Prosperous soul, mortgage neutrality & creativity Year 2

beanielou

Too much work!!
What a lot of blooming tosh.

I hate bi-fold doors. Too much to go wrong with them & too heavy.

savingholmes

Thanks Beanie I knew you'd get it. My friend that was here today described my home as 'move in ready' so I just think its inflated expectations that some people have. My house is just over 20 years old!! How much work can there really be? All of it is optional...

I need to send some £ to my cashback CC again... 

My friend that I mentioned earlier says she's off more of the summer so should be freer to meet up which would be nice. She's going to send me a scene she wrote recently and encouraged me to write again... 

mark55man

If you need some feel good telly to help you recover my OH and I watched the Wham! documentary on NetteFlicks - we were both young adults at the time - she was really into them and I was disdainful except on the dance floor.  The show was fabulous (as were they) and really showed the different roles that George and Andrew had.  Also the importance of perseverance and work even in creative pursuits - although talent still key

jwil

beanielou said:

Too much work!!
What a lot of blooming tosh.

I hate bi-fold doors. Too much to go wrong with them & too heavy.

I agree, they are probably something in the future that will totally date houses.

WelshmansDaughter

NR really is prolific. Writing and otherwise. I was thinking about going to her Inn Boonsboro if I was ever in the States. 

Sounds like the viewers want their very own Grand Designs

Humdinger1

@savingholmes much as I can see why some people watch home makeover TV, it should be considered a fantasy in my view.  There's room for a new series 'Get your feet on the ground ' or similar perhaps? You heard it here first...the next viewers will probably be the ones.  I think you're seeing this process as helping you decide whether you want to move, no? You'll get the benefit of all your work if you decide to stay put.  Congratulations on everything you're achieving love Humdinger xx 

EssexHebridean

I think houses are just such a personal thing aren't they - one person's idea of a dream space is someone else's nightmare. People also have different levels of tolerance to work needing doing too - although we can both see the potential in a place that doesn't mean I want to be dealing with all the brick dust and upheaval it will take to get it realising that potential. Someone else is happy to go in and pull a place apart to get it as they want it (or has the luxury of being able to live elsewhere while they do the work!)

While we were looking we thought that a back gate was an absolute deal breaker for us - but as soon as we found the house that we are now buying we realised that even if it didn't have that it wouldn't change anything. We were also really against the idea of somewhere with much open plan space...until we found this one! The right people will come along for your house, and when they do it won't matter what it has - or doesn't have - they'll just want to buy it regardless! 

Merlin's_Beard

Sorry the viewing didn't work out - although if they were that specific about what they wanted they probably would have been nightmare buyers anyway! Better luck for Wednesday - all you need is one of the viewings to go well.

savingholmes

Thanks Mark, Jwil, Merlin, EH, WD & @Humdinger1 - just found your diary

I agree on the bifold doors - they look great - but how often is our weather good enough to justify them. If I struggle to keep the hinges of french doors cooperating -yes what about the long term mechanism on them... 

I am absolutely exhausted from my day job. I absolutely mustn't try and work this weekend as my head is currently closed over. Too much social/video calls. Too much bickering and petty arguments. Feel like I'm playing referee in a school playground which with ASD is tough.   I am expecting it to be bad for another 4-10 weeks but then desperately hoping it eases off. 

I need to find a way to chill and let the day go... I may look for some small scale art work I could do tonight/soon to just destress... It's been nearly a month since I played with paint... I went in work late today but even so still exhausted. 

I have a lasagne ready meal cooking for me at the moment which I'll pair with some oven chips and peas. It should then give 3 portions for other days. I took something out the freezer for lunch at work today.

jwil

I hope you manage to relax this evening and wind down.  It's very hard when 'peopling' all day, even if it is virtual.