It seems I still can't add pictures, I will have to look into this further but for now I will type a pictureless blog.......maybe you will all have to come and visit to see what's been going on! :))
Ok.....Steph, Hannah and me have been carbooting; selling, that is, to help the girls raise money for their holidays (but I couldn't resist a few purchases! A large, gorgeously ornate frame, a quirky shaped watering can, a heavy iron and wood coat hook hanger from the pier, a wooden love sign, some china plates and a brass chestnut roaster....all for the magnificent sum of £6!! Can't beat a bargain!)
And from those china plates and some that I already had, Mike has made a vintage looking three tier cake stand! It looks positively lovely! It's very difficult to drill the holes in the plates (we did lose one) but practise will make perfect :)
I have finished one long piece of bunting ready for the summer parties. There's enough triangles made for another two strings but work has taken over...soooooo busy! And there are so many other things to do here; curtains for our bedroom and lounge ones to alter, covers for the garden loungers, gardening (we wish the rain would stop!) planning and cooking and cleaning and dog walking and sleeping (when my mind lets me...buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzzzzzzzz) to name but a few..........
Mike borrowed Harley's hedge trimmer and attacked the hedges, only got as far as the longest, highest back garden hedge before rain stopped play and Harley needed his tool back.......we think we will have to invest in one as we have sooooo many hedges to trim!
Mike has also laid some flags and levelled the ground under our metal arch seat. He's dug around the edges and we've moved some plants around. Once they are established it will look very nice indeey (the rain is helping....haven't had to water anything in while it takes root!)
We have had the electrician in to finish the downstairs lighting and fit a new consumer board, now waiting for quotes to move the back door so we can start on the kitchen and sparky can come back and fit all the downstairs sockets.....then inside electrics and plumbing will be done, the kitchen ceiling can go up and the plasterer can finish off..... YAY!!!
We will still have the kitchen to fit and a whole lot of decorating to do, but that's the fun bit :))
Mike has managed to find an ex display extractor for the kitchen at a knock down price, this will have to be fitted when he plasterboards the ceiling so that the plasterer can include it as it will just come down from the ceiling above the cooker island...gosh, this would be easier to explain with pictures! Hope I'm not boring you!
A plumber has given us an extortionate quote to have the outside loo fixed, this is because we actually want to turn it into a shower room, in the future, and so need more plumbing out there...but it's not worth a temporary fix unless Kris can do something (keeping fingers crossed) so that it can be used at summer BBQs :)
There is still little interest in the flat, quite a few people have been to view but the housing market is flat and those that are interested still have properties to sell. Two more viewings planned for this weekend, so we'll have to wait and see.......
We are still very much enjoying the bathroom and having changes of mind over conservatories and workshops......you will have to watch this space to see what we end up with :) Really hope I will be able to post pictures by then!
Other news: Steph learnt today that she has achieved a FIRST CLASS HONOURS DEGREE! Very, very proud of her. Hannah is enjoying a week in Kavos, taking her mind off waiting for A level results and I now have a colleague to work alongside in the Family Centre; sharing the load will sure help my work/life balance!
Oh...one last thing....our new Suntan apple tree grew a solitary apple, but I had to pick it off as it needs to put its strength into roots and branches and not fruit....very sad to remove it; I'm sure it would have been tasty! The slugs have eaten most of my Gourd seedlings and something nicked all the redcurrants before I got the netting on...grrrrrrr....just not cut out to be checking the garden everyday! Well, maybe I would if the sun was shining ;)
Well....I've rattled on enough, sure I must have bored you to tears....but I enjoyed getting it all out and onto paper, so to speak :))
Take care, Y'all
Back soon :)
xxxxxx
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