tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38080973426041799922024-02-21T11:34:35.053+00:00VivodWell this is us. An insight into the lives of a very busy family. I have 3 kids, a full time job, and a 100 year old house in need of LOTS of love. We don't take life too seriously, but we care about the important stuff. This blog is entitled 'Vivod' because that is the name of our house, which slowly gets more homely day by day. Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoy.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-83416114084196843642017-01-21T17:09:00.000+00:002017-01-21T17:09:04.941+00:00Birthdays, Bakes and Running<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2017, so far so good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January is mostly about birthdays at Vivod. The eldest turned 19 which was uneventful, she didn't even go out to celebrate! This year, for her, is particularly stressful as she's finishing her A-Levels and really hoping to get a place Manchester Uni to study English and Drama. She's working really hard and staying very focused, I admire her greatly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The middle child turned 17 which, of course, can never be uneventful, it's the middle child after all. She went on her very first driving lesson which apparently went well, here's a quote from our family chat that she posted on her return:</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dan (driving instructor) basically said I was mint and was well impressed"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh the confidence at 17! :-) Don't worry, she has no plans to study English at degree level, as you might tell, she has her own path to find in life but her priority right now is to learn to drive and to find a job that pays enough to fund the purchase of a car and insurance, but she's focused on that so I can't complain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm always on the lookout for an excuse to use my new Kenwood Chef, so when I returned from work that day I made her this...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So in between birthdays and work I've been running as much as I can (well maybe not that much but lots) to train for the first half marathon of the year. The Four Villages Half Marathon took place on 15th January. It started and finished in Helsby, in Cheshire, but encompasses 3 other villages too along the way, as you may have guessed. It a scenic route even on a wet and windy day and you get one of these at the end to add to the collection:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm trying my best to finish a half in under 2 hours but I'm quite a way off at the moment. I did the 4 villages in 2:09 but it was hilly so we'll see how the next ones goes in a month. The next one's flat so I'm hoping to get in around 2:07 ish but you never can tell what will happen on the day.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-8532831409821298812016-12-31T12:49:00.001+00:002016-12-31T12:49:23.207+00:002016 was a good year<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I know there were lots of things I didn't tell you about along the way so here's a little round up of 2016. I'll hopefully have a little more time for blogging in 2017, no big projects planned, although neither were there this time last year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Which reminds me, I never did elaborate on why I did the kitchen this year. Well in February someone broke into the sun room and raided our washing, they didn't take anything as far as we could tell though. Given that the Sunroom wasn't actually locked properly in 5 years I don't know why this made us suddenly feel more insecure, and I also doubt that it was the first time this happened. None the less middle child wasn't happy about it and I wasn't happy that she wasn't, so it all began. I'm now, obviously, very grateful to the person that did this, that person that gave me the kick up the rear to get it sorted as I have the best house in the terrace, with the best kitchen ever, and the most secure French Doors too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Child #1 is no longer a child, she turned 18 at the beginning of the year, I would stay in style but by the end of the night she had very little style left...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is a more recent photo of her, just look at the obvious difference and I'm very proud of her. In total she has lost an incredible 4 stone in just over a year, alongside studying hard and partying just as hard. She continues to amaze me all the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Child #3 started high school! He's such a cutie.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-80498173446360822012016-12-30T10:44:00.000+00:002016-12-30T10:44:02.724+00:00The latest on the Kitchen<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ok, I know its the end of December and the project started at the end of May but its still not finished!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Joiner needs to fit kick boards and pelmets. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I need to choose tiles and tile under the cupboards. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I need to paint the rest of the kitchen (its only had a base white).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Joiner needs to fit skirting and architrave.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I need to get glass shelves cut for 3 of the cupboards (they had to be slightly cut down to get them inline with the other top cupboards as the walls are thicker in the extension). These should be ready to collect in mid January though.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The extractor fan needs coring outside (I don't own the right size bit to do it right now)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I need to purchase a little table and chairs for the end of the kitchen so that I can sit a sip tea in the mornings, or wine in the evenings and look out into my beautifully landscaped building site, I mean garden (eventually).</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But, aside from all of that I still absolutely love my kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And, most recently, Christmas Dinner!