Tales from The Shire

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  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,033 Forumite
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    I had a day off yesterday to meet up with some friends for coffee. Had a lovely time but coughed and spluttered throughout and was pretty exhausted by the time I got home. So, in an attempt to kick the bug once and for all, I have spent the day in bed :o

    Let's hope I wake up in the morning virus fee and raring to go.

    Because I'm very, very bored now.

    Fortune x
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  • beanielou
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    Hope you are on the mend really soon & enjoy your weekend.
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  • Greying_Pilgrim
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    Seconding wot Beanie wrote.

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  • PurpleFairy26
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    Fortune_Smiles wrote: »
    I had a day off yesterday to meet up with some friends for coffee. Had a lovely time but coughed and spluttered throughout and was pretty exhausted by the time I got home. So, in an attempt to kick the bug once and for all, I have spent the day in bed :o

    Let's hope I wake up in the morning virus fee and raring to go.

    Because I'm very, very bored now.

    Fortune x

    Blimey, this bug really loves you doesn't it :rotfl: hope it does one very soon.
  • greent
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    Fingers crossed for a splutter free day today x
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  • brizzlegirl
    brizzlegirl Posts: 1,260 Forumite
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    Take it easy FS, lots of tea and sleep I suggest..

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  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,033 Forumite
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    Thank you everyone for the good wishes. The cough is gradually subsiding and my energy is gradually returning so I feel like things are getting back to normalish.

    We've had an up and down day today:

    Down: the dishwasher broke

    Up: I fixed it :T

    Down: FDawg disappeared for an hour :eek:

    Up: I found him :T

    Up: We bought a dining table and four chairs from the Bay. It's a huge, oak, refectory style table and exactly what we were hoping to find. Nobody else put in a bid so we got it for an excellent price.

    Down: I left Mr F to measure the car up to see if the table would fit in :o

    Up: Fortunately the seller offered to take the table top in her car and drive a 30 mile round trip so we could get it home :) It was such a lovely thing for her to do that we took her out to lunch on the way and had a fabulous time. Mr F has redeemed himself by putting the new table together.

    Down: Now we need to buy more chairs :o

    I even managed to get some chalk painting done this weekend. I'd bought a very cheap ladder style book case on Amaz0n so I could have my cookery books in the kitchen. It only came in white and my kitchen desperately needs some colour. It's now bright orange and only needs a wax coat before I can start using it :T

    Definitely a spendy weekend and I will have to juggle budgets a bit to accommodate the table... but I love it, I love it, I love it.

    Hope you've had a fabulous weekend all

    Fortune x
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  • Cheery_Daff
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    Excellent table buying, and it sounds like you made a new friend too! :j :j

    Glad you found Fdawg :eek:
  • beanielou
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    An eventful weekend then.
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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,033 Forumite
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    Cheery_Daff wrote: »
    Excellent table buying, and it sounds like you made a new friend too! :j :j

    Glad you found Fdawg :eek:

    She was a lovely lady and wouldn't take any money for petrol either.
    beanielou wrote: »
    An eventful weekend then.

    Story of the year so far Beanie!

    Fortune x
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