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Posted by Shirley Anne on March 28, 2012
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Monday turned out to be a really good day. I got back to the old lady’s house and fitted her wall lights and new bell push with only a minor problem concerning the bell push. Well something had to be problematical given what happened on Friday. If I didn’t know any better I’d swear her house was jinxed! Whilst there I received another request to do a job some miles away in the next town and that turned out to be quite lucrative and easy to do. Swings and roundabouts I guess. I finally got home around 2.30 and fixed myself a snack after which I took my guitar outside and sat in the sunshine-soaked patio playing for an hour. A neighbour was having a glass and brick-constructed conservatory demolished ready for a single-storey extension to be built in its place, something that required planning permission from the local council and which had been granted last year. In order to gain permission to build it is necessary to post a formal proposition so that people living in the immediate area can oppose it if they consider it might cause a problem of one sort or another. In most cases like this one there are no reasonable objections. I sat far enough away from the work in progress for it to be a ‘nuisance noise pollution‘ as it were and my music drowned out the sound anyway. Before long they had demolished most of the structure. I don’t know what it is with me but I love watching the progress of a building being erected, the various stages leading up to that final finish. I shall be taking an interest over the next few weeks as the work progresses. I do have an interest in buildings, in their architecture, they are one of the success stories of the human race I think and some of them are really imaginative in their construction. They are beautiful things in their own way, well I think so anyway. I heard that we are going to continue having warm weather at least until Friday. Currently the temperature is twice the seasonal average at 19, 20 and even 21 degrees celsius. I suppose next week will see a marked change to cooler days. I’m happy with that as long as it doesn’t get too cold!
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on March 1, 2012
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Whenever someone asks me to do a job for them I note it down in a diary. I seldom forget that I have work to do but on Tuesday morning I received a call from a lady who asked if I was coming as I said I would. Fortunately I was dressed and just about putting the finishing touches to my make-up when she called and was able to get there within a half hour. She had called me around eight-thirty but as is usual for me I wouldn’t have arrived until nine o’clock anyway. I could have said nothing about my forgetting the appointment but I apologised for my error. I arrived a few minutes after nine and did the work for her. I have worked for this lady before and she is nice to work for. She had done a little electrical job in her kitchen and asked if I would check it out. I couldn’t have done a better job myself! She told me that she had wanted to be a mechanic in her youth but couldn’t get into the industry. She is only six years younger than myself! There were other electrical jobs that needed doing but she confessed she hadn’t the knowledge to do them and that is why I was called. Later we chatted some and she was asking about my interests and when I mentioned that I play guitar she took me upstairs and showed me two lovely instruments that she owned but couldn’t play. Both were way out of tune and one, a twelve-stringed guitar, had a string missing, the other, a six-stringed instrument had two of its strings wrapped on the wrong posts so that the strings crossed each other on the machine head. She asked if I could tune it so I did a quick tune-up and played a song or two. It needs the strings fitted correctly and tuning properly. I also noticed that some strings were wrapped counter-clockwise and some clockwise which makes adjusting the tension awkward. They should all rotate the same way so it is easier to remember if you are tightening them or loosening them! She asked if I could teach her to play but I explained that it would take some time just to learn the basics. I may get back to her later if I’ve the time. I’ve now got to try to remember to do that. As we get older we find that we sometimes forget things, it’s unavoidable I suppose. It is one thing writing down appointments in a diary, it’s another remembering to read the diary or even remembering where you left it! I am alright on the last bit as my diary is in my bag. Now where did I place my bag? LOL.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on September 2, 2011
