November

                                         November   

We have had a flood in our house. When it rains it has started to flood into our cellar.This all started on the 19th September.   I contacted the insurance company and they sent a company out to dry my walls.

We lived with this equipment in the cellar,lounge and kitchen for five weeks. It was an absolute nightmare! the noise and heat were exhausting!!

We were going to extend our kitchen and sort our cellar out next year, but because of this we decided to bring it all forward.

The Insurance company sent a company out to look at the drains.

    They dug this part of the garden up. When I asked them why they said the drain was broke he had seen it on his camera. I disagreed with him as we thought it was the drain at the back door.Because when we put the hose down there it came in.

We started the cellar on the Tuesday. 

   Exciting   

 By the Saturday they had more or less finished tanking it. It started to rain and this is what happened. To say we were mad was an understatement.

The insurance company were contacted the next day Sunday.  And guess what they were closed!! 

What's that all about CLOSED when people need them in EMERGENCIES. Well you can imagine what i told them when I eventually spoke to them on the Monday morning.

It was then discovered that when he had replaced to WRONG drain he had dislodged my soil stack.

A different company came out to look at it and to cut a long story short they are coming to replace  the broken drain tomorrow. eight weeks after we first reported it. My  lounge is still in my hall.I have no wall paper on one of the walls. The kitchen floor needs to come up because the joists are gone and it feels like my cooker is about to go through  the floor.

The cellar   Progress. The plasterer is coming on Tuesday. the electrician  after that. It should all be done for next week.  

                       
We are waiting until after Christmas until we start the Kitchen Dining room Extension.

On a nicer note my eldest daughter is taking me here on Tuesday night to see Lisa Stansfield

October

October 

October was a busy month we went to London for a few days to see Harry Potter the stage play. And while we were there we visited  all the usual tourist hot spots. 

I'm back

I am really bad at this!! I don't mean to go for long periods of time without posing it just seems to happen.
I think about posting all the time and the next thing I know weeks, months, years  have past.
Well what have I been doing since I was last here.
We have travelled a lot.

Fuerteventura 

New York 

Greece

Cape Verde

Blackpool

That was all last year

We have travelled this year and met some lovely people. That's why I love travelling you get to meet lovely interesting people. We are very lucky to travel so much.

My daughter and I are going to London for a few days next week. We were lucky enough to get tickets to

When I get back I have to concentrate on this. 

We have had a massive silent leak in our house so we will have to clip our wings a little until it is all fixed.

We have decided to tank the cellar and turn it into a laundry room/ come store room. Knock the dividing wall down between the kitchen and the dining room to make a big kitchen. And put an orangery on the back yo use as a dining room. We can't decide weather to have our windows replaced or have them repaired
I am drooling over other peoples kitchens on pinterest

Exciting times I am going to try and blog about it so I have an on line diary.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas 

New York

So the Bottle opening turned into this its all booked and paid for now. We are going at the end of the month.


I haven't been to New York since I was 12 and I'm 51 on Friday so really really can't wait.

http://waldorfastoria3.hilton.com/en/hotels/new-york/waldorf-astoria-new-york-NYCWAWA/index.html

Grand Bottle Opening

Well I opened my bottle

And it will turn into this 

My youngest daughter and I are hoping to go to New York for a few days at the beginning of March. Its pretty amazing how all that loose change mounts up and can turn into  a little break. It does help that she works for BA so we are getting it a bit cheaper.  

We are looking at staying here http://waldorfastoria3.hilton.com/en/hotels/new-york/waldorf-astoria-new-york-NYCWAWA/index.html

Saving Money

Iv'e not been about as iv'e  been full of a cold.

I am doing this this year to help with next Christmas. I did it last year but didn't open it I put a £1.00 a day in a bottle and all the change out of my purse. We are thinking of having a little break in March so I will open it then to pay for that.

There are lots to choose from around the internet and other blogs.

If you do it good luck and happy saving.

Seasons

The sky over Manchester this morning 

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

Felling very lucky

I feel very lucky I was on my way to work yesterday at 07:15, I had just turned out of my road and gone a couple of feet when a drunk driver came out of nowhere and hit my car.

I really didn't know what had happened for a few seconds and then I had to try and get out of the car.
I got out and looked around still not realizing what had happened I could only see the parked cars I had hit as I spun out of control three times and the debris all over the road.

I went and sat on the pavement. At this point there were lots of people coming out of houses trying to  help me and contacting  the emergency services.

And then I saw the drives car on its side in a garden. He was trying to get out which he eventually did. He stood there saw what he had done and ran away.

He was found a little later by an off duty police man and arrested.

I spent the morning at the hospital I banged my head,And hurt my eye but its my good eye so I cant see properly. But I will be OK soon. Some people are not so lucky.

People really shouldn't drink and drive. The driver could have changed two families lives yesterday his and mine.

I really feel that god was sat in that car with me yesterday and  thank god that I am still here with my lovely family. xx

 My Poor Car  :(

The drivers car 

My Poor Eye  :(

My weekend

I had a lovely weekend I got home on Friday and found this on the step

I had a good luck in the box and it was like a bottomless box 

I read the card again and again 

Really didn't know who it was off. I kept reading the card and talking to friends and family about the gift. 

And suddenly I remembered I signed up to 

https://www.perfectstrangers.co/I happens twice a year. I now need to get cracking on my gifts to send. Because I forgot about it I have missed the deadline but as long as my swap partner gets a gift.

Then Saturday 

We went out for dinner at Dough at gluten free pizza restaurant 

And then 

I have to say Mick and his group were amazing as usual.

Please leave a comment so I know i'm not alone xx