And then I arrive like a decrepit Simon Quinlank to discover things about hobbies.
Minus a weak lemon drink. Today’s hobby is being cold and waiting for whichever bastard contractor is due to create more dust and chaos and noise whilst I sit here under a blanket.
( Lu - my circus, my monkeys - dance, my pretties -, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 12:25, Reply)

What are they (meant to be) doing to your abode?

( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 12:27, Reply)

Knocking down a wall and building a kitchen that’s suitable for a fully grown human not a mouse.
Everywhere and everything is covered in dust and more dust is due. So much dust. Bloody housing association are the bane of my life. But at least I will have a nice kitchen before Christmas. Maybe.
( Lu - my circus, my monkeys - dance, my pretties -, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 12:39, Reply)

Hope they get it done, I've done the "winter building works" thing and it sucks.

( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 14:43, Reply)

They still haven’t shown up. Rude.
My poor cats are in cat prison (in my bedroom with an open window to go in the garden) so they don’t get injured or lost in a hole in a wall. Meanwhile, I am refusing to waste money on central heating when I have a window open all day long. This flat is very very old and draughty. Anyway, enough whining. Must look on the bright side that I will have a new kitchen eventually. I didn’t get a choice of when it happened, or I’d have thought June would have been a more sane option.
( Lu - my circus, my monkeys - dance, my pretties -, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 14:46, Reply)