Tales from The Shire

savingholmes

It's nice you have been able to tuck into Xmas food already. 

Cheery_Daff

Eek to the blinds Fortune,that was both quick and presumptuous! Good to hear you're nearly at the end of the annex though, hooray!

themadvix

Another one glad to hear you’ve nearly got the annex sorted - it will be such a relief for you to put that debacle behind you.

badmemory

Getting the annex sorted will clear a lot of mind space I'm sure.  These things just sit there in your head.

Fortune_Smiles

savingholmes said:

It's nice you have been able to tuck into Xmas food already. 

It was lovely SH but not something I want to start too early - I always eat far too much over Christmas itself 😆

Cheery_Daff said:

Eek to the blinds Fortune,that was both quick and presumptuous! Good to hear you're nearly at the end of the annex though, hooray!

themadvix said:

Another one glad to hear you’ve nearly got the annex sorted - it will be such a relief for you to put that debacle behind you.

badmemory said:

Getting the annex sorted will clear a lot of mind space I'm sure.  These things just sit there in your head.

You're absolutely right guys.  I feel as though a great weight has lifted and I've got closure on the whole episode.  Plus no more nasty surprises lurking.  It will be nice for the Younger Fortunates to be in the space as I know they'll look after things and it will create a different connotation for me.  I've just got to tittivate and add some Christmas touches to the place now - but that's the fun bit 😁

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

Hooray!

The Annexe is clean!  I've still got to iron bed linen and make the bed up plus put up a Christmas tree and a few decs.  But, the grunt work is done.  There were a few nasty surprises left for me 🙄 but I won't gross you out with the details here.  What a relief.  I'd left all the heating on full to dry the floors out and, when I went back in to turn it down, everywhere looked cosy and smelled clean and fresh.  It's a pleasure to go in there now.  Finally - closure 😁

We had a sausage casserole from the freezer for supper.  I knew I'd be exhausted by the end of today and I'm also trying to free up some freezer space for Christmas goodies.

D£nby came through with the voucher 😁 so I ordered the final Christmas present on my list and sent it direct.  So all Christmas presents have been bought, some have been wrapped and a few have been delivered.  I should get time tomorrow to wrap the rest.

I also ordered a carving board from D£nby - not with vouchers (I didn't have enough) but it was in the sale.  Being largely vegetarian, I'd realised we didn't have anything to carve the turkey on 😆

I'm going to start on the house cleaning tomorrow but it shouldn't be as hard work as the Annexe.  Plus I'll be able to intersperse the boring stuff with some Christmas fun stuff.

Just a bath and an early night for me tonight though.  I haven't got any energy left for anything else.

Fortune x

savingholmes

Decorating your house for Xmas sounds fun. I am sure there will be loads of home made touches

rtandon27

Well done on closure Fortune - I admire the methodical way you set it all straight a chunk at a time!

Fortune_Smiles

savingholmes said:

Decorating your house for Xmas sounds fun. I am sure there will be loads of home made touches

Very few actually SH - I mainly make things for others.  But you've made me think and I might plan to make some things for myself next year.

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

rtandon27 said:

Well done on closure Fortune - I admire the methodical way you set it all straight a chunk at a time!

I just couldn't face it all at once RT 😆

Fortune x