Friday – Tonia So, our journey begins – Again!A full day of working with far too much to do. I thought I was ready for this trip and it turns out that wasn’t quite the case. Whilst this time the dog should have more than enough paperwork etc (almost £300 later I will not be happy if this time we can’t make the crossing). I have been packing and cleaning
Read moreTuesday The pool guys are back which is great news. We appear to have the B-team again today as they don’t seem to be overly confident in what they are doing but they’re here and they’re getting it done so I won’t complain, unless there’s a problem when they’re done of course. After work I was back in the garden and the sunflowers are loving being in the ground, look
Read moreMonday Back to work and a lot of work there is. While I was ‘sacking off’ last week with mum I also took on a second job. It should only be few days bidding. It’s a good gig though and with my other contract up for renewal at the end of July it’s good to have a few irons in the fire. Of course this meant that both Matt and
Read moreSaturday After a busy week I could really do with a rest, it seems however that Matt didn’t feel like leaving me to sleep in till the afternoon as he was using his not so subtle wake up call – driving the lawn mower around outside the window. Obviously therefore my first job of the day was to take stock of the garden. It’s good to see the corn coming
Read moreMonday Back to work after the long weekend and with the Launch event tomorrow there’s a lot to organise, check and double check so I’m busy all day right up until we have to leave for the airport. My lilies, despite the plague of lily beetle, are looking stunning, for now at least. A quick stop off at the Chinese Buffet near the airport before I’m dropped off. Another late
Read moreThursday Whoop whoop – The weekend has arrived early for the UK, for us this means that we have an extra-ordinary opportunity to get work done on the house. I also leant this apparently common term ‘Platy Joobs’ which I am now super committed to using as I haven’t had the exposure to it at home every day unlike the UK contingent, for the rest of you I hope you
Read moreMonday Just another day of working. Weather has been rather mixed today with a bit of sunshine and then large cracks of thunder and quite a bit of rain but still pretty warm, all good for the garden though. Lots of leftover chicken from yesterday’s roast so chicken caesar salad for dinner. [30 May 2022] Tuesday Lots more work. Managed to make time to deadhead some of the irises though
Read moreSunday Today is handover day and the end of doggy daycare. I have to be honest that it wasn’t quite as easy as I’d expected, but mostly due to the issues around personal space. Basil will never let you face the bathroom plumbing alone, and you definitely need multiple, or at least much larger sofas to be comfortable for an evening. With the decent TV in the kitchen we’re rather
Read moreMonday Worky, worky. [16 May 2022] Tuesday Been rather busy with work again today and yesterday, seems I may have forgotten to water the coriander and Matt found a pretty cool bug. He’s also been cleaning the seats in the car which is nice. Matt was then off upstairs to sort out the wiring for the ensuite lights. Not much I could do to help with this one after passing
Read moreMonday We’re generally busy with work today but it’s a big day today – the start of the boiler install! We’ve waited over a year for this but it is finally happening and we can’t be more excited. Of course it means more holes in the walls to get the pipes out to the shed that will house the boiler and hopper, and to start putting in some of the
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