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I ordered the kitchen, at the end of July, the sink I wanted (and was completely unwilling to compromise on) was out of stock. Ikea told me they had ordered one, and that someone would call to take payment within a couple of weeks. No problem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At this point I contacted them (not that easy to do by the way) and they assured me that they were expecting new stock imminently. When?? They could say but within a day or so. We went into the store to check - same story. At this point I was stock checking my local store and every other UK store (yes I was willing to drive to any of them to pick up a sink) but they didn't have any. I widened my search - to encompass France and, to be honest, any European country (grateful that Brexit was still in progress at this point). Out of stock. The nearest store to me that had any of them was San Diego. I did get as far as calculating the cost of shipping one but it would have still taken weeks to arrive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The other problem was that without a sink in place, I couldn't get the Granite fitted either because the sink had to sit on the Granite for support. So from the end of August, when we moved back into the real kitchen, we survived with the rhino tub, hose and kettle for a sink, and some left over slate for worktops. This was not the dream I had envisaged, although I was still thankful for a kitchen in the right room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After many emails, and much stress, the IKEA website was updated and, for the first time, you could order the sink online. It was too good to be true. It would appear, according to my bank statement and recent emails that I had purchased the sink and arranged delivery for 24th September. I wasn't prepared to believe it until it arrived. Which it DID!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am glad I held out for it, its the best sink ever. I absolutely love it and it makes the 75 days without a sink, yes 75 DAYS(!), all worthwhile. I still, even now, smile occasionally at that fact that I have running water (hot and cold) from a tap in my kitchen, into and out of (to a drain outside), my beautiful sink. It's amazing what living without basic things do to your appreciation of them later.</span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-24093290138298331022016-12-30T10:00:00.003+00:002016-12-30T10:00:56.756+00:00A kitchen in the kitchen, kind of<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm pleased to say that around the middle to end of August we actually had a kitchen (almost) in the right room of the house again. It was a joint effort between the Joiner and I as I needed to save money somewhere. I built the flat packs, he attached them to the wall, and I put the fronts, handles, shelves and lighting in. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>"Mid terraced property comprising 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, attic room, lovely front garden, 1 small kitchen (lacking plumbing), 1 IKEA warehouse, 1 large utility room with plumbing for washer and hose connection (needs some work) and 1 building site"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And yet we really were still living there, somehow, even though it was also my very busiest time at work too, thank heavens for wine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You could argue that I actually had 3 kitchens at that point:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">The building work was fascinating to watch while everything was outside my home but around the beginning of July things got more complicated when they knocked through. It was around this time that I dreaded my phone ringing when I was at work (in case something had gone wrong) and dreaded going home whilst being excited at the same time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So when I went to work one day leaving my house like this...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And then came home to find this....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Followed one day later by this...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Things took some getting used to. We did still have a kitchen though, but it was just in the front room instead...obviously! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I knew that living without a kitchen would be tricky but it's not until you actually experience something that you really understand the reality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Adjusting to life without a dishwasher or even a kitchen sink with running hot water was challenging. There was ranting and heated conversations with the nest in relation to washing up and not taking the **** I can assure you! But I am pleased to say that we survived and to be honest, I think we coped better than most would have done. When my eldest uttered 'I think I might go Vegan' one day I did, after counting to 10, manage to stay calm and respond with 'It would be better if you waited until September when we have a kitchen...'. To her credit she accepted this.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-3105104221642403192016-12-30T09:27:00.002+00:002016-12-30T09:27:19.153+00:00More Building<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yes, its been a while, don't all my 'recent' posts begin like that? Let's not dwell. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Obviously lots of changes have happened in a year but I wanted to blog about the extension as I've been photographing it daily. Extension? Long story but I decided, almost on a spur of the moment (well its a bit more complicated than that but I'll explain later), to have the 'Sunroom' knocked down and replaced by extending the kitchen. I think that decision was around February. Since then I have found a recommended builder, who sent me an architect, and we've been through the planning stages, obtained building regs. approval and the work started a couple of weeks ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So let's have a reminder of the beautiful 'Sunroom', as named by Oliver the Estate Agent in 2010, which stuck, although I still think he was pushing the boundaries of trading standards with this one. How it remained standing for a further 5 years after we moved in is somewhat a mystery too, I swear that some of the wood is held together only by paint.</span><br />
