Apart from the dining room which is wood floors and the stairs which have carpet, all my floors are vinyl. The upstairs is a off white, downstairs a grey wood effect. On the one hand you mop them clean, on the other no sins can be hidden at all.
I got a nice mat for the hall from dobbies so I can justify the trip now also got the exact camellia (Nobilissima) I'd been looking for along with the correct compost to be planted in a lovely pot that was discounted, and paid rather a lot for a large rhododendron, because I planted a cheap discounted one in hope rather than expectation in a really terrible spot in my garden last year and it's thrived.
Me too Pat ....hope your wrist is not too painful ....I saw this article recently after a friend recommenced it to me hence my question to Joyce about her 10,000Mg tablet .......in here it states a maximum of 2000Mg "According to the medical community, about 2,000mg is the maximum amount of standardized turmeric curcumin you should take per day."
OH's bank meeting was OK, only closing an account. The Christmas stalls were still up in the centre car park. OH bought me a pair of earrings to match a necklace I have. I had matching earrings but lost one of them when it fell off a couple of years ago. Bought a few groceries at Monoprix, the town centre supermarket, they only do paper bags now, 12 cents each, as I hadn't brought one as it was an afterthought. Bag fell apart in the rain on the way back to the car park.
I've been to IKEA several times, in England and in Bordeaux. Our bed and sofas in our cottage in Norfolk are from IKEA. Had to have flat pack as the front door is rather small and there are low beams at the foot of the narrow stair case.
Been to Bluewater once, that'll do me, never again! Much prefer the shopping malls in Norwich.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I prefer pedestrianised shopping streets and older gallery style malls in town centres to out of town car park style malls. Seem more human somehow. Anyone know good places to shop in Paris? For a 23 year old, not me.
Just been out walking with the dogs down the back lanes. There are puddles! And the dogs got so mucky they needed showers when we got home again. Better than keeping to the roads tho cos they can run off the lead and play. Toes aching now but in an exercised way rather than stiff. Got to keep the perishers moving.
Tartiflette for dinner cos I have the doings but then we need to be good all month. Xmas blubber to shift as well as what I didn't lose last year cos of the broken toe. Will I ever catch up?
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Talking about shopping centres , we are going to Meadow Hall tomorrow , personally I don’t mind going some where like that , free car parking , inside so no overcoat , warm & dry and plenty of places to eat / coffee , not to everybody taste I known
Got car serviced this morning and afternoon bought some Autumn Rasberry canes for a new bed at allotment, just need some dry weather to put them in
Just been out walking with the dogs down the back lanes. There are puddles! And the dogs got so mucky they needed showers when we got home again. Better than keeping to the roads tho cos they can run off the lead and play. Toes aching now but in an exercised way rather than stiff. Got to keep the perishers moving.
Tartiflette for dinner cos I have the doings but then we need to be good all month. Xmas blubber to shift as well as what I didn't lose last year cos of the broken toe. Will I ever catch up?
Ob , we've been out with our Yorkie ....thankfully we had a nice fall of snow overnight which he adores ......why any creature would like his nether regions dangling in snow as he gallops around is beyond me ......know what you mean about the toe woes as well.....mine is finally OK since the KOS event....as for the food ...we have gone through our Christmas and new Year .....my wife's relatives left us last night ....we have people arriving overnight to celebrate Russian Christmas on the 7th and then some one else will arrive for the oxymoronish .....Old New year
So this evening it will be just a nice bowl of Borscht .....your tartiflette sounds wonderful ....when I lived in Grenoble for a short period back in the 70s there was a great little restaurant where I tried it for the first time
Talking about shopping centres , we are going to Meadow Hall tomorrow , personally I don’t mind going some where like that , free car parking , inside so no overcoat , warm & dry and plenty of places to eat / coffee , not to everybody taste I known
It is indeed a good thing we're not all the same... glad you're having a lovely day, Chicky! Personally, I can't stand shopping in any form, except for things for the garden. Though having steep stairs and narrow doorways, I do like IKEA flat-pack furniture. I actually enjoy putting it together, too. And their very strong "Billy" bookcases, though somewhat utilitarian, fit beautifully on our landing and hold all OH's music, without the shelves bending.
