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That reminds me of our extension in our first house when I had two preschoolers. We did as much of the manual work as possible to cut costs and then fitted the kitchen ourselves afterwards. We took so much pleasure from having done it ourselves. We felt like proper grown ups
I hope they enjoy the new space as much as we did.
Nowadays we are a bit lazier and get the youngest son to do much of the maintenance work round the house. He might as well pay for his keep somehow
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👍🏻👏🏻😊
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The garden needed a serious short back and sides after the cruise, so I've just finished two trips to the tip with two and a half hippo bags worth of cuttings. I haven't even finished trimming back the back garden bay tree or any of the shrubs in the front garden yet. Must crack on with these jobs so that I can give some attention to getting away in the MH before the sun starts dropping too low in the sky.
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Getting back to the A level results. Have you ever noticed how none of the TV interviews ever get anyone who has flunked their exams?
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Nearly sorted out after our return home yesterday,had to dust off my raincoat this morning for Rosa and i on our first walk, and the water buts were noted as full yesterday and the pond is now full today after "unblocking" pipe from water butt
We had a bit of a "problem" when stopping at the Welcome? break services at Oxford as All the dedicated caravan bays were full of Goods vehicles and also some of the coach bays which we and others had to use,and no one from the services to "monitor?" the situation,at least one coach could not stop (do not know if it had passengers on board
ps have emailed Welcome Break, i wonder if a reply will be forth coming
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Popped in home briefly as we are in Peterborough for OH's hospital appointment. All went well. Very quick and efficient despite the place being heaving. It was to test the nerves in his left hand and wrist prior (hopefully) to a carpal tunnel op. Goodness knows when that will be as this has been dragging on for months.
I hope your dog is better Helen. It is always a bit of a worry when they are not well.
Glad your daughter and SIL are happy to do the work themselves.OP. I am sure they will appreciate some help keeping the grandtwins occupied and out of the way at times though. Our children are now fairly self sufficient. Our daughter taught herself to paint and hang wallpaper after a bit of 'instruction' from OH when her first marriage broke down and felt very pleased with herself when she had her little house all newly decorated. They sometimes help us now. Our DIL is great at painting ceilings which OH now finds difficult.
We are having a great time at Houghton Mill. We caught the bus into St. Ives and back on Monday. When we were last there the bus company had stopped all the buses to the village but a local coach company has taken it over until September to see how things go and then might extend it. Some of us on the campsite decided that we should support them. We were talking to a lady who has lived in the village all her life and doesn't drive and is a bit worried that they will be left without a bus service.
Make the most of your peace and quiet brue so you are rested and can enjoy your son and grandson when they return.
Must get back to Houghton now. Enjoy your day folks I hope this teeming rain stops soon.
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that's because everyone passes due to brilliant teachers
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Actually BBC East did speak to a young man who'd not done as well as had hoped. I seem to recall this isn't the first time.
Seems like on the whole they all did good. Well done to them all regardless of their results. So long as you gave it your best you couldnt do more, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and refocus to get what you want. Sadly life throws in setbacks, it might not be a bad lesson to learn.Thank goodness we weren't waiting on behalf of ours 😉
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We had a pleasant, almost stress free (local diversion through a busy market town due to a "Local Incident") drive and arrived safely at our temporary home for the next 8 nights, high up on the Yorkshire hills. The CL has a bit of a slope so we've set up base camp for the night and will attempt the peak tomorrow. Methinks it was a good idea to bring levelling blocks.
Fantastic views.
New awning seems to be ok even if it is on three levels.
MillieH - hope carpal tunnel op goes well for MrH but my brother had one last year and was unsuccessful. He's having another go this year.
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Thanks for the good wishes WN. OH had the other hand done 16 years ago and it was a great success so fingers crossed for this one. Enjoy your your trip away.
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Finally got round to upgrading my phone contract today - it's only been due since February!
They were desperate to let me have a new phone which seemed to do everything short of making me a cup of tea in the morning, but I like the one I've got - easy to use, great camera, I can even use it to talk to folk a long way away! So in the end they let me just upgrade the package - 10 times the amount of data, (So I can keep up with CT when we're on those remote CLs), 1000 minutes of calls (I probably use about 40 ) and unlimited texts - and 50p cheaper a month!
