tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post8199755845709294061..comments2023-10-30T00:51:36.361-11:00Comments on Diary of a Desperate Exmoor Woman: Packing Asbo (or Jack-in-a-box)Exmoorjanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-66593651610069332922007-07-06T07:15:00.000-11:002007-07-06T07:15:00.000-11:00hope you are settled and wish you all well and hap...hope you are settled and wish you all well and happiness xx jepAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-33705976031453572522007-07-06T04:17:00.000-11:002007-07-06T04:17:00.000-11:00I think "Words from Woodcote" would be nice - hav...I think "Words from Woodcote" would be nice - having read the name on the gate in the picture above.<BR/>An Aga - if you havent got one where you are headed you better get one girl!<BR/>We cant have an agaless blogger now can we - love mousiecountrymousiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094876554953194177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-73839310378089357192007-07-05T11:11:00.000-11:002007-07-05T11:11:00.000-11:00It has to be 'Diary of an Ex- desperate Exmoor Wom...It has to be 'Diary of an Ex- desperate Exmoor Woman'.....<BR/>Or will it be Diary of a desperate decorator?<BR/><BR/>Any way put the paintbrush and the gin bottle down and get on with your task...........If you are VERY busy with the paint, I'll let you have large gins and decorating as 1&2......Grousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511245766699609786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-56557954713756677802007-07-05T09:53:00.000-11:002007-07-05T09:53:00.000-11:00Well the silence is deafening from the new house.....Well the silence is deafening from the new house...so I hope everything is OK and the move went well. Hope your new home is everything you have wished for. Still a bit worried....its sooooo quiet..do I sense a lull before a storm?snailbeachshepherdesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397158758052413758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-84589971555926599922007-07-01T16:17:00.000-11:002007-07-01T16:17:00.000-11:00Hi Jane - now in your new house, no doubt! How do...Hi Jane - now in your new house, no doubt! How does it feel? I used to love the excitement of a new place - like the first days of a romance - the rooms all look so much more interesting at the new house!<BR/>I look forward to hearing all about your move, your neighbours, the village etc etcPondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-61503235817387825672007-06-30T14:51:00.000-11:002007-06-30T14:51:00.000-11:00Hello to you Jane, in your new home.Unpacking is m...Hello to you Jane, in your new home.<BR/>Unpacking is much more pleasant than the departure pack-up. It can have its own pace.<BR/>The New York version of the movers always needs to include the one-who-has-to-stay-with-the-truck-on-the-street. Sometimes he is a relative of the "leader of the pack" but sometimes just seems to be an old guy who is more than happy not to have to do any heavy lifting!<BR/>No way that anyone is gonna re-name you. Ease into your own persona. I'd think that your entire daily schedule will evolve. Hope that you will share some of that process with us, but what an opportunity to energize your observations.<BR/>Just finding out what sounds your new neighborhood makes at night would be enough to write about for pages! And then, there is the fun of walking about and finding places that have that special sense.<BR/>Any young boys about James' age live nearby? Scared to ask, but any young dogs live nearby?<BR/>Sorry to be nosy. Must learn to be more patient.<BR/>All best wishes to all your family.<BR/>xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-76978758330453061262007-06-30T12:17:00.000-11:002007-06-30T12:17:00.000-11:00Hello Dear Jane,Just to say I hope the "move" went...Hello Dear Jane,<BR/>Just to say I hope the "move" went well, hope you get time to chill out with a glass of bubbly amongst all those packing-boxes.