Diary

Yesterday I recorded a new commentary for a live webinar that I did 10 years ago. It was recorded a month or so after I started trading full time. The state of my trading back then was, er, interesting. Let’s just say I have learned a LOT in the last 10 years. When I started trading I found ways to consistently make money and was making £1500 to £2000 a week when I traded full time.

Having watched the 2 hour webinar I can see why my head turned to mush when I had some family issues quite soon after leaving my job. It was quite a stressful style of trading as I seemed to search for the shittest value I could find before I entered the market.

When I recorded the new commentary the sound on the original recording was quite low. It wasn’t until it was uploaded to Youtube that I realised the original audio drowned out the new commentary in places. I have spent most of today adding subtitles to the parts where I couldn’t be heard properly. It has been a very long job. For some of my comments I struggled to work out what I said! I still have the last few minutes to complete. The auto subtitles struggle to understand me.

Tomorrow we are moving the furniture in the bedroom around. Sue has drawn a plan. I asked if she had measured anything. I got a blank look. I gave an example of the wardrobe. On the plan it is going behind the door but it’s quite deep and may not fit. I wish we had as much room as we appear to have on her plan. She thinks it is going to take all day. It isn’t.

Not a lot else going on. The police knocked on our door this evening. They were trying to get hold of our neighbour but no one was answering the door. As I was talking to the copper the neighbour’s door opened. The little girl had dialled 999. The mum came downstairs to 4 police officers standing in her hallway. The kid’s phone has been confiscated.

Stay safe.

 

We had a quiet Saturday. A very quiet Saturday. It was the first day of Sue’s holiday. By 12:30 we were watching Oliver. I can’t stand musicals. She caught me off guard. I need to be sharper than that.

We spent a lot of the afternoon in the garden chatting about old times. Someone told her about a garden centre that was delivering pretty quickly. I agreed to get MORE bedding plants and compost. I spent 5 minutes looking for the “add to basket” button. The sun was shining on the screen which didn’t help. Then I realised that you had to email them with your order. So that will cost me another 50 quid although it should be free delivery. I haven’t heard back from them yet though. Hopefully I’ll hear something on Monday.

Sue made us a steak tea. A very good job she made of it too. One of the best steaks I’ve had for a while.

The plan was that after the meal we were going to watch a film. I found a couple on Netflix that seemed ok although by the time we sat down to watch I had forgotten the name of one of them. We started watching “Time Trap”. It looked like it might be OK but Sue was struggling to stay awake. It was almost 11 pm. I told her I didn’t mind if she went to bed.

I took the dogs out. We saw 3 foxes and failed to get any of them on camera. I saw a couple of bats but they kept a low profile once I had the camera recording. Typical.

This morning I woke at 6. Not sure why as I hadn’t got to bed until almost 1 am.

We Facetimed the grand kids around 11 am. Our daughter mentioned that it was going to rain later. I wanted to do a little more on the front garden. When we finished the called I went out to crack on with it. I moved the old wooden edging to have it down the side of the path. The garden looks a lot bigger now the bushes have gone. I weeded the area. There actually weren’t many weeds. By the time I had cleared up I had been out there a couple of hours. Now I need some weedkiller to make sure nothing comes up through the membrane (if thats the right word) and whatever I decide to cover the area with. Gravel or wood chippings maybe. I haven’t decided.

It is 6 pm now and it isn’t raining. It clouded over a few hours ago and the temperature obviously dropped. It sounds like the neighbours are gearing up for yet another party. We think they may have had a warning from the police as they have been quite for a couple of days.

We’re just settling down for a night in front of the TV.

If anyone tried to sign up for the Coronavirus offer at www.tradesharktennis.com the Paypal link is now fixed. I think I cocked it up on Friday!

Stay safe.