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Oh lummy! I accidently hit the report button . Don’t know what that will do.

Argyllgran, I like that idea but that means me putting up the bookcases.

Hope all goes well in Herriot country tomorrow.

Next time, Names, ignore the kitchen stuff and unpack your books first!

If he's desperate for a cuppa he can unpack the kitchen boxes himself.

Of course, you'd have to rearrange all the kitchen items yourself afterwards - but at least your books would be on shelves.

Linda’s SIL reminds me of my OH. Whenever we have moved whilst I’m busy unpacking the kitchen stuff and other important things he unpacks his books ( we have a lot) into the bookcases - so they are full and there is nowhere for mine. I’m sure there must be boxes of my books in the loft :-|

Oh my Linda, what a situation you have with SIl. Not sure I could be so polite lol I'm very much a dooer person and very good at" organising" people so no one around me gets to "slack."(that's the bossy teacher in me lol)

How on earth does you daughter cope I wonder? She is probably just used to him and his ways probably.

Haven't done very much this afternoon. Just put chicken in a dish to marinade and some paperwork. My head has been sore for 3 days now, especially my neck but not sure why. I always blame the weather lol

The viewee on mums property was a waste of time. They said they didn't like being so close to a busy main rd as they had a cat!! Well they viewed it online so knew where it was etc. Cant be doing with timewasters as we need it sold asap!

Hope your daughter doesn’t get Covid Florence. It is 27 degrees here, but a bit overcast

Good news, I don’t need new glasses, just a slight change in one eye. She said I could get some new ones if I wanted, but I declined as the ones I have are only a year old and because of my prescription, they cost a fortune. I also have a very slight cataract, but they said that last year.

SIL now says he has an online meeting with some Dutch people at 1pm tomorrow :-S

He said that he had received an email from his solicitor saying they had the cash funds from them and the money from the Nationwide mortgage, so they should be able to complete first thing. I very nicely told him that as soon as the van is ready, we can take our daughter to get the keys, so the van can start unpacking as soon as possible and we can start unpacking the boxes. I am not sure if he thought that we were all going to sit and wait until he was ready, so I squashed that idea straight away. To be honest, as he is totally useless, we are better with him out of the way. All he will want to do is mess about getting his computers set up. He was exactly the same when they moved into the London house about twelve years ago. It was me, OH, my daughter and my son who came to help who did all the work

Morning all

Oh dear Linda! What a stressy time but why doesn't SIL take time off??? How does he expect to move and pack when he is working?

When tomorrow comes you can take a deep breath and relax hopefully.

Joan, gosh what a palava! The cost too but at least its all getting sorted out. The rubbish will get cleared and soon you will be all back to your usual.

As they say in order to get sorted, it has to get messy first or something like that.

Well so much for 3 hot days here. Yesterday was warm at 22 but overcast and sooo windy. Today the sun is out but the wind is so strong, I couldn't stand at the corner of my house. Was hoping to be able to sit outside with a cuppa and a snack yesterday afternoon but it never happened and wont be able to today.

Tomorrow, it starts to go down in temp and get more windy so that's summer officially over me thinks. But 32 down south is far to hot for me, I'm asthmatic and couldn't cope in that heat.

Daughter is much better, but stress levels have been through the roof as several member of her trip away have Covid grrr but she is negative thank goodness!

Waiting on some chunky knitting needles coming today as I bought some chunky wool and desperate to get knitting with it.

We are having chinese chicken wings with chips and salad tonight and that has freed some space in the freezer and fridge.

Well better try and be busy, women's work is never done!

Have a good day all

Florence in the hebrides

It is good that they discovered the slate Joan. A nuisance that it needed more work doing, but better to find it now before more water gets in and causes even more damage.
It is a glorious day here, but I am tired as well. I woke up with a start about 4.30am because my phone which was charging on the other side of the bedroom suddenly lit up and made a noise as it does when it is notifying me of something. What was going on, I have no idea because it it set to not disturb me over night and there was nothing to see in the morning. Then I had set an alarm for 6.30am, so OH could get up and take my daughter to the station, then the normal alarm went off at 7 am, so I could get Eve up. I had to drag her out of bed this morning, she is always tired when they first go back after the holidays. I had to make sure Son in Law got up and left on time to take the girls to school, not an easy task as he is so ………

I need to go and collect a new sharps bin for Esme now, she has growth hormone injections and gets a new bin every few months. Then I need to go to Tesco for a few bits including some more strong bin bags to pack the rest of the bedding and their towels.

