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  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,274 Forumite
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    Come on over Newgirly!

    Its cool Janey isn't it? Though the MSE flylady thread is great.

    Off to update my list of doom.
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,274 Forumite
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    edited 16 February 2015 at 3:26PM
    Righto. We have thunder here.

    Today the Paternal Parent is helping out to do the jobs too technical for my limited DIY skills.

    So between him, DH and mesel
    Remove bathroom mirror DONE
    Paint bathroom DONE
    Paint boxing in bits in bathroom DONE
    Install three ceiling lights in "drawing room" DONE
    Replace bath panel IN PROGRESS
    Investigate previous owner' wiring-in-a-cupboard bodge DONE
    Move out single bed (for DB)
    Move pew
    toy cull
    Move all furniture from master bedroom except bed
    Touch up paint in "drawing room"
    Shop for food for lunch DONE
    Pay dogsitter
    Fuss ponyplops DONE
    Put up bathroom mirror and loo roll holder
    Order standard trees?
    There was more but can't think...
  • pavlovs_dog
    pavlovs_dog Posts: 10,217 Forumite
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    a nice, relaxing day then?!
    know thyself
    Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Will you actually want to move after all this!
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,274 Forumite
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    Probably not and Probably not!

    Since they say moving is like standing under the shower in designer wear ripping up £50 notes, it is probably a good thing.
  • ljaneyr
    ljaneyr Posts: 1,135 Forumite
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    Oh how we love investigating botched wiring!

    I am determined to squeeze a pew into our tiny house when it is finished :)

    Good luck with the list!
    "It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living." Terry Pratchett
    Bought our house 2012 :) Married 2015 :D Started renovating 2015 :eek:
    Renovation fund... what renovation fund? :eek: Emergency fund 40% Future fund... ongoing...
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    ljaneyr wrote: »
    Just g00gled 'unf*** your habitat' and loving it! It's much more me than flylady - particularly the swearing :eek:
    Exactly what I thought :D
    a nice, relaxing day then?!
    It really is, isn't it - how you doing today, Al?
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,274 Forumite
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    ljaneyr wrote: »
    Oh how we love investigating botched wiring!

    I am determined to squeeze a pew into our tiny house when it is finished :)

    Good luck with the list!

    Ooh colours on the laptop are sooo dull.

    Thank you, just discovered one of the lampshades is broken:eek::eek:
    Karmacat wrote: »
    Exactly what I thought :D


    It really is, isn't it - how you doing today, Al?

    Bathroom nearly painted:D

    IKEA customer service *seems* really good.
  • Alchemilla, can you please send some of your energy to me. I've just done 20 mins (love the UfYH site) and have had to sit down to have a rest :eek::eek:

    You are going great guns.

    Tilly x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Those lists are mad!

    Good luck with it all.

    MCI
    Mortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
    Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
    OP's to Date £8500

    Renovation Fund:£511.39;
    Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)
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