what have been your 2014 highlights and lowlights?

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What have been your 2014 highlights?

Mine was buying a place at last and I suppose getting married.....

Low points cutting big flap in my headcwith a garage door 2 weeks before my wedding :-/
 
i bought a barn conversion in march with an acre of land got some chicks and ducks love it low points lost 3 friends to cancer had all me tools knicked in january , puts things into perspective doesnt it happy new year everyone
 
Yeah lets get rid of the low points and concentrate on the good bits....

Would love a barn conversion and a good sized patch of land :-)
 
Highlight getting my picture troweling unifinish advert on plasterers forum....lows still can't afford a new van
 
high lights for me getting new van
doing abit of racing again
business is going from strength to strength and long may it in to 2015
 
lowpoints for me , an operation in January 2014, throughout the year numerous blood tests/mriscans/infliximab, the wife losing her best friend, a neighbour died suddenly, without a doubt 2014 was a dreadful year
 
hector said:
lowpoints for me , an operation in January 2014, throughout the year numerous blood tests/mriscans/infliximab, the wife losing her best friend, a neighbour died suddenly, without a doubt 2014 was a dreadful year
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hope 2015 is a better year for you and your wife all the best
 
Every year is a sh1t ******* year, and 2015 will be no different. Working harder than I've ever ******* worked. With a bit of luck I might have a ******* heart attack to put me out of my misery.
Happy ******* New Year.?
 
TonyM said:
Every year is a sh1t ******* year, and 2015 will be no different. Working harder than I've ever ******* worked. With a bit of luck I might have a ******* heart attack to put me out of my misery.
Happy ******* New Year.?
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take it easy mate theres always someone worse off than you
 
TonyM said:
Every year is a sh1t ******* year, and 2015 will be no different. Working harder than I've ever ******* worked. With a bit of luck I might have a ******* heart attack to put me out of my misery.
Happy ******* New Year.?
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:eek:
 
2014 soooooo much better than2013. the work deffo seems to have picked up and looks like it will last for a while.
Also tried lime plastering for 1st time not bad at 48 years old.
 
TonyM said:
Every year is a sh1t ******* year, and 2015 will be no different. Working harder than I've ever ******* worked. With a bit of luck I might have a ******* heart attack to put me out of my misery.
Happy ******* New Year.?
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That's the spirit
 
Highs
* bought a lovely Victoria 1880 house
* was a good year financially for work
* conceived our first child expecting March 2015
* met some fantastic neighbours at the new place who have gone above and beyond for us.

Lows
* the amount of hours I've put into this house
* all the set backs we've had with it
* money running out because of this house
 
Probably my best year since 2007. Low point was trying to find a decent apprentice and having the motivation to give another handful a go, still without any success
 
Low was getting the van nicked,

high was was the help and support received from everyone on here, getting me up and running again, never will I be able to repay this

Absolutely great bunch on here,
 
Compared to previous years i cant really give a low point. Things were fairly steady. I didn't get some retention back for a piss poor reason was probably the worst i can think of. (£700 ish)

High points were staying pretty busy and earning good money fairly consistently across the year and importantly there seems to be a good outlook for this year.

I've certainly had a lot worse years and a lot less confidence in the ones to follow them.
 
peterroberts said:
Low was getting the van nicked,

high was was the help and support received from everyone on here, getting me up and running again, never will I be able to repay this

Absolutely great bunch on here,
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I think i read a few posts just after i joined about this. I was impressed by how leen people were to help you. You dont get much of that anymore these days.
 
i have already had a highlight for 2015.
we got up early this morning to bucket coat the external of a shop in ipswich. we got the lot on when a young polish woman came around the corner pushing a pram. she was not the brains of poland as she tried to squeeze in between my truck and the wet wall. any way she carried on her journey with a yellow stripe across her arse!
 
mikeadams1985 said:
Highs
* bought a lovely Victoria 1880 house
* was a good year financially for work
* conceived our first child expecting March 2015
* met some fantastic neighbours at the new place who have gone above and beyond for us.

Lows
* the amount of hours I've put into this house
* all the set backs we've had with it
* money running out because of this house
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I did laugh... we are in the same boat... we just spent £2500 on a fricken bed... so get saving for when you are ready to move in....
 