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Yesterday was my eldest sons birthday anniversary, he was 29. 29! Notice I said anniversary? Well it couldn’t be his birthday, that was 29 years ago! It’s funny how we use our language, accepting as normal they way we use it. I bought him a small gift and a card to show I remembered. Now I have to be truthful here because although I do remember these anniversary dates, occasionally I don’t remember them until the day is close. On Monday my youngest son brought up the subject of his brother’s birthday by telling me what he had bought for him as a small gift. I said to him then that I had forgotten that it was imminent and the following day I bought the card and gift. That’s the way it goes. On Tuesday, the first day back at work after the extended weekend, I had the task of doing the internal wiring and laying an electrical supply to an outbuilding some 30 metres down the garden which took most of the day to complete and was ‘helped’ by the man of the house, actually he was more of a hindrance at times but he eventually allowed me to get on with the job alone. Part of the job had entailed lifting two small floorboards in the house which he had attempted to do the day before my arrival but had made a bit of a mess about it. To be fair the couple have not been it this house long so they are still discovering things about it, like the floorboards being covered by sheets of hard board over which the underlay and carpets were laid. For those who don’t know about hard board, it is very difficult to lift intact once it has been nailed to the floor. That being the case the poor guy had to replace the lifted board and that kept him busy for a couple of hours whilst I got on with the electrical work. His wife returned home mid-afternoon and offered me something to eat. Normally I don’t eat during the day at work but this time I accepted the offer. We chatted some and joked about the problems he was having refitting the floor, he openly admitting to his lack of ability in practical things and we laughed about that too! They are the kind of people who are easy to get along with and it was a pleasure working for them, plus I got some nice sandwiches! LOL. That’s the way it goes sometimes but not always unfortunately.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on August 19, 2011
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Just as I was thinking that my workload had dropped off I got several calls for work! That’s the way it is in my line of work. I must admit to have been feeling a little lazy lately, taking time from the workload at home and not having electrical work to do didn’t help. I keep resisting the urge to go down to the pub even though I feel an evening there would do me some good but there are other things on my mind just now and I don’t wish to drown my sorrows in a bottle of whisky! I feel that progress at home is slow, aside from my short break, things don’t seem to be going as fast as I’d like. My main concern is trying to get the roller-shutter door up to ceiling height and organising it around the availability of my helpers, my sons. Until I can get a definite date and time my hands are tied. I won’t be happy until I know the door is up and working. At least I am being kept busy with my electrical work for the time being. I sat playing my guitar in the garden again on Wednesday afternoon. I had been to work in the morning so the afternoon was free and the weather wasn’t too bad either. That’s the other thing, our weather can’t make up its mind whether to rain or shine lately so I grab the opportunity to sit out in the garden, well the patio, as often as I can. One job I had to do in the morning before I could do anything else was to fix the hot waters tap on the bath in the family bathroom. My youngest son kept complaining that it wasn’t working properly. I didn’t find it a problem but I checked it out anyhow. It turned out to be the washer, it had broken in half and was partially blocking the outlet causing a poor flow of water. So I am busy but not busy enough for me. Thursday morning was a bit hectic too, three jobs, three different townships, all done by 12.15! LOL
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on July 18, 2011
I sat around most of Saturday nursing my poor swollen right foot. E had gone to her monthly ‘meeting’ with her competition friends or her ‘comp’ friends as I call them and all I could do was potter about if I wasn’t seated. Yesterday we planned to collect the extension ladder from our son’s house and I had gotten up quite early to do that. I had a nice soak in the bath, something that was denied me the night before and had eaten breakfast well before 08.30. I waited for E to come downstairs but she didn’t do that until 09.00. She seldom comes downstairs dressed but prefers to eat her breakfast first, however she was dressed and ready to go at 09.30. So off we went. It is a journey of around 26 miles through small villages and countryside, a pleasant ride to be sure. It was beginning to rain as we set off and by the time we reached there it was pouring down quite heavily. Just in time for me to put the ladder on the roof-rack and tie it down. We didn’t stop there long and soon we were on our way back home. The rain became heavier and we had to stop twice to re-secure the ladder. For some reason I had tied it too loosely, not usual for me! We drove back part of the way, the last four miles, along the coastal road. The tide was in, the sea looked very rough with plenty of white-topped waves whipped up by the strong on-shore wind. Visibility out at sea was poor and we couldn’t see the oil rig that stands about three miles off-shore. Very few people were out and about although there were some brave souls battling the elements! We made a left turn off the coast road with only three-quarters of a mile to home. The rain eased off a little whilst I off-loaded the ladder and then began to collect my tools from the other garage ready for work today. I decided not to work at home yesterday afternoon and have some more rest instead. My foot felt much better after walking about in my shoes rather than in the slippers I had been wearing over the last two days but there again I had not been able to get my right foot inside a shoe whilst it was swollen! The whole of Sunday was wet and miserable in the driving wind, a day to be spent indoors unless I had to go for a drive into the country! Good old English weather!
