What is making you happy right now

[Timbuk2]

Got my new car today, it's brilliant. A Kia Cee'd SW 3, its the polar opposite of my old Kia. It's an enormous (for my standards) estate car with all the extra's. Just for the sake of it I've been using the Cruise Control on the motorway whenever I can today

Brand New! 60 reg!

Not seen any 60 regs on the road yet - yours is the first I've clocked!

Very very nice mate.

What deal did you get on it? 3 Year HP? PCP? Bought outright? What?

~

BTW - not sure if you're bothered about this sort of thing - but people generally shop out their reg when posting pics of their cars on the 'net; I always do. Just for usual anonymity/security reasons.

[termite]

BTW - not sure if you're bothered about this sort of thing - but people generally shop out their reg when posting pics of their cars on the 'net; I always do. Just for usual anonymity/security reasons.

Good advice.

[Ominous Gamer]

You drive a wagon.... Not what I was expecting.
We call that the Forte in the states, we currently have the 4 door and the Koup, but the 5 door wagon is still making its way over.

[RandBlade]

As of today, for the last 10 years I've been driving small hatchbacks.

[Hazir]

As of today, for the last 10 years I've been driving small hatchbacks.

Nice new car, you're quite loyal to the Kia brand I think? Congrats on the new house too by the way.

[RandBlade]

Nice new car, you're quite loyal to the Kia brand I think? Congrats on the new house too by the way.

Thanks and thanks.

The old Kia has treated me quite well, so I have no qualms at all with going for a new one.

[Catgrrl]

I actually like the look of your new car

We loved our Mazda Protege 5 wagon, but it's being a pain lately so we may have to trade it in. Not even the dealership has been able to pinpoint the problem. It's 8 yrs old and we put a lot of miles on it.

[Bitter Jeweler]

I gift from an anonymous internet friend arrived in the mail today!

Thank you internet friend!

[littlelolligagged]

Buddy Boy had spelling sentences to do tonight. I have missed that entertainment so much.

Lightning struck out the window.
There is nothing useful here.
There is water flowing in here ?
I’ll debate either to invade them(or not) .
Common cold is a disease.
You put the speaker in the freezer!?
Delete his advice.
I’m frighten right now.
What does refrain mean?
I drew a picture of me being dainty in crayon.
The sun is shining brightly.
Get the remote.
It is enclosed .
Salute me .
Who will compose this song ?
Don’t get me into this dispute.
Define the word decay.
Be polite and stay awake.

[Timbuk2]

My old papa's 70th birthday today.

As a gift, I've booked up a Eurostar train trip from London to Bruges for 2 nights in a nice hotel, with me and the lady, in November.

He loves to travel - has been everywhere, but never Belgium, and I don't think he has even been on the Eurostar, which is a fabulous experience.

He has organised a large get together for all friends and family at a hotel in Oxfordshire this saturday to celebrate his 70th. I ordered a Guidebook to Bruges which arrived from Amazon today. I'll wrap it up and give it to him on saturday, then when he opens it I'll tell him about the trip.

Can't wait to go, and I'm sure he'll love Bruges. It looks beautiful.

[BalticSailor]

Yesterday was Friday (for me, anyway, fuck your calendars and whatnot), tomorrow's Saturday... I guess I'm heading for that wonderful day, neither 5th nor 6th day of the week. Day No. 5,5. That's where I want to go. That's where I have to go. I don't have a car, but I have all the gas I need. RRRRRAH!

(Yeah, Rule 12 violation. Bear with me, it's been quite a while since the last time.)

[Hazir]

My old papa's 70th birthday today.

As a gift, I've booked up a Eurostar train trip from London to Bruges for 2 nights in a nice hotel, with me and the lady, in November.

He loves to travel - has been everywhere, but never Belgium, and I don't think he has even been on the Eurostar, which is a fabulous experience.