The house looks very dull now the Christmas decorations are packed away. But at least it's clean...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Apart from the dining room which is wood floors and the stairs which have carpet, all my floors are vinyl. The upstairs is a off white, downstairs a grey wood effect. On the one hand you mop them clean, on the other no sins can be hidden at all.
I got a nice mat for the hall from dobbies so I can justify the trip now
also got the exact camellia (Nobilissima) I'd been looking for along with the correct compost to be planted in a lovely pot that was discounted, and paid rather a lot for a large rhododendron, because I planted a cheap discounted one in hope rather than expectation in a really terrible spot in my garden last year and it's thrived.
Taxi driver was one unhappy bunny.
The turmeric treatment sounds interesting. I’ve been hearing about it for a while.
Me too Pat ....hope your wrist is not too painful ....I saw this article recently after a friend recommenced it to me hence my question to Joyce about her 10,000Mg tablet .......in here it states a maximum of 2000Mg "According to the medical community, about 2,000mg is the maximum amount of standardized turmeric curcumin you should take per day."
https://www.memory-improvement-tips.com/side-effects-of-turmeric.html
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OH's bank meeting was OK, only closing an account. The Christmas stalls were still up in the centre car park. OH bought me a pair of earrings to match a necklace I have. I had matching earrings but lost one of them when it fell off a couple of years ago. Bought a few groceries at Monoprix, the town centre supermarket, they only do paper bags now, 12 cents each, as I hadn't brought one as it was an afterthought. Bag fell apart in the rain on the way back to the car park.
I've been to IKEA several times, in England and in Bordeaux. Our bed and sofas in our cottage in Norfolk are from IKEA. Had to have flat pack as the front door is rather small and there are low beams at the foot of the narrow stair case.
Been to Bluewater once, that'll do me, never again! Much prefer the shopping malls in Norwich.
Chapelfield is remarkably civilised, compared with some
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I prefer pedestrianised shopping streets and older gallery style malls in town centres to out of town car park style malls. Seem more human somehow. Anyone know good places to shop in Paris? For a 23 year old, not me.
Just been out walking with the dogs down the back lanes. There are puddles! And the dogs got so mucky they needed showers when we got home again. Better than keeping to the roads tho cos they can run off the lead and play. Toes aching now but in an exercised way rather than stiff. Got to keep the perishers moving.
Tartiflette for dinner cos I have the doings but then we need to be good all month. Xmas blubber to shift as well as what I didn't lose last year cos of the broken toe. Will I ever catch up?
Talking about shopping centres , we are going to Meadow Hall tomorrow , personally I don’t mind going some where like that , free car parking , inside so no overcoat , warm & dry and plenty of places to eat / coffee , not to everybody taste I known
Got car serviced this morning and afternoon bought some Autumn Rasberry canes for a new bed at allotment, just need some dry weather to put them in
Hope everybody is well
Ob , we've been out with our Yorkie ....thankfully we had a nice fall of snow overnight which he adores ......why any creature would like his nether regions dangling in snow as he gallops around is beyond me
......know what you mean about the toe woes as well.....mine is finally OK since the KOS event....as for the food ...we have gone through our Christmas and new Year .....my wife's relatives left us last night ....we have people arriving overnight to celebrate Russian Christmas on the 7th and then some one else will arrive for the oxymoronish .....Old New year 
So this evening it will be just a nice bowl of Borscht .....your tartiflette sounds wonderful ....when I lived in Grenoble for a short period back in the 70s there was a great little restaurant where I tried it for the first time
Isn’t it a good job we aren’t all the same
. Vive la difference 
It is indeed a good thing we're not all the same... glad you're having a lovely day, Chicky! Personally, I can't stand shopping in any form, except for things for the garden.
Though having steep stairs and narrow doorways, I do like IKEA flat-pack furniture. I actually enjoy putting it together, too. And their very strong "Billy" bookcases, though somewhat utilitarian, fit beautifully on our landing and hold all OH's music, without the shelves bending. 
The house looks very dull now the Christmas decorations are packed away. But at least it's clean...