Too early or not too early (Happy Christmas!)

[LadyArowana]

Wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. For a few days at least I shall block out the idea of drips that occasionally descend from above, the pipe which resents me having a large bath and the moisture and no doubt other associated horrors which want to creep up from below.

 

[CliffordPope]

And a very Merry Christmas to you too. I see we share a similar taste for oriental brassware - I have a pair of Burmese elephant and dragon dog brought home by. a great uncle in 1890.
I'm a bit ashamed to share any photos at present. The hearth is stacked with large logs and the ash from yesterday is spilling over onto the carpet. The tree decorations need rehanging from the kitten's recent ravages and the presents are not wrapped and stacked yet. But I have got the haunch of venison ready marinading in the pantry (experimental cuisine this year - I've always rejected boring bog-standard turkey), dozens of mince pies cooked yesterday and the gammon will be boiled today. Must take the pork pie out of the freezer.
I've put off the digging to find the collapsed drain for the moment, and am giving the chainsaw a rest for a bit.

 

[CliffordPope]

Oh, all right, if you insist:

 

[Gothichome]

May I add my thoughts of well wishes and a very merry Christmas to all my old home friends. In the new year may all your old home problems be minor and easily remedied.
Ron

 

[a twig]

As it’s Christmas Eve it’s definitely not too early now!

Happy Christmas one and all - particular thanks to @malcolm whose generosity and determination has kept the forum going for yet another year.

As we have had a fair few new members I thought I’d re-post the PPUK Night before Christmas from last year:

With apologies to C. C. Moore

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring except maybe a mouse


The trowels were downed, lime putty tucked away
And that high exterior ground level left to another day


Mama in her thermals and me in my robe
Were shivering in bed due to the draughty windows


When out on the lawn there rose such a clatter
I crawled out of bed to see what was the matter


Away to the window I stumbled and tripped
On some temporary wiring I’d promised to clip.


The moon on the breast of the material pile below
Reminded me of how far we still had to go


With nothing else to be seen I went downstairs instead
Forgetting the low beam and banging my head


As I crossed the hallway and entered the lounge
Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound


He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;


“That flue needs a new liner” he said with a grin
“It’s rusted in places and terribly thin”


I smiled at him weakly and I tried to explain
The cost of HETAS installers would ruin me again


But he spoke no other word and went straight to his work
Filled all the stockings and turned with a jerk


And laying a finger aside of his nose
And giving a nod up the chimney he rose


He sprang to his sleigh and to his team gave a hoot
Dislodging loose tiles and damaging gutters to boot


But I heard him exclaim as from my view he diminished
“There’s so much potential - it’ll be lovely when it’s finished!”

 

[Janela]

Thanks for re-posting that.
I am a recently signed up member and very happy to have discovered this forum.
As we sit in bed this Christmas eve morning sipping tea with wooly hats and finger gloves on, this really made us chuckle.

Merry Christmas to you all and may the potential of your houses be realised within only triple of your original (foolish) estimated budget

 

[Flyfisher]

As the photographic precedent has been set, here's wishing all PPUKers a happy Christmas and a healthy new year.

We're just about ready for the family invasion tomorrow so time now for the last relaxing afternoon for a while

 

[Feltwell]

Merry Christmas One & All, Lady A may it be that yours is packed with pachyderms!

Here at Feltwell Towers, I shall try to actually do something to the poor place next year, after 2 years of next to nothing after starting my business. Too many sales is better than too few!

I'm dragging everyone (6 !) off for a break on Boxing Day, get some winter sun and appease Dad's guilt at having not taken them on holiday during the summer.

 

[Kearn]

We had a foolishly romantic idea that we could be back in by Christmas… you’re looking at the dining room and family bathroom above!
But there’s not much left to do, just living room wall rebuilt, new living room floor, bathroom floor and partition to daughters bedroom, lower half of stairs rebuilt… and the rest of the structural stuff is then phase 2 once we’re back in.
So cracking on with rebuilding wattle panels and sneaking in woodwool elsewhere, ready to plaster next week onwards so we may get some paint on before rads get final fixed in place. But we finally have heat, some light and a strange combo of final fix/finish work alongside basic structural work!

Happy Christmas all!!