Tales from The Shire

Karmacat

Sounds wonderful, FS! I've seen some of those older series of Bake Off (new to me because I only recently got into it ) it's fascinating!

greent

I love the name Barrelbum Cottage!

Greying_Pilgrim

I really like the idea of 'olde English' words as use for naming houses etc. On the LTT - bird idea, I'd like to vote for a couple of other names (apart from barrel bum), the names I'd like to propose are 'Mumruffin' Cottage and 'Jack-in-a-bottle' Cottage. I think you said the cottage was small - hence why the second choice appeals to me for some reason.

Feel QUITE free to ignore

I have no doubt you will come up with summat quite, quite creative, and adorn the walls suitably - have you ever painted cows?

Greying X

beanielou

Hope meeting goes well.
I hadent realised you were going to rent quite so soon.

Fortune_Smiles

Karmacat wrote: »

Sounds wonderful, FS! I've seen some of those older series of Bake Off (new to me because I only recently got into it ) it's fascinating!

Love, love, love Bake Off - just got to Series 4

greent wrote: »

I love the name Barrelbum Cottage!

I like it too Greent - but my friend who'll be living there didn't like the idea of being the Barrelbum :rotfl:

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

I really like the idea of 'olde English' words as use for naming houses etc. On the LTT - bird idea, I'd like to vote for a couple of other names (apart from barrel bum), the names I'd like to propose are 'Mumruffin' Cottage and 'Jack-in-a-bottle' Cottage. I think you said the cottage was small - hence why the second choice appeals to me for some reason.

Feel QUITE free to ignore

I have no doubt you will come up with summat quite, quite creative, and adorn the walls suitably - have you ever painted cows?

Greying X

I like Mumruffin Greying - there's also Broc, Wink-a-puss and Hotchi-witchi to consider :rotfl:

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

beanielou wrote: »

Hope meeting goes well.
I hadent realised you were going to rent quite so soon.

If it wasn't for my friend needing to move I'd probably be dragging my feet about it Beanie. Any money we make is destined for mortgage OPs so better sooner than later.

Fortune x

beanielou

Fortune_Smiles wrote: »

If it wasn't for my friend needing to move I'd probably be dragging my feet about it Beanie. Any money we make is destined for mortgage OPs so better sooner than later.

Fortune x

All good then

Fortune_Smiles

Had a lovely lunch out with my friend today - chic venue, fabulous food and a good catch up all for £10. We talked through the Cottage practicalities and agreed everything that needed to be agreed.

I bought some treats for FDawg whilst I was out - he is so spoilt And I bought some treats for myself too - two new tops for everyday and one for going out. I've worn out some old favourites so have been on the look out for some good value replacements.

So not a frugal day but a very welcome indulgent one after my weeks of confinement

Hope you've had a great start to the week

Fortune x

beanielou

Lunch & venue sound fab.
Glad that you enjoyed

Fortune_Smiles

We've had glorious sunshine here for days and what a difference it's made. I feel almost back to full health.

I'm nearly caught up on housework and we've even started sorting out the garden :T Only seven month's of neglect to remedy

We've had good financial news. Mr F has had a payrise - not enough to keep up with inflation but enough to make a small difference. He's also going to get his full bonus this year :j So, next steps are:

• make the very first overpayment to the mortgage :T This will include a regular monthly amount and the Tilly Tidies I've been saving up for the last few months
• boost the emergency savings
• book in the outstanding work for the barn drainage and drive repair
• find an electrician and get power to the barn restored
• get the annex ready for renting. Anything I make on the Bay will go towards that.

I also have my usual budget for home improvement and am thinking I might get lots of the little things on my list rather than one bigger item. That way I'll feel as though I've made lots of progress

I still have outstanding routine appointments and social calls to catch up on so will start nibbling away at those.

It's going to be a very busy month but I think I can manage that now.

Hope you're all remembering the sunscreen. Not that I'm a bit pink or anything

Fortune x