monkey1973
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First day of graftWell folks, I've just finished my first day of graft as a self-employed individual. I was really looking forward to it as well. It was a general garden tidy-up but there were three stumps requiring removal. Two were relatively easy but the third was a real bugger! I got it though.
I'm feeling pretty shattered and my back feels a smidge tight but otherwise it's a great day 
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tahir
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Well done, hope you build a nice wee business 
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Treacodactyl
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It must beat being stuck in an office all day.
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Penny Outskirts
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Well done you!! Official instuctions - go have a nice long soak in the bath
It's three years tomorrow since we opened the shop. 
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monkey1973
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| Treacodactyl wrote: | | It must beat being stuck in an office all day. |
In a Churchill dog stylie "OOHHHHHHH YESSSSSSSSS!"
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mochyn
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Yay! (Not a word I often use). Have lots of fun; keep your books up to date and never forget: IF IT STOPS BEING FUN, STOP DOING IT!
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monkey1973
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| mochyn wrote: | | IF IT STOPS BEING FUN, STOP DOING IT! |
That's exactly why I quit my last job
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mochyn
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Ditto here: hence the retirement last week. Retired on Monday: knocked flat with a rotten cold Tuesday. Ain't that always the way? Still not completely recovered, but I'm not thinking "Darn this cold, I haven't got time to be ill: got to finish that design". I can really enjoy being ill! (  ) Just finding it a struggle getting buckets of water up to the pigs: keep running out of breath!
Back to the point though; I started doing design because I couldn't hack the day job any more and it served me well for some time until I ran out of imagination and realised I'd rather spend the time with my pigs!
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gil
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Great. May the work keep coming in for you, and more so as the year progresses. Have finally sussed the Clackmannanshire location from 'wee county'.
I had a friend who grew up on Kennet estate - his father was a labourer there - would be long before you were even born, though. If I'm going to Fife / Tayside, I still sometimes take the scenic route to visit where he spent his childhood.
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monkey1973
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If I'm right the Kennet House is no longer with us. It's a lovely place to stay though and is a sufficient distance from the nearest towns that we feel rural and quiet. Last weekend however the local bypass was closed for the weekend and what a nightmare the traffic was. You don't appreciate how good something is until you don't have it anymore.
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monkey1973
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| gil wrote: | | Have finally sussed the Clackmannanshire location from 'wee county'. |
It's very surprising how many of the locals don't get it though.
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