I hope they do get to work on clarifying that El, sooner rather than later too. Anyone retiring next year will need to know.
I wonder if I will ever get to retire..?

So far today I've done bookkeeping, housework, walked the dogs and washed my car
We're currently cooking a steak dinner and then I'm going to put my feet up for the afternoon

Summer, one of my clients reaches retirement age in May. I doubt if he will cease working then as he likes the work. So the NI issue is one which is relevant to him. I will ring him in the next few days to see if he's happy for me to ring the HMRC agent phone number and see what they have to say about it. It's something which they may need to look into and come back to me. The HMRC document on the changes doesn't mention it.

https://www.gov.uk/government/.../tiin-class2-nic.pdf

Neither does the letter I received from them.

 

I'm not intending to retire when I get to the state retirement age. I'll keep on working as long as I feel inclined to.

Summer, well done on getting your work done

I think that would suit you well El, especially as you can choose how much work to take on and do it from home

Summer, I am fortunate in those respects

Evening all.

Weather stayed dry and bright so we were able to go to the park.

PB had a great time on the swings and slides and particularly liked feeding the ducks in the pond.

 

Well done on getting so much work done, Summer.

Evening yogi

Aw I bet PB had a wonderful time at the park does she like to go fast?

Thank you, i feel very productive today. I made time to give myself a facial, read my book in the bath and watch a movie too

 You have done well today.

I'm going to get off for a bath and an early night, I'll catch up properly tomorrow.

Hugs for the night owls.

I don't blame you yogi, you've had a very busy weekend enjoy your bath and sleep well

night yogi

Good morning everyone.

 

It has rained overnight, and sunshine and showers are forecast for today.

 

Got some ironing to catch up on and youngest son is popping in for a quick visit at some point today.

 

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning everyone

 

Cloudy here and has started raining.

 

Yogi, I'm glad you and PB had a good day in the park

 

I see Summer is getting ready for tomorrow:

Good morning everyone, a little rain overnight but and still drizzling a bit.  I am beginning to see the first flush of green on the trees and the snowdrops are out in the valley, so spring is definitely just around the corner.

 

That's a huge pile of pancakes EL

 

Enjoy your day everyone

Squiggle, it's good to know that spring is starting to make an appearance in your area

That pile is just for starters for Summer

Good morning

That is my kind of starter happy pancake Eve everyone!

 Everyone
Hope you all well.  Mid term here so will pop in when i can. Weather quite mild so hopefully we can get out and about. 
Take care all 

Hi Skylark I hope the weather does stay mild so that you and GD can take advantage of the break

Hi Skylark.

I hope the weather stays mild and you and your granddaughter are able to get out and about.

I'm all ready for pancake day. I bought the ingredients to make pancakes when I was shopping on Thursday and I've bought some ready made today.

A client rang me about not having received his tax repayment. I double checked with him that I had put the right details on his return then went on to the HMRC website for agents to request the repayment. I had to type in the details of the bank and was a bit puzzled by the result. So I checked the Sort code on a sort code checker website and confirmed I had the correct one (for Gloucester).

I rang the HMRC to ask them about it and they agreed to send the client a cheque.

For some reason the result on screen was for a branch in Chelmsford instead of Gloucester

 Glad you got it sorted, and I bet the client is too!

What will you have with your pancakes Yogi?

 

Oh dear not very efficient of HMRC EL, doesn't fill you full of confidence does it?

 

Hi Skylark, hope you enjoy the half term with GD.

Squiggle, I wonder if Yogi or Summer will have some of these marmite pancakes

https://www.headline.co.uk/Art...+baker+brothers.page

 

Maple syrup and crispy smoked bacon.

I'll pass, El.

Ooh that is unusual, like with American breakfasts.

Me too, I don't mind a tiny bit of Marmite on hot toast but I wouldn't fancy them with pancakes, I'm an old-fashioned lemon and sugar girl.

There's cheese and marmite pancakes also

http://studentrecipes.com/reci...mp-marmite-pancakes/

 

 

I also like them with lemon and sugar, or some jam.

Yuck!

I'm cooking pancakes right now! They're my packed lunch for tomorrow

I would try marmite pancakes
I'm a lemon & sugar girl myself but I also like maple syrup, Ice cream, Nutella, fruit...

I like mine with ice cream and strawberries too.

A couple fell in my mouth yogi!

Strawberries & ice cream is delicious on pancakes I'm so excited!

 They just fell in, did they?!

 

I've got PB on Wednesday, so I'm going to make pancakes with her.

Yes they did I think the frying pan was wonky on the hob

Behold... The snowdog pancake!

 Yeah, I believe You!

i'll show that to PB.

Lol she might expect you to make one
I think she'll enjoy making pancakes with you, does she like mini marshmallows?

She might have to make do with a heart shaped one! 

 

She loves mini marshmallows. When we made the gingerbread men at christmas, she was supposed to decorate them with mini marshmallows but she kept eating them.