<BR/>Camilla.xxxCAMILLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741990891794651299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-51106344429662862192007-06-30T08:16:00.000-11:002007-06-30T08:16:00.000-11:00Hello Jane. You must be in by now (always behind h...Hello Jane. You must be in by now (always behind here!) and feeling odd. It always seems strange being somewhere new, especially if you are someone who allows their home to keep a little of their heart. The memories will be great and forever special, and now you will start building more precious ones in your new home too xxxPipanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-58097648132615283012007-06-30T02:47:00.000-11:002007-06-30T02:47:00.000-11:00There's a postcard just gone up in our village sho...There's a postcard just gone up in our village shop saying someone's selling an Aga, if you're interested... (cream, though - you'd probably have to have it re-enamelled...)LITTLE BROWN DOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752176955139690523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-62391480375637207552007-06-28T22:47:00.000-11:002007-06-28T22:47:00.000-11:00Gosh, finally happening. How exciting and terrible...Gosh, finally happening. How exciting and terrible. Moving is such an upheaval, always takes me months to settle in a new place. But I look forward to new tales from the new house.<BR/>Poor kitchen packer.I do so know what you mean about the shame of watching elastic bands being carefully packed. With me its empty jam jars.Edenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09747288067402245802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-63704966910846455132007-06-28T22:05:00.000-11:002007-06-28T22:05:00.000-11:00Good luck, gosh don't envy you moving. Trying toh...Good luck, gosh don't envy you moving. Trying tohide away the clutter. Good luck Jane, have a drink for me when you finally unpack the corkscrew.<BR/><BR/>PS email me your new address,have something for you... ahh the suspense!DevonLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10771725641771199612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-26746048108785567062007-06-28T13:57:00.000-11:002007-06-28T13:57:00.000-11:00Diary of an intermittently desperate exmoor woman?...Diary of an intermittently desperate exmoor woman? once a dew always a dew in my view. always remembering that desperate can be good. you sure know you are alive.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-12770232369213720622007-06-28T13:44:00.000-11:002007-06-28T13:44:00.000-11:00Best of luck with the move Dear Jane. Asbo Jack - ...Best of luck with the move Dear Jane. Asbo Jack - hope they dont forget to pack the little darling's bed, they get so attached to them. I remember a friend once said to me about her JRT, she had decided to wash the dogs blanket from it's bed. JRT was not having any of it, grhgrh, all the time, even when it went into the washing machine, dog sat and watched it being washed. When it was placed on the line in garden, dog sat and watched it until it was brought in again, terribly amusing. Great news about James being picked for the cricket team. Not sure about a new name Jane, what about - Diary of a Designer Woman. You have designed the book, you will be designing Interiors for your new home, and those shoes are definately designer ones! Thank you for your kind comments Jane.My daughter is moving tomorrow also.<BR/>Camilla.xxxCAMILLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741990891794651299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-63625094302438919982007-06-28T12:13:00.000-11:002007-06-28T12:13:00.000-11:00What about Diary of a Laughing Woman?I really hope...What about Diary of a Laughing Woman?<BR/><BR/>I really hope you will smile and laugh more and be totally blissfully happy in your new home with your loved ones.Holy Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04396731322033939255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-31103224137635908052007-06-28T11:03:00.000-11:002007-06-28T11:03:00.000-11:00Oh good luck, Jane. A new chapter in more ways tha...Oh good luck, Jane. A new chapter in more ways than one. xxWoozle1967https://www.blogger.com/profile/10438625886508520803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-58620089810404305832007-06-28T09:39:00.000-11:002007-06-28T09:39:00.000-11:00Didn't have all this awful hassle when I moved in ...Didn't have all this awful hassle when I moved in with Hub3 cos left Hub2 back at old house with all the stuff!<BR/><BR/>Wish you all the best Jane - it's good to move on, even if it's hard sometimes.<BR/><BR/>Can't think of a new name - Diary of a newly published exmoor woman perhaps!