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Hi, Rusty!
Goodness, I am having trouble staying awake!
And when I am awake, I keep yawning!
An inheritance from having the boys to stay!
I do rather get carried away and tend to fill our days with too much action! but it's good to take them out and about, and to play stimulating games with them whilst they are here.
To borrow your phrase you just used about the girls........it keeps us all on our toes!
I shall go make a drink and then consider having an early(ish) night!

Good evening, Rusty!
How has your day been?
We have been unusually busy! The day started with a very pleasant early morning walk - very cold , only 3C, but with blue skies and sunshine. Most invigorating!
Then I went to get my haircut........
But after this, events escalated and we had unexpected visitors!
All we had was a brief warning phone-call and hey presto, they arrived!
It was a delightful surprise!
It has been a good day!
How are the girls? No dramas, I hope?

Good Evening, Elle!
That was an eventful day!
I cannot match that, but I completed a task or two at home.
I cut up carpets in two rooms, ready to take to the skips, tomorrow.
And vacuumed and washed the floors.
Getting new carpets after the painter has finished.
And I ordered a silent (no tick) wall clock from Amazon!
Girls are fine. Up to no mischief that I am aware of!

Good morning, Rusty!
Lovely day here! Bright blue skies and sunshine. Very cold though. The lakes in the park were frozen this morning! The ducks were waddling across them instead of swimming!
I hope your weather is good?
You will be off to the tip today after all your hard labour yesterday!
When is your painter coming? Do you have a date for him to start?
We are off to the vets shortly. The dog is going for her monthly check, and the cat for his annual booster vaccinations.
That last should be fun.... rounding up the cat to put him in the basket is like a new form of combat sport!

Hi everyone,

Elle, I know the feeling re the cat - my two little devils had their stitches out yesterday and it took me at least 20mns to get the pair of them in the box ! And once at the Vets, they would not come out!

I envy your sunshine - here is 'brightish' but no sun as such, and not too warm either, though not freezing. Due to get sunnier and colder for second half of the week.

Hi Rusty, how is all the clearing out work getting on? All in the tip now?

Hello, Elle!
Been fine weather here and starting to see a "grand stretch" in the evenings.
Yes, at the skips again, then washing floors etc.
A man's work is never done!

Hello, Pigale!
I am still slinging stuff!
But mostly done now.
We have had splendid weather, but cold, and it is set to continue for a few days.

Hi, Rusty!
You've caught the spring -cleaning bug!
We have had a good day here.
The vet visit went well. The dog is doing fine...the infection has completely cleared - her anal glands were not blocked at all this time and the swelling of the lining of the left gland, which was thought to be permanent, has also gone.
She doesn't need to go again for another check till the end of April.
Progress!
And I have just put in an Insurance claim, so should get about £300 back!
I can afford to go out to lunch tomorrow!

Hello, Elle!
That is super news about doggie!
Everything should be fine now!
I want two empty rooms for the painter coming, that's why I am slinging stuff. Some amount of dust under carpets which were laid many years ago.
Now my vacuum cleaner has no suction, and I have it in bits.
Washed the filters and will see how it performs tomorrow.
Are you lunching tomorrow?
Been a great day here, but fairly cold.
Zero degrees outside now.

oooh er, I took down some pictures to start decorating (Ellie aged 2 - "But it's not Christmas") and found a lot of dust, cobwebs etc. After 3 testers and long decision making regarding colour, settle on one only to discover Crown is discontinuing the whole range! Have bought 5 litres and hope it's enough. Colour "crème de la rose".
I will paint one wall a day and the ceiling over 4 days! All spiders will temporarily be homeless.
Glad about the animals, Elle. What a lot of money!

Hello, Rosalind.
Good luck with the painting.
You appear to know what you are about!
I was wondering if my painter had a lady assistant.
He mentioned Maggie several times.
Then I twigged it was shorthand for magnolia!