Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

Rummer

Alex Oh no! Hopefully the delay will lead to an even better future. Doesn't help atm though.

LIR What a worrying and annoying night!

CTC Glad the sale was ok. Excited to hear Rozees news!

I had a bubble bath last night

Davesnave

Sorry to hear that things haven't worked out Alex, but who know what will crop up instead? One door may be closed at present, but others will open, no doubt.

You seem to live in a 'lively' rural place lir! :eek: Good job you can add canine liveliness to the mix, as required. :cool:

Egg test this morning showed a slight advantage to Dolly one of our remaining Silver Dorkings, but the Fenton Blue/Green still made a good showing. Anyway, it gave me a good excuse to have 2 eggs! :rotfl:

I was just thinking about rozee yesterday and wondering how it was all going.

Mmmmmm....bubble bath. Haven't had a bath in years! Sounds enticing, but it's about a year away.:(

lostinrates

A sure sign Alfie has been

. Stair carpet we have been complaining about

Is now...


Well and truly gone!

lostinrates

Btw, that wall on the left is NOT original, but the one that fell down some time last century. We have no idea what the original hall way would have looked like or anything, the stairs have never looked quite right, and though the bannister is lovely not all the posts look 'right' either, whether that's just because they are Humble or because they aren't original who knows. It seems unlikely that side of the house fell down and the stairs stayed standing, and yet, the carpet looked seventies, and the stairs had obviously had two different runners on before! So maybe they ARE original! They look old beautiful wood on the treads...but not terribly worn?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

LIR..... Alfie is such a good soul.... did she have some cake???:D

Luceille, I have been thinking, does your local authority have farms they rent out??? I know a lot of councils have sold them off, but some still have some..

NEVER give up... I know I need to knuckle down and REALLY start watching the pennies, so maybe we can start bouncing off each other, and help each other... I know its harder now than ever to try and save, BUT as someone on mse's signature says, 'every penny is a prisoner'

alfie_1

evening all...:D

well ive been to CAKESVILLE

as usual i loved every minute... thankyou LIR and DH and 3 wuffers.:D

im still laughing re the scaffold shoes :rotfl::rotfl:

it was great pulling up that carpet.. like pandoras box..:D

its amazing whats there. fabulous wood ! its not worn cos i reckon only ever had a runner down it which dates it to after 1900 i reckon cos posh houses had them earlier but if twas a farm house id guess this side of 1900...if that makes sense.:D
OR it was a rarely used stair case ie an ald lady who couldnt get upstairs that lived there alone for 70 yrs which would date to 1830's :rotfl::rotfl:

alfie_1

ALEX ...sorry to hear your plans have gone t*ts up ...

i thought it was all sorted months ago, did you have a contract with the tenants you said you had for your place ? what will they do..

sorry , asking questions just didnt know if any of us may have been able to help, knowledge wise.....

Rummer

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

NEVER give up... I know I need to knuckle down and REALLY start watching the pennies, so maybe we can start bouncing off each other, and help each other... I know its harder now than ever to try and save, BUT as someone on mse's signature says, 'every penny is a prisoner'

We really need to sort out the pennies so I am happy to join the penny watch

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Alfie..:T:T:T:T you are such a great person:D;)

LIR you place will now be known as cakesville.. thanks to Alfie..

I am cwtched up on the sofa and I cant move, as I have jusyt stuffed myself with a beef dinner and Homemade Rice pudding with a dollop of strawberry Jam:cool::D Think I might wash it down with a crabbies

Rummer

Just out of another lovely bath

Tomorrow they will start the tiling and I am just so giddy about it. Never did I think that tiles and grout would bring me such happiness :rotfl:

We are still living in chaos however as every bit of work is done the clutter is slowly clearing and soon we will be able to get into the dining room and get it cleared for painting.

Garden wise we have done nothing there are still some plums on the tree and potatoes to dig up and enjoy but the rest of the work is just weeding and cutting back. The pots are filled with colour and filling them was the right thing to do as they have brought me so much joy