Cooking for one (Mark Three)

wort

I bought this house 17 years ago now as a new build. Gosh that time has gone quick!!
The front faces east back is West. There's a large field at the back, and I get fab sunsets, it's amazing how the sun comes almost fully round the house at this time of year , but only just over half in winter!!
The drive fits 2 cars comfortably and we built a garage, though not used for a car!!!
I love this house and would hate to move, it's handy for walking to town just 25 min, same to retail park.
All my family live close by. Nice neighbours.decent size front and back garden.
Kittie if you get removal men, you could stand at the door and send them to the right room with each piece of furniture? ? Sorry if that's not what you meant.

I was thinking of painting the gloss in my living room today. But I'm trying to check weather forcast , though it's showing different on every site!!

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Back to properly reading your posts in a mo, just sat down in the hidden snug, away from the kitchen window. Prepped my lunch quickly, grabbed and washed an apple and made my hemp drink, all while ducking under the kitchen window. Coffee morning being held next door, monthly village event and rotates, urgh I can smell greasy barbeque. I am awaiting a parcel and am staying out of sight and hidden


Now to read and digest your posts

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interesting, all of them and another reason why I avoided those cottage types with narrow spiral staircases

This house was a new build in 2010, I am quite attracted to houses that are slightly older than brand new builds ie with curtain poles in place and bigger gardens but I might have to settle for the likes of neglected probate sales. I would like the equivalent of 3 beds plus study or equivalent. Not one of those all open plan downstairs, with no hidden contained space. At least I know the areas and which lanes are too narrow and quiet as in `unsafe`

Brambling

PasturesNew wrote: »

There's one 3-bed house that I kind of liked the look of - the two extra bedrooms are widths of 6'3" and 5'7"! They've "built a family house, aimed at families" no doubt, but it'd be difficult to find those two bedrooms of use or ornament. Bizarrely, the way it works in England, the house would have been better as a 2-bed...but that would reduce the price by £20-30k...so they squeeze three out of it and the price goes up. It's madness really.

I looked around a 3 bedroom house in a chosen location before I brought this and loved the downstairs amazing kitchen and a conservatory however the upstairs was a turn off a bathroom with no windows a bit of a no no for me I dont like relying on an extractor fan in a bathroom and 3 small bedrooms where the total size of the bedrooms was smaller than the total size of my 2. No room for bedside tables and only a single wardrobe in the main and two small single rooms. But as you say PN definitely one which should have been better as a two bedroom and at least £20k cheaper

Kittie several years ago I worked with a guy who brought a old cottage and found they couldn't get double wardrobes up the stairs :eek: His wife had been reluctant to move from Cornwall to Sussex for his promotion and it was almost the final straw for her...

Anyway off to get my hair cut and then a walk to enjoy the sunshine before the threaten rain later

moneyistooshorttomention

Absolutely re the modern room sizes being smaller.

I've mentioned before re the fact that there are newbuild houses near me with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms that have a smaller floor area than I have with my 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom.

NB; I've just had an email from a local friend -pointing out possibilities re a house currently being sold (has been offered on to my surprise) very near me. Am wondering if there might be "change in the air" in my immediate vicinity and have absolutely no way of figuring things out - because the way of thinking is so often different to my own. Strange to have gone from where I knew what likely possibilities were to one where "Who knows? - and it could boil down to some way someone two/three/forty generations ago thought" - so I havent the foggiest. Of course, if part of it all amounted to a developer offering me "loadsa money" for my house (as it's quite at a pivotal point) - then....yep...it would be everything up in the air for me too then...as I would sell it if I was offered enough (but, given the price difference between areas, I'm not holding my breath....).

Farway

Woke up with a headache, now gone, maybe weather related, atmospheric pressure, feels a bit "close"? Never had that affect me before, but then I never had hay fever until recently. Maybe age creeping up

Regardless of headache, like a brave soldier I had pot of tea & porridge etc for breakfast

Then out for a spot of volunteer gardening, planting up, before the promised rain arrives

Mooching round, bought a YS Mary Berry banana cake, reckon I can afford the treat calories, down another 1.5 pounds this morning:j

Popped into Morries on way home, decided I "needed" more begonias. Good job I went in, I hit the YS mother lode, pack of 8 sausage rolls, 15p, "best" sausages, 30p, mini pork pies 30p pack, and cheese coleslaw 6p

Freezer topped up, I've frozen the saus rolls, can't eat 16, same with the bangers. I'm not a big saus roll lover, but at less than 2p each I think I could overlook that:o

Dinner was decided when I picked up the 6p coleslaw, it will be salad, and I think either saus rolls or mini pork pies to go with

Lunch was last of yesterday's YS mini pork pies, with piccalilli, and two slices of Mary's YS cake. It's nice, but not at full £2 price though

wort

Finished glossing the living room, 4 doors ,window sill ,skirting ,under stairs cupboard, and radiator.
Dgson said why are you painting them I like them white, I said they'll be white when I've finished at the moment they're decidedly yellow.
I also repainted my hearth, not gloss but grey emulsion, as it gets scratched.
I'll put the curtain back tomorrow.
I didn't stop for lunch just a pear on the go. So I've put a gfree breaded chicken breast in with a few chips, I'll put half the chicken on a seeded roll, with lettuce cheese and mayo.
Very windy here though warm, the windows kept blowing shut.
Just need to keep the cat out of the way of the paint till tomorrow! !

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busy bee wort, bet you are glad it is done


storms abrewing, storm watchers are out and trecking southwards, could be mega big from 10. I put the baby cucumber plants and dainty salad leaves in the wall greenhouse in case their leaves get damaged. Water butts are filling nicely and may well be full by tomorrow. Btw, I am expecting a flaming june from end of week one. If so, then it should ensure a brilliant crop of mega berries after all this rain. I will be putting the cucumbers out next week as soon as they fill their pots and that is it, no more planting



Tomorrow`s food, mmm, no idea really but probably fish with a pesto/crumb topping and seasonal veg. I love the spring greens at the moment, such a lovely taste. Oats, an egg in the morning and whatever I cba

PasturesNew

Farway wrote: »

...spot of volunteer gardening...

Do you know any volunteer "curtain pole hangers, floating shelf fitters, blind fitters"?

I've a kitchen unit to build, by god they're heavy - box said 20Kg and it probably is.

Yesterday I managed to grab two YS chilli con carne at L1dl - there were four, I was tempted to get the others and freeze them, but then only bought two. I also bought a pack of sausage rolls and some sweeties.

Yesterday I had sausage rolls ... and then I had one chilli ... and then more sausage rolls.

Today I had to go out in a rush, not having eaten ... so I picked up a YS sandwich, a 12 pack of crisps and a 350g bag of Jaffa cake seconds... so today I've had a sandwich, jaffa cakes, pack of crisps ... and the chilli I bought yesterday. I've two sausage rolls left if I'm peckish later

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I was just thinking similar PN, only my wish would be for movers/shifters, to move stuff around the house, garage, garden