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Bless my OH !

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My dear hubby, like all hubbies I am sure, get the most awful jobs to do !! I have been ‘nagging’ him to get our water butt sorted out because I am hoping like everyone that one day we will get some rain, we discovered in early spring that we had sprung a leak ! and here we are mid.summer ( still had no rain either, in fact things are getting desperate.) but it was an ideal day and dry to get this job done. So we decided, well I decided, to get outside and sort that butt out !


I was not very helpful as you can see as I was busy taking photos ! Our lawn looks awful so brown and patchy but we have let it grow so the bees can enjoy our clover !


Sealing the seal ! hopefully


Sealing inside too to make sure !


Job done, fingers crossed, all we need now is some rain to test it !! but only in the night :~) zzzzzzzzzzzz !

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hahahaha Grandmage I have never laughed so much, my sides are aching, its the first of your pics, just seeing your hubbys legs emerging from the butt, what they do for us eh!!!

1 Jul, 2010

 

Too true Dido, bless him he does all sorts for me but this one was important as we do need to save rain. I nearly commentated on the fact that there are two butts in the first picture but I thought I had better not!! Thank you.

1 Jul, 2010

 

Must admit it crossed my mind too, save his blushes eh! Fingers crossed it holds x

1 Jul, 2010

 

Yes hope so, thanks.

1 Jul, 2010

 

well well dun to him lol .nice pair of legs haha

1 Jul, 2010

 

That's given me the biggest laugh of the day - the first photo I mean !

1 Jul, 2010

 

A job well done :o)
I hope you get some rain now. It's chucking it down here, and about time too.
But I don't want it to last too long lol. Maybe it will move east :o))

1 Jul, 2010

 

Hope so Hywel we do need it, glad you were amused Shirley and Cristina think he needed some fake tan on Lol. Thanks all

1 Jul, 2010

 

Excellent...
added to GoYpedia Water Butts and Barrels... ;o)

1 Jul, 2010

 

Thanks Tt, how kind.

1 Jul, 2010

 

One question - does he know about this, or is he going to get a shock seeing your photos of him? Great job - sorted! (I hope!) lol.

1 Jul, 2010

 

Well, Spritzh, it started of in secret and when I showed him the finished blog he was quite chuffed then said 'shame about the legs!!

1 Jul, 2010

 

That's all right, then! ;-)

By the way - it's trying to rain here, but I suspect it won't reach you until a lot later...even tomorrow!

1 Jul, 2010

 

Thats good news!

1 Jul, 2010

 

I loved your first photograph, it really made me laugh.
Well done hubby!

1 Jul, 2010

 

Great laugh....."Sort that butt out" indeed! lol very funny.....agree with your OH though...some more exposure to the sun is definitely required...or a bottle of fake bake! Well done Grandmage's OH!

1 Jul, 2010

 

It made me laugh too,and what a good sport, to not mind you showing everyone..:o).I know they say to make sure you keep your head covered in the sun...but don't think this is what they had in mind,Grandmage..Lol...Its finally raining here....!!!!

1 Jul, 2010

 

Thanks Linda & Ks & bloomer glad you have all had a giggle over this, my hubby is always making me laugh & joking so I thought I would get him back! Shame we wont be making our fortune with designer head gear,Bloomer, glad you had some rain too, it is very worrying we have had none for months now!

1 Jul, 2010

 

ha ha ha ! hopefully we will get a shower or two ! we have two bins being utilised as butts but they are empty now !! even tho we did have a downpour the other day but everything was bone dry by the time i got home from work !

2 Jul, 2010

 

Lissa and d, Tis a worry, it apparently hasn't been this dry for 80 years!!!!!

2 Jul, 2010

 

I'm still laughing about the legs sticking out from the butt. What a fantastic blog. I do hope his efforts have not been wasted and you get some water in there soon. ha ha ha hah ....... I can't stop ........

2 Jul, 2010

 

Silverbelle, glad I made your day !!! Thank you

2 Jul, 2010

 

I have just had another look to see further comments,and its made me laugh again too.Best one ever...You should send it in to a Magazine,Grandmage..if OH would let you...Lol

2 Jul, 2010

 

Gosh Bloomer how kind of you ! Thanks

2 Jul, 2010

 

She's right! lol...still giggling!

3 Jul, 2010

 

I am delighted I have all made you laugh !!

3 Jul, 2010

 

Had to come and see this blog. What a good sport OH is to be the 'butt' of all the jokes and what a good job you had the camera handy :)

4 Jul, 2010

 

I have had to be the 'butt' of all my hubs jokes, so I got the last laugh !! Thanks Gee19

4 Jul, 2010

 

gosh for a minuite i thought you had murdered your hubby and was hiding the body in a water butt lol,,,, hope the leak is fixed guys ;o))

4 Jul, 2010

 

So lovely of him Grandmage to help fix things for you.He is so kind and solicitious.Lucky you.

6 Jul, 2010

 

Nice one Sanbaz, the water might not be very nice after a while though!!!! also we cannot see if it is fixed until we get rain! Still no sign either :0((
Thanks Camillia, he is a sweetie and will do anything for me, yes I am lucky !

6 Jul, 2010

 

I love it when there is another comment on this,Grandmage.Another chuckle for me ...Lol.:o))))))

6 Jul, 2010

 

Thanks Bloomer, I am delighted to make you chuckle, tee hee.