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Lesson from the builders in how to hide a cement mixer with a Christmas tree and wheely bin lid...<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-58880633349850221752016-05-28T09:27:00.001+01:002016-12-30T09:20:53.058+00:00Beeston Castle<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(Originally written around July 2015 but never posted.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You see now that I am a very grown up and responsible member of English Heritage my poor son will get dragged to all sorts of interesting (or not, in some cases!) places. The nearest decent place (i.e. not some piece of stone or square of grass listed in the book but an actual place you can spend time in), in England, to us would be Beeston Castle, so that's where we started.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was a nice day, a little windy but nice and warm. We didn't realise the extent of the hilly walk up to the castle until we got there but it was enjoyable on the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The above photo was taken just after it dawned on me that I should appreciate my days out with my youngest more as they would shortly come to end no doubt (noting that Child #1 and 2 were not with us). So I mentioned this to Child #3 at the time...</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Who's going to come out with me on days like this when you get big?"</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"What? When?!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"When you get bigger and would rather be doing something else?, who will come with me?"</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I will still come out with you mum, of course I will!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Ah, that's good, I was just thinking and getting a little sad, I'm glad you think you will though"</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Wait...do you mean next year or when I'm like 14 or something"</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Well more like 14, I think"</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Oh...right...well I don't know then because I won't be here, you're right! I thought you meant next year!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Its only a little castle but the surrounding woodland is nice, and the views from the top are pretty cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I think this was his favourite part, and we managed to find some stones to throw down it too. After this we headed off to the local Ice Cream Farm, just around the corner, where we ate huge ice creams. He had Raspberry Pavlova and Sticky Toffee flavours, and I had Lemon Meringue and Rhubarb Crumble!</span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-79062185540693923982015-04-02T22:54:00.001+01:002015-04-02T22:54:23.467+01:00An update...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wow...it's been the longest blog break ever. I actually didn't think I would write another post but having read back through the last few posts I feel the need for an update. I forgot how good this thing was at 'off-loading' my thoughts whilst recording a bit of personal history to reflect on in the future. To be honest there are no drastic changes to report, for which I'm grateful for (there is a lot to be said for life just plodding along nicely). Vivod has made some but little progress (life gets in the way). I still work hard, I still run (although I'm not sure I discussed this with you before?!), and I still do Tae Kwon Do. There are no new additions to Vivod and, thankfully, no losses either. Let's go into a little more detail then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, when I last blogged, child #1 had flown the nest and moved to bonnie Scotland. I think I, and many others, gave it a few weeks. Well actually, I gave it a bit longer than most simply because she is very like me and I knew she wanted her freedom more than anything. I think the fateful call came around the end of November. I was just about to leave for Saturday run club, at 7:30am. I was confused and ready to voice my annoyance at the 'unknown caller', clearly a sales call (at this time????!!!) calling me. That is until I answered and heard the sobs on the other end of the phone, following by 'Mum...mum...I want to come home'. This isn't easy to deal with when you are a few hundred miles away. So I sat down and talked to her until she was ok. Then assessed if she actually did want to come home or not. She was unsure. So...I did what all good parents would do...I left her to it, told her I would call her in just over an hour, and I went out running. I know that sounds heartless but it wasn't, she was fine with that, but there was little else I could do. To cut a long story short, 90 minutes later, Child #3 and I, armed with downloaded Iplayer content and a bunch of bananas, set off for Wishaw to collect her and all her belongings. She came home, went to college for a week, then got a job in McDonalds. Maybe it wasn't the best job in the world and appropriate for my A grade GCSE girl but it was a start and it did her good to learn what work was like. So where is she now? Well back in Scotland obviously! She went back about a month ago. I'm not going to lie and say that I am happy about it. I'm not, I think she is making a mistake because (and I know that she knows this if she is reading this, and so does he) her boyfriend does not deserve a second chance after the way he treated her so he should consider himself damn lucky! Having said that I completely understand why she went back and if she thinks it will make her happy then that's what she has to do. (Blogging is such good counselling...I've missed it!