Karmacat: To Infinity And Beyond!

Karmacat

Hiya! Today, I've decided to start a blog about the green elements of buying a house - I saw a fantastic youtube video yesterday, through a thread on the Up Your Income board on here, and she was offering genuine advice on how to write a blog, and she wasn't pulling any punches either. And it occurred to me, if I do do the website, I don't want to start a blog there and then, I want one up and running - so I'll start it today, and we'll see.

Otherwise, I have a mystery shop to do a little way along the coast, but I can still use a prepaid local bus ticket to get there - I'll write the blog post on the bus, as its quite a way :cool: and thats when I'll be buying my new CD storage units. If I hate the look of them in the flesh, I'll buy something else, of course, but we'll see. Then its getting back here and inputting.

I *was* going to do the weeding of the cornfield today, but nabbed the m/shop instead, oops. There's also some potting up from the garden that hasn't been done, including a couple of self seeded poppies that I really like. I've had them in my garden for about six years now, and they've interbred and created some beautiful hybrids We'll see if I get any of the garden stuff done. Off to yours now, to find out what you're up to :j

Pippilongstocking

Good luck with the blog Be sure to let us know where it is!

Everyones sleeping here so I'm going to dash out to the old house and do some cleaning then come back for brunch.

waves hello

Karmacat

Hiya! I will, I'll post a link.

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, blog sounds fabulous KC! Do let us know where it is! Great to have a set idea about what you want to write about too Sounds like you had a great day yesterday!

taxi73

Sounds like a great day yesterday.

Looking forward to reading the blog....never read a blog before..so don't forget the link as I'll never find it..lol

Have a good trip for MS.

rtandon27

...sneaks out of lurkdom to contribute two penneth...

Karmacat wrote: »

But a skip costs about £170, and I'd rather do without it if i can, to be honest. Cheapskate, thats me

I'm down here in the south with you Karma & the price you were quoted shocked me!!! Working for a builders, we only pay £115 to £135 for a 6yd skip which is huge! - the small ones, 3yd, are about £70ish -for £170 we'd send our labourer by with the open backed truck for a 1/2 day of clearing & removing to the tip! (and there would be the joy of eye-candy as a bonus:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:) - perhaps there is a local small bulders near you that would do the same?? - just be sure to ask to see their waste removal license or there is a danger they will fly-tip!

Karmacat wrote: »

I know it sounds mad to be enthused about a toilet - but there was one design, which had the normal dual flush, where the cistern was at the side of the loo, not the back - because on top of the cistern was the sink where you washed your hands, and the greywater from the sink fed back into the cistern! It was absolutely amazing :T

That really does sound amazing! wish we had remembered the SOE show was on - we could have met up and eyed up the home innovations - OH is in fits here about 'what I get up to on the internet':D - he's quite happy that I've coveting a toilet rather than a pair of Jimmy Choo's - lol


...off to sneak back under my rock...:o

Karmacat

rtandon27 wrote: »

...sneaks out of lurkdom to contribute two penneth...

I'm down here in the south with you Karma & the price you were quoted shocked me!!! Working for a builders, we only pay £115 to £135 for a 6yd skip which is huge! - the small ones, 3yd, are about £70ish -for £170 we'd send our labourer by with the open backed truck for a 1/2 day of clearing & removing to the tip! (and there would be the joy of eye-candy as a bonus:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:) - perhaps there is a local small bulders near you that would do the same?? - just be sure to ask to see their waste removal license or there is a danger they will fly-tip!

Uh oh .... I didn't know about 3 yard skips :o:o the two prices I paid, are for skips that are definitely both bigger than 3 yards, and one was bigger than the other, so I have no idea. It wasn't the builder having me on, because I paid the skip company directly. I don't know what the answer is - maybe its simply that it varies according to what regime the local companies establish? I know that people were shocked on here a couple of years ago when I described how much repointing costs per hour in my town - but I'd got 3 quotes and everything, and it was mega expensive compared to everybody else on here It was only Hypno recognised the prices I was quoting, which also indicates its a local thing. Toerags! is all I can say........

That really does sound amazing! wish we had remembered the SOE show was on - we could have met up and eyed up the home innovations - OH is in fits here about 'what I get up to on the internet':D - he's quite happy that I've coveting a toilet rather than a pair of Jimmy Choo's - lol

...off to sneak back under my rock...:o

I love it when you come out from under your rock :kisses3:and that would have been so fantastic to meet up with you! Definite :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:to the OH being thankful you aren't ogling Jimmy Choo's :cool: We can do it another time, for sure.

Karmacat

I had another great day! :j

Didn't write the blog itself on the bus, but I was absolutely fizzing with ideas for posts - had to write them down in phrases, I'll never remember them otherwise. I was writing for about an hour, just titles! So I still can't post the link, and I was out a *long* time, actually. Stopped off at a Tatco, I was almost completely out of fresh food, and my staples, but still only spent £11, and that was on the clubcard (ie, its already gone out of my current account).:money:

I got cardboard CD holders, they look much nicer than the fabric ones, smoother and posher :money:

And since I was at a river estuary, I went down to have a looksee, down a quiet little slipway - and promptly got dive bombed, at least half a dozen times (and for once no exaggeration there) :eek::eek: by a seagull. It came at me from the back the first time, so it got really close to me, the second time too, but then I stood ( = cowered) by a tall wall, about ten feet high, and it had to keep shearing away. I insisted on going to peep at the river, but didn't stay long, there were a couple of other gulls in the background - but I *did* stay long enough to see a troupe of 13 swans parading down the other side of the river - and four of them took off and circled, then landed upriver a little bit, sailing down again slowly .... it was lovely.

Running the gauntlet of the gull again, however, was not :mad: It did it again, and I ran across a couple of necessary open spaces. I thought I was safe once I was back on the main road, but it stayed with me, in fact it got worse - it folded its wings behind it, and came down vertically. I was actively scared then, I tell you - it was a main road only in that there was traffic, there was nobody around to help me, or let me pop inside anywhere..... it was mad.

It gave up after that, tho, and I had a wander in a really nice little holiday area. Stuffed my face when I got in, I've done my phone call to my mum, and tonight is a telly night Richard Hammond's engineering, Top Gear, and Who Do You Think You Are :D:D I'll have square eyes, so I might have to tape one of them, but I can cope with that

hypno06

Sorry, but I had to laugh at your seagull horror! I have this wonderful image in my mind :rotfl:

Karmacat

Oi :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: no laughing at my trauma :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Nah, glad it gave you a bit of a laugh