So, it was your fault!

Been out with hubby and two of our sons - went to Largs (seaside) for the afternoon.

We had a nice walk round the shops, then along the seafront and had some lovely fish and chips.

 

Skylark, what a shame you didn't get to see more of Zara and the wedding party.

I caught a couple of minutes of the highlights on the evening news. Zara and Mike looked really happy, and I thought her dress was very simple and pretty.

 

Summer, your colour scheme sounds very nice.

I like Matt Smith as The Doctor, but I also liked David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston (although I think Christopher is a bit of a prat in RL).

Enjoy your book and hope to catch up tomorrow.

Hi Yogi, that was nice , i havent been to Largs. 
I saw the pre wedding party last night, arriving at the Britannia . A good night, by all accounts ! One of the only nights i havent worried about my son coming home late, as lots of Police presence !

Goodnight squiggle  

Yes, I bet they were out in force.

Ha ha yes the whole force, it looked like  

That sounds nice , Summer, i fancy the same myself. Thinking of doing the living room , one wall bold wallpaper and the rest cream. i love flowers but dont want to go OTT . I saw some nice wallpaper the other day, a bit expensive but i would only need 2 rolls. I plan things in my head, but it takes me ages to actually get round to doing it !

Are you good at decorating, Skylark?

I'm okay with a paintbrush but I can't put wallpaper up.

Luckily, my sons are good at decorating and don't mind helping out.

Decorating is not one of Mr Yogi's skills - we always ended up with lots of scrunched up wallpaper and the air was blue!

 
I am not too bad if i am left alone to get on with it. I can put up wallpaper , but tend to leave paste marks on the join. Painting is ok , but i need masking tape , as i tend to paint a bit of the ceiling when i get to the top of a wall! Sticking to cream is easier 

Mr Yogi used to do that too - no wonder sons have banned him from helping.

 

I like neutral shades and have quite a few rooms in cream colours.

When we last painted the hall and stairs (paid a painter to do it) I took ages choosing one of those specially mixed paints. When the painter opened the tin, he said "Oh, you've chosen Magnolia", I was fuming.

Oh dear ...sorry but i did laugh there 
Going off to bed with my toastie, see whats on the telly. 
Goodnight all xxx 

Hi in here - yogi and skylark

skylark - did you enjoy the royal wedding ???- I thought her dress was lovely

I wasn't laughing at the time.

Enjoy your toastie - you've made me hungry now.

Goodnight.

Hi Ros, was just signing off there ! 
It was very busy, should have just stayed in and watched it, missed a lot! But at least i can say to my Granddaughter, in years to come she was there.
Going off now, i am shattered, sorry not being rude Ros, but its been a long day . Hope you and yours are ok  

I loved her dress, Ros - I thought she looked lovely, and they both looked so happy.

aww night skylark glad you were there  and your granddaughter - not easy with little ones waiting around-

awww - yes - it looked a lovely wedding - very natural

I think they are a down-to-earth couple, considering her granny is The Queen.

yes - you sort of forget that

Good morning everyone. It's a bit cloudy today.

I'm hoping for a chill out day today - no dashing around and no visitors.

Enjoy your Sunday everyone, whatever you are doing.

Good morning everyone

 

It's sunny here at present which is an improvement over the last couple of days

 

My film tip for the day is one which may seem at first a bit of an odd choice. Kiki's Delivery Service on Film 4 at 5.05 this afternoon. It is a Japanese animation and although for children, adults will enjoy it as much. This is a quieter more intimate film than the typical Japanese animation, there are no villains, no violence, and very very heart-warming.

 

I don't know whether this will be the subtitled version or the dubbed version. Either version is worth watching.

Good morning everyone, seems to be a replay of yesterday here weatherwise.

 

I have hardly seen anything of the Royal Wedding so far as I never seem to coincide with the news over the weekend, I've always just missed it when I turn on. I caught a quick glimpse of the dress but I hope there will be pictures in the papers tomorrow (I don't get a paper on a Sunday because they are just full of adverts).They seem a very sorted couple who are very much in tune.  I have great respect for Princess Anne, when you consider her brothers and their very prima donna-ish ways she has always had her feet firmly on the ground.

 

Enjoy your chill out day Yogi

 

I had never done any wallpapering before but when my husband had a stroke and was in hospital we were planning to move, which we managed to do down here to North Devon.  So I was preparing the house to put on the market and I decorated two bedrooms in between time at the hospital (you couldn't visit until the afternoon).  I surprised myself by quite enjoying wallpapering.  I had been dressmaking for years and it struck me that there were similarities between the two, silly as that sounds.  Measuring and cutting etc.

 

I have just caught the weather forecast and its due to go up into the 80's in the South East later in the week

 

Hope your day is all you wish it to be

Good afternoon

 

First, let me share this.. 

