Daydream fund challenge part 4

alfie_1

morning peeps...:D well winds gone, suns out so im diving in the garage before it changes !
glad you got the challenge of collection over CTC..
FK .. ive noticed via friends that a kitchen "fix" is better over and done with. trouble is workmen/builders prefer to start and finish with all item on site. more cost effective cos if you intend to "do some" it takes a lot of co-ordinating to not do something that wont fit with what they need to do. tends to lead to long waits as pulling trades out for small now and then jobs is harder and costly. just from what ive seen.. [im not referring to total refurbs of a property, just kitchens] as LIR knows re bathrooms there can be all sorts of spanners in the works and if builders are booked elsewhere it can cause chaos.. of course if you can manage with bits and bobs done as and when ....p.s. have you checked your oil levels before going to garage ?
my geese have settled down now with the double fence except STAN has discovered if he just runs at his softer fence he just somersaults over it and can have carte blanc of the whole garden...... he rather likes sitting next to the eagle owl who seems to like it too....:cool:
right garage beckons

alfie_1

well garages are sorted ! :j the carp I found id forgotten ! :eek: but ive listed lots of big items... morocco fund
it has stayed dry ALL day...:D back to work tomorrow till end of week so glad ive finally cracked that job....
son due home Friday, no doubt full of surfing stories ... hes certainly travelled in his life time. I took him a fair few places as a kid and have always encouraged him to travel travel travel..

Davesnave

It didn't rain here till well after 3pm, so all the dire warnings of downpours were wrong and it proved quite a reasonable day.

Our builder decided it was too risky to work outside, however, so with him indoors + the electricians, it all got a bit busy and I found it impossible to focus on anything.:( Then, just before lunch, the builder knocked over a full bottle of knotting, which smashed on the utility room floor and coated our new units in brown gunge! :mad:

We managed to save the units. The floor, being porcelain tiles, survived unscathed, but it was touch & go for a while. At that point I was really glad we'll not be seeing too many more workmen after Thursday......

I disappeared to the polytunnel in the afternoon !

Davesnave

Howdens' Man turned up today, not only to check on our thoughts re the kitchen his mate agreed with us last week, but also to buy another dozen eggs.

"Can't get them like this in many places," he commented, and being the rep, he gets around the whole area.

We are stringing him along a bit, being in no great hurry. When the price is right....;)

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Piddling it down, started this afternoon...

Lucky escape there davesnave re the gungy stuff being knocked over...

Was one of those days in work. Hope its not the trend for the rest of the week lol

alfie_1

I had a friend [long gone now] who unfortunately looked on her contents insurance as a cash cow.. she decided one day to "accidentally" splatter hair dye? over her "old" real wood kitchen units proudly boasting to me she'd get a new kitchen.... I tried to reason that she was an idiot but I was shot down... the insurance company pointed out to her that they were not covered by her contents .... her husband was furious with her [he worked away] and admist her other "ploys", they divorced within the year... :rotfl:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

cant sleep, it is soooo windy outside, its keeping me awake, this is worse than sat/sunday..and it was bad then..

Davesnave

T'was pretty bad here too, but the bedroom we're in currently, and the one we'll have eventually, are both sheltered from the worst, so we didn't hear a lot.

I'll go out in a minute and see if everything's still there!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

still rough out there..


I expect there will be loads of damage around.. have seen some pics on the old fb of people's small plastic greenhouses demolished..
hope there isn't any damage up the ranch..


hubby will be going up there this morning to check..


hope everyone is ok,


choille is everything ok up there???

Better_Days

I hesitate to ask Dave not wishing to remove all doubt and appear to be a complete ninny, but what is knotting?

Wind woke me up too at about 3am and it wasn't from eating too many beans

Even windier than Sunday - when my mini greenhouse with my sweet pea seeds and fuschia plug plants all got blown halfway accross the garden. Mr BD and I got soaked trying to save them.

What I managed to save is now in the shed, waiting for the wind to calm down.

See this plant theatre on Amazon lightning deal - I must resist.....http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009MVMW5O/ref=gb1h_tit_c-2_8707_866a65fc?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_s=center-new-2&pf_rd_r=122816GB884GF7RBFJMY&pf_rd_i=20&pf_rd_p=577138707