The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

ivyleaf

Mar sorry you're so sluggy atm:( I hope it improves soon! Great about the barber's though

shanks77

Sorry to hear about people's illness hope you all start to feel better very soon xx
Wow great bargain Mar well done
Marvel at you kidcat at all the things you achieve to be congratulated
Have to admit am fairly organised for Xmas this year. Just a few things to get and I'm done. If I could only motivate myself to get them wrapped then I could relax but it's a job I hate so leave it til the last minute so all my hard work of being organised early is kinda wasted lol
Have a good weekend folks xx

camelot1001

Hope the poorlies are feeling better.

After all the good weather we had it is raining and very windy, still, we had a good run.

Mar - I've just paid £25 for a haircut, wish there was somewhere near here that did bargain cuts!

Off to the big city this morning, wish me luck!

mardatha

~~**I have bought my xmas cards**~~
*smug*

ivyleaf

Bought mine too. Just got to write the beggars now...... I do find I send fewer every year though

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I bought about 3 years worth in the Boxing day sales last year!!! Boxed sets too for £1 each, couldn't believe the price or the quality, worth the outlay too!

nursemaggie

I did that a couple of years ago in the January sales in my local hospice shop. I open the last packet this year and I have three boxes of oddments accumulated over about ten years so I will be using them for a few years.

Yes I send fewer every year I'm the oldest member of my family now. When I was working I used send about 120 every year over half of them were work related as when I was a warden I sent all my residents a birthday and Christmas card every year. For some of them my cards were the only cards they got.

Softstuff

Mardatha, I could use one of those barbers here. Have resorted to going to a hairdressers to try and grow my hair out gracefully (cutting a very short hair cut at home yourself is tough and I'd been taken for a man three times...). Bloody expensive business hairdressing.

Nice to hear you're ok Kidcat, I had thought about you. Ivyleaf, hope your leg improves soon.

Christmas is likely to come without too much fanfare here, can't afford it and don't have time. After we sold the flat we started a few more jobs here in the house. I finished laying another 20m gravel path, finished a large raised garden bed at the side, then planted a few veg, not very planned, just to see if anything would grow there (not wanting to miss an entire growing season). So far I'm doing battle with spider mite, powdery mildew and caterpillars on some things, but others seem happy. The malabar spinach is looking like jacks giant beanstalk.

Last week was a busy one with a major job. When we were looking at the house the one thing that had to be changed without negotiations was the front wall. A bit like Alcatraz, a 23m long 2m high wall. So a trady friend said he'd cut it down to half height with a concrete saw, then I could fill it, paint it and cap it.....

Turned out it wasn't a block wall, but a solid poured concrete one, reinforced with the same re bar as is used in a 6 story building. Took a full day to cut. Half a day with a jackhammer to break up and a large skip. I moved 2 and a half tonnes of concrete with him into a skip. The cost of the job, about double. The physical labour... priceless :rotfl:

Still, it already looks better.

Love to all (and sweeties to Mardatha)

ivyleaf

Softstuff That wall sounds horrendous! I wonder why the owners decided they wanted something so massive?

I woke up at eight o'clock and was about to get up....then realised the clocks went back last night so it was only seven o'clock. Bliss And it's a beautiful day. Just a shame it will get dark earlier!

mardatha

Since we're eating Polish Granny bread and using Polish seasoning (Asda) as well as going to a Polish hairdresser - Polish Immersion mode! I decided to try and learn Polish :eek:
So I've got myself a new penpal, a lady my age who lives in some unpronouncable town in southern Poland, and we are going to compare lives.