Breaking Through, Travelling On

beanielou

But a big boo to the vandalism at the front gate :mad:

Watty1

Fabulous progress....but ..shame about the front gate, but hopefully with everything else done you will not mind too much

earthgirl

Great progress karma, and good on you for not worrying about things being in disarray for a while, and just enjoying having the work done and making progress. So pleased for you.

Karmacat

Thanks all!

The vandalism at the front is sad ... the pillars that form the gateposts have paving-stone type stones on top of them, and they've been pushed off. They're really heavy, even a fit man would need a concerted push. It happened one at a time over a few months in September. I'm not going to set myself up as a hostage to fortune, so I'll just get them capped with a little sort of concrete dome affair.

Terrible weather this morning! Good grief. I surfaced late, and once I'm up and about, I'll be doing the first coat of painting, so it can air properly before nightfall.

beanielou

Weather dire here to.
Happy painting!

themadvix

It sounds like it's nearly done - how wonderful! Hopefully the improvements will really help you feel more comfortable.

I faffed a lot with SBs the other day - but it was worth it - £5 voucher (my second in a month) and lots of bonus bucks. It seems paltry when you consider the individual value of one SB, but with all the multipliers you can acquire it does add up. I can't say I enjoy it much sometimes though- just had to submit another query for a completed survey... but they have credited me with the bucks.

Horrible weather here too....

Karmacat

Thanks both

themadvix wrote: »

It sounds like it's nearly done - how wonderful! Hopefully the improvements will really help you feel more comfortable.

Definitely. The sound proofing hasn't helped but I had to try. The shed is a wonder to behold, as is the side fence and gate The loft hatch ... words cannot express how much I love my loft hatch
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I faffed a lot with SBs the other day - but it was worth it - £5 voucher (my second in a month) and lots of bonus bucks. It seems paltry when you consider the individual value of one SB, but with all the multipliers you can acquire it does add up. I can't say I enjoy it much sometimes though- just had to submit another query for a completed survey... but they have credited me with the bucks.

Thats good! Do you download the apps they suggest? I think betterthanever does, and you can use them for SB points too? With all the building works, I haven't really got round to using it properly - maybe from *this* Monday, I can try.

Surveys - they refused me two surveys in a row, even though I had screenshots of completion for both, one of which included the survey number, and they sent me a **huge** list of what they considered necessary to prove I'd done a survey. Unless I have that list by me (I'm compiling my own how-to-do-SB) I'm not doing another survey. It's not working that well for me at the moment, but I'm not prioritising it because of the building works.

Horrible weather here too....

And today it's all cleared, it looks lovely, though v cold now, of course

Karmacat

I have my to-do list - the first thing to do is put the 2nd coat of paint on the bits I did yesterday. I didn't even paint all the panels, or all of *each* panel - I painted what needed to be painted so I could move the furniture back where it's supposed to be: desk, wardrobe and bookcase. The 3 main rooms I use are pretty much incapacitated, and I don't mind temporary mess, but there's all sorts of things I can't actually do in the house, so getting that furniture back into place is crucial.

I also did a full binbag of garden clearance yesterday - I so, so want the garden to be ready for proper planting next year, the only way is to clear weeds **now*.

Can I do more today? We'll see. I had another good sleep, so who knows? :T

michelle09

I tried SB but didn't get that far with it, maybe will try again if there's any free time. Is the app easy to use? Might be better on the move.

Karmacat

Michelle, this is my very first introduction to using apps the mobile internet has passed me by completely, which is why I've made such a godawful fuss about connecting my phone so I've no idea if it's comparatively easy or not. When I've constructed a cheat sheet from the SB threads, betterthanever's thread and the SB email on surveys that they sent to me, shall I let you know, so I can pm it to you?

I *have* managed to use the pot of paint I bought though 2nd coat on all the essential bits that matter, and a first coat on a few other bits - my priority hasn't been to make everything pretty, it's been to paint behind the furniture that has to be moved back into place before I can get the place liveable again. Which is hard when everything's stashed in the middle of the room.

And I've even moved the desk to it's ultimate position in the office :j in a bit of an alcove, and tidied up around it :j not fully, but enough to be going on with.

Am about to do the same to the living room and the enormous bookcase - 6/7 feet long, 5 shelves high. Getting that in the right place and re-filling the shelves will give me back both the living room and the kitchen :j