He has organised a large get together for all friends and family at a hotel in Oxfordshire this saturday to celebrate his 70th. I ordered a Guidebook to Bruges which arrived from Amazon today. I'll wrap it up and give it to him on saturday, then when he opens it I'll tell him about the trip.

Can't wait to go, and I'm sure he'll love Bruges. It looks beautiful.

Brugge in november? I hope you get lucky with the weather. It's a pretty little town, you could probably make that exact same picture still. (Get used to Brugge, it's the name of the place, not Bruges. to call it Bruges is as silly as calling London Londres).

[littlelolligagged]

I just love the opportunity to pick up drunk sailors.

Particularly pretty ones.

[RandBlade]

Got woken up this morning by a phone call from the builders.

As a background as its a new house we get everything newly installed obviously, but much of it is basic as standard. So we get a new white oven and hob, we'd prefer a stainless steel one. Had the option of going for the stainless steel one as an "upgrade" but the upgrade cost was £600. Which would need paying up-front rather than being part of the mortgage, given we already have enough to be buying new we decided to stick with the default oven and upgrade later (a new one costs £600 from the shops too). We were going to pay for the upgrade and had told our contact in the builders a while ago, but then at the last minute when we had to commit (and pay) decided not to.

This morning's call from our contact in the builders started with her asking to confirm that we had 'ordered' the white oven and hob? Then she said that they had the wrong oven and hob delivered to them for us, they'd accidentally had the stainless steel one delivered to them instead. So would we mind a free upgrade? £600 upgrade given to us for free today because they've ordered what we wanted rather than what we could afford

--------------

Went into town later and we bought our sofa suite. There's so much to get right now, kitting out an entire house in one go is not going to be easy. They said it'd take 6 weeks for them to make and deliver the sofa suite anyway so since we move in 3 weeks no reason not to order it now. Is really funky. Bought it from a national brand, DFS, that is always advertising on TV & radio. I've always laughed at the brand, mainly because their adverts are so OTT, but we've been 'shopping around' for months now. Saw this particular suite 3 months ago and we loved it, not seen another to top it since. Today went to a retail park that had 5 furniture brands in it, finishing in DFS last we saw the sofa we liked last time again and coincidentally the same salesperson who was quite warm and chatted with us a few months ago remembered us. We got our sofa suite ordered, she's got her commission .

I've never bought anything on credit before, besides credit cards which I pay off in full, I hate the idea of paying interest. But with so many big purchases (we own no furniture basically) this is the first of two to be bought hopefully on interest free credit. Start paying in 12 months time, then repay it over 3 years, interest free. The bedroom furniture set should be the other really big bill and most companies seem to be offering interest-free credit on them too. Another advantage of the recession it seems

[littlelolligagged]

Haha..

I'm looking for a new sofa (or possibly a suitably funky used sofa - I'm a huge fan of eclectic furnishings). I'll be buying cheap, regardless - I grew up in a house filled with priceless antiques and I swore I would never force that on my kids. Much better not to have to "mind the furniture" (that's not a license to simply trash the house, you understand).

Meanwhile, I'm loving having double the space I did before, even though I'm nowhere near organized and together (or unpacked) yet.

What I came to post, though, was the contents of my produce basket:

eggplant
mango
onions
apples
plums
bananas
tomatoes
lettuce (romaine)
spinach
carrots
celery
sweet potatoes
zucchini

I think that's it. The carrots made me giggle, considering I voiced my dislike for them earlier today - but they'll be eaten by the midgets, anyway.

The eggplant made my day, I was considering going to the supermarket to buy one to make ratatouille.

[GGT]

Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun (Rand)--Christmas in September! Now we've seen your new car, later you can put pics of the new house and furniture!

lolli, you moved? I musta missed that one....

[littlelolligagged]

Yeah, last week. I didn't make some huge announcement about it or anything.

The opportunity to get my kids out of my rapidly degrading old neighborhood immediately (instead of having to wait for the house to be sold) presented itself, and I grabbed it.

And let me tell you, if I had realized how much better their new school was than the old one (and the old one wasn't a bad school, by any means) I would have had them in it ages ago.