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What else? Well I work in public sector, so following significant funding cuts from the government its been a pretty scary time recently due to potential redundancy for all staff. I'm pleased to say that what I do is quite specialised and very fundamental to the organisation therefore I was ok. Work has, as usual, been very challenging though, for many reasons, but that's why I enjoy it though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Child #2 update. Ok, so lots has gone on here but I'm not going to dwell on the bad stuff. It's been hard, almost to the point that I couldn't take any more. However (and I have no way of knowing if this will continue but I have learnt the art of appreciating things as they happen and not taking too much for granted in the future) over the past 3 weeks Child #3 has outdone herself. She has been a delight. She has been great at school, responsible etc. I've not spoken to her teachers, Head of Year or Head Teacher once (yes, I know this is normal for most parents but for Child #2 this is a massive achievement). I'm now accepting of the underlying issues that I was once in denial about and seeking the right support. I should have done this a long time ago but for many reasons I didn't. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Child #3...he's a typical 9 year old with 2 older sisters (= 3 mums!) He's great though, very clever, very funny and very loving. What more can I ask?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So aside from all the above I've filled the gaps mainly with running, Tae Kwon Do and wool related stuff. I've finished a couple of blankets, run a 10 mile and 10k race, become a green belt and encouraged about 20 people to run a half marathon in May for charity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh, and we still have Louis...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well it wouldn't be the same without a photo or 2 would it?! Here's some more....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm making no promises to come back soon, in all likelihood I won't, but it's been nice writing the update. See you again...at some point.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-53729326771660288262014-08-08T10:58:00.001+01:002014-08-08T10:58:33.171+01:00Summer 14<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's been a while, I know. Lots and lots has happened too.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Child #1 making a bid for freedom and deciding that, at the grand age of 16, she is big enough to move all the way to Scotland, share a flat with her boyfriend, and be independent. Needless to say that she has learnt rather a lot in a very short space of time but she's still in one piece anyway!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've had 2 lovely but very very busy weeks off and, to be honest, will be glad to get back to work next week for some normality.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have a new addition to our family.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So Child ~1 then. Well, I did see this coming, and it's exactly what I did at her age, and I turned out ok. I could have demanded she stay, refused to let her go, shouted, made her feel guilty, told her she was stupid etc etc. That would have been rubbish, and she would have still gone but wouldn't keep in touch. She would also be far less likely to ever come home if it all went wrong. So I am, therefore, being the very supportive mother no matter how much it hurt at first (I am far more used to idea now, and I know she is ok (ish)) So she's moved to Wishaw near Glasgow. It could be worse, she is only 3.5 hours away and very easy drive. We proved that this week by visiting her on a day trip and it was great. It's hard watching her doing things the hard way. She has no understanding of how much harder things will get either but I'm here if she needs me and always will be. More to follow on that in the future I think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My busy 2 weeks have been really busy. The state of Vivod was really staring to annoy me a few weeks ago. The front room is still a mess and we are awaiting a plasterer who isn't coming until later September/October. The front bedroom, previously child #1's was empty. The landing was a mess. So I realised that despite owning a perfectly big enough house, if not too big for us now, I was only using about 75% of it. Things had to change! I vowed to do something to our house everyday, or nearly everyday, whilst I was on leave for a fortnight. So in the past 2 weeks we have:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sanded, repaired and varnished the front bedroom floor.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stripped the wallpaper, sanded the paintwork and began painting it all.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sanded and varnished all of the landing (I never realised just how big the landing is)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Moved into the front bedroom and set up the attic room as a useful space/spare room/bedroom for Child #1 if she returns (I have told her this by the way and she is fine with it)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We intended to restore the fireplace in the bedroom, clean up the hearth, paint the ceiling, replace the plastic windowsills with wooden ones and wall paper.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh, and I also sent the bedroom doors to be stripped too. (Currently awaiting their return - there are no secrets in our house at present!)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So this is Louis. I was asked to give him a home as a colleague needed to rehome him and didn't want to sell him (he's a Bengal cat). I bought him home on my last day at work so that I could settle him in. Everything was fine for a week and then he escaped! after 48 hours I resigned to the fact that I would never see him again. Until last night, when a lovely lady from a few streets away reported him to the local vet! So happy he is back although Oscar is less happy about this but he will be ok in time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As you can see...(even non cat people)...he is adorable! He is also off to the vet later for micro-chipping followed by a collar and tag purchase, although he is currently under house arrest for the foreseeable future!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-19259711733969634302014-06-09T19:56:00.000+01:002014-06-09T19:56:07.545+01:00What the mind can conceive, it can achieve...