Adventures of a Fat Cat, Old Nag and their Trusty Servant

Verbatim

Wonderful. Just seeing the fencing must make it all seem so much more real.

jaybee

Good news re the fencing - but I think even you would not want to be in the field today!!! It's grim out there.

missrlr

Excellent news for the fencing. Fence erection in this weather will not only be unpleasant work, but also given the soggy ground probably ineffective too!

Hoping the day off was lovely

Piquant_2

Verbatim wrote: »

Wonderful. Just seeing the fencing must make it all seem so much more real.

jaybee wrote: »

Good news re the fencing - but I think even you would not want to be in the field today!!! It's grim out there.

missrlr wrote: »

Excellent news for the fencing. Fence erection in this weather will not only be unpleasant work, but also given the soggy ground probably ineffective too!

Hoping the day off was lovely

The fencing isn't going up until the Spring. All is on hold until the Spring or at least when the ground is dry enough. The farmer has sorted out the field shelter already :T He has repaired the end wall so that there is a dry area for hay and he has marked out a stable area too, although this will not be happening until the Spring either. Also on the cards for later is fertilizing the field.

Piquant_2

The diaries thread is filling up with new diaries, very exciting! I love reading them. Also, of course, peoples hopes and ambitions for the new year. I don't do resolutions mainly because I fail the moment I tell myself I must!

However, 2013 saw me come out of the dark and into a debt free era. It is not a resolution to remain debt free, it is a new way of life. The habits I have learned over the last five years are firmly routed in my daily life now.

2014 will see the Captain come home with Noah. Every penny that it costs will come out of budgeted money, not a penny on a credit card. Each month will see me put a fairly high figure away to keep the boys safe and healthy and it will be a fair sum, both the horses are bordering on geriatric!

Not to be outdone Colin has had some money put aside for a catflap! Slightly more expensive than the average catflap as it has to go in a glass door and I want a microchip controlled one, save Colin bringing home every Tom, !!!!!! and Harry Cat to eat :rotfl:

I'll continue on with my private lbs to £s for Alzheimer, for some seasonal reason, perhaps the chocolate, perhaps the wine, I've strayed the last week. Tonight will see me toasting in the new year with a glass or two of Prosecco and then it will be an alcohol free January. Also on the cards for January is a spend as little as possible and meal plan month. I still don't have a realistic view of what my cost of living here is yet. I know it's approximately half of what it was, but not an exact figure yet. Plenty of overtime available to put aside for one off expenditure if it becomes necessary.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year

Piq x

jaybee

I love January 'cos I don't need to spend much. Not so keen on Jan weather though!
Happy New Year and Happy New Life!

Greying_Pilgrim

Ay up Piq

I hope that 2014 is a super-duper year for you and I am greatly looking forward to reading more adventures of a fat cat, 2 gentlemanly nags and their truly trust servant

Thanks so much for your generous support in 2013 over *on mine* and thank you for your wonderful sense of humour - i'll never look at home-grown wonky carrots in quite the same way

Raising a glass to you and yours for a fabulous new year.

Cheers!

Greying

missrlr

Here's to you and yours. Hoping 2014 treats you kindly and the boys come home soon.

I am sober tonight as on duty, but actually looking forward to a drink in Jan as I had Nov and Dec dry due to the 4 lots of antibiotics I ended up taking! I know this is in reverse but hey!

lucielle

Here's to 2014 and I wish you the best of Years. Looking forward to the boys coming home.
L

LAM2011

:beer:All the best for 2014 Piq :beer: