🦞 The Lockdown Gang still chatting 🦞

ixion please pass in my love to your match buddy. I think of her and her tiger tail often. Thank you for the massage from Kaimoana
Grammaretto ooh that does sound spooky. I love your positive frog, what a lovely thing to have from your DGD.
And a penguin from your DGs.
I’m off to bed again. Not feeling well tonight again
Think I’ve eaten something that doesn’t agree with me.

Thanks NotSpaghetti
The frog says he'll keep me company and I am not to give up.

Thanks for the link to contact Kaimoana, Ixion

At yoga this morning I heard the worst house moving cautionary tale ever - and they survived!

The grand piano is going today. It belongs to music man who installed it here when he was sure he was getting the house. Perhaps he still will?

I love your frog.
Keep him close.
❤️

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Our garden is very spooky after dark!
There's a long unlit driveway and it's a big and imposing Georgian pile.

When my DC were small and we put turnip lanterns in the windows hoping to attract Guisers to offer treacle scones, sweets and apples, and to listen to their songs and jokes but noone dared come 😲 so our own kids had to join their friends on established routes around well lit housing estates.

Love to Kaimoana. I tried to find her on FB but couldn't

Thanks for the positivity ixion and well done our team. Lovely to keep seeing your prickly friend 😍

DGD gave me a positive frog which I keep in my pocket.

The little penguin was sent by DGS from NZ.

Good solution about the boiler, Grammaretto.
Do you think the buyers will accept this and not try to chip you open negotiations about the sale price? Keeping positive for you.

How lovely to have a request for your garden setting for a spooky play.
Spiky Norman 🦔 continues to come for supper every evening. I feel honoured, DC say it's down to our garden being unmanicured, unlike all the other beautiful ones around us.
I try ...

Late to the party tonight as me and my Match Buddy have been 'chilling' (metaphorically and literally) on the ⚽️ sidelines, yet another eye watering performance for Our Team, who haven't lost a match this season (10 played, 8 won, 2 drawn). Carry on like this and we won't be needing Cheerleaders, Doodle.
Sorry about that, can you bear it?

Kaimoana sends her love.

Jan, how is Mr.J? Thinking of you x

Grammaretto i think you made a good self purchase there. The desk sounds lovely 🤣

Oh NN sorry you’re not feeling great. Hope you’re ok for your trip. Poor doggy too.

So I have sold it to myself. - well I do hope you got a decent price for it so you can maybe have a nice bottle of wine or an afternoon tea!

I agree and will do nothing re the boiler just yet.
Thanks for the advice.
I was about to advertise my desk today. I inherited it from my mum and it's been languishing in the attic for 20 years.
When I'd finished describing and photographing it, I decided not to sell it after all. It's so much better than the replacement desks!
So I have sold it to myself. 😅

I wouldn't want to clear up dog vomit either NN. Hope it's nothing serious.

Very lazy day so far but I am about to drive to the tip.

I've been asked by the local am dram group if they can use my garden for the spooky play they've been writing for Halloween.
I could hardly refuse.

I hope all the Lobstars are doing well.xxx

I've got everything crossed Grammaretto. If it felt good that is a very good sign. As to the boiler...I agree with Doodle...just leave it. If you are not advertising the house with a self contained flat then it won't matter and the new owners can decide what they want to do with it. Did you think anymore about a little break...change is scene from the packing up, clearing etc. It's not only very physical...it's emotionally draining at times too. Sending you a big cwtch.
Well actually you probably wouldn't want a cwtch from me just now as I've got a vile cold....think Neil from the Young Ones!!?! Not a pretty sight. I'm really hoping it clears by Saturday as flying albeit short haul with a bunged up nose will not be fun. I can't face calling HMRC today....I had an email a few weeks back to say I'd paid too much tax back in 23/24 and they owed me a refund...which I claimed then on Monday they emailed again saying my tax code had changed and that I owed them the exact amount that they had refunded me. I'm totally confused. Ho Hum. I've actually spent some of it too😱
Just to make it a trio of woe...Ddog1 has been sick during the night. DH dealt with it...I can deal with everything apart from vom, I think I will just crawl back to bed for a bit. 🙂

Grammaretto i wonder is it worth just letting the boiler be if you don’t actually have someone in the flat. The person who buys your house may have totally different idea as to its use and layout.
When I sold out car it had a big dent in the side. I said to DS1 I’ll need to get that fixed first. He advised no. Just sell it as it is if a garage buys the car they will repair it for less than they’ll charge you for doing it. Not sure about my logic but you could try just leaving the boiler at the moment.

