In Between Days

Wednesday

Wash day crept around again. Second week of no dramas. I have a theory, but it's a bit unkind so I'd best keep it to myself. 

I finished prepping my new dyalog for this new month... 

It was a grey nasty day, thankfully we got everything we needed yesterday shopping, so neither of us needed to go out. Kev put the new starter motor in the light fitting in the kitchen. Its an old florescent strip light and it was taking an age to come on. Luckily they still sell them and he was able to change it. We keep hoping that's the one room they'll do, the kitchen. As the rents going up again they should do really. We've been here 7 years this month, so it's about time it was looked at. They were quick doing the bathroom but that was because I fell, and the DWP pressed for a walk in shower. The guy came in the afternoon and checked our heating and insulation, looks like everything is good and we can't really save anymore money as there are three radiators that never go on, the bedroom, the kitchen and the hall. It would be like an oven if we did. When we first moved in they were all on, it just about killed us. When we had the first boiler check we asked the guy how to turn some off safely and he showed us. We've never really had central heating before, the pub ones downstairs were antique and worked albeit inefficiently, we never had the upstairs on much at all because we weren't up there much. At Grafton and Gedling Road we only had storage heaters, so proper central heating was new to us. It's maybe why we don't like places too warm. The one thing we could have fitted ( and seeing as the summers are getting hotter) is air con. We have those portable ones, and they are good, but we could do with fitted air conditioning. 

Thursday.

I had some chores that needed doing, so I did those and then washed my duster after, and cleaned the air ram filter, all exciting stuff. 

I had some stamping to do, and a parcel to put together. I had a card I wanted to do so I got that done and lined the ones I had made already. I try to line them in batches. An essential job as far as I'm concerned a card isn't finished without lining, it looks half done, but it's not the most enjoyable bit of making a card, so rather than leave it until needed I do them and then I can just pick them out the box ready to written and sent. My Tim Holtz  deckle edge trimmer came so at least I can cut the lining with a pretty edge now. Such a bargain at £15, second hand, still looks new. Compared with £42 brand new. I do love a barging me...