Sunday 26 April 2009

The sun is out ...

... there's blossom on the trees and all's well with the world! Well, that's what it feels like for me at the moment *smile*. Mind you, the sun has been out all week and we've had some glorious spring days. Makes you feel so much better when the weather's good. Unfortunately it's not forecast to last too much longer - *doh!*

Flowering Cherry blossom on tree outside Dad's house.

Been really busy the past few days, making the most of the good weather and the fact that the decking has been cleaned and treated. Thursday was spent getting the garden furniture out, unpacked and up so, we've now got somewhere to sit on nice days - *grinner*. Ended up filling the car with rubbish for the tip - cardboard, mainly, for recycling but too much for the kerbside collection! Filled the car so much I couldn't see out of the rear view mirror - *oops!*

Lilac blossom on shrub in my front garden - never had so much as this year!

Since Friday morning and the Open Day at Dad's future home, it doesn't feel as though I've stopped. We - that is my sons did at my request - moved a couple of wardrobes/bedroom fitments/storage units from Dads to mine yesterday morning, along with some laminate flooring we bought a few years ago but not yet used. (Note the similarity with that statement and my craft stuff????? *hehe!!*) One wardrobe moved, no problem at all, but the second one decided it wasn't gonna play ball. Oh no! It decided that it didn't want it's back on so popped it off which then made the blooming thing unstable! OK, so it was flatpack when bought and it's big and old-ish and it had to be negotiated over the stairlift and around corners and over walls but ..... if one that didn't have any internal structure moved OK then why couldn't the one that should have been more sturdy 'cos it had more internal fixings - huh?? Anyway, it arrived and was rebuilt but all this meant that none of the container plants that should have moved home got moved. They will come at a later date now ....

Bluebells which have found their way to my front garden and leaf breaking bud on my hibiscus.

Wardrobes in situ, I spent the afternoon trying to restyle the study - after helping sometime-to-be ex-daughter-in-law choose stuff from the gardening equipment at Dad's that's no longer used but, she needs for the garden at her new home. Anyway, yep, wardrobes - one of which is totally shelves - are being recycled into office furniture to contain all my 'selling' bits, packing materials, stationery, household papers etc., behind closed doors. Good way there now but, it's likely to go on hold to get Dad sorted ..... and there lies the rest of my activity. Spent some of yesterday afternoon at his measuring, photographing, noting info etc. for some of his appliances that will have to go as he has no need of them. Came home and offered all for sale in our local Friday Ad paper. This morning did the same with some of his larger pieces of furniture and a load of vinyl albums but they've (the furniture and the vinyl) gone on eBay - at a 99p starting price (the vinyl as 2 separate collections - lol!). Don't care what it fetches - it's got to go and even selling for just 99p at least saves us paying somebody to take it away. Had interest in the appliances already so hopefully they'll be gone by the weekend *grin*

Will be spending a busy day on the phone tomorrow - lol! Only downside amongst all this - my leg/hip problem has resurfaced since the meds have cleared my body so one of my phone calls tomorrow will be to the doctor for an appointment ..........

Thanks for dropping by .....

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