CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

6 hours ago, dughlas said:

G'day y'all. Today has dawned brighter if slightly more humid than yesterday. Hoping for a good day at Faire.

 

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

Cool and rainy here. Have an awesome day, dugh.  

Today started, and continued for most of it, overcast and rainy. Gave me a chance to catch up on some of my reading.

Especially welcome was to see that @Jdonley75 had posted Chapter 26 of his great novel The Empty Spaces Between Us which, if any of you haven't yet come across, I would highly recommend you check out and see what you've been missing. Mind you, I would advise you to read the his novel, The Acquittal, first (which isn't, as I had assumed it would be from the title, a courthouse drama).

Towards the end of the day the rain started to ease, and a few patches of blue appeared in the sky. The forecast is for the most, if not all, of next week to be much better, with mainly sunny, warm days, but cold nights. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the forecast is correct.  

[Albert1434]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

Happy Sunday, all! My daughter and her dogs are back at their home now. It was an awesome visit. I had the house to myself for all of twenty minutes before my son and his girlfriend arrived. They have a movie day planned, so I don't have to work on renovations.   Be well, my friends... I'm going to lay on my bed for a while.  

Wow that looks like fun 

[Albert1434]

Aloha All

Spoiler

 

[Albert1434]

Aloha Marty the new house looks so cool are there any ghosts?

Edited September 15, 2019 by Albert1434

[Albert1434]

22 hours ago, Headstall said:

I have dogs coming out of my ears.  

[Page Scrawler]

38 minutes ago, Marty said:

Today started, and continued for most of it, overcast and rainy. Gave me a chance to catch up on some of my reading.

Hey, Marty.     Reading is an excellent way to spend a rainy day.   

 

31 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Marty the new house looks so cool are there any ghosts?

Hey, Albert!       How are you and Steve?   

[Albert1434]

Were good so far 

[Albert1434]

How are you guys Page

[Headstall]

30 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Hi, Albert.   Only Cookie here now... my ears are clean.  

[Valkyrie]

It's overcast and dreary here today, with a few sprinkles.  I got up early and went grocery shopping.  A lot of people had the same idea, as it was much more crowded than I'm used to so early on a Sunday morning.  I was in total squirrel mode, since I bought way more food than I needed.  My plan is to make and freeze a lot of lunches so I have a good stockpile.  My mom came over for a bit and we worked in the basement *cue ominous music*    We got quite a bit done and even managed to avoid the spider brigade that dwells there.    

[Page Scrawler]

24 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

How are you guys Page

Doing well. We had Quiche Lorraine and roasted beet salad for dinner.   

[Albert1434]

 I am having left over party food

[Valkyrie]

4 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

 I am having left over party food

Yum!  How'd the party go?  I made cheddar and bacon burgers with mashed cauliflower   

[Marty]

2 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Marty the new house looks so cool are there any ghosts?

Greetings, young Albert.

I don't know about ghosts, but there was extensive dry rot found in the inspection yesterday. Dry rot that extensive that it had even penetrated the plaster on the walls, and perhaps even the mortar between the stonework under the plaster. The advice i received was that just to get a proper engineer's report on the extent of the dry rot is likely to set me back at least €5k (and possibly even more), and that the cost of treatment could run to well over €100k.

I don't have that sort of money, so am seriously reconsidering my options.

Edited September 15, 2019 by Marty
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[Marty]

1 hour ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Marty.     Reading is an excellent way to spend a rainy day.   

Hi, Page.

Indeed it is! And a far healthier and less expensive way that spending the day sitting on the high stool...

(A wet day is often referred to as a day for the high stool in the west of Ireland - meaning a day sat at the bar in the local pub,)

[Page Scrawler]

9 minutes ago, Marty said:

the cost of treatment could run to well over €100k.

I don't have that sort of money, so am seriously reconsidering my options.

Sorry to hear that, buddy.    Hopefully the damage isn't too extensive.

[Albert1434]

God Marty that is sad indeed 

[Albert1434]

The dinner party was very nice and we eat to much lol

[Page Scrawler]

11 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

The dinner party was very nice and we eat to much lol

What did you have?   

[Albert1434]

I told you before page don't you read this stuff

[Albert1434]

Easy Rumaki, Cumin- Roasted Shrimp with green chili cocktail sauce, two cheese and crackers and chocolates

Sous Vide tri-tip Potatoes Supreme, Honey Dijon Brussel Sprouts

White chocolate crème brulee with raspberries 

[Page Scrawler]

4 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

I told you before page don't you read this stuff

That was a few days ago! I forgot, okay?   

Next weekend, I might throw a fondue party.   

[Albert1434]

I have to say that sounds like fun

[Albert1434]

Will you have a chocolate one?

[Page Scrawler]

7 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Will you have a chocolate one?

Possibly, although I was thinking of a caramel fondue.