Garage Update

This morning dawned a little overcast, but with the promise of a good, clear dry day.

There was a '5' drive organised, however. we had decided that if the weather was dry and bright we would not do the drive, we would complete the painting of the garage that we started a couple of weeks ago.

Paul took down the drainpipes and guttering, to make painting the fascias and soffets easier, and I took on the task of de-sliming them.

With a little help from Fred, I hosed down the centre of the guttering to remove the mud (how does mud get so high up??) then got the scrubbing brush and sponge out...

Meanwhile. Paul cleaned off the soffets and fascias in readiness to undercoat and gloss....

and then scrubbed the walls and washed them down to remove the worst of the algae.

Fred certainly had the right idea, and lay down on the rug to enjoy the sunshine....

and finally, after a few hours of hard graft the final finished, lovely white finish....

and a very big thank you from our neighbour for doing her side for her too!

Idiocy

Why are some people just plain THICK!!!!!!

We were told today that we would not be getting a pay rise in April as would normally happen.

Under the current economic crisis this came as no great surprise.

Unfortunately there are some people, including some of the managers, that feel that is is their god given right to get a pay rise!

Do they not realise that half of the country are on short working weeks - indeed, Paul's old company in Birmingham is down to working ONE day a week. We are still working full weeks of five days, and most people are having the opportunity for overtime (again an unexpected bonus under the circumstances).

Are they all living on a different planet to the real world do you think DOH!!!

BLLLLLRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

I feel rubbish!!!!!

Paul has given me his cold - which he has now gotten rid of, and I have no voice. Not a squeak, a croak or a murmur.

The sun in shining. There is washing on the line. And I am inside with a blanket wrapped around me.

BRRRRRR.

This morning at work, they all laughed at me. I cover the reception area on my own from 8 to 9, and have to answer the phones and make tannoys out to the factory - and they all laughed at me!!! GGRRRR! Lets see what happens when they get it eh!

Rag Time

This afternoon I attended the 100 years for 100 stars musical theatre tribute by the Redruth Amateur Operatic Society (RAOST).

Sally-Ann booked the tickets a couple of weeks ago. We weren't too sure what to expect, as neither of us had been to this theatre before, however it was a smashing afternoon.

There was 3 hours of singing and dancing to numbers from just about every well known, and not so well known musicals. Some being Hair, Rent, Fame, Hairspray, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph, The Music Man and Wicked. Surprisingly, they did not choose the obvious numbers, and this made it all the more enjoyable.

There are some extremely talented people in this group of amateurs and we had a very enjoyable afternoon.

The next one that we will be booking is Singing in the Rain, which is on about 3 weeks after we go and see Coppelia.

I think we are getting the theatre bug!

Mothers Day come early

We had decided today that we would go out for a carvery, and as it's Mother's day next weekend we used that as our excuse!

Having eaten our food, it was time for a quick photo opportunity!

Thanks for a lovely weekend Mom and Keith. x

A Sneakly Little Break

Paul's Mom and step dad were staying at our BAH for a few days, so as we were so near to Mothers day, we drove up to join them for the weekend.

The weather was glorious, we took a walk along the high street in Minehead, with the sunshine on our backs and the wind in our hair.

Lovely

Welcome to the world...

Kelly gave birth to Dylan on Friday 13 March 2009 at 19.15hrs.

He was 7lb 12oz.

Well done to both of you - hugs and kisses on their way - along with a parcel of course! xx

Facebook.... I Give Up!

For those of you that are following my facebook pages - it's not there now!

Sorry - but all of the silly little applications and gifts and causes and groups and bla bla bla were driving me mad - so after not missing it in the slightest for the past 3 weeks, having not logged onto it, I decided to delete it and just keep my trusty blog.

YAY BLOGGERS!!!!!

Anyway, you can contact me as normal via blog, email, telephone, or even face to face (not a pretty thought I know but hey ho!)

Ally - If you read this, and want to get in touch by email, send me your address (I won't post it of course!).

Kelly - I want extra baby photo's when He/She arrives, as I won't be able to access the photo albums I expect will go on there.

Liz - Any further videos of Wilf?? please please email them, they do make me smile!

AND IF ALL ELSE FAILS....... Add Paul as a friend and I can have a squizz when he is logged on!!