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E l i z a b e t h H u f f m a n d e s c r i b e s t h e t r i a l s o f b u i l d i n g c h a o s


EVERY day a new disaster struck. We were moving


into our first house — a century-old mid-terrace, smack on the side of Pen- dle Hill — a cottage with beamed ceil­ in gs , b e a u t i fu l views, an open fire and gardens. Most importantly, •


we had found ourselves a p l a c e w i t h “potential.” Give it a dam]) proof


course and a rewire, maybe a touch of paint,


and we would be in business, we thought, conjuring up images of our soon-to-be beautiful home. Then the builders arrived. And suddenly


jo b s s t a r t e d to snowball. First, the joiners came to spray for


woodworm. The house, they found, was still en t ir e ly furnished upstairs. We rushed for a removal man. Then the damp proof


and drilling — began. As the house erupted in a puff of dust, the plaster started to fall, and not from anywhere we intended. Bits of ceiling tumbled floor- wards, uninvited, occa­ sionally landing on our weary heads. An army of plaster­


ers marched onto the battlefield of debris and chaos that had become our home. Someone suggested


we ask’ a plumber for advice about our cen­ tral heating system. He looked.and laughed. That had to go. A kitchen designer


paid a visit and the culinary palace we had envisaged shrank to munchkin proportions


at giant prices. Throughout, we tried


to remind ourselves of the potential all around us, a task made more difficult by incidents such as the builder who mistook my husband for a workman and made a disheartening comment about our chimney.


In the midst of this,


we moved in, despite our lack of a kitchen — not even a sink or hot


water. At the same time,


my sister arrived from America, my parents in-law from Scotland and several awe-struck friends from Manches­ ter and London.


All, thankfully, ear­


nestly praised the potential of our new home and joined in gra­ ciously with the endless grubby chores at hand. L e f t to our own


devices eventually, we took on the bedrooms successfully, and bath­ room unsuccessfully, when experiments with green' paint resulted in the most abominable of s tomach-churning colours.


Outside, my husband


planted a lawn and I dug the front garden, until I saw the slimy in h a b i ta n t s . We seemed to have the King Kong of slugs and his entire family occu­ pying our patch of soil.


M u m s c o m e o u t p r e s e n t b u y i n g


W H E N it come to buying presents — mum’s the word. Children drop the


apron strings and open the purse strings when mum’s birthday comes around, a recent TSB survey found.


Young people are


currently spending an a v e ra g e o f £13 on mum’s present, while fathers get £12.50, brothers and sisters £8.50 a present and grandparents £7.80.


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in a s te a d y , repetitious m o d e for a prescr ibed length o f time helping to s leek an d sm o o th muscle g roups . As muscles a r e s tre tch ed a n d f l e x e d b y t h e m o v em en ts th ey b e c om e to n e d an d firmed, which ; en a b le s th e inch loss and results in a slim mer you.


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David L ew is , who monitored the bank’s nationwide birthday study among 300 11 to 20 year olds, said: “Youngsters clearly get a kick out of giving to their families — and saving up to do it. “ I t ’s a comfortable


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I ’m considering having the place paved!


A few months into


life at our cottage, the potential factor is still strong — the actual reality something less than perfect, and occa- s io n a l ly u t t e r l y discouraging.


But som e tim e s ,


when the lights are dim and a fire crackles away in the sitting room, the house begins to feel like that magical thing called home.


' t o p ' i n s u r v e y


ing of them not only on


their birthdays but in the months and weeks beforehand.” While in return the


study found that girls like “treats" while boys go for good oid-fa- shioned presents to make their birthday extra special.


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