Watty's Awakening

Bargainhunter30

Cherryfudge said

My daughter's dog (a cavapoo) shows no interest in other dogs - except fellow spaniel crosses, even ones that are a lot bigger or smaller than her. How does she know? 

Our dog isn't interested in other dogs, unless they're black like him or a springador (or springer or lab) like him 😂 He's also terrified of kites!

LadyWithAPlan

KajiKita said:

I remember the wrestling match Ladywithaplan described on her diary about getting prescribed testosterone and then the right kind of testosterone … I think I would stick with what you are doing too, sounds awesome! (And worth every penny. 😉)

I keep wondering about testosterone for me as well but just can’t face the bumbling incompetence and ignorance I’d have to deal with, plus the risk that some idiot might say ‘Oh you can’t have HRT any more’ at all, and I’d be left in an even worse state … Sigh …

Glad you had the good night’s sleep, whatever the cause 😊

KK

I am feeling great now I have been on the androfeme for over  4 months now ! I have loads energy and my mood is v positive and I am definitely a bit fitter, slimmer, leaner 
 Plus I have been around cats without any issues unlike when I had welts Tx to the male testosterone causing skin reactions 

PennysIntoPounds said:

Maybe they knew each other in a past life and were sworn enemies 🧐

Hope you're designating the treating yourself kindly time! 

You may have a point re past lives there  

yes you are doing a lot no wonder you feel a bit unbalanced - give yourself some time to just be and relax .. 

Watty1

VNM has rehung the wardrobe doors.  The drawer fronts should go back on today.   Wow!  What a transformation of the built in furniture.  Over the years the vinyl covering the chipboard had begun to peel away or fray and after research I thought it would be cheaper to spray paint the furniture than replace so got quotes - there are 4 wardrobe doors with frame built into an alcove and 3 sets of drawers built into the roof slope in the main bedroom (so 3 chests, 1 2 drawer and 2 3 drawer).  The price for the spray paint was £1800.

VNM suggested we leave the old trim surrounds as that is still in a good condition and that he paint the doors and the drawer fronts and, well, just WOW.  The difference is remarkable, the wardrobes look excellent, really nice quality and the the paint, the rollers, the undercoat, fillers etc all came in at under £200

He made the point yesterday that the bedroom is totally transformed, which it is, from a scruffy dated room to a clean modern room. I love it.    (The estate agent had suggested the room be updated before going to market and I wanted it more "mine" anyway and this was such a budget fix that just required a lot of patient painting by VNM).

beanielou

Sounds fantastic. 

Slinky

He is indeed, a Very Nice Man.

dawnybabes

I think we all need a VNM around us 🤣🤣🤣

KajiKita

That’s sounds like a real win! 🤩
You’ll get the benefit of the refresh of the room whilst it’s another step closer to getting the house on the market / starting to look for a new place that has better ride outs for you 😊

KK

Watty1

Furniture did not get finished yesterday but is on the list for today before we go off to a wedding.  We possibly will not stay long due to WattyDog but am looking forward to a happy wedding.  It is being held on a working farm so I'm thinking over outfit choices as may need to wear my muck boots!

Cheap evening last night as invited two girlfriends for dinner.  We had a nice evening in the garden sharing a bottle of wine and I cooked a black bean chilli using up stuff in the cupboards.   WattyDog enjoyed himself too but so desperately wanted to play had to be confined to his pen.

August nearly over and we approach the last quarter of the year.  I'm  not sure why this year is whizzing past so fast but my credit card shows this was an expensive month.  I've moved money from bank accounts into a "savings for credit card" account to be sure it will be ok when the payment is due end September  .  Unexpected and unbudgeted spends were just over 2 k to rebuild the wall and an additional £750 house insurance.  This sounds high but after many calls I found that I needed a specialist insurance company for all the outbuildings and a usual domestic will not cover that.  Finally settled on a separate policy for house and yard/outbuildings.  They have never been insured in the past, but seems sensible to cover now it is all mine.   Course sales covered the garden work.   

Then of course there have been spends to make WattyDogs life easier like the rugs and a new harness and his pen and the rehab vet and so on.    An expensive month but very little frivolous spending.

PennysIntoPounds

'Now it is all mine' is delicious.

Awaiting details of what wedding outfit you paired with muck boots 😊

Suffolk_lass

I hope the rain held off for the wedding and photos for you. It fair tipped it down at one point here. Remarkable how quickly the grass greens up though!