Ay up! It’s started…..

I felt a bit grumpy when I got up this morning. Not sure why – missing the dog(s) maybe? Whatever it was, I managed to shake it off by lunchtime after I had spent the morning digging the kitchen out and re-locating its work surfaces.

John had another bit of a lie-in before he settled down in the lounge and had a look at what was happening in the Grand Prix Qualifying. It seemed quite interesting one way and another but, in the end, no surprises as to who drove into pole position. Looking forward to the race tomorrow though!

Michael and Danielle sent out a plea in the general direction of anyone who was around – could someone please go and get cream for the cure of nappy rash? We promised to run the errand. After all, being retired, we have a lot less to do than Paul and Harriet who have millions of children to look after. Chuckle, chuckle….. well, it seems that way, anyway!!

So I toddled round to the Kenilworth Newbies and was treated to a whole family appearance on the doorstep. How lovely.

The family is beginning to look better and recovering from Covid, but the Lateral Flow Tests aren’t yet all clear for Michael and maybe Thomas. Fingers crossed they come clear over the weekend.

When I got back from Kenilworth, John was pottering in the garage. He’s really getting on with the work, but he says it’s very slow going. Never mind, even if he feels like the tortoise, he’ll get there in the end.

With John getting on with his project, I thought I’d start mine……. this is the wallpaper nicely removed and piled high ready for the bin – didn’t need to do any scraping at all – it just pulled off.

And then I got onto the underneath bits….. We had lined the walls with polystyrene to provide a touch of insulation to our solid-walled house, so that was next and this is it, so far:

Hahahaha!!! The polystyrene is coming off very nicely with a bit of scraping…. but so is the wall underneath it!! Now we remember why we said we needed to re-plaster. Fingers crossed that the plasterer comes on Thursday, as promised.

By 5.30 this afternoon, both John and I had had enough. I cooked the tea and then we just sat, zombie-like in front of the box. We’d run out of energy and decided we needed a rest. Oh, Lordy, I think we are feeling our age…….

Take care everyone – and, just in case you thought I’d forgotten, Covid cases are currently 1 in 14….. God bless.