I've had the worst of times - now for the BEST of times!

Enjoying_life_more

Sounds like you've had a great day !! :T the weather hasn't been great where I am but at least it didn't rain - think it's going to be better tomorrow. I'm hoping to get some garden chores done tomorrow enjoy your Sunday !

DedicatedDFW

Wow p&f you have achieved loads

I bet it feels good too When i've finished the indoor declutter i will be working on the garden but my ou has to take priority now and i am just so time poor that i can't do the garden until after the course has finished. We have no shed at the moment though - that would definitely help with both indoor and outdoor stuff :cool:

I have now got 11 of my listings done for bay of e so 20 left to go - where are you up to p&f?

Hope its lovely weather again for you today

peaceandfreedom

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

I bet it feels good too When i've finished the indoor declutter i will be working on the garden but my ou has to take priority now and i am just so time poor that i can't do the garden until after the course has finished. We have no shed at the moment though - that would definitely help with both indoor and outdoor stuff :cool:

What course are you studying with the OU, DDFW? I know that OU studies can be very time-consuming - has your course just started?

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

I have now got 11 of my listings done for bay of e so 20 left to go - where are you up to p&f?

Err, cough, cough, emm, let me think, errrm, that would be up to about ..... zero. :whistle:

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

Hope its lovely weather again for you today

It was GLORIOUS - I ate my breakfast outside this morning.

peaceandfreedom

It was another glorious day here today - so lovely that I ate my breakfast outside, as I've said to DDFW. How amazing is that?

I didn't get done all I'd planned to get done today. I HAVE sown my first batch of seeds - 2 types of tomato, 4 types of lettuce and some aubergine. Meant to sow some sweet peas as well but ran out of daylight. My list of jobs achieved today includes:

• Sowed seeds - the first of the year:j
• Put on 3 loads of washing, hung them up, took them back in again
• Sorted out, folded and put away a ton of other washing
• Finished tidying up the equipment in the greenhouse and shed
• Washed down lots of plant trays and shelves
• Washed loads of plant pots
• Cleared out the area to the side of the summer house, in preparation for cleaning/painting it (this took AGES - who knew all that junk was stored behind there????)
• Picked up son from work
• Cooked shepherd's pie for tea and cleared up after it

I am bit disappointed that preparing for painting the summer-house and fences is going to take a lot longer than I thought. I'm also not sure if I'm meant to offer to paint the fence on the neighbour's side as well - anyone know? It's our fence.

Tomorrow I'm going to sow some more seeds, scrub down the summer-house to get rid of the algae, cobwebs etc. And hopefully give it its first coat of paint - well it's wood-stain, not paint as such. And I will chat to the neighbours about the fence. The neighbours are new and seem very nice - I'm hoping they'll say 'Nah, we'll do it.'

Anyway, I've checked my propagator twice since sowing the seeds - I always do that - as if seeds that are going to take two weeks will miraculously germinate in a few hours. :rotfl:

DedicatedDFW

Hi p&f,

Good for you taking advantage of the glorious weather it sounds like you've achieved loads :T

Another friendly reminder nudge for bay of e though - you know you'll feel better with stuff gone and money in Although i've had NPB's and non received items to sort out :mad:

I'm in the final year of my degree :eek:

Hope you've had a good start to the week

Enjoying_life_more

Hi there - not sure on the legalities of painting the fence but I always paint both sides as my neighbour doesn't bother and I cant see the point in just protecting one side of the fence so I do it to save it rotting

You are getting plenty done - well done - the weather is a good motivator isn't it - here's to plenty of it

tattycath

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

It was another glorious day here today - so lovely that I ate my breakfast outside, as I've said to DDFW. How amazing is that?

