THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

Witless

GreyQueen wrote: »

Made me wonder if that person had checked in their humanity at the gates of the palace of Westminster.:mad:

Don't they all?

jamanda

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Hi Witchwomble welcome aboard the thread, it sounds as though you have turned your lives around very successfully, very well done the pair of you! You should try living with a lurcher if you want to see just how much room a relatively small hound can take up when they put their minds to it, I'm certain that they are made entirely of elastic and pointy bits but they have extendable noses, legs and tails that can actually be made exactly the length and breadth of any 3 seater sofa they can flomp down on.....go on ask me how I know???

Yes - you've hit the nail on the head with this one. A lurcher can be any size he wants to be. They can also "ping" from one place to another without any visible signs of movement or flexing of muscles. Mine has knocked me over three times this week on the ping. Good job I'm a tough old bird.

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Oh yes they can! the first time Docky dog did the 'ping' thing to us we were walking along a seaside promenade with a head height wall on our left hand side and without seemingly doing anything he was up on top of it and walking along looking very pleased with himself and looking down at us.....'PING!!!'.

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Looking out at the wooden retaining wall, up about 3 m around the back of my garden, the one I excavated by hand and mended and preserved two years ago, aged 67. Moved tonnes of soil and gravel and spent a lot on preservatives, wood hardener and so on. All by myself. We have had constant wet this month and the wall looks good and solid. There is an orchard up there, probably 20 years old now and tree roots were visibly holding the ground together and allowing soil drainage. I will never give up on house maintenance, it is prepping for the future integrity of the home

Next prepping for me is to remove anything hanging on the interior wall that can be removed but still keeping the home as a home, for future estate agent photos. It will allow me to walk around with filler, then a light sand and a spot of paint and while I am at it, some touch up paint on the inevitable wall marks. I am now prepping for a different, shorter time scale but cannot leave it all to last minute

mardatha

Hellish winds here last night and at some point I woke up to what sounded like somebody throwing dishes in a skip, will be some tiles missing off the roof today.

fuddle

Welcome witchwomble. You are a better quilt maker than I as my puckered quilt ended up as a dust sheet!

Mar we were due to get up to 61mph according to the weather but I doubt that because I slept through. Ouch at the tiles. I hope yours are ok?

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WITCHWOMBLE what kind of kittens are they that they need a whole sofa each.....tigers? pictures would be nice if you have any, so cute!

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karmacat, thank you for instructions on setting up an ignore list. I am a bit late but better late than never.

Karmacat

No problem, kittie - it was me asking, actually, not telling, but spreading info is always good. Admiration to you for your retaining wall, wow. And mardatha, any news on your tiles? I went out on my healthy walk this morning, the council run one, and it was faster than previous, windier too, so I'm just relaxing now.

I try to catch up with *some* past maintenance every day, as well as keeping up with present day on housework and paperwork and whatnot, and I've fallen behind these last few days that's not what I need to do. The garden is progressing, at least, but if I was confined at home if the flu epidemic *had* taken hold, I'd be in trouble. Got to get my act together.

Witchwomble

Hi to everyone and thank you for making me feel so welcome! Still trying to navigate my way round posting, and not sure what to do with thanking people, so excuse me while I travel a steep learning curve. Fuddle, don’t think my quilts would win any awards but they keep me and the cats warm, have done some for one of my sons and my mum,but gardening is my main thing so it will all take a back seat now . Mrs lurcherwalker I remember you always talking about docky, and I lost my beloved bedlington terrier Harry in February last year, it’s a heartbreaking thing indeed. My two little rascals are rescue cats , got them at four months or thereabouts, one is younger than the other. A tortoiseshell and a black one, both girls.They are helping me, but there’s not a day goes by that I don’t miss my old boy,was 15 when he died.Anyway, enough maudlin, I’m off to dig out my seed collection, need to start thinking about it, have a typical terrace back garden so will shoehorn it all in somehow!