Tales from The Shire

Karmacat

So much bliss! Fortune, it just sounds wonderful. Cows, FDawg, peoplewatching, all of it

Fortune_Smiles

Karmacat wrote: »

So much bliss! Fortune, it just sounds wonderful. Cows, FDawg, peoplewatching, all of it

Halcyon Days Karma. Storms will come again but, in the meantime, I'm relishing every second.

Fortune x

rtandon27

Fortune_Smiles wrote: »

.....we didn't stop to think that the stray cows were heifers and the cows next door were bullocks :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Fortune...
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
...you have such a gift for telling a story...
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
...read that out loud to OH & we laughed together for a good 10 minutes!

Thank-you for bringing such mirth to our day!:D:D:D

Downshifterella

Oh what a great story! Perks of living in the country eh? :Rotfl:
Glad you still managed a night out after! Xx

PurpleFairy26

Never a dull moment in the shire is there fortune :rotfl: plus getting your bushes out for the WI :eek: :o:o:o :eek: what sort of meetings do you have in your neck of the woods :rotfl:

Moneyfordreams

loving tales from the shire as always

Fortune_Smiles

rtandon27 wrote: »

Fortune...
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
...you have such a gift for telling a story...
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
...read that out loud to OH & we laughed together for a good 10 minutes!

Thank-you for bringing such mirth to our day!:D:D:D

You couldn't make it up here sometimes rt

Downshifterella wrote: »

Oh what a great story! Perks of living in the country eh? :Rotfl:
Glad you still managed a night out after! Xx

It wasn't as relaxing a night out as we'd planned Downshifterella but it was a night out.

PurpleFairy26 wrote: »

Never a dull moment in the shire is there fortune :rotfl: plus getting your bushes out for the WI :eek: :o:o:o :eek: what sort of meetings do you have in your neck of the woods :rotfl:

Oh dear Purp - that would make for an interesting meeting :eek: I dread to think what they'd put on the Fac3b00k page :rotfl:

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

Moneyfordreams wrote: »

loving tales from the shire as always

Thank you Money. I thought things were settling down here now but it seems they're speeding up again.

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

I had a lovely relaxing day on Sunday. Mr F pottered and I picked up my bRushes and started the WI painting :rotfl: So far, so good.

Decided to end the day with a nice, deep bubble bath... a little too deep. Some of the water went down the overflow which was when I realised that the overflow was not connected to anything :eek: Fortunately there wasn't enough water to come through the ceiling below but it was a bit soggy under the bath. Mr F has fixed it now and we've left the side panel off so things can dry out a bit. There's something about us and baths. When we moved into our old house, the waste to the bath hadn't been sealed and water cascaded through the dining room ceiling the first time I took a dip.

Today I spent all morning trying to find reasonable house insurance. Having a lodger complicates things more than I imagined. I have been able to get cover but not for accidental damage. Which, I'm a bit worried about taking into account last night's little accident. I'm going to try some specialist insurers tomorrow. If anyone has any advice on this one I'd be very grateful.

On the up side, tenant friend's boyfriend recommended an electrician. He arrived this evening as promised and on time. Restored power to the barn quick as a flash and said he was happy to quote for all the other electrical work we need :T He thinks it will be 2-3 days work in total so shouldn't be too expensive :T Mr F is over the moon as he can now watch telly in his man shed :rotfl:

Mr F is off work this week. We didn't plan to take a holiday this year as there's so much work to be done on the house but decided we would spend a little on taking a break from the work. There is a big music festival nearby this week so we have booked one day ticket and one evening concert. We've amended our plans for the ground works and will use some of the money we'll save there to fund our outings.

The fruit cage I ordered has arrived - a little too late to save some of the raspberries from the birds but there might be about half left. We should get all of the redcurrants and blackcurrants though if we can get the cage up tomorrow morning.

In the afternoon we'll be taking FDawg to a local kennels for a look see. If we like the look of the place, he'll be having his first stay this week. Just for a few hours. I think he's ready. He's so much more confident now.

I was beginning to feel as though things were slowing down a bit but today I feel as though they're speeding up again. For every item we cross of the list it seems another ten are being added. That's what happens when Mr F has time off work - he gets to thinking. I really shouldn't let him do that :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Hope everyone's had a good start to the week.

Fortune x

beanielou

Enjoy the time with Mr FS