Tales from The Shire

in_need_of_direction

thanks for sharing the journey. it's inspiring

Jessy103

Congratulations, what a fantastic year! Good luck and best wishes for the next part of your journey x

Fortune_Smiles

greent wrote: »

Well done on such a fabulous year - here's to an even more fabulous and fortunate 2018! :beer:

beanielou wrote: »

Seconded by me

Jessy103 wrote: »

Congratulations, what a fantastic year! Good luck and best wishes for the next part of your journey x

Thanks everyone. Can't quite believe we did it

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

thanks for sharing the journey. it's inspiring

Awwh thanks INOD. Not sure about inspiring - just a case of putting one foot in front of the other I think.

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

Mr F has bugg£r£d off :eek: Some boys reunion thing came up and he just decided he was going to go and s0d the conquences :eek: So I am here sorting out all the Christmas stuff on my own and he is most definitely on Santa's Naughty List :mad:

I have made the Banoffee Ice Cream for our Christmas Eve pud and Braised Beef with Red Wine & Cranberry Sauce for our (early) Christmas lunch on Saturday. I shall make a couple of potato bakes today to help cut down the cooking whilst the family are here.

Today is cleaning bathrooms day... not my favourite. But at least with Mr F away they will stay clean :rotfl:

The builders finished laying the concrete floor yesterday so life should get progressively quieter from now on. They are hoping to start putting the wall cladding on today, which they say they can do quite quickly, but I don't think they'll be finished before Christmas as tomorrow is POETS day and they will be going off to the pub for their Christmas drinks. The door guys came out to take a look at the site so they can quote. Mr F is upping the spec as he goes along so they may cost us more than expected

FDawg is being an absolute angel at the moment :A Maybe he knows about Santa's lists :rotfl:

Hope all your preparations are going well.

Fortune x

wishingthemortgaheaway

Oh naughty mr F, looking forward to hearing you do the same at some point next year leaving him to clean the bathroom.

Fortune_Smiles

wishingthemortgaheaway wrote: »

Oh naughty mr F, looking forward to hearing you do the same at some point next year leaving him to clean the bathroom.

Thank you Wish - although I won't have to. He came back this morning He drove all the way to Wiltshire but said he couldn't forget the look on my face as he left and it haunted him :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

It's our very own version of 'A Christmas Carol' :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Fortune x

greent

Awww - bless him! x

Karmacat

Fortune_Smiles wrote: »

I've just had a look back at my goals for 2017. Amazing to think that this time last year we hadn't even made the decision to move. What a roller coaster it has been. We have:

• a new home
• and half a garage
• some new friends
• a dog :eek:
• celebrated two milestone family birthdays
• got Mr F settled into a new job
• survived storms and snow
• and I gained a new qualification

most of which has happened in the last five months :eek:

Blimey. ...

I'm very excited about 2018. It feels as though most of the hard work is over and we can start enjoying the fruits of our labours.

Fortune_Smiles wrote: »

Thank you Wish - although I won't have to. He came back this morning He drove all the way to Wiltshire but said he couldn't forget the look on my face as he left and it haunted him :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

It's our very own version of 'A Christmas Carol' :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

greent wrote: »

Awww - bless him! x

Wow :j:j:j Congratulations!

On every level! Your summary review is brilliant, and as for MrF - thats worthy of a romcom

Fortune_Smiles

greent wrote: »

Awww - bless him! x

Yes, bless him... not what I was saying earlier though :rotfl:

Karmacat wrote: »

Wow :j:j:j Congratulations!

On every level! Your summary review is brilliant, and as for MrF - thats worthy of a romcom

Thank you Karma. It was really helpful to look back over the year and recognise the enormity of what we'd achieved. Still can't quite believe it.

Fortune x