Bancroft

I have just finished watching the TV programme Bancroft that was on ITV. Early last year I got home from work and found a note through the door asking me to contact the composer of the note.

I rang them and it turned out it was a scouting company that looks for locations for TV companies to film at. It turned out they wanted to use my house to film some scenes for a new Police TV drama. BANCROFT!.

Now the problem with that is we as you know have two furbabies and they don't like strangers in the house, never mind loads of them trawling through the house leaving all the doors open, and maybe even changing decor.All things considered and discussed we decided against it.

It wa nice to watch it and see the house they used around the corner. Although I'm glad we said no I wouldn't like to think someone got murdered in my Kitchen.

Spoilt furbabies, You can just see Pudding in his bed on the floor behind Chips x

Clearing Clutter

My back feels a little bit better today. it's still sore but I can move. I really have to get going today I have o sort out what we don't need/ want and get my house back into some order.

The contents or our cellar has been in the garden since all this started . I need to sift through it and see what we really need.

It looks like Clampetts/Steptoes  yard. I bet I can get rid of most of this. Wish me Luck 

Merry Christmas

I forgot we managed to get the tree up last weekend. We painted the ripped wallpaper and  put it up. I can't keep waiting for the insurance to get there finger out. At least the tree hides all the damage.
We bought some lovely baubles in Liberty on our trip to London so had to put it up.

With doing that and trying to get everything back into the elar my back has given out. I have to call in sick yesterday. Go to the doctors for some medication that to be honest isn't working. I am sat here with so much to do.But I'm not going to worry about it

Because I've got the second series of the Crown o watch. I spent a lovely afternoon and evening lying on the sofa watching it. The pain is bearable in that position. I am really enjoying it. Just wish the queen would smile more!

  

13th December Finally!!

I can breath again. It's finally finishes I just need to put every thing back. That might be tricky as its all been in the garden and its frozen at the moment. Oh well I have faced more than that over these last few weeks.
We feel like our house hasn't been ours. This saga with the Insurance company has gone on and on.They are now saying they are coming on the 20th December 2017. To re-repair the drains. Lets see. I am not stressing about it any longer. We are all alive and well. So what if the house isn't perfect for Christmas it will be next year.

11 December 2017

Finally! It's nearly finished

8th DEcember 2017

CATS CATS AND CATS

I love cats my mum loves cats and my children love cats.I have always had cats We have two very spoilt boys Pudding and Chips. Who are still only babies at 4.

I have been on a rescue mission tonight before work I'm on nights this week. There has been a cat straying for quite some time near a busy main road. She has had one litter of kittens we only managed to save one a few weeks ago by trapping him. We tried and tried to get mummy but she was just too clever for the trap.


The little boy has been re-homed and I am told is very happy.

Due to the weather forecast and the fact that we thought she could be pregnant again it was time to try and trap her. We baited the traps with hot chicken and smelly fish and straight away we had her. Or so we thought.

It was this little sod. We had taken her home yesterday after she followed my daughter to the bus stop. We let her out and I took her home.
I had to leave the rescuers as I had to get to work. But as soon as I arrived I got the message I was hoping for we had her.

She's now warm and safe and that's the main thing. The rescue will take her to the vet tomorrow to make sure she's not pregnant and get her neutered. 

5th December 2017

Well the engineers came yesterday with there cameras again to look at the drains. But this time they were bringing the BIG BOSS with them. My daughter who still lives at home told me not to let him go until he told me he was going to fix the drains. Or at least get his phone number, so he took ownership of this problem.
Anyway they found an anomaly!! basically that means water sat in and under the drain. So they are digging the paths up again and sealing them.

Lets hope they fix it this time. And I can get on with putting my house back together.

I don't know when I will get the time to do this I am on three nights this week and working everyday next.

On a brighter note I have just treated myself to this. With codes and Quidco I did really well with money off and free gifts

Cellar first coat of paint

We have decided to just go ahead and paint the cellar. If we wait for the insurance company to respond to us about the drains, we will be waiting forever. I spent 3 hours on the phone to them yesterday being passed around to different people. They arranged to come out today while I was here to reassess the drains and show me on the camera. They sneakily came yesterday while I was in work. OH well they will just have to come back.

First coat on. I will have to contact the flooring people and delay them coming.

Christmas

Christmas 

On  a brighter note in all this mess and chaos, I decided to wrap some presents. 

   And its not too early 

I can't wait for all this mess to get sorted so I can have my house back to normal for a little bit.

Cellar update part 2

The cellar got plastered last week 

As you can see all plastered. 

Saturday night and it starts to rain. The water finds a new way in. The drains are still not fixed properly. I an sick and tired of talking to the insurance company about the shoddy workmanship of the companies they keep sending out.

They are sending another drain company out to correct the work of the other one.Heres hoping we can have it done for Christmas. 

Cellar Update

Cellar update 

My utility room is coming on, we just need the plasterer to get on now. Hopefully he will crack on today and I can see progress tomorrow.  

November 21st Lisa Stansfield

Well Lisa was amazing. We went out for a quick bite to eat first  to Crazy Pedro's. They have a challenge can you eat a bin lid full of Nachos. We thought we would try that another time.
So we ordered a normal portion of Nachos and a slice of Pizza.

https://crazypedros.co.uk/food-menu/


Then it was off to see Lisa. We were that close to the stage we could read the set list. She was Fab!. Thanks Lisa.