Get a grip woman!

Suffolk_lass

Yes - I clearly had one of those insane moments. What was I thinking? After two years plus on major projects with tight deadlines my poor garden took second place to the work and it certainly shows.

DH is 8 months younger than me so retiring 8 months later!!

Suffolk_lass

Nightmare! We have a glass domino gas hob in the Kitchen that we use throughout the summer with the half-size built in oven (microwave, fan and grill) and turn off the electric range cooker (which is on all the time). The glass has now cracked from the top, right down to the metal band across the controls. We will have to replace it. That is manageable and inevitable.

What is unexpected is that the cut-out is not standard. The worktop is really thick granite (40mm) and the domino hobs now are all narrower than the one we have. After lots of research it seems there are no hobs the same size now. So since we cannot go smaller we must go wider. I have found a stainless steel model that is exactly the same length (front to back) but it needs 220mm wider hole. I have no idea at this stage whether this can be done by a builder and will have to research further. I have no idea if they can do it in situ (the granite is connected to an L-shaped bit) but that is what I need. I really don't want to gave to replace the granite, or the tiles, extractor, wall cupboards or all their contents. Like I say, nightmare!

Karmacat

That really is a nightmare! Sorry to hear it and it's come about because of a change in the products supplied

Horrible!

Suffolk_lass

Still pondering but the crack is now not flat so getting worse!

In other news lots of little things are germinating in the airing cupboard (at last!)

Suffolk_lass

One of my fairly new sweatshirts started to lose its softness and the fabric to feel a bit stiff - socks go the same way, and T-shirts. I put it back in the WM on a rinse and spin cycle and it has got its mojo back. I am going to try this with DH's T-shirts (vests) and socks to see if it revives them. I may reduce the laundry gloop to about half what I use currently to see if it makes it worse or better.

Starmummy

Frustrating news on the stove top. It is so frustrating when they change the dimensions of things. We are 'sprucing' up our kitchen (new worktops, tiles and painting cabinets) and standard kitchen units are now have less depth so it was terribly frustrating trying to find new worktops wide enough.

I never use the recommended amount of laundry liquid, I find my skin and SC's skin flares up if i do and the fabric just doesn't feel nice, a bit like when you don't wash the conditioner out of your hair properly.

Suffolk_lass

My arms are really stinging now! Goose grass and nettle stings from this afternoon's bag of garden weeds. It really would be nice to get to the stage where I can sprinkle some compost around to mulch down some spaces between the plants and not spend my whole time pulling stuff out!

I planted yet more seeds too but twisted in the kitchen and something went pop in my right knee. Hence skiving on here instead of getting on with it! Time to test it by making a cup of tea I think

Suffolk_lass

Well I (as part of a team of 3) made lunch for 25 people today - it was lovely - we decided to go hot in view of the weather forecast and had chicken casserole with mixed veg and new potatoes, followed by a choice between two fruit crumbles, served with greek yogurt, cream or creme fraiche and a choice of tea or coffee. Bargain for £3.50 and we made a profit of about £25 too!

Busy_Mee1

Just popping in for a catch up. Nightmare with the hob, but I think anyone who fits granite work surfaces should be able to sort out for you. We had a similar problem with our Corian work surface and I just got a local company that fit Corian to do it.

Your lunch sounds fantastic x

Karmacat

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

My arms are really stinging now! Goose grass and nettle stings from this afternoon's bag of garden weeds. It really would be nice to get to the stage where I can sprinkle some compost around to mulch down some spaces between the plants and not spend my whole time pulling stuff out!

I definitely know how you feel about the mulching between! Sorry to hear about the stings - long sleeves indicated, as well as gloves? Reminds me, if I *do* make it into town today, I need some proper gardening gloves, my current ones look like rigger gloves, but they're ... not.

I planted yet more seeds too but twisted in the kitchen and something went pop in my right knee. Hence skiving on here instead of getting on with it! Time to test it by making a cup of tea I think

Very sensible, tea is a wonderful thing hope the knee was nothing serious.

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

Well I (as part of a team of 3) made lunch for 25 people today - it was lovely - we decided to go hot in view of the weather forecast and had chicken casserole with mixed veg and new potatoes, followed by a choice between two fruit crumbles, served with greek yogurt, cream or creme fraiche and a choice of tea or coffee. Bargain for £3.50 and we made a profit of about £25 too!

Wow! The whole of that is really, really impressive, well done you.