Yet more financial faux pas and many other disasterous decisions

moo2moo

If I did any less on a lazy day I'd be catatonic.

Have more than made up for it today. Managed a whopping 6 hours at work, grabbed a v. quick jam butty for lunch befoer legging it with the hound. Walked for miles in the drizzle past fields of lambs and piglets and randy stallions, stopped for a quick chat with a herd of cows and pootled some more before my obnoxious four legged companion decided to roll in some fox shoite. Will be attempting to bath her later whether she likes it or not.

Came home, sanded yesterdays filler, gave the patched up bits a quick first coat and then painted walls and ceiling. It looks soooo much better even if I do have a v. annoying thin patch that I didn't spot until after I'd finished cleaning the roller and brushes. Half down, half to go. But not before purchasing paint as I had to scrape the bottom of the can to finish the first half.

Hoping it will be dry enough to reposition the microwave in the not too distant future so I can nuke yesterdays leftovers for dinner, feeling far too lazy to cook anything tonight.

Bitsy_Beans

In the event that you cannot bath her a short term fix (for your delicate nasal passages) is ketchup. Apply neat to the area. Ok it won't look pretty and does dry a bit crusty but better that than the stench

It does work, my mums Labradors thought fox crap was like Chanel No. 5!

moo2moo

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

In the event that you cannot bath her a short term fix (for your delicate nasal passages) is ketchup. Apply neat to the area. Ok it won't look pretty and does dry a bit crusty but better that than the stench

It does work, my mums Labradors thought fox crap was like Chanel No. 5!

Hmmmm fox poo scented sheets or ketchup splattered duvet. Neither is overly appealing. Will have to whip up the enthusiasm to corner her in the shower.

moo2moo

Deaad fish is almost finished, main body and tail are done, all ends are sewn in. Just the fins and eyes to add. Surprised how good it looks. The DDs are going to love it. Just hope I have enough time to make a second one by the time they get back..... its a great way to use up the dregs of other projects although even the tiniest scraps of yarn seem to go much further than I expected. Thinking I might make DD2 a rainbow fish, although quite when I'll fit it in is a bit of a mystery. Need a few hours more than the five interupted hours I've managed over the last couple of nights.

Tomorrow is looking rather hectic as I have to fit in a trip to the civilised world to collect a replacement part for the fire. Will do lots of other bitty jobs whilst I'm out and about. The most important ones being go-go juice for the car and chow for the hound, theres also the small matter of 5 sacks of clothes for the cash for clothes place and a car boot load of stuff destined for the tip which just happens to be in the opposite direction to everything else.

moo2moo

Happy Valentines Day! Nice to see M&S & Tesco are cashing in on the most romantic day of the year with a selection of overpriced food offers so you too can reheat dinner for your loved one with minimal effort for maximum profit in Mr Ts pocket.

Woke to a big wet slobber across the chops when the alarm went off which is the hound from hells cue to leap on top of me and bounce around the room in the hopes of persuading me to get up instantly for a quick walk before work. Took one look out of the window at the rain and leapt back into bed for an extra ten minutes. I have zero enthusiasm for pre-dawn walks in the rain.

Hoping to get last nights washing up done before going to work... otherwise the place is in danger of turning into a bachelor pad and I'll be spending Thursday afternoon running round like a headless chicken attempting to make the place look slightly less disasterous before OH and the DDs arrive with tons of dirty laundry.

The bin men come today which means a brief run round with a bin bag to locate anything in need of disposal with which to fill the teeny bit of space remaining at the top of the wheelie bin. You'd have thought will all the stuff I've got rid of recently the place would be feeling a little tidier but its not. Theres still huggins of tat adorning every available surace and every improvised one too. Must be more ruthless.

Igamogam

I saw that L!dl also cashing in on the valentine hype I called in at Mr T yestreday and had to smile at the worn weary line of mostly men buying bunches of rubbish-wilt-the-next-day roses and chocs with absolutely no thought behind it whatsoever. I bought 2 tubes of love hearts - sent one to student DD1 and given other to DD2. Me and OH by pass valentines day not that we are old cynics but more that we hate the hype

moo2moo

Liberated the carpet cleaner from work for the day. Not sure what I was thinking, or even if I was thinking. Will be glad when its done. Not sure what OH was thinking when he chose a cream carpet for the bedroom.

moo2moo

Spent the afternoon running round like a loon. Took the hound for a hike round the park, purchased a barbie pink bog seat for school (not overly convinced the boss will be impressed but it was only 50p more than a crappy value one), put £60 of go-go juice in the gas guzzler, bought three more balls of wool and a pack of darning needles for project coat, sold £8.20 worth of clothes at the cash for clothing place, bought a roasted cow knee joint and finally collected the spare part for the stove which I got home and unwrapped only to find it doesn't fit. Its the wrong size, shape and material. Bah. Phoned the shop to be informed the manufacturer has changed the design slightly. Muppets. Fortunately they have one of the old style in stock so I get to do another round trip to Shropshire tomorrow. Oh joy! Even more joyously the broken bit disintegrated on removal so I can't use that particular fire tonight.

At least being v. chilly downstairs will motivate me to spend the evening doing things because its already too chilly to sit on my bum doing nowt so with that in mind I'm off to dismantle the master bedroom in the hopes that by bunging the bed in the bathroom I can do the whole carpet in one go and then move on to the stairs and upstairs hallway. First though I need to light the fire upstairs otherwise the carpet will never dry out.

moo2moo

Ugh, ugh and thrice ugh. The stuff extracted from within my bedroom carpet was beyond disgusting. Think I'll need to do it again once its dry. Made a start on the landing carpet before the non-foaming carpet cleaner decided to foam up and flood the motor. Have to wait until that dries out before continuing. In the meantime dinner has been scoffed. Was far too lazy to wait for pizza to cook in the oven so I bunged it in the microwave. I know, I know, even I'm shuddering at the thought. Still it was hot. Continued expanding my culinary repertoire with a can of nuked rice pudding and a generous third of a jar of very sloppy homemade maramalade for added umph. Thats another couple of things out of the cupboard.

Currently trying v. hard to pretend its warm. Am wrapped up in a blanket whilst wearing an outdoor coat and fingerless gloves and have even lit the ridiculously overpriced Partylite candles that I talked myself into buying eons ago in a more frivolous time. They smell nice and they look pretty but as for kidding myself its warmer than it is... well thats a big fat no. Tis not cold enough to make me want to iron though. Hell will have to freeze over before I do that through choice.

Igamogam

moo2moo wrote: »

Phoned the shop to be informed the manufacturer has changed the design slightly. Muppets. Fortunately they have one of the old style in stock so I get to do another round trip to Shropshire tomorrow. .

I think they should send it to you - they should have checked with you that the thing you wanted was the new design. We had a very similar problem with a well known outlet and they got it spectularly wrong - ended up sending a whole new innards for our wood burner when we only needed a very small gubbins thing - they only charged us for the very small gubbins thing and we didnt tell them cos of the delay and runaround they gave us!