A standing renovation

[hatmandu]

Hello world. I haven't written here since April, apart from a one-liner on my birthday to announce the death of our cat. It's been that sort of a summer. I can't remember a tougher, more challenging year, with a crazy mixture of masses of work, and often nowhere to do it from: after leaving Kidlington in June, we lived in a mobile home park for

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[j4]

Wow, the house looks totally awesome! I hope you feel it was worth all the stress (it certainly looks it). And good luck with the new adventures! (BTW, in case you missed the news, we are embarking on one little adventure of our own... ;-)

[hatmandu]

Cheers! And yes, only spotted your news today, but very excited for you - big hug.

[brightybot]

Congrats from me too - great news! Hope the sickness gets better soon. H x

[vigornian]

Congratulations! Having never really renovated much of anything, I can only sympathise with all the hardships, but very good news to know you're now a bit more settled. We must find a weekend for a day trip!

[lisekit]

Congrats on swish new house and funky wood burner! How am I? Well, I've just had three of our main funding streams cut, one of them entirely, so I'm pretty pissed off. How are you?

[hatmandu]

Um, am really sorry to hear that. Hope things don't turn out too disastrously.

[lisekit]

Seriously, the way things are going the next ten years are going to be a fucking disaster (not just for me, either). If I meet anyone who voted these shits into power, I'm going to punch them in the face.

[hatmandu]

Not me.

[htfb]

Look forward to seeing the place. I really must pick your brain on laying underfloor heating.

[hatmandu]

Gladly. Our system is easy because it doesn't need a concrete screed on top, fact fans.

[i_serious]

congrats! we must come over some time