<BR/><BR/>PS Have a red aga too, but mine's not bright red, it's a deeper colour.Faith https://www.blogger.com/profile/04672728248961388984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-32722969688687588792007-06-28T09:30:00.000-11:002007-06-28T09:30:00.000-11:00Good luck with it all, Jane! And try not to get to...Good luck with it all, Jane! And try not to get too stressed. Whatever you manage to do or don't manage to do, it will happen, everything will somehow get to your new house and you'll be fine. (Don't envy you, though - find moving really stressful and have done it twice during the last two years - never again! Mind you, I said that last time...) <BR/><BR/>Loved your descriptions of the removal men. We had Del, who had more tattoos than teeth, and my abiding memory is of him hefting our old Bechstein piano - almost single-handedly onto a van - saying in his broadest cockney, "Let's 'ave the old Joanna, then". <BR/>Thinking of you. LBD xxxLITTLE BROWN DOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752176955139690523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-40843648189254905672007-06-28T09:27:00.000-11:002007-06-28T09:27:00.000-11:00I have a red Aga too. Am I right in thinking you'r...I have a red Aga too. Am I right in thinking you're not taking it? A sad farewell then. Loved the downtrodden depressed removal man. Pinch yourself, it's really happening .... hope you have a great 'last night'.Suffolkmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123007594112557168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-4511205264035295552007-06-28T08:16:00.000-11:002007-06-28T08:16:00.000-11:00Gosh, memories; memories! You will have so many a...Gosh, memories; memories! You will have so many and you will take them all with you. A new life ahead, new challenges, new bills! I must admit I wouldn't like to move now from here as apart from missing the place dreadfully, it would take an army of removal men to load up the hoard which has been collected over the past oooh, about a hundred and fifty years. Yes, really.<BR/><BR/>Is that an AGA, or a Rayburn? Whatever it's gorgeous. I have an AGA but at the moment it's a dirty cream colour desperately in need of being sprayed. That red is just the colour I would like.<BR/><BR/>Lots of luck, best wishes & new findings in your new home.<BR/>Crystal xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-46530768385755146052007-06-28T07:21:00.000-11:002007-06-28T07:21:00.000-11:00Well, it's really happening then, at last, no wond...Well, it's really happening then, at last, no wonder you're tearful, hard to comprehend it is actually about to happen, now you do want to move don't you!!<BR/><BR/>I've moved numerous times but never had removal men, we've always done it ourselves, what a farce that can be!! Last time thouugh we did it over 2 weeks a van load at a time!, then 3 years later when we sold the house we'd been renting out took another 4 weeks to empty the garages and sheds and loft space!<BR/><BR/>All good wishes, very excited for you . Hope Asbo behaves!Inthemudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12551873512058789152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-43719056662492010922007-06-28T06:08:00.000-11:002007-06-28T06:08:00.000-11:00Oh i know all about moving home! The house I'm liv...Oh i know all about moving home! The house I'm living in now is my 20th! You have my sympathy - but also my best wishes for a very happy future in your new home!!FunkyMunkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417658638855569577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-71421310066400940132007-06-28T05:11:00.000-11:002007-06-28T05:11:00.000-11:00bonne chance et bon courage!!bonne chance et bon courage!!Un Peu Loufoquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387826515638192265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-68793050522229115902007-06-28T02:57:00.000-11:002007-06-28T02:57:00.000-11:00Well, no-one has come up with a suggestion for a n...Well, no-one has come up with a suggestion for a new blog title, but I'm going to be brave and suggest "Diary of a Moved Exmoor Woman".<BR/><BR/>Bon courage, as they say in France.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-75181270248423098022007-06-28T02:24:00.000-11:002007-06-28T02:24:00.000-11:00Of all the blogs in all the world -can't believe i...Of all the blogs in all the world -can't believe it!! But lovely to find you - very long time no speak. Fear not, the gin bottle is strapped firmly to my thigh. Adrian doesn't even trust the movers to shift his collection of aged beers and has stashed them in the car.....Exmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-78681764022398198052007-06-28T02:19:00.000-11:002007-06-28T02:19:00.000-11:00Oh...moving! It's awful, you have my total sympath...Oh...moving! It's awful, you have my total sympathy. It's not just the mess, the packing , the people, it is also the emotions that come into play.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.com