I had a very productive week last week; it was a week where
things got achieved. Last Monday I made
a start on the end of year accounts; I hate doing them but I do update the
accounts on a weekly basis, so it wasn’t such a big deal once I got
started. We’ve been having problems with
the printer and I had months of rental statements to print out but Phil helped
me and I eventually got all 12 months. I
have virtually finished my work on the accounts so can now hand them over to
Phil to do his bits and then we will be ready to see our accountant. We’ve had a good rental year so I already
envisage that there will be a fair amount of money to pay the taxman.
I went over to the caravan on Tuesday morning, my remit was taking
the double bed frame and I also wanted to paint the steps. It was touch and go whether the bed would
actually fit in my little car but I got it in, albeit that I had to drive with
part of the headboard resting under my chin.
I also got the 2 new garden chairs which I ordered from Groupon. I love Groupon and have enjoyed many
offers. These two garden chairs were
only £79.99 for two, we already had one similar from John Lewis which Phil paid
£100 for but this chair is fairly knackered as we’ve left it out in the
rain. I don’t intend to do the same with
the new ones.
It was a bit damp and grey when I set out but the sun did
come out in Overstone and it was quite enjoyable painting my steps, it took me
almost 3 hours but they came up brilliantly.
As did my patio, I’d asked Dennis next door to jet spray it and I was
really pleased with the results. He
wanted £120 but I can imagine it must have taken him the best part of 2 days
and perhaps more. I went to the gym in
the afternoon back in MK and was knackered by the time I got home.
On Wednesday I went to check on Sue’s house, did some more
work on the accounts and then took myself to the gym. I am desperately trying to loose the half a
stone that I put on after Christmas but it’s hard. Sue and Ian got back from Dublin late on
Wednesday evening and I went to catch up with them on Thursday morning. Ian showed me the photos and they had an
amazing time. Sue said it was cold and
they had rain on the last day, I think we had much better weather here at home. There was post at The Manor so I went over to
collect that and then went for lunch at The Nags Head with Sue and Ian. I forced myself to the gym in the afternoon.
I was wide awake before 4 am on Friday morning and got up so
as not to disturb Phil. I was ready to go
back to bed at half six but couldn’t as I had to drive to Melton. I was on the M1 before quarter to seven and
thought I would miss the traffic but alas no, the motorway was really busy. Melton Mowbray town centre was busy as well
and I arrived at mums about twenty past eight.
I sorted through her post, put the clocks forward by an hour and then we
went out. Our first stop was B&Q to
try and find concrete paint for her passageway.
We spotted a big tin but it was £44.99 so we decided not to bother. I did however find some tile red concrete
paint for the steps at the caravan so it wasn’t a wasted visit.
Our next stop was Morrisons for a few bits of shopping and
then I took mum to the doctor’s surgery for a blood test. Then it was home for the usual lunch, salmon
and boiled potatoes. I quite like this
but last week I had eaten salmon Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I was a little late leaving Melton, I got
stuck in the temporary traffic lights in the centre of town and it was almost
five o’clock by the time I got back to the flat.
Phil had some paperwork to do on Saturday morning so I left
him to it and went to the gym. When I
got back we had quiche and beans for lunch and then we took ourselves off the
caravan. Unfortunately I had a list of
jobs to do, the first of which was putting up the gazebo which we managed to do
before a few spots of rain came down.
Actually it didn’t really rain, it tried but it didn’t come to
anything. The next job was to assemble
the bed which took a while, there was one bolt missing and a couple of the
slats were broken but it will do. Phil’s
last job was to fit a blind in Sue’s caravan, this should have been straight
forward but it was fiddly because the fittings were different. Still the boy managed to do it.
While Phil was fitting the blind I started painting the steps,
I was only going to one side but I ended up doing both sides which was a bit
crazy because it wasn’t quick drying paint so everything had to take off their
shoes because they had tile red pain on their soles as they walked in the
caravan. Still they now look fantastic
and I was pleased with my efforts.
Sue & Ian arrived at the caravan just in time to watch
the Grand National. They had both placed
bets but unfortunately they didn’t win, in fact I think that one of Sue’s
horses fell at the first fence. We ate
at the caravan, I did lasagne and salad and Phil did home made garlic
bread. We walked down to the club house
to listen to the group. We were a little
hardly and we were surprised it was fairly empty as normally it’s packed. Still we had a good evening and didn’t get
back to the vans until 1am.
Phil felt rough the next day and both Sue and I said they
had awoken with headaches but I felt fine.
The forecast for Sunday was rain but it remained fine which was just as
well because the plan for yesterday was to jet spray Sue’s side. I did a bit, Sue did a bit but then Ian took
over, he seemed to be in his element so we left him to it and started cleaning
Sue’s decking. It was filthy but we had
finished it by lunch time. Sue cooked
steak and kidney pie, with mash and veggies for lunch and it was very nice.
After lunch we packed up and headed for home leaving Sue and Ian to do some
more cleaning of the patio. I am not
sure how much more they did because it was raining lightly by the time we got
back to MK. I don’t know whether it was the
late night or the fresh air but I was knackered last night and more than ready
for my bed. This morning I have woken up
with a really stiff back. I really want to go to the gym this afternoon but I
am not sure I am going to be able to. I am
definitely feeling my age today.
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