Outside our house this morning they were replacing the telephone line all along the road.
A lovely day for them.
We are shattered tonight as we’ve been packing up again...so much stuff even in our temporary home....most of it’s gone to the container as the rental cottage is very well equipped. The kitchen cupboards to do tomorrow & the little bit of furniture we have here to join the other stuff in the container on Friday.
Three good things:
I left my mobile phone at home by mistake, good job Harry remembered the code for the gate!
2. We haven’t got a cat....it would have hated all this moving about.
3. The report to night of amazing footage of children in the Yemen & how they are walking over rubble & bombed out buildings to get to their shell of a school....how keen are they to learn...it took my breath away.
Will this mean you get a better signal? Looks like a better day than we had here. We finally saw the sun about 2pm. Yes I saw that footage of the school in Yemen. It mades you weep to see how much they value their education, and yet they have so little.
What a lovely blue sky to work against! Does anyone even use a landline anymore? I am lost without my cell phone, I don’t even know my children's’ phone numbers without it!
@bkp Yes lots in the UK still use land lines but I guess going less & less! I would still far prefer to talk on my land line than the mobile...I don’t know numbers so well as I just scroll down the names!
@busylady I have no idea Judith...the line was sagging a bit so I think they just replaced it. I’m glad as we might be having some higher deliveries so don’t want to catch the lines.
Good to have a replacement line Pat - I much prefer to use my landline than the mobile , So you are busy again - you will be the master of packing and unpacking Pat - - good luck !
@beryl I’m not keen talking on my mobile so would chose landline anyway but seem to use it less & less these days. Might come a time when it’s uneconomic, we shall see how we manage over the next few months with only a mobile each.
It doesn't take you long to settle in a new home does it and then you are off again, ha ha. At least when you return you will be able to really settle.
Now you know how we have felt over the years, we have had 16 moves, ha ha.
I know you will be thrilled to have all renovations complete and you are back in your beautiful new home!
I am lost without my phone. Went down to visit my mom the other day and realized I didn't have my phone...I felt like I'd left my brain at home.
Bless the children of Yemen. I haven't seen the footage you refer to, but I can imagine it. Such courage and determination in the face of traumatic circumstances.
@onewing It must have been a nightmare Babs....it would make you very efficient at not storing surplus stuff anyway! I know something when all that stuff comes out if the container I bet half is going! Moving from 7 bedroom, three storey house etc to a two bed bungalow concentrates the mind!!
@peggysirk I’m the same Peggy never mind the continuous thought about opportunities for daily photo too.....what did we ever do without them?
Builder coming at 8am this morning so it’s all go from now on!
Those Yemen children made your heart break for them. When you think what our kids have even the less blessed ones, they had nothing except the desperation to learn. When the teacher didn’t come a nine year old blind boy taught! 🥲
No. 3 - I saw that. It made us think. Such tenacity in the face of such adversity. Seems like you have an awful lot on at the moment, but it also seems to me that you are doing the right thing with your downsize. With all our problems with dad at the moment, hubby and I are already talking about our own future plan, so as not to find ourselves in a home we can't easily live in and take care of in our old age. It requires careful forward planning, and moving before you need to. But you'll know that! Take care not to overdo things though!
@jamibann My friend, who is a hospice nurse, told me "be in the house you want to stay in by the age of 70. Things can change so fast after that." Wise advice and we are bearing it in mind as we consider moving house in the next year.
Well when all the moving around is done you will be pleased I'm sure.
I saw that Yemen news report too and wss struck by it all. We have so much!
And I liked Issi's comment. We were thinking about all this when gardening at the weekend. How would it be trying to cope with the large garden even ten years down the line. Good to plan ahead.
Sleep well!
It doesn't take you long to settle in a new home does it and then you are off again, ha ha. At least when you return you will be able to really settle.
Now you know how we have felt over the years, we have had 16 moves, ha ha.
I am lost without my phone. Went down to visit my mom the other day and realized I didn't have my phone...I felt like I'd left my brain at home.
Bless the children of Yemen. I haven't seen the footage you refer to, but I can imagine it. Such courage and determination in the face of traumatic circumstances.
Builder coming at 8am this morning so it’s all go from now on!
Those Yemen children made your heart break for them. When you think what our kids have even the less blessed ones, they had nothing except the desperation to learn. When the teacher didn’t come a nine year old blind boy taught! 🥲
I saw that Yemen news report too and wss struck by it all. We have so much!
And I liked Issi's comment. We were thinking about all this when gardening at the weekend. How would it be trying to cope with the large garden even ten years down the line. Good to plan ahead.
Sleep well!