Cheery's buttling diary: tea in one hand, plant pot in the other, running shoes on

EssexHebridean

Haha I saw that - and yes I'm with you on sometimes feeling ancient!

starnac

I'm ever so slightly younger than you and I feel ancient some days too!! :rotfl:

Imagine being classed as ancient at 130 years old. :eek:

rtandon27

Cheery my dear, hoovering is never normal!
:rotfl:
Nor is dusting...
...both are evil necessities!!!!!

Cheery_Daff

:rotfl: you lot

Anyway we are suffering much disappointment this evening as we just found out we didn't get our cheery falling down house. Someone else came along with more money, who hadn't stupidly sold their own house to someone who wasn"t procedable yet, and just like that... we don't have it

Knew this might happen of course but it's a bit of a blow

starnac

Oh Cheery I am sorry to hear that. Is there a possibility you can up your offer?

Cheery_Daff

We could only up by 5k, and as our buyer hasn't actually sold hers yet we're still not procedable anyway

We've given her til next friday, and we're going away for a couple of days tomorrow, so first thing on Monday i'll be calling the estate agents to check how she's getting on, and the minute she's sold I'll be back on the phone...

Probanly won't do any good at that point but she might have had the survey by then and decided she doesn't want it anyway :rotfl:

Bleurgh

starnac

Ergh! How awful. Must admit I don't have much experience in the whole house selling thing so can't really offer advice. Sorry

Karmacat

Oh what a shame, Cheery! You and Mr Cheery are such characters, a house like that would become wonderful .... anyway, I hope you can put it by you to enjoy your days away.

Cheery_Daff

Thank you all :kisses3:

We did enjoy our time away :j and while we were away had a call to say our buyer has sold her house, so we now ARE proceedable :j :j I did ring the estate agents of the falling down house to inform them just in case something falls through.... Not holding my breath though

Driven past a couple of other houses this morning and ruled both out as both too near major roads and there was so much noise. One was in what promised to be a lovely setting, and the house itself is pretty jolly (although not quite as *palatial* as we were looking for....). It looked to be nicely rural and isolated too :j

BUT (and it's a big but) the setting just creeped me out Yes it was isolated (although with a motorway about 30 seconds walk away), but the nearest inhabited place was quite rough, there was a big sign warning against motorbikes in the next door field, some local coppers were having their lunch down there, and the whole place just felt like somewhere that baddies take people in films when they want to murder them :eek: :eek: :eek:

No wonder it's been on the market for several years... :eek:

Had a chat with our estate agent, who has reassured me we won't lose our buyer if we don't find a house to buy this weekend... :rotfl: :rotfl:

Anyway, I have the next 8 or 9 hours to myself, so I'm about to make a giant colourful list :j :j

Cheery_Daff

So, I've already given the house a bit of a tidy and put the shopping away :j Mr Cheery is away til about 9 or 10 tonight and I would like to occupy myself in a cheerful and productive way

GARDEN
* water pots
* lop willow and tie ready for tip
* general tidy up

HOUSE
* touch up bathroom paint where I smeared hair dye on it :eek:
* 568th attempt to stick some of these kitchen tiles back down at the edges
* hoover downstairs

LIFE ADMIN
* book tickets to visit friend in Berlin :j
* YNAB
* fill in form for doctors
* contact car insurance to ask whether I need to draw a diagram of something we're not claiming for
* meal plan

CHEERFUL THINGS
* make gooseberry jam
* blog post
* do something about permaculture diploma

Not doing them in that order In fact I think I'm quite likely to start at the bottom today and do something cheerful first :j :j

Radio's on, and I've got a cup of tea and a nice smelly candle burning and everything is cheerful :j Back in a bit with some progress (hopefully :rotfl: )