Ha luckily we have furniture from where we are now. Only thing we need to buy really is a new cooker and ideally a new sofa. But for now will make do.
Worst costs are this bloody chimney and the wood burners :( giving me a right headace
 
TonyM said:
Every year is a sh1t ******* year, and 2015 will be no different. Working harder than I've ever ******* worked. With a bit of luck I might have a ******* heart attack to put me out of my misery.
Happy ******* New Year.?
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good positive thinking :RpS_scared::RpS_lol:
 
mikeadams1985 said:
Ha luckily we have furniture from where we are now. Only thing we need to buy really is a new cooker and ideally a new sofa. But for now will make do.
Worst costs are this bloody chimney and the wood burners :( giving me a right headace
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my son in law made his own stove, and put metal duct work in to take the heat to other rooms .he did have to pay out to have a flue liner
 
Problem I'm facing is there was one in already but the stove was damaged so we couldn't test it. Now. We have a new one and after 12 months of fixing the previous owners botched jobs I don't wanna connect it straight up as its basically a big bomb if done wrongn with pressure building.
I know already part is wrong but I need some one who really knows what there doing to sort it. Got a guy coming Monday but 2 other people have already turned there head away from it. Ergh.
 
Highs in no particular order:

Bought a brand new van (first time I've had anything newer than ten six years old)
Learned a fair bit.
Family all well and happy.
Met some decent people.
Done some good work.
Bought my first renovation project.


Lows, again in no particular order:

Had to take my Labrador for his final injection.
Struggled a bit with organising my work along with customers work.
Haven't ridden the bike.
Work dominated my time far too much.

So all things considered, 2014 much like any other year with it's ups and downs. 2015 will be rinse and repeat, but with new and different ups and downs.

.... and so the world turns. :RpS_biggrin:
 
beddy said:
You forgot met lee on the lows list gary
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Nah, that balanced out because he introduced me to @Olican :RpS_wub:

It's early days, but we ring each other regularly and we have loads to talk about. I'd never considered mail order brides before, but the language difference isn't as much of a barrier as I thought it'd be. We're gradually getting each other used to the cultural differences and traditions. I've enjoyed learning about Wicker men and the strange fertility rites, and you should have heard the awe in his voice when I told him about electricity! Almost as excited as @Nisus was when I told him about indoor plumbing. :RpS_biggrin:
 
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mikeadams1985 said:
Ha luckily we have furniture from where we are now. Only thing we need to buy really is a new cooker and ideally a new sofa. But for now will make do.
Worst costs are this bloody chimney and the wood burners :( giving me a right headace
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Yeah we have our old furniture but everything is a hand me down and to be honest we dont want as much clutter in this place...

Everything when renovating is a headache...
 
imago said:
Nah, that balanced out because he introduced me to @Olican :RpS_wub:

It's early days, but we ring each other regularly and we have loads to talk about. I'd never considered mail order brides before, but the language difference isn't as much of a barrier as I thought it'd be. We're gradually getting each other used to the cultural differences and traditions. I've enjoyed learning about Wicker men and the strange fertility rites, and you should have heard the awe in his voice when I told him about electricity! Almost as excited as @Nisus was when I told him about indoor plumbing. :RpS_biggrin:
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I bloody luvs it when you call :RpS_wub:
https://media.photobucket.com/user/raxon_lux/media/20081028103512917.jpg.html
 
mikeadams1985 said:
Highs
* bought a lovely Victoria 1880 house
* was a good year financially for work
* conceived our first child expecting March 2015
* met some fantastic neighbours at the new place who have gone above and beyond for us.

Lows
* the amount of hours I've put into this house
* all the set backs we've had with it
* money running out because of this house
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and your relationship with the Head Clown ? Surely that should be on one of your lists ?
 
imago said:
:RpS_scared: You do realise I can never speak to you on the phone again? If I did I wouldn't be able to get that horrific image out of my mind. That quilt is sold out of date it must be at least 25 years old and I'm guessing there's going to be a fair bit of DNA embedded in it.
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So what you saying? You want to take this to the next level, Skype..webcam :eek: that quilt is pretty much solid matter now ;)
 
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