weekend

Well its monday again. We did another market at Wellingborough. Have decided we will continue there till Christmas Eve and then try some others. Made only £6 after fuel to get there and the hire of stall so not a good day and a complete waste of time really - stood out in the cold. A guy on an opposite stall was £1100 down on the same saturday last year so it must be bad. Not a good time for me to be considering going solo maybe. Difficult to decide what to do. The place was empty. Good for us to actually do that day tho cos we proved we can do high winds and rain. Not that anyone but us actually cares but really its good to find these things out. If we had not done it I would have wondered if we are just fine weather market traders but we are not. We can survive adverse weather. Stayed there till about 4pm and then spent £16 of takings on supplies at local Tesco. Going to enquire about doing Coventry after xmas. For now will continue where we are and maybe those few days before xmas will make it all worth while. We will see. Sunday parents came over with tons of stuff they have cleared from my Grannies house. Its goes up for sale 1st January. There are loads of big garden pots, a tumble drier ( could actually save us money cos right now we have to have a dehumidifier on constantly due to drying washing inside and its working out more expensive than using a tumble drier!) Loads of bath towels which we really need - dogs can now have old ones which will be good for them and us. Tho Grandma apparently didnt go in for big bath sheets which we prefer but then they are all free so we will manage and there is a whole suit case full. Also a washing machine which is great cos mine is dying and best of all a wooden bench which my paternal Grandfather bought for my Nanna in 1952 and then when she died she left it to my Grandma ( my mums mother). All slightly strange but now I have it. Its in great condition considering its loads older than me. Apparently I have to oil it every year so will have to remember that. I think once the summer comes we will put it next to the pond so we can sit and feed and watch the fishes. Lovely! Only problem now is we have limited time to get the house sorted and have 2 huge TVs in lounge and boxes everywhere. I am intending to try and freecycle the old one. It works perfectly. Is larger than the new one and is a Sony Trinitron so surely someone will want it. Seems criminal to go sending it to landfill and we have another almost as good in the garden shed. Maybe I should freecycle both infact! Only keeping new one cos in theory being several years younger it should ultimately go for longer. I hate taking risks with this sort of thing but we cant keep them both and there is no where we can store it so one of them has to go! Still no word from the local council about giving mediation between us and next door over this hedge. I just wish I could see her face when they tell her if she carries on shes going to get an ASBO - whether she works for a solicitor or not. AND whether she thinks we are scum or not. hey ho. I `d like to be a fly on the wall for that one. What we will do if she does continue wrecking our lovely garden after that tho I really do not know. Nearly Xmas. Break from boring work on friday but have markets saturday, and right up till xmas eve. Then if all is ok will have 2-3 weeks off and then start up again in different town. I do hope 2009 is a good year for us.