Then I am getting my eyes tested at midday. There are some more boxes to pack, but they have run out of boxes and can’t get anymore until lunchtime when the storage company who have them will be open. At least I can get on with that this afternoon before Esme gets back.

I impressed on SIL that all the packing has to be done tonight because the van is coming at 9 am tomorrow, but it is like water off a ducks back. Last night my daughter made him put the few clothes he has in the bedroom into a box. That would take less than five minutes and that is the sum total of packing he has done :-| :-|

I told him that he would have to pack up all the technology in the study tonight, but no- he announced that he was working tomorrow morning, so he would pack his stuff after that. He grudgingly agreed to pack up my daughters things when I pointed out to him that the large desk they are sitting on has to go in the van. He is totally off his trolley. Poor OH was shattered yesterday because he had to dismantle the large trampoline and even larger play centre all by himself. It has huge wooden poles which had to come out of their fittings, an incredibly difficult job. He had to use a large mallet to move them with me standing on the other end of the pole to try to stop it moving. Luckily OH has gone walking today because he is just about at the end of his tether.

Grr, grr, grr.

Morning all.
A bleary eyed Joan here, woke at 6-00am got up at 7-00am, one of the workmen arrived at 7-45 am & got started straightaway with the hammering & drilling.

the guttering job has taken a day longer than it should because on the first stay when removing a section of guttering the chap found a slate sitting in the bit of guttering & another had slipped behind the first one.

It couldn't be deen from ground level & unfortunately some of the sarking under the slipped slates had been wet at some point & had to be replaced !!
The guttering men got their slater to take a look & he got started yesterday to sort it out, just a small area but goodness knows what it will cost.

Nothing is ever straightforward is it, there's always some other problem crops up.
The joiners have just one more section of guttering to install then it's all finished.
It will be lovely to get back to our usual peace & quet AND to see all the rubbish cleared up, the back of the haouse & driveway looks like a bomb site.

A bit on the cool side this morning but it's bright, I expect it will warm up before long.

Joan.

It is glorious today, going to be 27 degrees apparently

It is so quiet in the house as Esme is back to school today. :-D

I have spent all morning packing boxes to help my daughter as she is working. I need to go to Tescos this afternoon then do more packing. It all needs to be done by this Erving as my daughter is in London all day tomorrow.

Morning everyone.
Not the best of days for us today, it's dry & calm but it is a bit dull.
The sun is really trying to shine & I think it may do so but not just yet.
Just hoping it stays fine for the workmen that are replacing our very old & so oast it cast iron guttering & downpipes.

The front of the house is done & looking grand.

Not sure if i will get out into the garden today but if I do I shall maybe tidy up the planters & make a start on gathering some of our Snowdrop bulbs & dot them around here & there, lol.

Joan.

Hi all, another lovely day here. grandson has been helping me clean the windows and as he is tall (over 6ft) he can reach the tops without standing on the steps. He is good at changing light bulbs as well. lol .It's not always easy to do these things as we get older.

Hope your daughter is feeling better Florence and your dad has got the internet back on now.
We had our house phone changed to wifi in July and although it works the same if the wifi goes down we lose our phone even for 999 calls. So we have to make sure our mobiles are charged up just in case. going to be awkward I think for people who do have internet or mobile phones. .

Linda you must be so pleased your daughters house move is on the way although packing up and moving out can be stressful in itself.

Enjoy yourself Ann I hope the weather stays good for you.

Good that your work is getting done Joan , always something to be done though.

Ginnie

I hope your daughter is feeling better today Florence.

It is always good when workmen finally turn up Joan, the new guttering will look very smart, you stop noticing how old things look after a while.

It is so hot here, going to be 27 degrees. Poor Eve has gone off to school in her wooly jumper and black tights. They don’t have a summer uniform, just short sleeved shirts, but they have to be given permission to take their jumper off.

I helped my daughter do lots of packing last night, mainly Esme’s toys and all the art and craft stuff. We are having a sort out as we go along. Tonight we are going to pack up Eve’s bedroom and the study. It is going along all right, at least the house doesn’t have to be emptied like a normal move.

I won’t be treating myself to wine and a meal Florence, I will be back on my diet big time, I need to get back to my target weight, but when they are here, there are all sorts of temptations. On our own, I don’t buy naughty things.

Morning Joan and everyone else looking in.
Its foggy but lifting a bit and the sun I think will put in an appearance once its all cleared....hopefully!

Glad for you finally getting the guttering sorting Joan, what a long wait youve had. At least it will be all sorted before the winter comes.

