22 Foxhole East

LadyWithAPlan

foxandflowers said:

This is very not on.   His mum had a 6 man inflatable raft on top of her bedroom wardrobe when I first met her, so I know where this is heading. 

This had me chortling into my tea this morning. I grew up in a rather similar house.

Genius! 

At least you were prepared 

f0xh0les said:

He knocked up two Hawaiian shirts in William Morris print last weekend (pleats on the back and everything!) and has now decided to make himself trousers and a waistcoat and retailor an old suit jacket.   I taught him to use a sewing machine,  but he far surpasses me now.  I do curtains and cushions, and mending and hemming.   He buys patterns! and swears a lot at button loops.  Basically there is a Victorian lady in there somewhere, cooing over lace, buttons, and ribbons.  It is his latest obsession. 

How fabulous. I would get my order in ! 

I am doing a sewing class at present and loving it but not yet ready to start patterns I buy 

f0xh0les

He has no interest in making me anything!  Besides, I am rocking the paint splattered look right now.

He has finally got  annoyed with buying TKMaxx clothes and the seams going after a couple of wears and there not being enough seam allowance to fix them.  Plus he can't find what he wants to wear in the fabric he wants to wear it .  Probably a bit of an identity crisis going on - we will be 50 this year, but if it makes him feel better, then I am all for it, but I wish he would not leave his fabric and his  pattern pieces, and every spool and bobbin of thread and every pair of scissors,  spread out over half the living room floor  - why the living room floor?   because he does not want to be in a different room to me - he says. Not because he has filled every other available flat space with his carp?.No, not that!:D 

It is being able to see the ironing board that really annoys me.

He is probably a bit apprehensive about going to  live and work abroad in ..... 17 days!!  A little bit of diversion therapy.    - I however am a selfish inconsiderate madam and take myself off to another room and fill floorboards, glue squeaky stair treads, and paint walls for hours.  Disgusting behaviour innit? No collegiality. 

He thought the carpet man coming yesterday was for fitting, not measuring, so was very confused when he got home and there were no new carpets.   It will happen next week.

The banging began at 7.30 on the dot, it is now in stereo. The whole house is shaking. I am going to have to go out, I honestly can't take it today,  oh,  and there goes the drill, nope, sorry, I am going out today, it has been non-stop wall-to-wall for three weeks in stereo, and for 14 months on the other side.   Normal service will resume tomorrow.  

f0xh0les

The patterns he buys have a 'sew along with' channel, so they have recorded them making the pattern, so he can watch, knows exactly what is coming up, etc.    He still swears though.

beanielou

A six man inflatable raft 😂😂😂

teapot2

f0xh0les said:   His mum had a 6 man inflatable raft on top of her bedroom wardrobe when I first met her, so I know where this is heading. 

With the current weather this could become desirable [says the woman who lived with 2 spare wheels and a car door in the spare room for many months 🙄]

KajiKita

teapot2 said:

f0xh0les said:   His mum had a 6 man inflatable raft on top of her bedroom wardrobe when I first met her, so I know where this is heading. 

With the current weather this could become desirable [says the woman who lived with 2 spare wheels and a car door in the spare room for many months 🙄]

When there is a restoration in full swing here, I end up with almost every panel, radiators, suspension struts, wiring looms, wing mirrors, bow hoops, etc etc in the house to allow the paint to ‘cure’ properly! I draw the line at using dishwashers to clean out engine blocks though and no parts are allowed in the house until they are non oily, cleaned and repainted! 

KK

f0xh0les

Maybe you need a 6 man inflatable raft to securely store them in? Or you could go the way of my in-laws and start buying shipping containers for hiding stuff in so they don't have to deal with it .....  and just because they planted a willow hedge in front of them, they are not fooling me. I know what they have done!  

Oh but it might come in handy!  my left buttock it will! If you haven't seen it for 30 years, you don't need it!

teapot2

My BIL has just acquired a shipping container to store more carp in.  He's already filled the huge shed he has 🙄

f0xh0les

They had the shipping containers, then built a pumphouse, then a potting shed, then a workshop and stables, then a hay store, but still every single roof angle void space has a cunningly built in cupboard, rammed full of stuff.  They can't open their study  door fully due to boxes of paperwork....  My house will not be like that.  I am determined, she said, waggling her ' finger of authority ' in a serious manner 😂.
I had applied for a job before 8.30am, just a 2 week gig, but it would be over £900 to add to the shower fund, plus it is a 10 minute walk from the house. Hopefully it will come off.
Scanned in £30 of books 📚📚📚 to a selling site.  Will post them off later on, and another pile flies out of the house.
Stuffed a pillow case full of clothes for the charity shop, sadly my charity shop of choice has so many donations after the Easter holidays, they are closed for donations until May ( big sign on the window). Might have to use the Sally Army bin at the tip....

f0xh0les

Well I managed to do my first ever online interview, no major tech problems, little bit of st-st-stuttering audio, but it all went very well and I have no doubt I have the job. Another string to my bow. 

9 days = £997. and no listening to building work in stereo. Bliss!