 

 

that's a celebration of 10,000 posts!

next, I hope you're all having a lovely weekend

 

like yogi, i'm relaxing today! i've just taken a little break from watching Jane Eyre, to hang some laundry.. which is still in the basket right next to me, because I couldn't resist the lure of signing in on the home computer..

So far I have watched 2 episodes, and I love Ruth Wilson as Jane! 

 

Skylark, I think you might like our wallpaper, because like you, I can't take to loud wallpaper designs. We were shopping for paint for the bedroom 6 months ago when we happened upon it, and thought it would be perfect for our living room! 

Squiggle, i fully understand your relating wallpapering to dressmaking, I myself compared it to gift wrapping! 

I literally watched some wallpapering demo video's on you tube (b&q are very good) and then talked mr summer through it as we did it, he was impressed with my patience, and i was impressed with his cutting out of FIVE sockets on the one wall! between us, we did a grand job on our first attempt

and here are the pictures i promised last night..

 

I ended up with an impromptu visit from SIL & BIL last night, and by the time they left it wasn't the right light to photograph the new cushions that I bought yesterday.. so I waited until today.

I hope you like..

 

we hope to find a large, wooden framed mirror to place behind the sofa.

 

I'll leave you with these..

 

 

and go hang that laundry

 

happy weekend!

Afternoon everyone.

Summer, you (and Mr Summer) have done a great job of the decorating. It looks really lovely and you would never know it was a first attempt, well done both of you.

Thank you for the delicious food.

 

Squiggle, I can see the connection between dressmaking and wallpapering.

 

My relaxing day hasn't gone quite as planned. I've ended up doing lots of ironing and housework and I think I'm getting visitors too.

What's that quote from Rabbie Burns:

"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,"

Your living room looks gorgeous Summer, I love that wallpaper.

 

Thank you for the treats, they look scrummy.

 

Yogi its what I often say, life is what happens to you when you're busy making plans.  I think the trick is to be flexible, enjoy your visit and I am sure there's lots of chores that you have got out of the way that you don't now have to do tomorrow.

That's what I like, Squiggle - positive thinking.

Good evening everyone.    Why has our lovely thread gone so wide - or is it just the way I'm seeing it.  Had a busy weekend (more about that elsewhere, or at least there will be when I get chance to type it).  Hope to catch up with you all tomorrow. 

Hello Joyron. I hope you are having a relaxing weekend.

The thread hasn't gone wide for me.

 

BTW, Harvey has returned - just until tomorrow night.

Keira is very happy.

 

My chill out day ended up busy and tiring, so I'm signing out and having an early night.

Goodnight all.

Thank you everyone, I'm glad you could all see the pics Oh yogi, I'm sorry to hear your day wasn't quite what you'd hoped for, I do hope you can pencil in a lazy day in the very near future sweet dreams (great news about Harvey's return ) Hope all of you have had a nice weekend, I'm a little sorry it's over now lol

Well said Summer, we vote a pampering day for you Yogi   Aww I'm sorry the weekend is over for you too Summer, when do you start work again?

 

I'm going off to start my new book, its by Katie Fford I like her books, the last one was OK but a bit depressing and I want something frothy and lighthearted, night all sweet dreams.

night in here squiggle - love Kate ford - she is good

Good morning everyone. As forecast, it is raining here today. I think the rain is here until Friday.

Thanks Summer and Squiggle, I love the idea of that pampering day.

Are you back at work today, Summer? If you are, I hope it's not too busy.

Sorry I missed you Ros, I should be around later tonight.

Good morning everyone

 

Joyron, Cologne has made a thread where she is talking about the page looking odd. She uses Internet Explorer but doesn't say which version. I normally use Firefox but also have IE 8, so I looked here using IE 8 and I had the same result as her. For most of us our avatar and user name is positioned to the left of our postings. But on IE 8 the avatar and user name appears on top of the posting. This means that the replies part of the page has become almost a third wider than before.

 

There's also a message about the browser no longer being supported and to upgrade to a modern browser.

 

Yogi, it may be dry here, but it is now unpleasantly warm and humid.

Good morning everyone.    It's sunny here this morning and we are expecting some hot, humid days to come this week.

 

El Loro, I hear what you say but this elongated  (hope that's the right word) thread is the only one like it.  I've gone into several of the other threads to have a look and they are all "normal".  It's just this thread; and it's really annoying!!! 

Joyron, whilst you are on this page, press Ctrl 0 (zero) to see if the page goes back to normal. I'm guessing that you've accidentally zoomed up the page, it's too easy to do that with your mouse without you realising it. Each page can be zoomed in and out without affecting any other page which is why I think it's to do with zooming.

Joyron, I see that we are on a new page so I'm guessing that thia page looks OK to you, so my post above refers to you pressing Ctrl 0 on the previous page, not this page.