I had a very stressy day yesterday. Dad's area had no phone, mobile or internet yesterday but he could tel me on his mobile. He was moaning and groaning and I said, regular occurrence here as internet up & down as is the mobile signal and I just have to live with it! He was ranting and raving like it was the end of the world!

In the middle of that daughter is very unwell and was trying to get antibiotics from GP. She waited 4 hours in town for a dr to tel her back before finally they send a script through to a chemist at 3.30!!!

So with dad tel me every 5 minutes to look things up on google and daughter tel me as well, my own head was sore. Daughter was home by 5 and went straight to bed. Her temp was 39!

However the tablets soon got into her system and made her sick. Honestly you cant win can you?

So hoping for a quieter day today.

Linda, hope the packing isnt too stressful and all going smoothly. Once they have moved, treat yourself to a nice meal and a good wine :-D

Not sure what food we shall have today, be a wait & see meal me thinks lol

Florence in the hebrides

Good morning to everyone.
Goodness me what a stressful time you all have had re the house situation, not good for people to be put through such aggrevation like that, but glad to hear that all seems well at long last & the family will be settled into their new home very soon now.

We have a lovely sunny & calm day here but hoping it won't get too hot like yesterday.
We have the joiners here today, to replace the guttering & down pipes, we have been waiting since March for them to get round to doing the job, but they are here now & so looking forward to when it's finished.

Not sure if I will get outside myself today, I don't want to be getting in the way of things, I will probably just potter around doing some housework.
I have some washing to do & some soup to make so I won't be bored, LOL.

Florence, I hope you are going to get some nice weather today.

Joan.

A hot tub sounds good Ann.

It has been very hot here today. Eve goes back to school tomorrow and Esme on Wednesday.

It is panic stations here because after all this time, they signed the contract for the house. The solicitor emailed it this afternoon and a neighbour was going to witness it. Then they noticed that it had their London address on it and they don’t own that house anymore. So they had to get that changed. Once it was correct, I ran to the post office to catch the post so it could be guaranteed delivery tomorrow.
They are going to complete on Friday. Amazingly they managed to find a furniture van, so assuming it all goes to plan they are leaving on Friday. Unfortunately my daughter works in London one day a fortnight and it is this Thursday. She leaves about 6 am and gets back at 10pm. There were lots of collapsed cardboard moving boxes in the garage from when they arrived, so she is starting to fill them all. It won’t be disastrous if not everything moves on Friday as long as all the large stuff and double garage worth of boxes go. We can just ferry the small stuff over later

Hello all from Dumfries and G. We seem to have struck lucky so far for our eeeks holiday. It was lovely here today. After a.thick morning mist that didn’t lift until about 10.30, We drove to a little rocky beach called Southerness. We took our coffee and biscuits and found a sear to sit on. We went to look at this beach because it is at the narrowest point of the Solway Firth, from there we could see across to Siloth and Allonby where we were last week. We sat here in the sun for quite a while before driving back to Kippford where we had lunch of fish and chips in the Anchor which was really nice. It was too hot to sit outside in the sun so we went inside. They were very busy but service was excellent. After a wander watching the boats we came back to sit reading on the patio and spend time in the hot tub.

Fog & drizzle here...blooming terrible as i think we are the only corner of the uk without sun :-(

Done another basket of ironing and legs are sore now so sitting for a bit.

Got my bin in thankfully or who knows where it would have flown away to?

names, me dad says its gonna be sweltering down south so he is gonna stay indoors as its too much for him now.

It is beginning to really heat up all the way down here. Could reach 30 over the next couple of days.
But it is much too early to be calling this an Indian Summer. That is very much an autumn thing and we haven’t got there yet.

Hello all,

Beautiful day here, the gardener is cutting the grass opposite our house it is a small green with trees and shrubs and the council gardeners look after it very well . Seems we are having a good end to summer strange how it better weather when the children go back to school,

Done a load of ironing this morning while OH was in the garden sorting out his fish pond he can always find something to do out there. lol.

Hope you have some sunshine Florence.

Ginnie.

Well what a day!!! Blowing a hooley here although grasscutters managed my grass.

Waiting on the bin lorry and I will need to get it quick before it blows away so I have my lightweight jacket at the ready. Its low cloud too and misty so dampish.

We are promised a mini heatwave from tomorrow onwards....will believe it when it arrives :-D :-D

Just housework and usual chores on a Monday here...nothing exciting.

Couple of presents I ordered for daughter's birthday on the 17th arrived so glad for that. Hid them away incase she goes looking....yes even at 26!

Hope those that have the sun are enjoying it and please can you send some better weather over here lol

Stay safe all

Florence in the hebrides