Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

sss555s

vivatifosi wrote: »

I want two new tyres anyway and they would normally be about £120 each, so 4 on steel wheels for £80 a piece is a great price.

You've got expensive taste viva

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

michaels I will be looking at yur pics with interest tomorrow...expect questions!

the tree is at last done. we found some coloured lights we wante to put in a window that faces where we park and a long stretch of road, and which could probably be seen from at least one of the two villages in that direction. But predicatably the light don't work, lol. I really wan out door christmas lights. I know its ''non u'' but good fun. Just white ones in our pollarded trees would be nice.....to go on the want list with my life sized out door nativity scene. One day....one day. I did say I'd do it ith shop dummies that you sometimes see on ebay, but dh reckons they' look a bit scary.

Well, I like outdoor lights, and I don't care if they're non-u. I prefer just lights being lights (whether white or coloured) and draw the line at writing, pictures, inflatable snowmen, etc, though.

The kids and I are hoping to deal with tree, lights, and other decorations tomorrow. In previous years we've done them a bit earlier, and they've been asking to do them for a week or so, but I couldn't face it until after the funeral. It's going to involve rearranging some furniture, I think, and we need to do some getting ready for my dad's visit, so a busy day tomorrow.

GDB2222

I love white lights draped in a small tree.

misskool

watching Brian Cox on a night with the stars. Should have got Dara O'Briain.

michaels

My parents offered us a tree for the front garden of our house when the work was finished and we will no doubt give it some lights but I guess that will be next Christmas now.

Any thoughts on a tree that will grow not too large (15-20 feet?) but look interesting all year and give some shade for the car without dropping too much sap or other nasties? I'm thinking cherry but may be something that will have leaves year round would be less stark in winter?

GDB2222 wrote: »

I love white lights draped in a small tree.

chewmylegoff

won't birds eat the cherries, then sit in the tree and dump acidic red droppings all over your car?

michaels

Do cherry trees actually do cherries? May be it is a cherry blossom tree i am thinking of?

chewmylegoff wrote: »

won't birds eat the cherries, then sit in the tree and dump acidic red droppings all over your car?

chewmylegoff

Well, my parents used to have a small cherry tree in their back garden and it definitely produced cherries. There were only about three of them a year mind you, and I ate them all.

neverdespairgirl

sss555s wrote: »

Just watch it doesn't all go down the pan! :rotfl:

I bet the manufacturer's flush, though

neverdespairgirl

Lovely day, today. My best mate and her family (husband, 2 year old daughter) came for lunch, then we all went to the park, and when it got too cold, to the Museum of London.

The flat's not what you could call finsihed, but the kitchen's clear enough to cook and then eat in. And Isaac played really well with Zoe - they manage to get on together amazingly, given that one's a 6 year old boy, and the other a 2 year old girl.