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on July 5, 2011
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A few days ago I received an email from Jenny who shares the responsibility of I guess monitoring and looking after the interests at T-Central. She asked if she could place a link to my humble blog in an article she wrote for the T-Central website. I had no reservations in allowing her to include a link to my blog so that is what she did. I realised that I might get some visitors from subscribers to T-Central and indeed that was the case. I hope anyone visiting my site will not be disappointed. Although I am a transitioned girl I don’t major on my past preferring to write about my everyday existence instead. For me, the past is done with and serves no useful purpose in my life now. I have posted articles regarding my journey to where I am now but they are there more for the benefit of others rather than myself. In my life I no longer talk about being transsexual because I am not, I have transitioned, I am a woman. Simple as that. I feel that life is too short to be always looking back because for me the future is far more important. I won’t say my journey in life to where I am now has been easy because it hasn’t always been so but life is full of challenges and I am happy that I have come through it all unscathed. Life is what you make of it. You do what you have to do to survive and be happy. I want to thank all those who have recently visited my blog for the first time, not because it has boosted my readership, that is just a bonus. I encourage you to comment on anything you find interesting as the mood takes you.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on June 11, 2011
These days the weeks seem to fly by. I suppose it’s an age thing! I remember in my youth how the days and weeks seemed to last forever but with the passing of time we realise just how short the days really are. It is Saturday once more and I awoke bright as a penny and rearing to go, although I’m not sure where! Yesterday nobody turned up to finish the paving in the rear garden. Again E’s nephew has let us down after promising he would remain here, that is come every day until the job was finished, only a matter of two days really. No phone call to explain. He is very unreliable. I most definitely will not be employing him in future, that is after he has completed the jobs I have already agreed with him to do, laying the paving in the two gardens. So yesterday morning we were waiting for the delivery of the windows for the garage and they arrived just before noon. That being the case I decided to dine out for lunch as we had the rest of the day free. I had been to do a job earlier in the morning and just wanted a rest. We drove the 15 or so miles to one of our favourite places, in fact the one my friend and I had visited the Friday before. We had a really good time there and were introduced to the new manager as regular patrons. He was a very tall guy, around 6’6″ and towered over our table whilst we spoke. One of the reasons we visit there, apart from the good food, is the friendliness of the staff. We drove back home after a couple of hours but on the way I asked E to drop me off at my local pub as I hadn’t been there for quite some time. I didn’t spend much money there as many of my friends insisted on buying me drinks! I am very popular in that place for some reason! LOL. I returned home after a couple of hours but it appears I sat on the settee and fell asleep! Mmm…..I wonder why? LOL. Anyways E woke me three hours later and told me it was time for bed! Gosh, I am a naughty girl sometimes. Whilst I was working at the job yesterday morning I had the need to use a very small Allen key and realised the two sets of keys that I have had been lent to the young joiner in a house we were both working in earlier in the week. I managed to call him this morning and as chance would have it he has to pass my house to get to another job he is working on today. It’s funny how things work out sometimes isn’t it? Well it’s Saturday again and……….
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on June 8, 2011
Yesterday I had an electrical job to do a couple of miles away from home. Today I have a similar job to do somewhat further away from home. If todays job is anything like yesterdays then I am in for some more hard work! Although I had a job on Monday and a couple last week it has been a rather lean time recently on the job front. I hadn’t minded that much as it enabled me to get on with work at home however, much of that work at home has been gruelling so it is a welcome change to be able to take on board some electrical work, as I said to the joiner who was working in the same house yesterday, ‘It is nice to come to work for a rest’! Well a change is as good as a rest they say! Yesterday E’s nephew and friend came to start the laying of paving slabs in the rear garden. They will be returning this morning as I go off to my job. I will have to wait and see what progress they have made when I return home later.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on March 27, 2011
Just like yesterday, today is going to be cool, that is no warmer than 10C or maybe 11C, fortunately with little wind. Over the last week or so we have enjoyed temperatures of around 14C with hardly a breeze and we have been able to do much work around the gardens. Although for the time being it is a tad cooler we will be continuing with that work as much as we can. I have been treating the concrete base within the new greenhouse to seal it which will prevent the surface from producing dust and also to make it waterproof. Today I shall be erecting the internal staging ready to take seedlings and small plants. Hopefully that won’t take long and I can then get on with filtering more of the soil E and I started a couple of days ago. Neither of us did anything much yesterday and on Friday we were both out-of-town helping with repairs on our son’s house. Tomorrow I will be at my occupational job for at least a few hours but may be able to work at home later. On Wednesday we are expecting the work to start on our front steps and path to the front door and wouldn’t you know it, rain is forecast! It may not be a problem unless it rains heavily as they will be preparing the ground and not laying any stone. If it continues into Thursday there might be a problem, we’ll have to wait and see.
