november19 posted:

i've got just the cat for you

lmao.

and TBHA count yrself lucky he left it on the dirty laundry. One of mine used to bring them onto the bed as a wake-up present...worst time was when he brought in a live bird which promptly flew under some cabinets :-I

Day 3 of not feeding the stray..

still hasn't left my deck.. cries and paws at door incessantly.

tugged on heartstring one too many times -> broke down and fed him!

do you think he WILL eventually go to his own home if i quit feeding for good?

and now colder weathers coming..

Shit! i'm wavering again.. *think of pierre...think of pierre...*

Mini fij had a kitten come to stay with her a coupla nites ago. She lives on a busy road and it was mewing in a bush so she took him in. Jake was over the moon! He's cat mad at the moment but the owner's son came to collect it the next day. Apparently, they live on the otherside of the road and have 4 dogs (that live in the garden) and the kitten escaped through the kitchen window.....she also said the kid stunk of urine...nice! I told her to expect the cat to come back, they seem to know where they're better off

Glad- sucks with your gig, but atleads it hasn't been cancelled, you'll just have to blow their socks off the end of november

Had my x rays back (finally). The knee is fine but they've found a few 'bony outgrowths' that shouldn't be there so I have to go see a specialist at the musculoskeletal assessment and treatment centre. I really don't know what to expect anymore, all I want is the pain to go away....but it never does

Ruth posted:

glad I can imagine that sucks... Is the gig under question now given the re-scheduled date?

Nah, looks like it's gonna be at the last weekend of November. Only thing that's under question is whether I'm gonna be performing as just myself, or whether I'm gonna be playing as part of Hemy/Rowell. Just have to wait and see, as I'm supposed to be recording the second H/R album sometime in November as well.

Fijj, yeah, I'll definitely blow their socks off - hope you get the bony outgrowths sorted out soon!

Nov - Uh oh. Looks like he, or she, has adopted you as their owner, so you could be in a spot of trouble.

Term has officially started! Nietzsche help us all!

Where is the steaming hot (rum laced) brew? Bring me the java.

azonei posted:

i think i've pulled a muscle in my left shoulder.

Ooo.. that's your swinging arm! You may be out of commission for a few days

but seriously, aww! ice it up and try to lay about this weekend

Wow azzie, you don't want to be pushing yrself too hard ya know ;-)

*Hugs Nov*

Just thinking about having to make a decision like that has me wincing, but i'd say you're probably doing the right thing (in the long run).

Here's a strange one for you guys... hubby has gone gaa gaa over a property on the Isle of Scalpay. The selling price is £140,000 and it needs extensive work but the views are incredible to say the least and it truly appears to be the kind of place we could settle down forever.

What do y'all think? It's the Manse.



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TBHA posted:

Here's a strange one for you guys... hubby has gone gaa gaa over a property on the Isle of Scalpay. The selling price is £140,000 and it needs extensive work but the views are incredible to say the least and it truly appears to be the kind of place we could settle down forever.

What do y'all think? It's the Manse.

i would go and never look back..

to be that isolated and have incredible landscape surrounding you.. that's the stuff of dreams!


and tbh, this sounds like a once in a lifetime opportunity, as well. Grab it!


[couldn't see the Manse.. all i got was a picasa sign in page ]

Hello all
not posted here for a while , been a bit tom dick just going to have a read and see whats going on

I'm glad the others had the sense to mention yr link..I just thought I was missing something lol.


TBHA - we're all different with different needs/wants. I think it's lovely to chase a dream, as the others have mentioned, but I believe with something like this it has to be a shared dream. And after yr heart was so set on Liverpool....*shrugs*

I'm just too practical..Sometimes a good thing/sometimes not. I'd be thinking about stuff like how easy it is for ppl to visit and likewise for me to go visit others/go on holiday, how to go for retail therapy etc but then, I don't have any dreams (at the moment) to live somewhere like that. If I did, then maybe my heart would talk more than the head.

Good luck hun....

Thanks, I think it's beautiful too.

@Ruth Do you know what the main thing making me say "I just don't know" is? The renovations involved, I'll be doing this mostly on my own, hubby will be in Iraq (for perhaps numerous tours) to pay for the whole thing (tax-free money, FTW).

Having looked over the survey of the place, I can feasibly ask the owner to knock £20,000 off the price (the inspector assesses the place at £120,000 - £140,000 with renovations). The place is 129 years old (there's that romance you were talking about, lol) and with the ratings of Category 1 being best and no action necessary and Category 3 being worst and needing immediate attention, the walls of the place (inside and out) are rated Category 2 and the floors are rated Category 3. The roof, fixtures, pipes and such are all Category 1 but honestly, what difference does that make if the place falls down?

Next question is does the UK participate in cap & trade? The place is environmentally unsound and I am concerned that it will cost me extra at the end of the year (or whenever) if I'm producing too many carbon emissions. *sigh*

Lastly Ruth, you're right about me wanting Liverpool... you're just right about that, I can't make any real arguments there. I can however say that the one thing I really want above all is for when hubby comes home from the horrors of war, I want for him to come "home" if that makes sense. Someplace where he sits back and says, "I've got my wife and daughters right here in this house that I absolutely want to live in... this is my home." Is that the place in Scalpay though? He seems to think so, but he's also not looked into it as extensively as me. Oddly though, he in turn doesn't want me to miss out on living in Liverpool, lol, so you see? This is my dilemma, I need to discuss it further with him when I get the chance. UGH!!!!!!!

TBHA.. i get all that your saying!

Bear this in mind... anywhere in the UK (OK, almost anywhere) is going to be so easy to fall in love with! Scalpay won't be the last place you see & love!


If your based in Liverpool, and you love it, like i know you will it will be your home and he will love it, too. Anywhere you & the girls are, will be his home, yes?