Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

alfie_1

evening fellow peeps

firstly ...im back in plaster had doc and check up at hosp today and its gotta be plastered for another 3 weeks :eek: but i chose a fab PURPLE plaster cast and have just painted my finger nails to match..:rotfl::rotfl:

LIR... should be available [carpet] in next few weeks. i will have to trailer as much as possible to you. can you fit it all. ?? i know its an expense but chap in firebrigade with DS is a brill fitter [pre FB] he did my mums carpets [ from previous carpet i aquired ]
any way i will TRY and get as much as poss. in van, on van and behind van...:rotfl::rotfl:

why is it i have appointments/commitments coming fast and furious when im not 100% :cool:

my chooks are laying 7 eggs today.

Itismehonest

If you've had one of those days then watch this
Skip the ad. Pay close attention to the scooter rider at top centre. Stick with it to the end it's worth it.
http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=41302

rozeepozee

alfie_1 wrote: »

hi all



ferret/rozee...do you just need another bathroom suite ? friend just bought another house which she will be emptying...and i mean emptying.;) i am like an old bloodhound following the builders to the skip on these occasions and can have anything. its usually all good stuff as the houses rack up a min £m price tag. anyway let me know of any interior accesories that may be of use that are leaving the house that i can rescue...:D

That reads like a really interesting opportunity, thanks, Alf. What in particular might you be talking about? We are looking at light fittings at the moment, for example. Things like this cost a fortune, but I am quite minimalist in my tastes... We have no bathrooms, either. We need to fit 3. I've not even started looking at second hand possibilities but had a conversation with OH only last week along the lines of "once the kids are at school it will be my job to source things cheaply from whereever I can".... I was looking at a Falcon range on Preloved. A quarter of the retail price but in Wiltshire. Our problem thus far is being resricted in how far we can travel before we need the car back to pick up kids and how to transport things, but we do have the option twice a week now (kids will be at school) and at weekends, where we don't need the car and we also have the trailer.....

alfie_1

Itismehonest wrote: »

If you've had one of those days then watch this
Skip the ad. Pay close attention to the scooter rider at top centre. Stick with it to the end it's worth it.
http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=41302

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

reminds me ...of ME after a good night out but on foot...:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

alfie_1

rozeepozee wrote: »

That reads like a really interesting opportunity, thanks, Alf. What in particular might you be talking about? We are looking at light fittings at the moment, for example. Things like this cost a fortune, but I am quite minimalist in my tastes... We have no bathrooms, either. We need to fit 3. I've not even started looking at second hand possibilities but had a conversation with OH only last week along the lines of "once the kids are at school it will be my job to source things cheaply from whereever I can".... I was looking at a Falcon range on Preloved. A quarter of the retail price but in Wiltshire. Our problem thus far is being resricted in how far we can travel before we need the car back to pick up kids and how to transport things, but we do have the option twice a week now (kids will be at school) and at weekends, where we don't need the car and we also have the trailer.....

light fittings ?? wall, ceiling,lamp ??
i will know more whats being oiked out of this house when all is signed and sorted. i will get the nod from the builders..;)
i can store then deliver with BF's big van. in fact if in similar time to carpet for LIR i may do a round trip ?
will let you know as soon as i know

rozeepozee

alfie_1 wrote: »

light fittings ?? wall, ceiling,lamp ??
i will know more whats being oiked out of this house when all is signed and sorted. i will get the nod from the builders..;)
i can store then deliver with BF's big van. in fact if in similar time to carpet for LIR i may do a round trip ?
will let you know as soon as i know

Pics of anything would be great. I'd also be interested in any high quality major appliances if they are not too old. In fact, most things, thinking about it - sorry to be so vague. I hate buying new and would rather buy quality secondhand owt.

Having been to the auction houses this week, I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that anything we've stored in Sheffield isn't worth paying the transportation costs on, because all the quality items we left in the house for the tenants. We have a garage full of tat! So we are looking at moving into an empty house!

I have set my heart on an Everhot range but would be interested in any other electric type one (even as a fill in 'til we've saved up for an Everhot). Unfitted kitchen units, bedroom storage, wardrobes :D:D I live in hope.... Thanks for thinking of us, Alf love, you're one in a million x

Alexelisey

Well things here are progressing. We're going on a six month "holiday" to warmer climes - one of the Spanish islands to be a bit more precise. I've done an online booking reservation for one of the flights and am waiting for them to get back to me before I book the other one. We're looking at leaving in 6 weeks - there's lots to do and with me still working for the moment time is limited. This weekend is set aside for moving our bedroom downstairs and our office into the same room - that'll be interesting!

lostinrates

That sounds like a great plan Alex...something smallholders just couldn't do!

Rummer

Wow Alex, sounds great :j

Well the tone of my day has just been set. My very affectionate cat jumped on the bed and snuggled in for a few mins and then jumped down and vomited right into my shoe :eek: I am less than impressed.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Summer is dying. Even my crazy silkies youths are in bed. They like to stay up late but they just popped them selves away while I was nibbling gooseberries.

It was feeling distinctly autumnal here a few mornings ago....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35108297@N03/9579263223/

A couple of our hens are very bad about going to bed, but two of the worst are dead, so there's a moral there somewhere.

We have more hen behaviour issues too. Yesterday, Dolly, who has been a passable Mum to the three Marans chicks, began pulling feathers from them to eat. She went back with the others and was promptly beaten-up. The chicks, which are old enough to cope now, took themselves off to bed and even perched correctly.

We have a couple of other feather-eaters, however, as the beak rings only work for a period, and then beaks adapt. I think it's Hatherleigh Market for them.