Exhausted from stripping..........!!!!!!

These are some of the
things I have in and on
top of my dresser - I have
so many other boxes to
unpack yet I am going
to have to be selective
and maybe sell on some
of my 'stuff' !!

Don't worry I haven't got a night job - stripping the walls and washing off horrible gluey paste - yeuk. Poor old Alan thought we were finished and then I pointed out the wall at the top that is where they added an extension on - so more water in the steamer. We had the conservatory doors and windows open and it was pouring outside - all the windows were steamed up and so were we. More gardening last night after stttling own for a cool drink after tea and a 'watch the pond' session we made some decisions on the garden and got up and did it there and then. Shrubs out, acers moved. path planned, carrots moved!! all go.........

Tomorrow should be adding dado round the room, then painting of dado and all paintwork. Have had a delivery of my brother's unwanted 1930's fireplace. Tall with an oval mirror -in lovely condition. So tomooorrow I can see it in situ as the horrible dark shiny one is now off - so the nice clean, decorated front is piled high with 'stuff' again. Still we have broken the back of the job today and it was pouring down anyway - what more could you ask to be doing on a rainy afternoon - Yes I know, reading , resting , watching an old film, those days are on hold in this house.

Right its 9.30pm there is film I would like to watch but typical of tele now it starts after midnight and we only have trash all evening - we haven't even had it on tonight. May as well go to bed with Alan, tea and Country Living!

Houston - We have lift off - Hurrah for 02

This posting is almost upside down so please bear with me when you read it.


Some more goodies acquired lately-wll there should be more pictures but blogger won't let me add anymore and as there is an orderly queue now we have broadband I will say goodnight - its good to be back and I have lots of pictures to add.This is the green shelf unit I showed a couple of postings ago - it now in situ with 'stuff' on it - I shall be moving it soon as I want to add a plate rack so I can unload the dishwasher onto it like I had in the previous house. I found them on David Mellors site so will treat myself next month and the unit can move ot the other wall - Alan is not completely aware of the imminent move - I have told him but he wasn't listening at the time - I know it..............This little beauty is my sewing box - it holds all the things you need to hand for speed and then often holds a current project. It is a great size and it good condition from a charity shopThese are my little vintage suitcases they are quite small - think the one to the front of the picture might have been for a small instrument. They are sitting on the top shelf of an Ikea wall mounted coat hook stand - I love themBeen so long since I blogged properly I cant remember how to add the pics where I want so excuse the jumble! The pictures of the panelling are for Lucy Bloom to see. We wanted to try and make it more like we think it would have been and the wall where we added the loo would normally have been wooden so we added wooden strips like we saw after trawling through books of the era. WE then painted and sanded the plaster wall and the wood together in satnwood so it looked all the same. It actually looks like wood and our carpet fitter came in and said ' Hmm original panelling eh' - we were cock a hoop!

Anyway the big news today is that Kate and Ross are now no longer moving in together - she has decided she isnt ready to do so yey - she says that passing her test has opened up her life so much that she wants to go out and about and enjoy herself !! Hmm I seem to remember saying something like that some time ago. Ross had apparently agreed and siad he wanted to go travelling before he setled down anyway (!! was that without KAte then??) Anyway he rang her today and said as she wouldnt move in with him then there was no point in continuing etc etc. She has gone to his house tonight to get her stuff and talk. I am hoping this is it and they stay unengaged to be honest. Although I have lost my plumber now and he took the radiators off the back room wall on Sunday so we could decorate more easily............and what about my bathroom???...... Aaaaaargh

I dont know if anyone agrees out there but although these young adults think they are soooo grown up now they arent really - everything has to be so intense in their relationships - they must understand that life isn't like Hollyoaks and the soaps, but hey what do I know. So we will see what happens tonight when she gets back -she was a bit fragile when she leftSigned up for 02 last Tuesday and here I am. Just got to a financial battle with Supanet now but I am so happy to be independent again. I am going to add some photos of the hall which is now decorated I am pleased to say - I didnt want to keep the spindles - we wanted square ones and we wanted to stain the handrail but there is so much to do we compromised and I must admit the hall is lovely and light an clean now. We arent having any carpet fitted until the bathroom is done because we all know its going to be messy isn't it! This was to be the start of the blog I seem to have to think about the end before the beginning when I post - is it the same for everyone - when adding pictures or am I stupid??

Forgot to add the Wisteria!! after all that

Grrrrrrh .............no internet access

Well I cant send all my pics to work to add them to blogger because I have no broadband! and I have loaded them off the camera onto the computer so I can't even bring them here and put them on as I thought I was clever and deleted them off the camera - so I have one pic I took this am of the white wisteria on the garden side of the pergola.