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well I think Napoleon Hill was right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a quick post to update you on 2 equally important things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Number 1. Yesterday Child #3 and I achieved an A pass in our first Tae Kwon Do gradings. We are fully fledged yellow stripes now...and we have those all important belts to prove it. So now we are learning Chon Ji, and it meaning, and we are learning lots of other Korean terms, and we are getting fitter and stronger and we are learning together. Child #3 insists we will become 8th Dan black belts together...I didn't have the heart to point out that, due to timing restrictions on gradings, I may be dead by then or at least very very old!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I won't lie. It was, at points, terrifying! One of the other adults that was also grading from my club, whose son has done Tae Kwon Do for a while commented, while sat on a bench waiting to be called, "I can't believe I put my child through this!". I knew exactly what he meant! Some of the kids were tiny...and there was me...36 (just) and scared! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were called for the practical in groups of 10 ish, and whilst some things went well, I couldn't block and reverse punch for toffee. I was rubbish. I wanted to cry. Thankfully the examiner didn't have a direct line of sight to me and I may have got away with it. I won't next time and I need to up my game.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Number 2...I am going to complete my MA. Yes, I mentioned it some time ago but I never really thought I would be motivated enough to do it. I am though. I have got as far as submitting the protocol (the plan of what, how and when I will do things) and I have also written about 750 proper words (so only another 19, 250 to go). I know now that I will get it done though, and surprisingly, I am actually quite enjoying it so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, my motivation? Well I want to do another degree of course! I suddenly feel the need to learn everything! (See kids...this is what happens when you O/D on Omega 3!!) I had been thinking about doing another degree for a while and have always wanted to do a maths degree. When I first applied to university I was offered a place on a Maths, Stats and Computing degree. It would have been great except that at the time I had 2 young children. I assessed the amount of time I had dedicated to my IT vocational course at college compared with the amount of time towards A-Level Maths. I think i spent 4 times as long on the maths to be honest and only got a C, whilst I got an AA in IT. I decided that, being as this was my first degree, I would be better just doing Computer Science and sailing through with minimum effort and maximum output. After all, a degree is a degree no matter what and Computer Science degrees go a long way. It was the right decision and I came out 3 years later with a 2:1 (less than 1% off a first though!!) but it did what was needed and I know, now, that I made the right choice back then. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's always bugged me though, the fact that I never did maths. I can't say I regret not because I don't but there is still plenty of time, so why not now? Well, the only thing preventing me enrolling is that unfinished MA. So I have to finish that first and I think the promise of doing Maths, or Maths and Stats is keeping me motivated. The OU has September and February starts and I will make the February one at the lastest but will do my best to make the September start!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So that's it for now. Hopefully in September you can call me Master, and also a Yellow Belt (next grading is September 28th I think!) Will keep you posted!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-75299070427484450112014-05-31T19:04:00.000+01:002014-05-31T19:04:02.643+01:00The Garden<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sun finally came out today again for the first time in days so I rushed out and took some pictures of the garden before it went back in, which I'd been waiting to do all week. (The sun actually stayed out all afternoon though which was nice.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The garden has been on the to do list for some time, if you remember it was nothing to be proud of...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(I'm also really impressed with the quality of those last 3 pictures which I took on my new moto x phone...not a bad little camera at all!)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-43377714522008807972014-05-29T09:32:00.000+01:002014-05-29T09:32:20.905+01:00Tae Kwon-Do<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think I mentioned a few posts ago that I've found something new to occupy me in the form of Tae Kwon-Do. Now, in all honesty, if you had told me in January that this year I would be unable to resist joining a Tae Kwon-Do club I would of thought you were barking mad. I would of rolled my eyes in 'yeah...whatever' kind of way and muttered something about not know me at all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, I finally got around to calling the local club to see if my youngest could join, after he had been nagging me about it for weeks. Yes, he could, we just needed to turn up on Thursday at the local high school and he could have a go for free. Which we did. Along with many other parents I sat and watched while he made it through his first session with the aid of his 'helper' who showed him what to do and where to stand etc. I was pleased he seemed to like it and began wondering whether it would be wrong to sit there knitting each week to stop me being bored. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Week 3. I watched, and after having a chat with my boy I was expecting great things. I didn't get it. He punched like a girl. In fact the girls were punching far better than him. He kicked like he couldn't be bothered. He chatted and got told off. He didn't listen and fell behind. We went home and I had another chat. A little annoyed with me he replied "I am doing it right...you don't know about it anyway....you don't do it!!' Hmmmm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the same time I was attempting to distract Child #2 with more planned activity in her spare time. We had a few issues with her being around the wrong type of people too much which was concerning me. Equally she hates just being on her own at home. I'd got her back to cadets at this point but could see it wouldn't last. Then I noticed that there was a mixed Tae Kwon-Do session on a Sunday tea time. I though she might like to join too with her brother. So I enquired. Yes, we could all go on a Sunday. Hang on....that wasn't quite what I was thinking....I meant her and her brother, not me too! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3 days later I found myself running around a sports hall, barefoot, doing pressups (well attempting to), sit ups, stretching etc. Child #2 enjoyed this bit...kind of. We then moved on to learning a 4 Direction Punch. Wow...my co-ordination needs work. I also need to learn my left from right! ('Put your right leg back'....'No...put your other right leg back'...) We did a bit of sparring...I didn't have a clue what I was doing but went with it and met a lot of great and very patient people that day. Child #2 was now checking the time and sighing lots. I knew she hated it. Child #3 thought it was just plain funny that I was there in 'his' Tae Kwon-Do class.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Class over, I was knackered, we left, and soon as we got out Child #2 announced 'Well that was s***, why did you make me do that??!' I pointed out that I didn't, I just offered her the opportunity. 'Well I'm not going again, it was rubbish.' Fine...don't. I, however, loved it. The following Thursday I watched Child #3 again. I knew then that I would be in that class again on the Sunday afternoon. I soooo wanted to join in there and then. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So now I go at least twice per week. On a Sunday Child #3 and I go together and on a Thursday we watch each other (I go to the class after his). We are both a bit excited too at the moment because in 10 days time, on the day after my birthday, we have our very first grading. With a bit of luck we will be swapping our innocent white belts for ones with a hint of colour...just a yellow stripe but enough to prove that we are serious about this and we do want to stick at it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So what's the attraction? Well for him I have no idea. I don't think its for the same reasons I love it anyway. I love it because we are reminded on a regular basis that, within the club, we are one big family. There is a real team work effort where the more experienced help the less experienced to learn. Its an environment where everyone wants everyone else to do well. I love that we have to commit to something that applies just as much outside of the Dojang as in it. Its about respect, and rules and its nice to be told what to do for a few hours a week and not have to make any decisions...just do as I am told. I love that to achieve each grading there is both a physical and theoretical element and that both must be perfected. I love that it's already made such a difference to so many areas of my life. I love that it's something the my boy and I can do and learn together, and that we are equal in this rather than mother and child. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It never ceases to amaze me where my children take me and what they lead me to achieve. If it wasn't for them I think I would miss out on many great things in life.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-59823383405966793502014-05-27T08:34:00.000+01:002014-05-27T08:34:36.027+01:00The Accident - C.L. Taylor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Accident was brilliant, and I think I read it in just over 24 hours. I discovered the book because I follow the Book'd Out blog and Shellyrae posted a review some time ago, I ordered it there and then and read it as soon as it was delivered. As it was published in 2014 I realised it could count towards the reader challenge too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Back to the book...it's a psychological thriller based on a mother finding the diary of her daughter currently in a coma after walking out in front of a bus. Consequently she uses the diary entries to track down the events that led to the accident. It has a pretty gripping plot. It was slightly predictable once you got about half way through but that didn't make it any less enjoyable and there were still a couple of unexpected turns within the rest of the book. I'd recommend it to friends without a doubt. (In fact I already have...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's made from James C. Brett 'Cotton On' yarn (50% cotton / 50 Acrylic), lots of but thankfully it's quite cheap. Apparently washable at 40 degrees so I think this may end up as a picnic/park blanket. It was a pleasure to make and its so warm and heavy it will be great in the winter months too, to snuggle up under on the sofa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another book challenge review. I finally understood what 'Cosy Mystery' meant. This was ok...I gave it three stars. It was a bit tame and slow moving for my liking but I guess that's the genre. It only took me 3 or 4 days to plough through it and parts of it I really liked. The book is part of a series and centres around a street containing different book shops. A murder took place in the cookery book shop and the owner of the mystery book shop was the prime suspect. Obviously she goes on to solve the crime but I won't spoil it any further for you. I have the next 2 in the series to read but they can wait for another day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My last post was apparently the 18th March...I've done loads since then. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finished stitching the Kiss kit by Emily Peacock (better photos will follow when I make it into a cushion)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Plodded on with the front room, there is actually progress there but you can't see it...honest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not sure I ever showed you the fireplace that's going to go back in there though...