https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1811830#M515715 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/715440">@lloydslights</a> wrote:<BR /><P>I've had a shocker of a week. &nbsp;Won't go into it too much, but involved were an&nbsp;auto electrician, a tow truck, Broadband, a bank and Aussie Post.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>With the anxiety and stress, some leathergoods got special treatment.&nbsp;<img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.png" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /> &nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-SPOILER><P>Crowd talks amongst themselves -</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>**She said what?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>**Yup, she said leather</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>**Special treatment to "relieve herself" she said</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>** Well, if that is what it takes to bring back some humour, I'm all for it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P></LI-SPOILER><P>&nbsp;Applied the dressing, and rubbed furiously. &nbsp;Ended up with some shiny, handbags and shoes; and the collection of hatboxes, grips, gloves, luggage, etc. are looking "fabulous"&nbsp;once more.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So the windows, mirrors and glassware are all sparkling again. &nbsp;The dust bunnies have disappeared up the nose of the vacuum cleaner. &nbsp;The mountain of books have gone from the bedside table.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>And the chest pain has gone&nbsp;<img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Reading back on Tas' gardening, guidance and spring bulbs bring future joy.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>B3, furniture purchase does seem a long time. &nbsp;Just tell everyone it is "bespoke" and for quality, one must be prepared to wait. &nbsp;(Just a little hint - beware&nbsp;a cat near leather furniture. &nbsp;It's difficult to "hide" claw holes.)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>Az, the leaving of shoes at the door to a home is sometimes the custom of the owners.</STRONG> &nbsp;I know Thai's do that, and my sister-in-law has a real mess of shoes at the entrance of her home too. &nbsp;And we all have different housekeeping standards. &nbsp;But it is interesting to compare the "good, fair, excellent, clean, spotless" descriptions of a real estate agent. &nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Time for another cuppa, and a read around - before I venture outdoors on this cool cloudy morning.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>DEB</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>This was the real estate, the mat/sign belongs to them, I always remove my shoes in anyone's home but&nbsp;I don't ask guests to do so (but like it if they do.)</P><P>It's a bit odd when you go in to see the house, leave your shoes at the door......... then go out the rear door to view the yard etc no shoes?&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 06:00:07 GMT azureline** 2015-06-15T06:00:07Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517609#M387679 <P>After several hours during the week clearing and cleaning up a messy garden my day started like this <IMG align="middle" border="0" alt="before and after 002.JPG" title="before and after 002.JPG" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58369i8649DD04DC5A0A33/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" /></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:44:13 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517609#M387679 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T06:44:13Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517613#M387680 <P>and this <IMG align="middle" border="0" alt="before and after 004.JPG" title="before and after 004.JPG" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58371i0F46CEF7A2CFCC02/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" /></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:45:30 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517613#M387680 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T06:45:30Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517617#M387681 <P><IMG align="middle" border="0" alt="before and after 009.JPG" title="before and after 009.JPG" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58373i1EDB49757E0F092E/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" /></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:46:14 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517617#M387681 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T06:46:14Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517619#M387682 <P>wow, what a diofference!!!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>well done Freddie!</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:47:02 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517619#M387682 fiestas*girl 2014-09-19T06:47:02Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517623#M387683 <P>I have potted plants to put in yet <IMG align="middle" border="0" alt="before and after 013.JPG" title="before and after 013.JPG" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58375iCDC2C0072D524C31/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" /></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:47:39 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517623#M387683 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T06:47:39Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517625#M387684 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>You have been a very busy girl, well done, it looks amazing.</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:48:44 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517625#M387684 shepherdsrule 2014-09-19T06:48:44Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517627#M387685 Freddie ... why did you RUUUIIIN it?<BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR />Lovely job <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:47:57 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517627#M387685 katydidthat 2014-09-19T06:47:57Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517635#M387686 <P>Could this be an ongoing thread - My Day .... achievements from others, whether it be gardening, painting, bringing up the kid's, or just getting out of bed LOL</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:50:47 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517635#M387686 shepherdsrule 2014-09-19T06:50:47Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517639#M387687 <P>What a great idea gottbe....</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks for the compliments it was a good day.</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:52:07 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517639#M387687 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T06:52:07Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517643#M387688 <P>Looks very nice now, freddie. That piece of garden is a nice shape.</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:54:23 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517643#M387688 cherry*135 2014-09-19T06:54:23Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517649#M387691 My day has been weird. My son is out attending his first all night party ... here I am, all alone, no excuse not to party ... and I'm just worrying about him. Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:57:46 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517649#M387691 katydidthat 2014-09-19T06:57:46Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517653#M387692 <P>We have another up the side to do yet the area isn't as big. The gardens had old rotting wood chips and weeds/clay.</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:58:46 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517653#M387692 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T06:58:46Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517655#M387693 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/475288">@katydidthat</a> wrote:<BR />My day has been weird. My son is out attending his first all night party ... here I am, all alone, no excuse not to party ... and I'm just worrying about him.<HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Don't worry about him, he will be OK because you are his Mum and you taught him well. <img id="heart" class="emoticon emoticon-heart" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_heart.png" alt="Heart" title="Heart" /></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:00:35 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517655#M387693 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T07:00:35Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517661#M387695 (((Freddie))) ... I do KNOW that he will be OK. I think.<BR /><BR />I've just never been the mother of a 17 year old boy before.<BR /><BR />Did you check the wood chips for white ants? Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:04:51 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517661#M387695 katydidthat 2014-09-19T07:04:51Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517669#M387697 <P>Yes that was all checked by the Building Inspector. We have settlement on Wednesday <img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.png" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" /></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:08:50 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517669#M387697 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T07:08:50Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517675#M387699 <P><STRONG><SPAN style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida sans'; font-size: 36pt; color: #ff0000;">CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS AND MR ROOSTER!!!&nbsp;</SPAN></STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:11:36 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517675#M387699 katydidthat 2014-09-19T07:11:36Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517677#M387700 <P>Thanks Katy it's very exciting ♥</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:13:58 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517677#M387700 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T07:13:58Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517685#M387703 <P>That looks lovely Freddie. &nbsp;Has everything been settled?</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:23:25 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517685#M387703 j*oono 2014-09-19T07:23:25Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517691#M387705 <P>Thanks J as good as settled but Wednesday is settlement day. I will need to ring the seller over the weekend and get him to call the RE and let them know we have puchased, they plan on doing an inspection on Wednesday LOL.</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:27:42 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517691#M387705 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T07:27:42Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517695#M387707 <P>Haha go around the house and put picture hooks wherever you want and then see what they say at the inspection <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😄</span></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:30:49 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517695#M387707 j*oono 2014-09-19T07:30:49Z