Having arguments by letter with Supanet - gosh you must think I am simply awkward and argumentative with everyone as this sounds like the move but I am not like that at all -its these big companies who don't do their job. You feel so helpless.

A guy from our IT department came to give us new PC's and he was saying about just moving and how awful it was - he was in our chain!! with the same solicitors as us and he had the same terrible time - he was the second in line from the bottom of the chain. Mind you at least he is finished and in and not being accused by Customs & Excise like us of not paying our stamp duty - Drrrh!

Right must go, had my dinner break! Will read some blogs tomorrow - I dont go out at lunchtime on my errands anymore 'cos I have to quickly read blogs!

I think Kate is moving out at the weekend or next weekend. She and Ross got a 3 seater and 2 seater leather sofa less than one year old - they were almost £2k new for £700. They decided if they have not much else they can sit comfortably. They are big but I said if they don't fit you can always sell them. The couple she bought them off were splitting up which is sad, Kate said they obviously hadn't spent enough time snuggling on the expensive sofas. She has turned inot a little bairgain hunter like her Mum. They bought a second hand fridge freezer and the couple threw in a free dishwasher!

Right must go!!

Sorry for not joining in lately

We have no internet access due to arguing with our provider so I am adding this message from work.

Day off tomorrow due to fact that my laminate is being laid in the hall, front room and cushionfloor in the loo! Hoping they are coming early and then I can have some 'me' time and I am not spending it in the supermarket!

The wisteria out now on the pergola and it is lovely - there is second one as well which is coming a liitle later it was just flowering in a few places this morning and its a white one. The garden is coming along well, we have added lots of car boot plants lately and things in pots that we brought with us. We bought a pear tree with some vouchers we got off my brother almost two years ago but we were hanging on until we moved here. The garden is proving to be perfect - it gets lots of sun when we want it and there are shady places as well I can see we are going to have some lovely times in it. Alan extended the fence upwards at the back with extendable met posts and we are now nice and private and it makes the gardne look a lot wider. The pond and its inhabitents are lovely to watch and we are now the proud owners of (we think ) about 10 babies and a new pond vac!

I have exchanged my oven and hob from my old house for a desk that we don't need - so it has gone back home and my old oven has been replaced at the previous house with a swish range cooker. The one I inherited here whistles all the time and it doesn't have a seperate grill - there was nothing wrong with the one I left so I was glad to have it and it was going to the tip if I didn't. Ross will have to put me in a gas pipe to enable me to fit the gas hob that came with it. I have an electric one which drives me mad - its either on full or almost off - not very efficient at all.

The next job will be the bathroom so we decided against having the stair carpet done yet as there will allsorts of stuff going up and down the stairs whilst its done.

I am enjoying a sandwich at the moment full of my own lettuce - we have broad beans, spring onions, lettuce and tomatoes growing there at the moment in a tiny but productive place.

My brother got married last weekend at York Registry Office and he is having a bbq on Saturday where we will meet his new wifes family. They have been waiting to be married about 8 years! as kids grew up and settled and finally there are together and Peter doesnt have a long journey to make every weekend. Hope the weather is OK - I have to make a huge fruit salad as my contribution.

Kate and Ross are now setting up home together - they are renting and should be moving in in a couple of weeks - so we are shopping together on Sunday for housey things whilst Alan goes to Croft with his eldest son. Andrew lives in Wales and has just been confirmed with MS so we will be pleased to see him - he is marshalling at Croft so he must be OK at the moment - apparently his eyes are the problem that triggered off the investigations, Alan will be glad to see him.

Well better get back to work - I am reading other blogs and commenting but can only get on at work and obviously not for too long!!

No internet access in bay window land!

Have no internet access at the moment - don't know why?? Adam will sort it out at the weekend - so popped on at work to leave this message.

Have loads of photos to add of befores and afters as we progress through the house and one of the imminent wisteria which we knew we had in the garden but if it all comes out it will be breathtaking.

Managed to find a pic of the dresser

This is the dresser I got from ebay and this is the picture they used to display the dresser for sale - it looks like its the light oak finish that is i the shops now rather than the oak varnished piece it actually is! Right back to work - just had a break to eat - we are putting up dado rail in the hall up the stairs etc. We have been going since 9.30am - its 2pm and are just about to put the long piece up the stairs - we have spent hours measuring and making angles on the wall! We will get there and it will be worth it! we should have bought an extra length for mock ups of angles - I bet we dont have enough now - saying that it is looking really good up to now.