Off to nephew's wedding tomorrow, in Bushey, weather was dreadful today apparently but forecast is good for tomorrow afternoon, so fingers crossed.
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Enjoy the wedding Moulesy. Glad to hear Houghton is still up to scratch Millie, we did the walk to St Ives last time, I do hope they can retain the bus as I don't think I'd do it again (nice but tiring on return!) Hope all goes well for Mr H's op and he doesn't have to wait too long.
Very quiet and peaceful here, have tidied up all the Lego from just about every available surface, put stuff away and nearly got some space back in one room at least. OH can now get some DIY finished without someone stepping in it or borrowing tools!
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Wet journey to the CL, did the basics to set up van and then retreated inside the van to watch the grass turn green. Rain finally stopped at 3pm so went out to Weeting Heath, didn’t see a single bird of note so after half hour I gave up and returned to the van.
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We usually walk in and bus back brue but we had to walk both ways last time when we discovered there were no buses. That was a test of strength! We caught the bus in as well this time just to make sure it was actually running. Ah the lego. I remember it well especially sifting through the vacuum to make sure I hadnt vacuumed any up!!
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" Kjellnn sounds like you're enjoying being needed, it's great to be able to help when it's appreciated. Shame you don't think you'll get away in the caravan but it will be nice to see your sister when she visits."Yes, it is nice to be needed, but DD does realise that we will not always be here to help, so she is keen to learn how to do things herself. She is already better than me at painting and wallpapering, can apply silicone sealant very neatly, lay laminate flooring, assemble flat pack furniture, and learned how to do tiling when we did her kitchen at the old house.
Being a software and electronics engineer, she is well up on ethernet, telephone and TV cabling, and we will be covering mains wiring soon as the new place needs a few alterations.
Plumbing is next as there will be the bath to install and a radiator to move, and she has now learned about waste disposal units.
There will be a crash course in woodwork too if she decides on the oak skirtings and facings, and a lesson on how to hang a door.
Her main problem at the moment is that the wee lad is going through a "clingy" phase and just wants to be carried around by her all the time, which she is finding very frustrating as she wants to be doing things like crawling under the floor to look at the wiring and plumbing!
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Good luck with the knee David, is it the full bifter or just have a knee?
Lovely sunny morning here on the Brecks. Coffee and bacon on the go.
Funeral is at 12.30hrs, going to be strange to put on long trousers and a jacket as I’ve worn shorts from April.
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No time to catch up on here. Grandsons fed and watered and off for a shower. Chester Zoo tickets purchased. Off to get my breakfast. Having had them here since Tuesday morning it will be nice to have some peace after I take them home tonight. No wonder single mums look forward to school restarting.
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Clear blue sky morning yeah! BUT very moist 😲 had to dry the patio table and chair before I could use!
Hope the funeral goes well Oneputt, I know exactly what you mean about formal dressing - I'll be doing similar- dress and tights 😲😲 on Tuesday for our family funeral, can't recall the last time I wore tights!
EasyT enjoy your day. You can recover soon 😂. Wish I had the opportunity to have my granddaughters to stay 😢. But hey no didn't have the dilemma of childcare being requested 😉.
Probably off to fit new end caps on our fiamma awning, the sun has made them brittle! Still he is 16 years old now so must expect he'll need some tlc from time to time 😉. Hoping to buy a new toilet seat too - yes I know how to live 😂 whilst were that way. Didn't know when we chose our bathroom suite only Roc seats fit Roc toilets! Naturally they are the cheapest on the market 😂😂 nor stocked everywhere!
Fingers crossed for the 10th DSB. I think you've got the wrong St Ives further up thread, they're talking about Cambridgeshire or is it Huntingdonshire these days? Our son in Sawtry is under Huntingdonshire - I thought that was a lost county??
Milliehull hope your OH gets a date soon, continue enjoying Houghton Mill
Enjoy your day folks
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Whoops our bathroom suite Rak not Roc
. OH now can't remember which store he bought the previous one 😲. Fixings go pitted with rust type marks! Thinking caps on Google no help 😤Moulesy enjoy the wedding dancing as well, show the youngsters how to throw some shapes 😂🤣😂🤣.
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