Change afoot

I have decided, with all this wonderful family expansion, that I am going to start my new project. The Dining Room.

I know I’ve mentioned it before but I am in earnest now. I’ve started clearing out all the cupboards and putting everything into boxes, and we have a man (or maybe a woman) coming round tomorrow to see if there’s anything we like in his/her range of dressers and bespoke solutions for a dining room. Then next week, another man is coming round to take a look at the room with a view to re-plastering it. This means that, not only do cupboards need clearing out, but wallpaper needs stripping.

It will be interesting to see if I can get round to doing all of that before next Thursday. I mean, we are hoping that the Kenilworth Newbies won’t be infectious with Covid by Monday and we’ll be able to go round and give them a hand with whatever might need doing. I may not, therefore, get the room ready for plastering inspection – but I hope I will.

John, meanwhile, is still keeping on with his labour of love and spending as much time as he can in the garage to get the car sorted. He’s onto the trim now – and is almost spending as much time researching the appropriate piece for the car on the computer as he is actually fitting it…..One interesting factor in getting the right stuff is that it seems as if all those in the classic Lotus supply chain are retiring and selling up their businesses. Makes the restoration process awkward…… hey ho.

Excitingly, we did see baby Oliver in the flesh though, today – albeit at a distance. With Danielle’s blood pressure having been low, we suggested she should perhaps check it each day over the next week or so. They don’t have a blood pressure monitor, so we dropped ours in. Michael was nursing the baby as he answered the door – whereupon we got a glimpse of the little darling. Michael came outside and sat on a stool so that we had a better view, and thus we were able to admire from afar.

We still have Chester for the time being and I am enjoying the walking again. Especially as the weather is very nice, with the sun shining and the air relatively warm. Today’s walk across the fields was lovely – especially the dandelions. Hehehe.

All for now. Take care everyone. God bless.