Not celebrating yet 😕
More bad news today. The plumber came to service the boiler in the granny flat. He condemned it. I'll either have to buy a new boiler or connect the flat to the house which means a lot of complicated pipework.
He's going to give me some quotes.

However, I have noted interest in this latest house and today 4 of us spent several hours on attic clearance, skip loading, posting saleable or reusable items on gumtree and having a few laughs. Ofcourse it still feels like there's still masses to do.
I was exhausted.

How are the other Lobstars?

Hooray Grammaretto!
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Oh Grmmaretto fingers and all crossed this is the one. Hope it works out for you,
Busy day today. Two different coffee and chat sessions and a trip to the opticians, M and S and Sainsbugs.

Oh, that sounds marvellous, Grammaretto.
Everything crossed for a swift transaction.

The house I was going to buy has now been sold to someone else.
I viewed another one today and like it much more. It had a good feeling about it. The garden was lovely.
No garage or conservatory but scope to build a studio in the garden. The owners keep chickens and there's a wood stove.
I really hope this is the one!

I hope your DH friend moves to be near you NN that would be so nice.

Grammaretto like everyone else I want the right place for you not second best. I do hope the right thing comes along.
NN be nice if your DH’s friend does move near you.
Good your neighbour has now got the mermaid outfit. Do we get to see the lacy jumpsuit? Hope it doesn’t have holes in embarrassing places. 😱

Grammaretto....I firmly firmly firmly believe that everything happens for a reason.... None of us want you settle for the 'maybe this will suit me house'. We want you to find a house that makes your heart sing when you first see it and close your eyes and see yourself living there. It will happen.
DH has his best friend/best man/ also coming on the cruise mate down staying with us...he had surgery on his knee 2 weeks ago and has been signed off for 3 weeks so has come for a long weekend. He is very taken with the area and has been talking about moving down.... That would be lovely for DH...they are very similar in character and get on really well .... I've been lucky to have had the time in between work to meet people and make friends ...he hasn't had that much opportunity and despite coming over as outgoing is actually less confident ( not helped by his past experience, his ex really wasn't a people person and didn't like him talking to new people or being sociable...) we are all different and that's the difference in our relationship from our previous ones..acceptance and love of who the other person is...not resenting characteristics that don't fit with our own.

Doodle I did buy the lacy jumpsuit....and I have gifted the mermaid outfit....to my lovely neighbour who has gone through a divorce and losing her Mum in the space of just over 12 months...she popped in and I told her the story and showed her the pictures...she tried to tell me I looked fabulous but I knew she would look wonderful in it...she is more straight up and down if you know what I mean...no cantilever balancing bits ( lallies and butt) like me. She left very happy and my joy knew no bounds at the thought that no one in the Caribbean would see an oversized wannabe mermaid wiggling into dinner.

I think there will be something else coming along soon that is intended for you.
It may be somewhere totally unexpected or something you hadn't considered.
I do hope the next one is perfect - the last one did sound good - but "sensible".

I've been making an appointment to view yet another house near the other on the same estate. It's nearer to the town centre and bus stops but has no garage or place to have a workshop. It does have a small sunny garden which isn't paved over like the other 🙂

So altogether more me 😅

I came back from the concert last night but forgot to look at the sky which according to local reports and photos was full of aurora colour.

Another decluttering day awaits. My pottery friends are coming to help me and a cousin of DH will collect the family heirloom. I hope the clearance people didn't take it to auction.

Your week is panning out nicely
Doodle 😊

Grammaretto i firmly believe the right place will be found for you. Moving is always a difficult business. I hope you get it sorted soon. Interesting art work. Hope your sale goes well.
Our afternoon tea was delicious, friend, whose birthday it was, really enjoyed it. I’m still very full.
Church tomorrow then a busy week next week starting with coffeee am and pm with friends fitting opticians in as well,
ixion yes walking weather was good thanks. It’s still quite warm here. I’ve got the fan on at the moment, making the most of it as I’m sure the cold weather is coming.

Oh Grammaretto how annoying. Not quite our "moving to County Cork saga yet though!!

Aha, many thanks to Google for translating for me.

I think this should've been your motto going forwards.

It really is too bad that the DC appear not to be able to wait a while and give you the time you need.

If granny hadn't died yet, they wouldn't be eyeing up the money quite so keenly.
Let's hope there's something even nicer out there waiting for you and that they have to settle for less.

How is the sale going?

This was what I was trying to say. Some artworks went and it was lovely to watch them being enjoyed and remembered.