Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

LydiaJ

I'm so sorry to hear about your cat, Doozer. Animals who love you are very special, and they leave a huge hole.

Pastures, I think you're amazing. The people who feel no fear have no need to be brave. The ones who are terrified but do it anyway - those are the really courageous ones. I hope the course goes on being a great as it has seemed to start with.

I completed on my house today. I have the keys. The children and I have been there and looked round. We went up in the loft, and played hide & seek in the cupboards, etc. I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!

The sellers have left it beautifully clean, and the cupboards in the garage have spares of all the tiles, and left-over paint pots, complete with neat labels to say which is from which room. The neighbours gave us a welcome card. My workplace had done me a new home card, too, and most of phys/chem had signed it.

I have removals companies coming to quote on Mon, Tues & Wed next week, so need to do lots of sorting out over the weekend. Also, we are meeting the builder at the house at 1.30 tomorrow (Sat) to discuss exactly what I want him to do. Busy, busy, busy.

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

I completed on my house today. .

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

I'm so happy for you. Sounds like a wonderful day for the three of you. Hurrah, hurrah.

vivatifosi

That's the exciting news we've all been waiting for. So pleased to hear that Lydia. Hope you're all very happy there.

misskool

Congratulations Lydia, hope it's the beginning of a lovely new settled life..

vivatifosi

I've been watching the news coverage of the political change in Egypt on Al Jazeera this evening. There's a human shield of protesters round the museum of antiquities in Cairo stopping looting. I don't know why, but I find what's going on in North Africa strangely uplifting - that both people who deserve their freedom may get it and in doing so they are taking care of their precious history. As with Tunisia, there has been a raft of Egypt related wikileaks in the days leading up to this. So is this the start of a new order in North Africa? I find it fascinating.

michaels

That's a very uplifting attitude Viva, Tunisia was good but the consequences of Egypt going terrify me.

The cause of it all is the food price hikes so it is all a bit Asheron / Amluescent for me to feel comfortable.

vivatifosi wrote: »

I've been watching the news coverage of the political change in Egypt on Al Jazeera this evening. There's a human shield of protesters round the museum of antiquities in Cairo stopping looting. I don't know why, but I find what's going on in North Africa strangely uplifting - that both people who deserve their freedom may get it and in doing so they are taking care of their precious history. As with Tunisia, there has been a raft of Egypt related wikileaks in the days leading up to this. So is this the start of a new order in North Africa? I find it fascinating.

PasturesNew

I'm in your road LydiaJ.... I can't quite get this caravan onto the driveway though. Can you pop over with the keys so I can have a bath.

Plz thx.

You won't sleep tonight, you'll be weeing yourself with excitement about the new house.

michaels

LydiaJ wrote: »

I completed on my house today. I have the keys. The children and I have been there and looked round. We went up in the loft, and played hide & seek in the cupboards, etc. I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!

Lydia we are very excited and happy for you. It is such a great feeling isn't it. :T DW just needs a new dress from FC and then we are all ready for the house warming

PasturesNew

Are you keeping up on al-jazeera re Egypt?

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/01/28/liveblog-egypts-protests-erupt

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

Are you keeping up on al-jazeera re Egypt?

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/01/28/liveblog-egypts-protests-erupt

Thanks Pastures, I'm watching Al Jazeera on Sky 514. Meanwhile FCO has advised against all non-essential travel, which is a bit slow compared to Tunisia.

20 years ago I was welded to the TV watching the momentous change in Eastern Europe and now it looks like a similar will happen in North Africa, only this time I have the internet and 24 hour news networks to help indulge my interests (I love current affairs and am a total news junkie).

Apparently the speaker of Parliament has said that Egypt is "in Mubarak's safe hands" which may, if the people get their way, over time be a bit like Comical Ali saying that there were no US tanks in Baghdad.