Are you allowing yourself a relaxing Saturday?

Sounds more productive than relaxing. Here's a picture of my "sculpture" from this morning. I was pressing down some veneer I'd just glued in.

You've been busy.

Are you still tidying your Dad's house?

That's what I'm doing right now. Here's a close-up of some of the scratches I was dealing with this morning.

@just4him I gave them a few water treatments and light sands today.

@TheHorse Those are bad scratches. I have no doubt you'll get them out.

@TheHorse My passion is photography, gardening, pets, cooking, eating - strangely I never sleep more than is required

@allknowing I see that as a good thing (as long as you get enough sleep). I like it when I wake up and have something I can't wait to do.

Lady of leisure. I like that. What are your favorite leisurely things to do?

@TheHorse I also watched an old movie with my husband (Pulp Fiction) I had forgot how crazy that movie is.

@LadyDuck Pulp Fiction is one of my all time favorites. It reminds me of my late (9 to 16) childhood in Chicago.

If it's something you enjoy, I'd call it relaxing. I did a lot of speaker work today, but also snuck in lunch and dinner with friends and a movie (Brooklyn) this evening.

@TheHorse pretty much

@Jessicalynnt Today was more relaxing for me. No laundry. No lunch with friends. Just some speaker work and a longer cycle.

Sounds more like "just another work day" than a relaxing day.

Glad the concert went well! Any surprises?

@JudyEv What kind of music did the inconsiderate fella's band play? How do you find the people you bring in? Have you heard of The Rankin Family? They're one of my favorite Canadian bands (other than the famous ones like Gordon Lightfoot, Bruce Cockburn and The Band.

@TheHorse Yes, one guy didn't stay after we'd borrowed a caravan for him. But he bought his wife and two dogs so an extra one round the dinner table (we didn't feed the dogs ). I always sound so petty - none of it's a big deal but I wouldn't do this in their place so I find it a bit inconsiderate. The crowd loved them, the weather was good so all is well. Three weeks to the next - a group (The Once) from Canada.

Sounds busy and productive. I think I'm going to do a bit more work on the receiver outside. here's what it looked like before I started sanding.

How old are they? That sounds like fun!

@TheHorse Hmmm. I guess the secret is out. Now you know I am a mindless drone. Want me to do yours? I can even add extra zeros if you want.

Wow! Taxes! I'm jealous. (not)

Yikes, I don't like cabin fever. I'm hoping to cycle or hike before the sun goes down.

How old is your son? As Kurtz says: The horror.

You've inspired me. I'm going to throw in a load of laundry.

@TheHorse Yes I am a real mystery shopper. You get to do it by signing up for legitimate mystery shopping companies. There is a list on the . One signs up and then searches the job board for what interests you. It can be competitive so you could sign up and find an empty job board because the jobs are all gone. So you have to keep checking to learn what they offer and when they post it. The pay varies. Today I was doing two gas stations and at each one getting reimbursed $14 (American) for gas, a small convenience store purchase and $8 (American) fee. I was doing two Home centres and getting reimbursed $20 at each. At one I was getting a $5 fee and at one I was getting a $35 dollar fee. (a job that got left sitting on the job board so they bonused it) At the two grocery stores I was getting reimbursed $20 each and a fee of $5 each. These are Canadian companies so that is Canadian funds. I have been reimbursed for hotel rooms, hair cuts, movies, meals, oil changes etc. Some jobs just require observations and no expenditure and they generally pay about $15. But sitting down to talk with a banker can pay quite a bit more. It can be time consuming to get started because where I live each mystery shopping company might only have one client in my area. So I have signed up with over 100 companies. Pretty much every chain is mystery shopped at some point. At one of the gas stations I went to today, I know of another mystery shopping company that does 2 other types of mystery shops at that same gas station chain. Some of these places are mystery shopped a LOT! There are scams and they even use the names of real companies at times.