I didn't get done all I'd planned to get done today. I HAVE sown my first batch of seeds - 2 types of tomato, 4 types of lettuce and some aubergine. Meant to sow some sweet peas as well but ran out of daylight. My list of jobs achieved today includes:

• Sowed seeds - the first of the year:j
• Put on 3 loads of washing, hung them up, took them back in again
• Sorted out, folded and put away a ton of other washing
• Finished tidying up the equipment in the greenhouse and shed
• Washed down lots of plant trays and shelves
• Washed loads of plant pots
• Cleared out the area to the side of the summer house, in preparation for cleaning/painting it (this took AGES - who knew all that junk was stored behind there????)
• Picked up son from work
• Cooked shepherd's pie for tea and cleared up after it

I am bit disappointed that preparing for painting the summer-house and fences is going to take a lot longer than I thought. I'm also not sure if I'm meant to offer to paint the fence on the neighbour's side as well - anyone know? It's our fence.

Tomorrow I'm going to sow some more seeds, scrub down the summer-house to get rid of the algae, cobwebs etc. And hopefully give it its first coat of paint - well it's wood-stain, not paint as such. And I will chat to the neighbours about the fence. The neighbours are new and seem very nice - I'm hoping they'll say 'Nah, we'll do it.'

Anyway, I've checked my propagator twice since sowing the seeds - I always do that - as if seeds that are going to take two weeks will miraculously germinate in a few hours. :rotfl:

Wow! You've been very busy. :j
Well done.

peaceandfreedom

Enjoying_life_more wrote: »

Hi there - not sure on the legalities of painting the fence but I always paint both sides as my neighbour doesn't bother and I cant see the point in just protecting one side of the fence so I do it to save it rotting

You are getting plenty done - well done - the weather is a good motivator isn't it - here's to plenty of it

I can see your point about the fence - it just means it's double the work, which doesn't appeal. :cool: I didn't go around to see the neighbours today and didn't get around to doing the fence anyway, so it'll have to wait until next weekend.

Didn't get anywhere near as far with everything over the past 3 days as I thought I would but I've worked like a trojan - tomorrow I'm going back to work for a rest.

peaceandfreedom

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

Another friendly reminder nudge for bay of e though - you know you'll feel better with stuff gone and money in Although i've had NPB's and non received items to sort out :mad:

I know you're right, it's just that there seems to be so much else to do. But I will definitely list some stuff this week - scout's honour.

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

I'm in the final year of my degree :eek:

Oooh, well done, that's a lot of studying already done then. :T I have a degree with the OU - it's definitely worth the hard work, pretty sure I wouldn't have got my current job without it. It shows so many positive things about you - that you're smart, you're prepared to work hard, you can still learn stuff, that you are keen on self-improvement etc. etc. :T

Good luck with it - you're on the home stretch now.

peaceandfreedom

I had today 'off' but really I've worked so hard today, I'm knackered.

My nice plans for getting the summer-house and fence painted didn't work out - all the preparatory work took way way longer than I expected. Even taking stuff down to the tip takes so much longer than planned - by the time I'd got everything loaded up and then unloaded down at the tip, then back again for a second load. The tip itself was very busy and every skip was full to the brim - the guy reckoned it was the fine weather at the weekend, everyone did some spring-cleaning and chucked out loads of stuff.

I did this lot today:

• Washed and dried all the loose covers on the furniture in the sitting-room ( 3 loads in all)
• Folded and put away already dried laundry
• Washed the kitchen floor and utility-room
• Cleaned the microwave
• Took 2 car-loads (and I mean a hatchback full to the roof) of stuff to the tip - this involved breaking up 3 rotten fence panels, a trellis and a metal shelving unit :eek:
• Sowed 2 packets of sweet pea seeds (the only fun job of the day)
• Scrubbed the summer-house with a wire brush and a hose to get rid of any green algae and other debris - filthy filthy job and awkward because of the irregular shape and hard-to-reach bits. The fence will be a doddle after that.
• Cooked tea and cleared up after it
• Made a loaf of bread
• Made breakfast and lunch for tomorrow
• Cleaned the kids bathroom
• Watched most of One Born Every Minute and cried a bit - gets me every time.

Night all - tomorrow I plan to do very little manual work - some freelance work might be done in the evening or maybe even some ebaying, you never know.