Tuesday Generally busy with work but saw Grumps again after a long time. She didn’t come too close so unsure whether or not she might be pregnant again, Meow had a quick nap in the one of the boxes outside while I was working and before we finally got a chance to get rid of the recycling. [4 May 2021] Wednesday Walk around the garden to look at some of
Read more[I hope you now have the minions singing in your head] Friday Dad passed away 13 years ago today but what a great time he would have helping us with the house if he were still here. We miss him a great deal and would have benefitted so much from all his skill and experience in renovating. Matt is back to back again with meetings but my day is a
Read moreMonday Back to work but Matt has a call just as the delivery arrived, thankfully he managed to duck out to carry it in with the driver while I signed the paperwork. The new flooring has now arrived but unfortunately we can’t actually check the colour without undoing it all so is going to be a surprise. I was working upstairs today but Matt managed to find a little time
Read moreMonday Tender due by noon so have to be up early for various calls and sign-off. I’d almost forgotten how stressful this all is. Thankfully all done in time and I can get back to my regular day job. Despite having a lot to do I found time for a short wander in garden to find this caterpillar while Matt hacked off a lot of the branches of the recently
Read moreSaturday Today is pollarding day so Matt is up with the birds (well, like, just before 8:30). The best I can do at this point is push for a cup of tea and reprieve till 9am. I know I do really want these trees to go so we can get the sun in the afternoon but questioning how much I want it right now. We only have the cherry picker
Read moreFriday Exciting surprise with the post this morning, our ‘Carte de Sejours’ have arrived. This is basically our residence permit for France, easy movement back and forth to London and free travel in the EU.. oh, yeah… damned Covid. Guess for now it’s just another thing for Matt to carry around in his wallet. Yet another busy day of work and juggling projects and meetings, thank heavens this submission will
Read moreMonday Work, from morning until very late at night. Matt made a nice green curry for dinner though. [12 April 2021] Tuesday Lots of work again today. Still quite cold but at least the sun has popped out briefly. It seems that Mr Wiggles has moved into the bee hotel before we’ve even had a chance to finish it. [We’ve become somewhat lazy in our naming since getting here –
Read moreSaturday Since Matt has had another go at them it’s time to try the manifolds for the new plumbing. Bugger! Still leaking. Nowhere near as much but can’t have constant dripping so it’s back to the drawing board (YouTube). Before we get into that (and since we can’t go on a Sunday) it’s off to Intermarche. Heavens, I know it’s not far but I’m exhausted today and just the walk
Read moreTuesday Definitely back to work with a bump. Projects and work coming out of our ears. Worked very late, had pizza, went to bed. [6 Apr 2021] Wednesday With the Wirral bid written yesterday, today it’s back to SC1 work, then Oxford for the evening. Thankfully I did manage to squeeze out a few minutes today to finally get my sweetpeas planted up. I suspect however that I am going
Read moreEaster Sunday First big job of the day is to work out what is happening over at the side of the fireplace as Matt suspects that the joist is totally rotted and we can’t finish framing up the room until it’s replaced. I think you can tell from the look on his face that he wasn’t wrong. That is definitely a very rotten piece of wood. Replacing joists, even little
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