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O/S Daily Friday 17 March 2017
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Good morning,
Happy Friday. I'm working tomorrow though so it doesn't feel like a Friday for me.
Things have moved fast. I received a call yesterday to tell me my offer on my first home has been accepted and they'll be taking it off the market!!!! WOOOOHOOOO!!!! The estate agent is Purple Bricks (online based estate agent) and they guy told me that they're having technical difficulties so once that is resolved the wheels will get in motion.
Very surreal and it hasn't sunk in yet. Earliest I could move in would be start of May which is much earlier than I had anticipated so I wouldn't mind if it was delayed a bit so I could save more for furniture
So that was the excitement from yesterday. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling to great so although it would've been time to celebrate, I was in bed for 8.
Not much planned for the weekend apart form spend as little as possible.
Snoozer - Happy birthday
Camelot - Of course I'll host the party with my chums from here every morning haha.
Jackei - Cakes and scones always go down well.0 -
Morning (((((((((( hugs )))))))))) if you need one.
Better night last night, did wake about 1am again, but went off to sleep, woke just after 7am for a wee.
OH is cutting the back grass this morning before it rains. I am nipping off round the corner to take a couple of things to the group that meets on a Friday morning........ No plans for the rest of the day or for the weekend.
Usual fish for supper, mash, mixed veg and mustar sauce with it, I think.
Congratulations Specky, hope you enjoy your new home.0 -
Excellent news SpekyI was jumping to conclusions and one of them jumped back0
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ancientofdays wrote: »
I have a load of washing for the mister to hang out by wigglin out of the window, no news of the back door repair and this has gone on for over 9 months. Am glued to Rightmove.
What is the problem with the back door AOD?
Isn't it a fire risk if you are unable to open it. I'm guessing you rent so aren't your landlords responsible for your safety?
I'm sure you've already kicked up a stink, but a 9 month wait is completely unacceptable :mad:
Happy Birthday Snoozer :beer: have a great day
Take care all
ETA Speky Congratulations :T:j:T'I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought
And I ain't got the power anymore'0 -
Thank you for all the birthday wishes. JackieO, the dr who delivered apparently told mum to name me Patricia. She didn't take his advice, but did call me by the most popular name of the late fifties.
DH has done very well with the pressies - he bought me something I wanted but also 2 photo frames and had some of the children's wedding photos printed so that I can have them on display. It's something I've been wanting to do but it's unlike him to be so pro-active.
We're going out to dinner with DS and DiL tonight and I will see DD over the weekend, which will be quite busy because we will be moving settees around the family. That will free up our study which currently contains 2 settes standing on end so that DH can put a desk in there and that will in turn free up the kitchen table where he currently works.
Speky, great news about the house.
Dumpling, I'm glad things seem a bit more settled. Well done to DD she is very brave, if it helps tell her we are all concerned about her and hoping she overcomes this.0 -
Well done SPEKY! Furniture can wait until you can afford it! There's always somebody wanting a good home for a table or a sofa to put you on. The only new things we had for our first little house were a dining table and chairs and a bed. Both of which were wedding presents from our parents. Everything else was passed on from friends and relatives who were replacing them!
DGDs were thrown in the car on time for school, with the usual last minute chaos. We have just enjoyed a late breakfast in peace and now delaying the clean up with another coffee! xx"If you dream alone it will remain just a dream. But if we all dream together it will become reality"0 -
Good morning
Had a bit of trouble logging in today - blumming Firefox!
Still I'm here eventually :wave:
DGS did well in the Eisteddfod last night as he won a gold medal :j.
The weather today is grey again and rain is forecast for later. I have deep cleaned the kitchen so everything smells of bleach now. DH has run the hoover over downstairs, he is very helpful but don't tell him I said so :shhh:. Well that's the coffee break over so I'm going to give the fridge a clean out.
Snoozer Have a very Happy Birthday
Specky that's good news!
Have a good Friday everyoneFailure is simply the opportunity to begin again, but this time more intelligently0 -
The weather has got worse and worse here! Rain, mist, wind, rain and just to add to the mix even more rain.
I'm doing some cooking. Well, can't do much else at the moment. I'm experimenting with a cauliflower pizza which I read about in the online Guardian this morning. It's a bit of a faff, especially squeezing out all the water from the cauli, but it's in the oven now. Doesn't caulif smell awful when cooking? It's my favourite vegetable to eat but not to cook.
There's also a packet of chicken thighs to cook up and a packet of lovely pork sausages which are two days past the UB date. So the kitchen is busy.
The woodburner isn't on yet as it's not so cold yet. I expect I'll feel it more when the cooking is done. There's washing to go upstairs on the airer and some marking to do. I'm not going down to Glasgow this weekend so will have more free time to get that out of the way.
Speky - Woohoo! :j:j Fabulous, it's such a great feeling. As for furniture, TA is correct, that will all come later. My first place was mostly second-hand stuff from family and friends. You'll soon have the place the way you properly want it.
Nannywidow - huge congrats to your DGS - well done him! I know there's great competition so a gold medal is just bloomin' brilliant.
I may have to open the back door to let the whiff of cauli out, if even for a few minutes. :eek:0 -
Normally a lurker on this thread but just popping in to say thanks to TravellingAbuela for the red pepper & cream cheese soup recipe – I’ll definitely be trying this; it sounds yummy.
Weather today here in my part of Yorkshire started out wet and now it’s dull, windy and cold with a little drizzle on and off. On the bright side, my daffs and some tulips are out with hyacinths budding up nicely, so that cheers me up somewhat on a miserable Friday.
Like others on here, when we first married what little furniture we had came second-hand from family and friends. Forty odd years on, it’s been replaced with our choice in new but we still have a dressing table courtesy of DH’s parents and a coffee table from my parents and I wouldn’t part with either of them.
Gers – you’re right, cauliflower is lovely to eat but it sure does whiff!
Not doing much today thanks to a bad back but have got a wholemeal loaf baking in the BM - smells better than cooking cauli!
Happy Birthday snoozer :bdaycake: and (((hugs))) to anyone who needs them.
Take care all.Be kind to others and to yourself too.0 -
Gers thanks for the warning about the weather. I'll make sure I'm prepared after flying home from my cold skiing trip:D 19degrees in the village today. I'm in a T-shirt with a tan, and I've skied precisely twice. Great holiday:rotfl:
Speky great news. Let me know when the house warming party is:beer: You'll find furniture coming at you from all directions when you start letting people know you have your own place. My tip - accept it. Save your money for a few perfect pieces initially and then switch things up when you can.
See you all properly tomorrow. Grrrrrr. I hate the last day of the holiday. Packed and almost ready to go. Now filling time trying not to make a mess. Or eat more chocolate. I started off a craving with last nights birthday cake and I've been grazing all day.Goals - Weight loss 6/26lb at 22nd Jan 18Mmmm. 26lb at 1/7/18. Oops:o0
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