[GGT]

Schools were the top priority for where we lived, once we had kids. BTW it's making me happy the youngest started HS today. Freshmen had an "orientation day" yesterday with their mentors. So far so good.

[RandBlade]

Happy for you and your kids Lolli . Do you have any piccies of your new place Lolli? Sure it'll be much bigger than mine . Though schools were not remotely on our list of concerns.

Been taking photo's for months Gee, not put any here yet. Amanda's got a huge Facebook album of each step of the way - I'm just uploading a few now to post in the piccy thread.

[littlelolligagged]

I knew the current school was considered the best elementary school in the county, but the old one was quite favorably considered, too.

I realize part of my impression of the new school comes from the kids absolutely brilliant placement. My son's 3rd grade special ed teacher took the time during her summer break to help make sure he was placed appropriately - and since her son is one of my daughter's friends and she knows her she also mentioned exactly what she needed in a teacher, too. The principal of the new school actually understands Asperger's, and had a couple of conversations with me about him - and then called me to ask me exactly what she needs.

What has surprised me, though, is the availability of after school activities. Yes, I'm having to pay for some of them, but it is well worth it. My son is in chess club, and my daughter is in a fine arts class. She also auditioned for the choir (she actually has a decent voice, although I am reasonably sure that the chorus is open for everyone). She's made lots of friends already, he hasn't, but he says the kids are nice enough and he might like them, and that his teacher is really great.

A painting she brought home - I'm really looking forward to the one she was working on last week, it looks great (and will match the way I am decorating in here).

(will be back in a minute, noticed her full name was quite visible)

[littlelolligagged]

Also, haven't really taken interior pictures yet, other than the ones I posted somewhere here of the bedroom paint-jobs, but here's the outside:

[Timbuk2]

Also, haven't really taken interior pictures yet, other than the ones I posted somewhere here of the bedroom paint-jobs, but here's the outside:

Ouch!

Nice goddamn house lolllsi!

Always envious of how much bigger you peeps over the pond can have your houses.

To have a house like that over here you need to be a multi-millionnaire.

[Nessus]

Ouch!

Nice goddamn house lolllsi!

Always envious of how much bigger you peeps over the pond can have your houses.

To have a house like that over here you need to be a multi-millionnaire.

Do not envy the American. They lead lives filled with deceit, worthlessness and platitudes. They have forsaken the Nordic race, indeed they are a nation lead by a negro. They have vast empty spaces to fill with their insipid population, but no direction or reason beyond pure greed.

There is also space to breathe here, in the beautiful North, where the people are better and the land cleaner. The politics easier. How much longer though, I do not know. The barbarians are invading, their putrid filth on the streets here daily. They disgust me. Hopefully the Right will rise here as it has done in Western Europe, and we get serious about the questions of race, religion and nationality. This nation, these nations, were built by a people, and by a cause. These cannot be served by those with ebon skin, and lax morals. This is a lesson America never learned, and look at the pitiable state they are in now. As a society.

[EmperorNorton]

Always envious of how much bigger you peeps over the pond can have your houses.

In Capitalist America, everything is bigger.

[RandBlade]

Oooh niiice

[Flixy]

In an hour or two I'm leaving for the last summer music festival two days of listening to good bands, drinking, camping, partying, and having fun!

Nice house by the way!

[Ominous Gamer]

The Wall Street Journal just announced that Duke Nukem Forever has a release schedule.


After 10 years of winning vaporware contests, the end is in sight!

[RandBlade]

The Wall Street Journal just announced that Duke Nukem Forever has a release schedule.

After 10 years of winning vaporware contests, the end is in sight!

If it wasn't for the fact that 3D Realms was out of the picture then I wouldn't believe it.

[Wraith]

If it wasn't for the fact that 3D Realms was out of the picture then I wouldn't believe it.

At least we'll still have HL Episode 3.

[littlelolligagged]

There are advantages to smaller, too. Less to clean, anyway.