6 Jul, 2010

 

Hilarious pic LOL
No rain for months? wow & I thought it was bad here when it didn't rain all week! We've had temps of 30-40 this week & I've been watering sometimes 2x a day. Finally had a good one last night though...a little cooler tonight =)

10 Jul, 2010

 

Hi Floralh, we still havnt had any rain to date and things are desperate ! Yesterday was 31 here and promised the same today! We even might be on hosepipe ban before long, so not good ! Glad though it is a little cooler for you.:))

10 Jul, 2010

 

Yeah that is crazy...is it humid as well there? The only place I have visited far away from me would be Mexico & it was just as humid there as it is here. I went to Florida once & it didn't seem as humid there but I went in Dec.
Today's forecast it 29 but we also have what's called a 'humidex level' & it's at 34 degrees.
The next 4 days temps are going to be 30-30-29-30. It's getting muggy already & it's only 930 in the morning.

10 Jul, 2010

 

Floralh, stop indoors and put some wine in the fridge !!!!!

10 Jul, 2010

 

Hi Grandmage, I have just been reading your blog, and laughing at your photo, your OH is a really good sport isn't he., I could do with one like him, has he got a brother??? only joking! But it is nice to have sopmeone around like him to do the jobs you cant.
Well I guess by now you have had some rain, and I hope the leak is sealed good and proper. We have had 2 or 3 really good downpours yesterday and today., I have to keep dodging them, why cant it rain at night, as heavy as it likes!!
By the way I love all your photos,your garden looks beautiful. I haven't learned how to post photos yet, but I'm working on it.lol

14 Jul, 2010

 

Thanks D,mum, my husband has a twin by the way !! but he is married too!!!! Lol, yes we did get a little rain today not nearly enough though but its a start ! I tell you its easy to do the photos, now if I can anyone can! I just did it step by step, you will manage, cant wait to see your photos too.

14 Jul, 2010

 

Grandmage, I had a really good laugh with this!!!

20 Jul, 2010

 

Thanks Hilda, thought we could all do with some fun!!

20 Jul, 2010

 

Just found this, what a laugh, well done OH.!!

22 Jul, 2010

 

Me too! Not sleepy so logged on and lo and behold a good laugh makes one relax zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ! Night,night and thanks!

23 Jul, 2010

 

Thanks Dd glad you enjoyed, and Glad FelinFan that I made you sleep well, most people drink cocao! Lol.

23 Jul, 2010

 

Do you realise your OH has been in that b....y Butt for 22 days now.Grandmage?.Its time you
let him back in the house.,bless him,he must be starving..Lol..I'm sure he has lost weight ...come on now,give him a break,and swop places:o))

23 Jul, 2010

 

Oh bloomer didnt know you were counting the days? How time flies when your havin fun, between you and me he needs to lose a few pounds ! I will go and check on him and throw him a crust !!! LOL

23 Jul, 2010

 

Ok,just hope the birds don't get it first.Lol.He will be a shadow of his former self before long :o))

23 Jul, 2010

 

We went out for a curry tonight, so he has to go back in there as soon as we get home ! No chance of him fading away :0)

23 Jul, 2010

 

Love this exchange of comments. You two ladies would make a good stand-up act! (Does anyone else remember Gert and Daisy?) Thanks for making me laugh again.
PS I ran out of cocoa, Grandmage!

24 Jul, 2010

 

Oh Grandmage I thought it was you in the butt at first because you said that YOU had decided to get things sorted. Then of course the penny dropped as I followed the story and photos down the screen. Your hubby is a good man, like mine. He would have done the same too.
We've had quite a bit of rain in our part of Cumbria but it soon dries out and tonight the garden needed a good drink. No hose pipe ban here.
Hope your butt fills to the brim soon and continues like 'the widow's cruse of oil'.

24 Jul, 2010

 

Felinfan, thanks :0)) Hello Simplylyn, we are lucky to have good hubbies to 'do' all the hard jobs, aren't we? We are still waiting for rain here everything is dried to a crisp and my garden looks nearly over!!!! Even if we have torrential rain we still think it wont do much for the garden or the butt ! in fact we still think the butt has a small leak which is a pain as we havn't had it that long ! Oh well, onwards and upwards, always something to do!

24 Jul, 2010

 

Oh Grandmage it has taken me so long to get to your blog but it was sosooooo worth the wait!!!!!!. I laughed so much I was in stiches. Your OH is such a good sport. He is now an international superstar. I have read all your comments and he now has admirers (LOL) from Canada, Belguim, Nepal, Wales and the whole of the UK fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. Just what I needed a good laugh. I do hope you and I , us Londoners lol get some decent rain very soon. Hope when we finally get some rain your water butt holds! Otherwise OH will have his head stuck init again.

25 Jul, 2010

 

Think Great he will have to seal it again, its a bloomin nuisance really because the butt is fairly new but began leaking through the winter when we had loads of rain, we had a little rain about two weeks ago (an inch) and the butt still looks damp at the bottom seal, we might even end up getting another one!!! However we wont give up yet, we do need the rain to fall dont we, desperately ! Glad I made you laugh and half the world too !!! :0)))

25 Jul, 2010

 

Corrr! Grandmage..........and you said I could talk! lol You just split yours up into smaller paragraphs Lol!
Good and funny blog though :o)

18 Aug, 2010

 

Ahhhhh Dd, you have to be clever not to let people notice you talk a lot, like splitting up into small para's, unlike you------------------------------------ !!!!!???? tee hee.
Glad you enjoyed anyway!

19 Aug, 2010

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