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Oh WoW ! Another week in Retirement - how time flys, it is now our third month and life is slowing down a pace, thank goodness.
The first month (September) we gave up on the Developers Planning Application and declined to extend our "Option Contract". Which meant MANIC efforts of clearing most of our personal belongings (not used every day) and all but "essential" minimalist furniture to our Storage Container.
This meant me dusting and cleaning and bubble wrapping "all that stuff" we had on glass shelves; window sills and all over the place
Nick made up the "Argos brown moving cardboard boxes" and loaded to his VW T4 Razorback van and was to and fro the Container unloading them
Then, we embarked on a massive "tidy up" of repair of plaster work ; washing down of paintwork and repainting and repairing plaster work / tiling and whitening the tile grout - for the Estate Agents Photographer.
After nearly two years, of living in our home (which was to be demolished) we had a lot to make up for in "Maintenance".
As Nicks 70 and myself 60 we were * tired out
and took up a few short holiday stays with friends to recover
Now, Nick has replaced 10 of the 39 6ft x 6ft panels of our rear garden fence (tops broken by past neighbours cats climbing up and over
) and painted/creosoted the remaining "good" ones - I have cut and chopped up the small trees (without TPOs) into 12 inch pieces and Nick has taken 4 x Builders 1 tonne bags, 3 times a day to the Recycling Skips last week
I find myself with 3 main tasks this week
Ironing
End of Year Accounts to be completed for the Accountants and Companies House
and making Christmas Cards
I am so enjoying this morning, in the once my working from home office, then the Children we cared for, playroom and now MY PLAYROOM !
I might do some Ironing when watching "Move to the Country" or Doctors
and accounts tomorrow
hate doing them !
What have you been up to ?
What are you planning to do this week ?
ps if you want to see the "home" I can put up a hotlink to the Estate Agents ?
The first month (September) we gave up on the Developers Planning Application and declined to extend our "Option Contract". Which meant MANIC efforts of clearing most of our personal belongings (not used every day) and all but "essential" minimalist furniture to our Storage Container.
This meant me dusting and cleaning and bubble wrapping "all that stuff" we had on glass shelves; window sills and all over the place
Nick made up the "Argos brown moving cardboard boxes" and loaded to his VW T4 Razorback van and was to and fro the Container unloading them Then, we embarked on a massive "tidy up" of repair of plaster work ; washing down of paintwork and repainting and repairing plaster work / tiling and whitening the tile grout - for the Estate Agents Photographer.
After nearly two years, of living in our home (which was to be demolished) we had a lot to make up for in "Maintenance".
As Nicks 70 and myself 60 we were * tired out
and took up a few short holiday stays with friends to recover Now, Nick has replaced 10 of the 39 6ft x 6ft panels of our rear garden fence (tops broken by past neighbours cats climbing up and over
) and painted/creosoted the remaining "good" ones - I have cut and chopped up the small trees (without TPOs) into 12 inch pieces and Nick has taken 4 x Builders 1 tonne bags, 3 times a day to the Recycling Skips last week I find myself with 3 main tasks this week
Ironing
End of Year Accounts to be completed for the Accountants and Companies House
and making Christmas Cards
I am so enjoying this morning, in the once my working from home office, then the Children we cared for, playroom and now MY PLAYROOM !
I might do some Ironing when watching "Move to the Country" or Doctors
and accounts tomorrow
hate doing them !What have you been up to ?
What are you planning to do this week ?
ps if you want to see the "home" I can put up a hotlink to the Estate Agents ?
I look forward to seeing your panel images soon here ???
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