"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it"

Karmacat

Hello! I love it when a chord is rung around the web!

KK, yep, I'm also one for local papers and websites - the meditation, for instance, I found it on a flyer in a cafe. There's a town market just started up, and I've been doing stuff both weeks its been on - I am today, too, which is a bit annoying, tho its nice to be doing stuff! I'll catch up with it soon, probably next Saturday.

"Stuff" today is Egyptology again, Hittite contact with Egypt




ETA - forgot to say .... when I went into town to do the banking, I put a bit of stuff into one of the charity shops, and had a mooch at their clothes, they're one of the ones that has quite good clothes I found a top from Phase Eight in there, and I've been ogling similar dresses and tops in Phase Eight for *months* - paid £10.50 for it, I'm really happy I'll look for a link on their website.

gilligansyle

Enjoy your Egyptology KC.

Well done on the Phase Eight purchase. I used to window shop of an evening in Shrewsbury, and I loved the lines of a lot of their stuff. Of course most of it is in *tiny* sizes and wouldn't fall right on me, but a girl can dream.

Pippilongstocking

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

It's such a good idea really - plan life round the things you love....

I've just bought a diary for the first time in years, so nice having things in there for next summer already

Ah ha thats very true

Lots of lovely postive great things on here

Morning - I read the new sig on my diary first - brilliant to see it evolved (if thats what happened I'm so tired I think I might be more of a dim whit than normal)

Oh, now KC I've a great book out from the library you might like :j

Practical stuff and really nicely written father and son combo I think

and I saw they also have a website and thought of you and your green adventures there are lot of eco-tip on there too

Egyptology and away - hope you have fun.

:A

KK you do have a lovely balance don't you?

Hello to all in the land of KC:j

Karmacat

Hello both!

Gill, the Phase Eight thing is a see thru waistcoat thingy, over a vest top, I guess - I'm sure it was a size 8 :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: whereas I'm actually between a size 12 and 14 :rotfl: its very stretchy - I tried it on, and it fit me over my mahoosive Felix catfood T shirt :rotfl:- you never know, especially if you just want it to drape artfully around you

Pippi, yes, the new sig evolved on here! I'm sure I've seen those folks on a tv programme about living green, they were constructing an outdoor shower on the one I saw Thanks for the info - I'll look for it, for sure. No need to construct one at the mo - its *throwing* it down here right now. I only have about 45 mins left before I really need to go - I *really* don't want to go out there!

Karmacat

Some thinking is required. You know the big flooring sale at Carpetright? I have the chance to buy the vinyl I really like, the one I bought last year, pretty cheaply. Last year, I bought it for £14 per sq metre. This year, it was £17, so I downgraded in thickness; its going to sold next week for £11.50 or so per square metre. You can't get better than that! I want it in my bedroom (said in best Mae West voice ) - there'll need to be some work on the floorboards before I have it put down, but I could buy it now, as the sale is ending, and store it. It would cost £211. They also have the mattress for my bed that I'm looking for - memory foam over 5" of springs. £300. I was going to wait until I had the money from the endowment policy, which matures in a year's time, but, you know .... I still have savings.

I definitely need these expenditures - I'm not happy with the flooring in my bedroom. There'll be more to pay, of course, to the fitter, but that will come. And I need a better mattress - I sleep at the bottom of a considerable dip, which is so not fun, and of course its compacted, so very hard. Very, very uncomfortable. I actually have the money to cover it, from savings I could break into.

And if I do run dry between now and the endowment maturing, my mum will loan me money. Really, its a no-brainer, its just a big decision.

Feedback please! please

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

Feedback please! please

Have you got a cost for the fitting/work on the floorboards?

Do you turn your mattress?

Karmacat

ZTD wrote: »

Have you got a cost for the fitting/work on the floorboards?

The quote including hardboarding and fitting came to £430 - I'd only *have* to pay the £210 now.

Do you turn your mattress?

I can't, Z, thats a minor part of the problem, its too heavy for me, and my fingers won't do it.

The potential new mattress just needs to be top-to-toed ever few months, and even that isn't essential, tho I *would* be able to manage that.

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

The quote including hardboarding and fitting came to £430 - I'd only *have* to pay the £210 now.

But there is the danger of storing a big lump of vinyl for a year. They're easily damaged.

Karmacat wrote: »

I can't, Z, thats a minor part of the problem, its too heavy for me, and my fingers won't do it.

Yes, they're a buggger aren't they? I end up wrecking half my bedroom (my light shade is still bent) when shifting mine. It is a *lot* easier with 2 people - it's not just a matter of brute strength.

Karmacat

True, true. I'll have to think about it - I'm off now to Egyptology via Asda thanks for the f/back ....

MrsMoo2U

KC, is it worth seeing if they will do a deal on the fitting too. If you have savings and the possibility to loan from bank of Mum in emergency it might be worth going for it now. I am with Z though, you dont want to damage it. When I bought my carpet in the sale in the last house I arranged fitting and then cancelled a couple of times (for genuine reasons) and that meant they stored it for free until the fitters brought it out. I only had to pay the fitters once they came. So could you maybe buy it and arrange fitting in, say, a months time (they store) and then have and emergency;) needing to cancel for a further month. Would that buy you some saving up time for the fitting?