Amanda and the Gang

This is the old friut cage. As I said before it was beginning to come down on its own so I decided to give it a helping hand and before I knew it, it was no more lol.

I  can`t believe the difference its made, the plot looks huge now, I know its big but it really looks big now ha ha.

My best mate Brian has been helping me alot lately bless him. First of all the big water tank I have needed to have the liner changed as the old one was rotting away. I emptied it out and found 7 newts in the bottom which I transferred to the pond and then put the new liner in. Then I went to the plumbers store to get a ball thing that you have in toilets to shut the water off when it reaches the right level. All this I managed to do by myself and fitted the ball thing to the pipe but it leaked !!! Brian to the rescue.

I have to say that I had to get in this tank to clean it out, I am only 5ft tall and when I stood in the tank only my head and shoulders were visible lol. I have to put a safety line on me when I lean in to fill the watering cans lol.

Hubby and I were awoken with a phone call on Sunday morning (6th) at 8.10am by youngest daughter who excitely informed us to look out the window, it was snowing much to my horror !! I was washed and dressed and out within 15 mins and up the allotment !! Thankfully this was all that fell from the skies and by 11am it had all gone and no damage was done and the sun was shinning lol.

Brian has designed, roughly sketched out!! the chicken run and coup, which will be near the shed end. So it won`t be long now before I start digging the trenches to drop the wire in the ground to stop the foxes getting in. I`m really looking forward to building the whole thing from scratch obviously with Brians help otherwise god knows what I`d end up with.

Brian has also fixed my lawnmower today that my father- in- law gave me. He bought it about 6 months ago. My father -in -law suffers with spine degeneration and walks with a stick. He bought this self propelled lawn mower, got it home , started it up and it took him off down the garden so quick he nearly fell flat on his face lol. So he decided to buy another lawn mower but a push petrol one which wouldn`t cart him off around the garden !! Any way I was looking to buy a new one as my is a bit old now and offered to buy his from him, he kindly offered it for free which I gratefully accepted. Only he had decided to drain down the tank and couldn`t get the screw off etc etc !! Basically he buggered up the o ring ? and we had to get a new one. Cue the sketch from the Two Ronnies, I walked into the local ironmongers and asked them if they had any "o"s couldn`t resist !!! Brian managed to fix it and it started on the first pull, running like a dream.

Well, the girls.....After I asked them for a £10 addition towards a cleaner, a couple of days later Laura announced she was moving out....the next day. Fine we said, good luck . Monday, Portia said to me, " mum I moving out" I said "don`t wind me up" and she said "no mum really I`m moving out" and I said " no really don`t wind me up" lol. Anyway she wants to share a flat with her friend but in case they are not compatible Portia is going to move into her friends mum and dads house so they can see if they get on before they get a place together !!! She pays £160 a month at home with me including meals and washing, where she is going she has to pay £230 a month and do her own washing and sort out food ???And all because I asked for £10 a week extra for a cleaner !!!

I get the feeling that the kids were taking me for a ride !!! Feel a bit disappointed but then the electric bill arrived !! Glad there are going. At 22 and 28 they should be living there own lives now.

We had a call at 3.45am this morning, it was Jamies home. He was having fits and Dad needed to come and give him medication. I am pleased to say he is fine this morning. He has just gone back to school after 3 weeks off and this probably agravated his brain pattern.

I will leave you with this wonderful photo of Portia and I, she decided tocover m

y face in some face pack or other!!

Don`t have night mares lol.

Amanda and the gang

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• #1 Comment from pamal3 
  16/04/08 23:36 | Permalink

  Lol. Excellent photo. At first i thought you meant you had lost your kids!! lol. They should know better, the wee monkeys! lol. Glad you are okay and the garden Is looking good. Love Pam xx
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