I am sorry to say that the fate of the HUGE spider was the vacuum cleaner. It deserved better, but the clatter and rattle as he stomped up the kitchen wall, then squatted there threatening me was too much to tolerate. I couldn't get the saddle and bridle on him, so the vacuum hose was waved in his vicinity, and he succumbed. Thankfully. The other photo shows my sister performing a very classy piece of furniture moving at the salt mines! It raised a few eyebrows, and smattering of chuckles, and was much, much easier than man-handling the mattress from one end of the Mines to the other. A departing guest commented that her accommodation double bed was too uncomfortable to sleep on, so we thought it was probably time for a change. Mission accomplished.
And now for home news. Ploughing continues apace despite inclement weather. New bedroom carpet fitted in big boy's bedroom. Slight oversight when I ordered luscious, plump and comfortable underlay. It wouldn't fit under the bedroom door. Door is about 200 years old. As are the screws, and hinges. Removing the door was HUGE task, and regrettably the lower hinge was broken in the process. Obviously this means that the door is still propped against the bedroom wall, waiting hopefully for a miracle. Could be some time I fear, though by the end of the week I might phone a joiner! Had a new bathroom carpet too, the fitting of which was a piece of cake by comparison.
All friends of youngest chick packing their bags and baggage for their first forays into University life, they are so excited and its such a pleasure to be part of it. First one is off his blocks and on his way this Sunday. We have about three weeks to go. Bags are standing open on bedroom floor, and clothing etc is beginning to creep out of cupboards into the capacious interiors of the luggage. Inside I am crying.
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when we got new carpeting, my brother had to take a couple of doors off and outside to saw a little bit off the bottoms. The front door is still a pain in the rear end, but we're used to it and probably in a couple more years the carpet will be stomped down enough. But it's worse when it's such an old door, that's too bad about the hinge.
oh, yes, and bye-bye spider! The size of that one might send me shrieking out of the room...or running to grab the vacuum. Ick.
Oh, not just us struggling with the carpet/door thing then! My Dad trying to locate a similarly ancient hinge, which is much thicker and hevier than a modern one. Otherwise, its going to have to be the joiner.
The problem with our front door is we have a plastic runner on the carpet-the same one that's been in front of the door since I was tiny, perhaps before that; they made stuff to last back then-and the bottom of the door catches on the edge if it's not precisely lined up with the doorsill. Several times I've had to force the door open when the runner bunched up inside, and many times I've cursed and had to rearrange the runner when trying to open the door from the inside. There wasn't a problem with the old carpet. But I wouldn't go back to the old carpet (or no carpet)-I love the one we have now.
Hope your dad can find another hinge!
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