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by Rachel

Happy 11th Friday of 2026, everyone!! And as always on Friday, here are the current Friday links: 2026 Friday on Friday: Play Friday EVERY Friday of 2026 and Friday on Friday, March 2026.

It's late. I'm out and about. Sooooo, we'll make this a quick session report and then I'll share Weekly Updates/Designer's Corner over the weekend, 'kay?

Hello beautiful Level 4, maybe this will be my week...

I made it to the Yellow Phase...

Then the Red Phase...

Then the 1st pirate!

Oh no!

That's no good at all!

Some careful cardplay got me in a better position.

Woot!

Onto pirate #2!

1 Aging Card left to add...

My 2nd battle got off to a rocky start too...

Last Aging Card added! I might age out!

Victory!

We have victory!

Next week, onto Level 5!

My final score was 75 pts: 40 points from Fighting Cards, -5 points from Aging Cards, 15 points from lifepoints, 30 points for defeating both pirates, and -15 points from Unbeaten Hazards. Level 5 here I come!
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Weekly Updates:
Will appear over the weekend!

Game Over On borrowed time...

Happy Friday and happy playing!
-Rachel

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by Caroline Black

Unbelievably it’s two years since I moved into this house. It’s been a lot of hard work but I am still happy with my purchase. When I moved in I knew there was a lot of work to do. The gutters were falling off and it was just bare floorboards upstairs. So I was prepared for some expense but it’s cost of a lot more than I had originally budgeting for.



The survey threw up some other expenses like the need to insulate the pipes in the loft and the lack of gutters on the Out House. I spotted a couple of extra things I wanted to change, like the back door and the Out House door. I knew I was going to have to use the Out House for storage and I was worried about security. As it houses my extensive Lego and board games collections I was was worried about damp but although it’s unheated, it’s dry.

Even on the day I moved in my job list started expending. The meter door fell off when I read the meter. It turned out it was just resting again the frame. It was ugly any way so I had a nice new one made out of timber. Also it became apparent that the upstairs floors had lots of holes and rotted boards. The whole house had been skimmed so while the walls were nice and smooth, there were no door stops. Indeed the skirting board were missing in places. There were several keys missing and the previously owners had left a lot of stuff in the garage.



As the months went by more and more jobs presented themselves. The kitchen was overlooked and had no blinds at the windows. The bathroom sink was chipped and there was a fag burn on the plastic bath.



Overall I liked the decor chosen by the previous owners. I have done very little painting other than painting the new skirting, the stair treads, desk and the wooden floor in the study. It’s been more a matter of tidying up what they started. Removing paint from the glazing on the door to the stairs, filling in missing bricks in the chimney breasts, removing cable clips, stray wires and rusty hanging basket brackets. Whilst the walls has been skimmed in the main rooms on the house, their airing cupboard and under stairs cupboard sported 1930’s wallpaper and a large collection of holes where water tanks and boilers had previously been housed.



The biggest issue has been how cold it is. And I expected this. It is an EPC E after all. I’ve capped off the chimneys, installed more loft insulation and put in the a false ceiling with insulation in the hall. During this process we found the original window above the front door, with its war glass, which had been covered over by a sheet of plywood. I have replaced all the ancient lights with low energy lighting. I replaced the external doors with super energy efficient composite doors and the window in the bathroom with a triple glazed one.



There are been various maintenance issues that have come up. I always try and address these straightaway otherwise they get worse. The gutters hadn’t been cleaned out for decades and still sported the broken slate from when the roof was replaced twenty years earlier. One of the perspex windows blew out in the Out House so they had to replaced by wooden panels. The mains water stop cock was leaking. The outside tap also had to be replaced. But at least the boiler has held on.



I have really enjoyed having a log burner. I must get myself a nice set of tools to go with it. I have erected a log store outside. The kitchen is lovely. I made the beautiful vintage fireplace in my bedroom look even better by blacking it to pick out the details. I like the study so much, with its built in bookcase, that I decided not to move the bathroom upstairs like I originally planned. I refurbished the bathroom but didn’t completed re-do it. Just replacing the sanitary ware, taps, radiator and floor. Of course in recent weeks I have made the upstairs toilet bigger and completely replaced this. But really most of the work has not been that extensive.



At the beginning it didn’t feel like my house. It felt like I was living in someone else’s house but with my furniture. It feels more like my house now. Especially the bedroom with its new fitted wardrobes and the spare bedroom with its new panelling. I have had two of my daughters stay for prolonged periods that was nice. I regularly host board game evenings. I have had a couple of BBQ’s.



Outside very little has changed. I installed a handrail up the steep steps to the front door. A big expenses was replacing the rotting gates. There’s a new front door and I painted the peeling bricks under the damp proof course. I’ve tried my very best to look after the gorgeous garden and replanted a dead hedge. The most annoying aspect is people parking over my drive but I like being able to walk into town. It’s quieter than I expected. The double glazing may be really ancient and could do with replacing but it’s nice and thick.



I thought I was going to slowly put back the original Victorian features. I haven’t. I have mainly put back new materials. I simply haven’t had the time or money to source original Victorian materials. I haven’t bought any new furniture for the main house. I’ve made do with what I had. I did buy a really expensive rug for the lounge. I sold my Welsh Dresser to utilise the built in storage under the stairs. Triumphs include the Victorian inspired tiles in the hall and the stair runner. I’ve made a couple of mistakes. I got ripped off in the first week with the new ariel. The thermal blinds in the bathroom were a waste of money as I ended up replaced the window anyway. I should have put a bigger towel rail in the bathroom.



I’d intended to replace the sofa with a smaller one but as Basil has scratched the old sofa to pieces so it was probably best I didn’t. I still want to replace the rusty and bent radiator in the front room with a traditional column one. I would like to get rid of the modern hallow doors. There are some big jobs that need tackling. The downstairs suspended floor needs insulating. I would love to put in a vaulted ceiling in the Kitchen as per the original design for the extension. I want to add my stamp by putting a Victorian style, metal veranda outside. I think I’ve decided against a loft conversion but the old flue for the boiler needs removing and Velux needs replacing. I would love to replace the double glazing to restore the original proportions of the bay window. But this fraught with difficulties due to fire regulations. There’s also a rotting concrete window ledge that needs replacing.



I’ve discovered so much about the house on way. It’s been completely remodelled over the decades, with walls removed and new window openings created. The fireplaces have been bricked up and then revealed again. The dinning room one still bares the scars where the bricks were chipped out to make it into a cupboard. The old gas mantle pipes are now evident. Obviously the central heating was put in a long time after the house was built. There are boxed in pipes in almost every room meaning the rooms have lost their symmetry. There’s also lots of exposed pipework. I wish the previous owner had chased them into the walls before they skimmed them.



Of course the biggest thing was that Dandelion died eight months after I moved in. He had been in my life for nineteen years. But I am so proud of him that he settled in so well, even learning to use the cat flap. I was worried his paws would get splinters from the rough wooden floors. Blind towards the end, he still found his way around. In many ways I think he was happier, preferring the smaller house. In the old house he used to cry if he couldn’t find me, too lazy to search all the rooms. He particularly liked the fire and would come up and nudge me asking me to light it for him.

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