Mommy Bear

Wish I hadn' tbothred to get up today!! Looking forward to a nice productive time after heaving one overnight stay out, getting ready for kids and grandchildren coming Monday, and DB being away for the day from under my feet!! Have wasted hours trying to finish a blind made with completely unsuitable material (same as the curtains) cos the pucking thing keeps fuckering. Then I tripped over the flex to the sewing machine - landed on the floor closely followed by the sewing machine (my noooo sewing machine ). Luckily the sewing machine missed me by some miracle and seems to be unharmed but one of my toes is giving me gyp and is a very lovely purple colour. THEN, I sprayed window cleaning fluid over a pillowcase I was ironing, instead of water!! Then took dogs out for a run across the newly mown field next to the house - Mungo ran of in one direction 'cos his nose promised him rabbits while Donald (dacshound of the son who was the overnight stay) decided that 'cos there was no grass it was much to big and scary and went off in the other direction to go home. Because of my sore toe I was hobbling around but being ignored by both of them. I've just had an hour with my book, fed the little boogers and am now going to tackle the rest of my ironing whilst glaring at the heap of blind on the kitchen table!! Wooooe is meeeeeee Actually, son left rather nice bottle of red - how much damage could I do with that inside me

Well, he found a jackdaw and a kestrel - very dead. The good news is that there is no tar on the chimney but we were advised to have it lined. Also there is a sticky out bit (technical term) where there was a fireplace upstairs!! Got to make sure bits arn't about to drop off it. The sweep works with his daughter and they made a great team. Very clean. It took them a while to do it and they did a thorough jub. I know 'cos I looked up the chimbly after they had gone. £45 !! Worth double!! Have been exploring flue lining sites :ohmy: Expensive. The kits are cheap enough but the installation cost is huge. Two peoples, ladders and ropes etc. Hope DB doesn't decide to climb on the roof and do it himself. I aint gonna be peoples number 2 - I don't do roofs and ladders!

W T G Deisel

Nice one Mrs B I quite fancy an outdoor midsommer nights dream.

We have a woodburning stove. Came with the house We are having the chimney swept next week Don't know what they will find but we are expecting the worst. The people we bought the house from apparently didn't have it done so we are having a full inspection as well. Will be picking sweepy man's brains for advice on everthing stovish. Will let you know what he says. DB was lookjing in the yellow pages and couldn't understand why one sweep advertised chimneys, boilers, stoves, weddings !! I had to explain to him about sweeps being lucky for weddings! Surely everyone ('cept DB) knows this ?

Now proud owner of wot she's got. and looking forward to trying the clever stuff. Am liking the clever needle threader and the top loading bobbin very much. Got it from Sewing Machine World on line £219 less £20 part exchange for my old (and I mean really old machine. Good days work

Awwwww Lucky Megan. Lucky You.

Healing thoughts for you at this sad time

:GroupHug:Sorry about your Mum Jazz

Wishing Wispa and Owly much success looking for the little sossige dog.

Oh Miss, I'll have two salmon sandwiches and a gin and tonic. You could always use it to strangle the bitch woman.

So sorry. You will always be loved Bob.

The lawyer who drew it up should have all the paperwork.

Speaking from experience here ! DB's aged auntie was a wiley old girl, a very independent spinster lady who was quite switched on - till the bad stuff set in. She had the sense, or advice, to set up an Enduring Power of Attourney. This was a document that named the people, in her case DB and his brother, who were to look after her affairs when she became incapacitated, in whatever manner - hospitalised, senile, in care etc - to be invoked when was deemed to be so by doctor and lawyer, whatever. By setting it up some years before her decline she had the peace of mind that whatever happened she would be looked after and her finances would be properly administered for her benefit and all necessary decisions would be made by family and in her best interest. The big advantage was that when it came time to take over her affairs the paperwork was already in place and invoked in a very short space of time. To set up a Power of Attourney takes months and in the meantime stuff can go to hell in a handbasket while you wait. There's lots of info on the net. Only last week DB and I got our letters from the Registrar saying that our POA's were now official. You do the necessary with a Lawyer and they notify the people you want to have the powers and obviously they have to give their agreement before it can go ahead. This is nothing to with and has no effect on a Will. Obviously it is a big responsibility but one you will probably get anyway but it is so much easier with the proper documents in place.

Hey that looks really good. YouTube have a demonstration video of it and that led me to other vids! I WANT A BLIND HEM FOOT The general price seems to be £219 with free P&P. Methinks negotiations will begin - with appropriate blunt force instrument

AND MANY ON 'EM :cheer:

I have two tickets for the above (free from the Telegraph) which I cannot use. Happy to pass them on to someone who would make a donation to the Oldies Club.

I think that what ails my machine is more than needing new needles and I' feel another roman blind coming on Poor old thing is on its last legs. I don't want to do anything exotic with it just plain old sewing but it keeps throwing double length stitches and the tension is carp but I can't seem to adjust it. Anyhoo, I am reluctant to pay £60 to get it serviced/repaired 'cos I could put that towards a new one So, all you sew and sews out there, any recommendations ?

So very sorry to hear your news.

Hello Marion. Hope both you and George liked your new vet and that he had some encouraging advice for you. Thinking of you and George.

Sfunny, I was just thinking about her yesterday. When was/is her baby due?

Sorry to hear your sad news. :GroupHug:

Great minds think alike After I posted I went out and took some pictures with my phone, Now I find that what with the move and everything (yeah, that old excuse) I can't find the do-hicky to download them onto the PC. Will have to wait till DB comes home and quiz him - with malice aforethought if he can't find it!!

Got the needles Yaaaaaaaaay. Lost the will to sew So today I wll do more gardening. I'm finding all sorts of things hiding behind the buddleia TREES. Blimey they've got a will to live. One was towering over a beautiful acer which I have now given some daylight. There's quite a little jungle up there at the end of the garden. Turning into one of Mungo's favourite places. Oh, and the buddleia is only slightly beaten by the bamboo. You'd think this was bluddy Chine the amount of the stuff thats growing here !