EH - Essex > Hebrides...the next step of the adventure?

Lemon_Tree · 1 August 2017 at 8:42PM

hi EH, as my DD would say 'found you!' just off to subscribe

boxofpaws · 6 August 2017 at 5:51PM

Well hello kitchen twin (sort of). I think we have a similar kitchen, high gloss cream and we have the same tiles and chrome or silver appliances. That might be where the similarities end. Our work surface is horrid and it's been finished badly.

It has made me wonder if new work surfaces is all I need though, yours looks ace!

mizmir · 6 August 2017 at 7:41PM

Wow - just seen the kitchen (and the getting there pics) - seriously impressed. Looks great but I don't envy you living through it!

Pippilongstocking · 6 August 2017 at 8:22PM

Hope you're having a blast!

Scott_Weiland_2 · 6 August 2017 at 9:42PM

EssexHebridean wrote: »

Enjoyed it aside from the weather! Friday night was ridiculously windy and has seriously affected the photos which is a shame. Saturday was just unpleasantly wet - we spent half the afternoon sheltering from it but thankfully the skies finally cleared and sun came out just in time for the Reds display which always helps!

Glad you enjoyed it, i did live ten mins drive away from it.

MistyMountainTop · 17 August 2017 at 11:14PM

How are things going?

EssexHebridean · 23 August 2017 at 12:46PM

boxofpaws wrote: »

Well hello kitchen twin (sort of). I think we have a similar kitchen, high gloss cream and we have the same tiles and chrome or silver appliances. That might be where the similarities end. Our work surface is horrid and it's been finished badly.

It has made me wonder if new work surfaces is all I need though, yours looks ace!

If everything else still looks good and works, that might well be a good compromise Paws!

mizmir wrote: »

Wow - just seen the kitchen (and the getting there pics) - seriously impressed. Looks great but I don't envy you living through it!

Haha thank you - yes, it was certainly an interesting few (many!) weeks!

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Hope you're having a blast!

Twas fab - thanks lovely! xx

EssexHebridean · 23 August 2017 at 1:01PM

MistyMountainTop wrote: »

How are things going?

Hi Misty! Thanks for popping by!

Yes - all good here just busy - I knew this month was going to be chaotic, and currently September is looking similar!

Beer festival went swimmingly - great fun, good beer on our bar, lots of fabulous people, all good.

Last week saw me pop up to Cromer on Wednesday for a Reds display, come back via Norwich and spend a frightening amount of money on the upgrade to my lens (all saved for and planned mind you) and then Thursday > Sunday was Eastbourne & Biggin Hill airshows. it was having 4 days of shows over the weekend that spurred me on to get the lens sorted to be honest - just felt sensible to do it at a time when I'd have the best opportunity to get to grips with it.

Back at work my usual 4 days this week but off to Devon to visit family tomorrow evening for the Bank Holiday weekend - and handily enough there is a Reds display at Sidmouth on Friday evening so I shall be popping up to that! :T

Extracted the last of this month's money (well all bar £10) from the bank machine this morning to cover weekend costs.

Bank all looks good - we had a regular saver come to term last week so £250 of the balance from that has been used to open the new Reg Saver and the balance including the interest has been transferred to the ISA. Annoyingly they've reduced the amount you can put in the Reg Savers to £250 a month now though.

I still need to sort the last odds and ends out on the credit card bill too - must try to remember to do that at lunchtime.

Been totally neglectful of all survey sites apart from Prolific but currently have £8 payable and £7 odd pending on there so hopefully will manage to get to another £10 against the card this month. Really need to get back to focusing on the survey stuff again - it makes such a difference but it's tricky when life is busy!