https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1677120#M445643 <P>Looks like things are getting a little cooler for those in Vic / SA - glad to hear that.</P><P>So sad to learn about all the property that has been lost. I follow a lot of animal resuce groups on FB and a boarding kennel got burnt down, all the cats being boarded and many of the dogs were lost - so sad for everyone involved.&nbsp;<img id="smileysad" class="emoticon emoticon-smileysad" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-sad.png" alt="Smiley Sad" title="Smiley Sad" /></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Bushie, I think your verandah looks lovely! I'm not much help with paint colours - maybe a sage green would look OK???</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Sorry to hear about the poor chooks that died as well.... heat can beso tough on any living thing</P><P>When I was a kid we had one summer when I remember birds were literally dropping out of the sky with heat exhaustion. Mum gathered the few that dropped in our yard and were still alive and put them under the weeping cherry where she had watered thoroughly, with a dish of water. A couple of them came good!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have been busy doing some renovating here - I finally got to get some paint onto &nbsp;couple of walls here, sprucing the place up a bit more before we put it on the market. Funny how you will put up with a broken door knob or marks on walls until you start looking at things with a critical eye! Still have a fair bit to do, but I have at least washed all the walls.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I wouldn't survive without my aircon! I need it to take the humidity down or I really feel like I can't breathe&nbsp;<img id="smileyindifferent" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyindifferent" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-indifferent.png" alt="Smiley Indifferent" title="Smiley Indifferent" /> Amber, if I was you I would be spending as much time as possible in the shopping malls! I think booking into a motel is a brilliant idea short term. Gee you will have fun finding a unit big enough to cope with 22<SPAN>' ceilings though.....</SPAN></P><P>We are planning on putting in a ducted system when we move south.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Freddie, hope you get to feel better soon. Any idea why things have flared up now? Heat? Stress of the renos??</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:00:21 GMT b3llag1na 2015-01-04T12:00:21Z 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