen recently is driving instructors cars on the road. I've taken the name of some of them so can contact them to see about availabilty etc.

Siikibam said:
Good luck @Sar just remember you take it at your pace, there’s no set time you have to do your test in.

I’m happy because my marriage certificate and the kids’ birth certificates finally came back from student finance 😬
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It's taken me this long to get this far so I'm a little worried it may take me 10 years to pass! I'm definitely ready to do it now, for me & not because it's expected/I'm pushed into it etc. I've been so fed up over the years of people saying "should do your driving..." as they are quick to comment but none of them have asked why I haven't done it yet/is there a reason why not done it yet. It will be such an achievement if I manage it!

Merab's Slave said:
Hope you can get on with driving lessons soon.
Good luck.

It can be a bit scary at first - I was overtaken by a man on a bicycle during my first lesson
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Thanks! Oh I think that would scare me... or I'd knock them over!
 
Well, this has not exactly made me happy but has really given me a belly laugh. Just had a call from the electrician employed by the conservatory company to ask if the installation had been completed so he could come and do the electrics..... I had to explain to him that not only had the date been changed without any of us being consulted but that I actually had live electrics outside in the rain from the demolished conservatory that had not been disconnected. After listening to a sudden intake of air on the other end of the phone, he told me he’d be here first thing in the morning. Seriously. Communication. Who’d think it would be so hard in this digital connected age?
 
VickiA said:
Well, this has not exactly made me happy but has really given me a belly laugh. Just had a call from the electrician employed by the conservatory company to ask if the installation had been completed so he could come and do the electrics..... I had to explain to him that not only had the date been changed without any of us being consulted but that I actually had live electrics outside in the rain from the demolished conservatory that had not been disconnected. After listening to a sudden intake of air on the other end of the phone, he told me he’d be here first thing in the morning. Seriously. Communication. Who’d think it would be so hard in this digital connected age?
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Sounds dangerous! Isn't there a switch on your fuse board you can flip to turn off power to the conservatory wiring? Or is it all connected from one of the other rooms?
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
Sounds dangerous! Isn't there a switch on your fuse board you can flip to turn off power to the conservatory wiring? Or is it all connected from one of the other rooms?
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Nope. Ancient wiring linked to other rooms. Was meant to be isolated at point of demolition. Like most other things, it just didn’t get done, so the sockets are currently covered in gaffer tape. My anxiety levels have been sorely tested.
 
Today I went for a walk with other mums. One I met through prenatal yoga but we all do mum and baby yoga online together now. Just 3 mums, 3 baby girls and 2 dogs. Although socially distanced it felt great and felt very much like how I had hoped my maternity leave would be
 
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