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  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    the cat looks like a statue..lol...
  • vl2588
    vl2588 Posts: 1,352 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Hehe weirdly my best friend took a pic of my cat in a plant too last weekend! Not sure why cats like it so much!

    Very beautiful :D
    Weight loss: Start weight: 80kg; Current Weight: 77kg; Target weight: 55kg
  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    she also likes to lay down in that pot and watch the world go by before she had a doze. Thankfully there's no plants in there at the moment just some of last years soil.
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    Woo hoo to roof things and yay to gorgeous garden looks ace!!!!!
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • chevalier
    chevalier Posts: 7,937 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    fingers crossed about the guttering, and it won't hurt to do the prep work, just incase
    I want a job that is less than an hour driving away from my house! Are you listening universe?
  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
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    aparently upstairs spoke to Mr LT today and the work is definitely on for tomorrow. I can't wait to get home to see how it looks.
    It will be one huge bug bear tackled from the list.

    Mr LT and i have been looking into how we can spend our holibob. To start with we've joined the National Trust so we have lots of things to do for the next year. I've been looking and there's loads of things round here and also lots of walks which will help wth my bid to get healthier. I've made sure that i've got some Quidco money with the purchase and Mr LT will get some binoculars which will keep him very very happy.
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    that sounds good LT.
  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    mixed day already today
    Guttering IS being done as we speak.
    Mr LT's car failed it's MOT abysmally so plans for holibob are being revised. At least we'll still get time off work, and we have our National Trust cards so we will still go places but i foresee lots of picnics and no overnight stays. Hey ho that's how things go.
  • **Kat**_2
    **Kat**_2 Posts: 969 Forumite
    Shame about the MOT. Garden looks lovely and your cat is stunning!
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  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,757 Forumite
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    Lemon_Tree wrote: »
    please make sure you're seated before you read the rest of this post, i don't want to be blamed for a Health and Safely issue.

    Mr LT has just phoned me to say that upstairs will have the soffits, guttering etc replaced NEXT WEDNESDAY!!!!!!
    i'm still not counting my chickens but i'm so giddy! Thinking i may even start stripping off the wallpaper tonight when i get home ready to start on the decorating.

    Oh my! Could hardly believe what I was reading!! Then of course had to read on down at high speed to see what's occurred!
    Lemon_Tree wrote: »
    mixed day already today
    Guttering IS being done as we speak.
    Mr LT's car failed it's MOT abysmally so plans for holibob are being revised. At least we'll still get time off work, and we have our National Trust cards so we will still go places but i foresee lots of picnics and no overnight stays. Hey ho that's how things go.

    Fantabulous news about the guttering! Not so fantabulous about the car though. Hmmm. Wretched things. Lots of nice things around you to do on the National Trust front though which is good, and picnics are great fun!
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