Prosperous & Creative Soul & MFW Year 3

jwil

More progress made, well done!  Good you are finding time for art too.

beanielou

Good news on the cat 🐱 

TallGirl

So pleased kitty is back home it’s such a worry when you can’t find them. Last time I lost one of mine he’d opened the stow under the bed and I’d shut it to avoid tripping over it not thinking he’d crawl in there. 

Glad the head feels clearer and you’re able to enjoy your art. Keep going it’s hump day today b

skint_spice

All sounds very positive, excellent!

MovingForwards

You're doing well and the snug sounds a delightful area for dinner parties.

Be guided by your handyman with some of the works and who knows, maybe he's got a larger range of experience than indicated.

Kitty is having an adventure and gaining confidence.

girlatplay

I'm sorry you have people in your life who can't just let things be and be happy for you.

Another vote for French doors instead of patio.

Your cat is sounding out the area. New adventures. They came home last night so that's a good sign.

EssexHebridean

I remember the stress of the first time letting the cat our after a house move...glad yours had the common sense to come back without too much drama! 

As for the comments people "might" make - I honestly suspect hat they will be too blown away just looking at your views. If they really did prioritise critical comment over that, then I would personally be questioning how closely I wanted to keep them in my life to be honest.  

savingholmes

Thanks KK, Beanie, Jwil, BM, Skint, MF, EH and TG

Cat stayed away - and hasn't returned yet today. I went for a walk at lunchtime and put some cloths that would hopefully smell of the house outside but it's not back. I've put a note on FB about the cat but no takers. I'm due to go into the office tomorrow - so doubly worried... In some ways the no response on FB may be a good sign.

I spoke to a neighbour at lunchtime about possibly fixing the wall and about having access next week for the roofer which they were fine with. I still need to speak to the one on the other side. I also nipped to the local PO and have now returned my router and posted a get well card. I saw a poster for a local WI so rang the number but they now only meet in the day which isn't really practical. They have a weekly craft session but again that's in the morning. She was very excited at the thought of a new member - but implied most of theirs are dying off. I'm kind of thinking a bigger group might suit me better - unless they are all like that?

I finished work early. I went and talked to the local carpet place. If I chose something from them - screeding would be around £1250 he reckoned. He thought it was highly likely it would be needed with the age of the house and said ply wouldn't really do the trick. They had tile style wood effect flooring don't know how best to describe it - but I didn't really like how any of that looked. It would also be dearer than what I chose originally and their underlay was also a few hundred pounds dearer. They are having a 25% off sale at the weekend but it is unclear what that will include or what they are using as the base price - as some of the products already had 10% or 4 for 3 type offers.

I've bought 2 blinds at £30 each for my work from home space and the landing - which hopefully can be trimmed by 5mm to fit. I pulled down the WFH space blind as I've sprayed it with anti-mould stuff a few times but it keeps returning. I've now repeatedly sprayed around the recess - which has improved the mould - but it's not gone. Will try again another day. I daren't look too closely at the blind in my bedroom... I have those dehumidifier gel type things in each of the upstairs rooms now. Downstairs seems fine - it is upstairs that isn't. I'm hoping that once the rotten fascias and leaking guttering and the rotten 1m strip of felt on each side are replaced that it stops being a repeat issue. It should improve it at least.

I've done a load of washing - and that's now drying upstairs which probably isn't helping the moisture situation - but I need to know if the handyman can resolve the dryer or if I need to replace it so not a lot of choice. 

I didn't really have anything in I fancied eating - so ended up with 3 slices of garlic bread with cheese followed by pancakes. I did try cooking some corn on the cob - but they tasted weird so didn't end up eating them. I only had yoghurt at lunch and only ate half my porridge this morning. I have had a cream egg and a couple of biscuits - but not ideal. My new freezer is tiny - and I apparently thought I needed peas and ice cream on 2 separate occasions since moving in and have bought them twice which hasn't left a lot of room for anything else!! Ironically I've not even opened that ice cream yet. I get paid tomorrow - so will organise more food at the weekend - but I feel I'm wasting quite a bit of food currently as I'm not eating it quickly enough before it expires. The downside of cooking for one. I have CG veg soup left -but I ate so much of it over the last month or 2 I can't face it today. It's still in date for another 10 days or so.

savingholmes

EssexHebridean said:

I remember the stress of the first time letting the cat our after a house move...glad yours had the common sense to come back without too much drama! 

As for the comments people "might" make - I honestly suspect hat they will be too blown away just looking at your views. If they really did prioritise critical comment over that, then I would personally be questioning how closely I wanted to keep them in my life to be honest.  

I heard miaow just as I pressed send. Thankfully he's returned sopping wet but none the worse for wear. I haven't seen any cats here yet but there are lots of dogs.

On the people commenting - unfortunately it's the people we don't get to choose who seem to want to make the most offensive comments... not being more explicit on a public diary...

My lights arrived while I was out earlier - and were left on my doorstep in the rain - with the label on the tracker reading 'handed to resident'!! I was too worried about the cat to open it but will now. 

KajiKita

Sending smelly, sticky, unpleasantnesses to the inside of the footwear of the unchosen criticiser! Bah! 😉

Yaay for cat returning and gallumphing around in the rain - my cat comes in sopping wet too. Don’t think she got the memo that cats don’t like getting wet! 😉😂

KK