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Its all original, and would have been what was in the house when it was build. The only reproduction parts are the tiles.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Started a new ripple blanket (have given up with trying to keep open projects to a minimum...its just not me)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Started Tae Kwon Do (Yes really...I love it almost as much as knitting). I will tell you more another day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The most recent project is the garden. Its annoyed me for 3 years, and little progress has taken place but the annoyance level must have tipped the point of no return and yesterday was a back break day (almost literally) for which I am now suffering and I'm also sunburnt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well it looked worse than that more recently, but last week I tidied up that border and put some plants in...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then yesterday we dug...and shovelled...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So on Tuesday a tonne of hardcore arrives, and then I need to make the final decision on what is going on top...paving or pebbles. Time will tell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh and the other day I made one of these. They may move to the garden at some point but for now it can hang here and grow some mint. Great for using up random bits of yarn...I may knock up a few more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After months and months of these being sat behind my sofa and tv cabinet they finally made it to the landing!...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The even better thing is that I can now continue with the Landing....if I knew what I wanted! We will get there eventually.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The main character, Abbey, is a doctor training to be a surgeon who gets mixed up in a heart transplant battle between a young boy and another wealthy, older, patient. The boy gets the heart but this then leads Abbey to uncover some very sinister and illegal arrangements. The book is fast paced and keeps you interested until the very last page. It got 5 stars from me on Goodreads and I still felt that wasn't enough. I will be reading more of Tess Gerritsen's books this year, without a doubt.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025996132808908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808097342604179992.post-20703773915146724122014-03-01T10:36:00.002+00:002014-03-01T10:36:11.544+00:00The Sunny Day Blanket<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You may remember that back in July last year I started making, as commissioned by Child #1, another blanket. This was the <a href="http://vivod29.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/a-blanket-for-child-1.html" target="_blank">beginnings</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well I am pleased to say, along with wishing you all a very happy St David's Day again, that it is now finished! As she is away in Scotland this week and it was half term so I had a lovely week off, I decided to work as hard as I could and complete it before she got home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think it was in the summer that it was named the 'Sunny Day Blanket' as that is what it reminds me of and I also hooked a lot of it sat in the garden last year on sunny days...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday Child #3 and I went on a day out on our own to Legoland. I didn't realise this place existed quite so close to home (Manchester is just under an hours drive away from us) - I thought there was only the Windsor one!. It was pitched at 3-10 year olds so I figured that the girls wouldn't really want to go and it gave me and my boy some quality time together (especially in the queues - both in Legoland and on the motorway!). We had an ace time and although bits were a bit young for him I think he enjoyed most of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You get a quick talk on how Lego is made and then you pop out from that into the model village which was my favourite part (I went around it a few times while he was on other things). They are all replicas of real places in the UK. There are working bits and sections that light up etc by pressing buttons - which you never have to do yourself as there are always little people around that can't resist pressing them for you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now I knew that there were some damp issues so that was no surprise, and easily resolved, however, I had also been eyeing up that fireplace since moving in. I hated the tiles and I hated the hearth. I'd spent the day considering this and bouncing around the idea of looking underneath it all (not really feeling brave enough at the time). At this stage I was all for just stripping wall paper, checking for damp (and hoping not to find any, a quick skim and paint job).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enough said. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Suffice to say that the damp did need doing (kit currently sat in the front room waiting for attention). Lots of plaster did need removing. That much loved window seat had to be removed (I have far better plans for that anyway), and now the front room looks something like this....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And my hall looks the this...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Luckily the nest are used to this state of living now and it doesn't seem to phase them in any way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is looking up though. Friday will be the day that the damp course is done. (I may also be digging up the front drainage pipe that day as we believe that's the cause of the excessive damp in the corner to the right of the chimney breast.) Friday is also the day that my new (well not new...reclaimed but much nicer than the one that was there) is being delivered and I can't wait. Obviously I am broke but as long as I keep the project moving then I am happy. Who needs to eat anyway?</span><br />
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