Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

Karmacat

Of course no one died of boredom! You'd be a brilliant teacher - look at the way the numbers following your blog have gone up and up!

I was thinking of you yesterday when I took a little walk after I *finally* finished work. I often go to a duckpond, but easy access has been blocked for a few weeks while the council were rebuilding a little bridge over a deep stream. Now its done, I went back and a house that faces the duckpond is having some renovation work - there were **two** pallets in their skip! I wish there was an economical way to get them to you In admiring the pallets, I did see some broken roof tiles in there, so I took 3 - the plan is to lay them around between shrubs as a weed suppressant. Obviously, you can't do too much of that, because the whole point about roof tiles is that they *don't* let the water in, but I quite like the shape of them, and after all, I'm only wittering on about 3 - tho I might go back and get a few more today

Hooray to paid work, and that volunteer work leads somewhere really soon :j

Keiss, I hope your DS2 isn't in too much pain and can still sleep, its sounding like a really bad break now

Bye for now :hello:

Marru

Pippi - could you please clear some space in your PM box? Ta!

Cheery_Daff

Of course nobody died of boredom! I bet they all had a fab time, I reckon you were great! :T :T :T

Keiss_21

Bet your classes are FAB Pippi!!

Thanks for your kind comments about DS2...he seems to be coping, the paracetamol/neurofen combo seems to be working pretty well :j

He's off to college again today in his bright red cast...looks rather snazzy! Looking into a waterproof cover for his cast. The hospital gave him a leaflet, but need to measure him, so will wait until this afternoon when he's back home.

DH is taking DS1 back to uni today..so htey are busy, busy atm, suppose I should be helping them..only get told to leave them to it though .

Need to get washed and dressed, been looking at 2nd-hand cars on the net. Our estate is not looking too great atm, though we are coping. We know it won't get through the next MOT in Feb, so we are thinking of getting one sooner rather later and waiting for it to conk out when we are driving somewhere...could be sooo dangerous! Also, the road-tax is due by the end of October, so a good time to look. Pippi, we are looking at cars like yours believe it or not! (not Darwin, though I tried ).

Looks like this Sunday will be "hunt the car and test drive" day! :j

Have another lovely day, whether you have the sunshine or not

redsquirrel80

Hooray for thesis and teaching and elderberries and PADs! :T

and ouch to broken things.. :eek:

Pippilongstocking

Busy busy day yesterday - hello chaps

Red thank you Marru cleared mail box, Keiss, hope the boy mends, cheery I waffle too much and KC thanks the laugh I got from posting/getting pallets economically here was a great one! Yippee to recycled roof tiles under plants

ETA cheery a gorgeous parcel arrived - thank you sweetie what an excellent hat that lady is wearing!!!! And the cellist and I divi'd up the socks thank you very much

Today - 1 hour garden work, eggs to drop off and other things to do like prepare for class, do a bit of planting and a bit of scoping/tiny plant investigation for old boss (which may lead to a bit proper research/flower paid work next year, like a real proper plant research person - oh my)

Banks to check and I think I have a potential investor in a large plastic cover for the tunnel (Mr F has notioned an inclination to become a share holder in the flower emporium) we're negotiating terms.....................:)

Its all flowers and wellies on here at the moment..................

Banks etc back in a blink.

Ok tight as normal - one account has enough for the monthly charge at the start of the month (free service on that one run out), the other has the rent in it and about £30 to spare.

CC's not too bad, no spends aside a few reduced bits and petrol yesterday. I'll be glad when this month is over for many reasons.

Cheery_Daff

Yay to investors in the flower scheme! :T :T :T

And that cheery lady is YOU! (although you may not recognise it :rotfl: :rotfl:) she started off with a beach hut and a telescope and lots of hats, but my sewing skills weren't quite up to a telescope and a giant pile of hats all one on top of the other, so she ended up with just one enormous hat and a beach hut instead :rotfl:

Keiss_21

Glad you had a busy day yesterday Pippi, my, you got loads done!

:j to more work; new polytunnel cover and forthcoming adventures :j

Once I have made some choc-beetroot brownies this morning; waxed the 1/4 round wood edging to go round edge of flooring; done a couple of loads of washing, potted up some violas (150 of them :eek:!) and done a general tidy-up, I am off to convert DS1's room into a Crafting Room!! :T

It's only while he is away at Uni, but I am so looking forward to having all my materials in one place and out, so I can work out what I actually have! Then I can get cracking and make lots of things, my head is spinning with lots of ideas.

So if I am awol for a bit, don't be worried, I will be having great fun sewing/knitting/crafting!

Have a lovely day/weekend all!

Lemon_Tree

sounds all busy busy busy on here for everyone, and very cheerful

I'm nearing the end of my holibob with MR LT but we've had a lovely time and the weather has been fab. and tonight i won £120 at bingo!! which has been the icing on the cake

Pippilongstocking

OH LT how exciting I'm so glad you have had a lovely week off you deserve it.

I'm up and contemplating laptop back to bed................................hmmmmmmmmmmm

Off to catch up


Pinch punch and all that

Mr F has gone awa' on the ferry me and mutley are the only ones up - today should be a day of cleaning/cooking and catching up.

Brownies to make, crumpets to toast, hot chocolate to drink.