The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

monnagran

A perfectly strange flower pot arrived on my back lawn and a row of pelargoniums standing on a low wall outside my front door were  neatly swept off.  They have detached themselves from their pots and are now lying , upside down, and looking uncomfortable and vulnerable on the earth beneath.  I must rescue them.

MrsCD

Poor things! Was the strange flower pot the murderer? 😯
We had a few things rattling around the garden, but no damage. The care home up the road just got their electricity back on today!

burtha

Morning all ,
glad you all make it through the storm.
any exciting plans for the weekend . .. ?   

MrsCD

Cleaned the oven this morning..... Such an exciting life!
Christmas tree lighting service in the village  tomorrow. 🎄🎄🎄

MingVase

Snowing hard here, am just enjoying the vibe!

Hard_Up_Hester

Nothing exciting here but then there rarely is.

burtha

MrsCD as your near me ?? you could always come and do my oven , if you can handle the excitement   

been snowing here since 4 ish , some kids are out sledging on the road in the estate . it looks lovely.  . 
tomorrow is tree switch on day in the village I used to live , I'm face painting at the craft fair there beforehand.  hopefully the snow won't stop play . 

My exciting day has been visiting my mum , something I've just starting to do again . cut off everyone over the last few years as it was easier to deal with stuff .  
now every thing is kalm again I can rebuild . 

afterwards,  eldest dd and 3 grandkids came .... I'm still putting the house back together now 

so chill time now .  till tomorrow's fun. 

monnagran

 burtha, it is so good to hear you being so positive.  You have been to hell and back and here you are thriving..
I hope that the rest of your life is as happy as you deserve it to be.

My excitement today?  Ironing. 

mothernerd

Grey, wet, windy and thoroughly miserable day here. I've been wet for most of the day despite picking my moments. Massive elephant to be eaten - trying to move back into my house after Christmas (not sure exactly what date mum had in mind but hope to be sleeping there from January 2nd, providing she wants me to spend New Years with her).

It took me a week to move in here and lots of stuff came later when people could bring stuff and were allowed to. I also have a large bookcase, fridge-freezer, large analogue only tv and a giant footstool, acquired when DS2 moved in with his gf and they merged possessions - so I will need a man and van at some points. In theory all the major garden purchases are mine too (polytunnel etc, but suspect mum may renege on that - she said I could take on the cleaner's duties but she wouldn't pay me, but garden stuff could be taken back to mine0.

Anyway the priority is to make my house safe and habitable, for my to be there. Stairs are still difficult and I won't be able to get in and out of the bath but I'm committed to the move and quite excited (but also slightly terrified). Mum is insisting she can look after herself (it must be 10 years since she did any shopping and probably 8 or 9 since she did any serious cleaning) but I'll sort things out as best I can. Trying to get her to take the phone out into the garden with her.

So my days have been an exciting whirlwind of clearing rubbish, various categories of recycling, paper and card, sweeping and sorting with occasional bits of cleaning (DS3 is going to pay for cleaners but we're not sure when we should call them in). This week the dishwasher and washing machine have been working all week and I've had gentle discussions with DS3 and Beloved about decluttering some of their things (DS3 has recently bought new underpants and socks so all the old underpants are for the worst bits of the floor - wet it rub it and bin straight away). They had a problem with bathroom and under the sink leaks (hole in the kitchen ceiling which we left to dry out properly) then the drains (their fault in January and February 2020, problem outside in the backs this year - united utilities problem but stuff backing up into our yard.

Today I've surpassed my self in the excitement stakes. Returned 2 library books then continued to the recycling point with a huge bag of glass jars and then to the charity shop with a bag of DS3's clothes and a bag of bubble wrap. Got very wet several times despite picking my moments to go outside and struggled to make the trolley go in a straight line. The recycle point had 2 bins for drinks cans so went back to the house, sorted through about 8 sacks separating plastic bottles from cans and finally worked my way through the full to the brim bin (tipped the last 1/3 out onto the ground when I couldn't reach down any further.

This netted me 3 sacks of cans which were taken to the recycle point and made room for a further 1 1/2 sacks of plastic bottles in the brown bin. The rest is still in sacks but hoping to catch up in a week or two. Enormous quantities of black bags went out last week. I also have a growing by the day pile for when we have a skip. Two of the neighbours already had broken items out in the backs so I've been moving things from the yard to the backs (no reason for anyone to come down to our end so not in anyone's way and makes it easier for me to chop back greenery).

Yesterday I took 2 bags of sheets and pillowcases back home.  I had a few spaces on the cube shelves in my room (currently being used by DS3) and medicines (prescription and OTC) and today I took a throw, some t-shirts, a dress, warm trousers and a light jumper. I can see most of the floor in the bathroom, front room and my bedroom and a significant amount in Beloved's room and the kitchen. I have decided that if necessary I will be the one sleeping downstairs on a temporary bed (means I can do things downstairs if they are both asleep upstairs) but have discussed with Beloved how to get DS3 back in her room (she has problems getting to sleep).

Hope you are enjoying whatever weather you have and whatever plans you have.

burtha

mothernerd  all of that sounds positive.  well done just don't wear yourself out .x 

youngest daughter has been at friends tonight , snow has made it impossible to safely return , so hopefully she's back tomorrow.  then I take her back to uni .. 4 days uni accommodation  3 days home seams to be what's happening . but she's doing ok . 

other news .. finally got all the pension stuff sorted out last week.    Everything  yes everything  is done .   no more paperwork or solicitors  ..  
whoop whoop whoop .. 
happy days