I recall very vividly reading C.S. Lewis's The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe during my top class at primary school and loving every word, writing an extensive review and having it pinned up on the wall by Mrs Scary Ormsby, I was so proud! The books were magical then and continue to capture my imagination... Continue Reading →
Project Rev – Before images of a large renovation
Been a lax on the old property updates recently, far too busy eating cake and dealing with stressful solicitor type situations, but in the background work has been moving on a pace and we're involved with some fantastic projects. I'm managing a renovation contract on a very large Parsonage, which has been untouched for about... Continue Reading →
Food: Heaven is finding yourself on a cake tasting panel
Regular readers of the Moregeous blog will have noticed a few recurring themes: property renovations, events in West Didsbury, random injuries.... and cake. As a confessed self-employed stresshead, cake plays a major role in my life for it's comforting, uplifting, fortifying and pleasuring qualities, it never fails to make me smile. Unless it has jam in... Continue Reading →
Property: UWDC, I finally give up, 6 months to change a faulty meter!
I absolutely give up and though this girl has tried her best to help me get a broken electric meter replaced, she is up against a brick wall working for this crazy company. I finally sent this email today..... Dear Susanne, I have now entirely given up trying to get this faulty meter changed by... Continue Reading →
Life: The Christmas festivities begin in West Didsbury
I can't remember a more festive beginning to the month of December than this year, it's been absolutely perfect. Firstly, snow. Yes, I know it can be a bummer for business and terrible for traffic, but it's just so blinkin Christmassy! We've only had a little flurry here, a single day of flakes, but it's... Continue Reading →
How to make your kitchen warmer: Try some under cabinet insulation
One of the by-products of helping make other people's homes Moregeous is that people assume mine is already done and dusted, they imagine some kind of show home with plumped cushions, a designer bathroom and spectacular decor - NOTHING could be further from the truth! When we moved in here four years ago it was... Continue Reading →
Life: Creepy surveillance, somebody’s been watching me…
Following on from yesterday's post, and to cut a four week long course down into a readable post, if you have chronic pain, are struggling with it and are lucky enough to have a hospital with a pain management course available, get yourself on it. I was one person before the accident, another person after... Continue Reading →