Shirley Anne
Addendum:- E and I did erect the internal staging and have placed some young tomato, cucumber and chilli-pepper plants in there. The old greenhouse needs a clean out which will get done this week and we will put more plants in there too. We didn’t get around to filtering the soil because we decided to cut back the severely overgrown ivy that keeps creeping over the wall. There is a spot behind the curved pathway (see photos below) which is full of trees (they will be coming out next year or autumn this year) and the ivy was thick between them. The corner where the two garden walls meet needs the brickwork re-laying because the ivy growth there has damaged it. The ivy is growing in the garden of the property behind ours and the folk there don’t seem to take an interest in the ivy spreading at all. It is not only our garden that is being affected but the garden of another property which is adjacent to theirs and to ours. After lunch, well a roast chicken dinner, we cleared the area in front of the new greenhouse and planted six of the gooseberry bushes we dug out last season. After that we chopped and bagged the ivy and other tree branches that we had removed earlier. Pretty much a full day in the garden…….for a change…..LOL
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Posted by Shirley Anne on February 12, 2011
Today is forecast to be a fine and sunny day where I live, a precursor to Spring perhaps. I don’t plan on doing much, I need a rest. I sometimes think I do too much but not doing anything is not an option for me. Nevertheless I must take time out or burn myself out! We like to think we will be fit and healthy all our lives but age takes its toll and we begin to slow down. However to keep on being active one must continue to be active for as long as one can. I don’t really dread retirement as I wrote jokingly in my last post. When once I wasn’t interested in the garden, that is working in it, I can see the benefits of doing so now. The beauty of it is that I can start and stop as I please. I, that is E and I, are fortunate in that we have quite a large garden at the rear of the house and a fair amount of flower beds in the front too so that we will have plenty there to keep us occupied most of the year. At the moment things are different, E hasn’t got an occupational job so has the time to work in the garden but I do have an occupational job so sometimes I find it hard to make time for garden works. It is even more difficult just now as we are carrying out quite extensive alterations in the rear garden. I have had to employ others to do some of the work that I might once have tackled myself. Now I am a 65 year-old I don’t have the energy to do everything by myself. Saturdays therefore are a blessing to me because I rest on those days although I will do small jobs around the house and garden if I feel inclined. I think it is important to have a rest day, a sabbath day of rest from the normal toil of the week.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on January 10, 2011
Well it is Monday once again. For many this is the start of their working week after a weekend of doing their own thing. I did a little work yesterday, digging in the garden. Gosh is that hard work! I am preparing the ground for the laying of a footpath to where the new green house will be as it will not be accessible otherwise. The problem isn’t so much the digging, it is the amount of tree roots I am encountering doing it! That said, I am making progress but the next problem is where to store all the soil. The mound that now exists is huge and there is plenty more soil to move yet! The concrete standing is something like 28 feet long by 8+ feet wide. at one end stands an 8 x 6 foot greenhouse and at the other end we are building a 10 x 8 foot greenhouse which leaves an area between them of about 8 x 8 feet. We built a buttress to support the long brick wall and that is positioned in this space preventing us building a larger greenhouse than the 10 foot long one we have on order. Yesterday, whilst moving the soil, I had the bright idea of building a large brick-enclosed planting bed in the area that will be left between the two greenhouses. This will put the area to good use for growing vegetables like potatoes, carrots and whatever else we can think of as well as making a space for all that soil! I spent about three and a half hours outside digging out the soil and roots and laying some huge coping stones to form the edges of the proposed pathway. I was completely tired after doing that so I called it a day. I am not as fit as I once was so I don’t overdo things. I came indoors and had myself a few beers. I don’t over-indulge in alcohol as I once did but I do like to have a drink a couple of times a week. Alcohol for me is best imbibed when in company but there is always the danger of drinking too much when with friends. I will not give up the few pleasures in life that I have because tomorrow I may be taken from this life but I try to be sensible about what I do. Like most things in life, everything in moderation! I seldom drink during the day, especially during the working week as I can never be sure if I will get a call to work. After a little rest I went into the kitchen and prepared and cooked a roast chicken and vegetable dinner for E and myself. I thought I’d give her a break from cooking; not that she always does the cooking, she doesn’t. So Monday morning is here and I am sober and ready for anything that comes my way. If nothing does then there is always more digging to do! Somehow I am thinking I prefer electrical work! LOL
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 25, 2010
Today I have the whole house to myself. I got up very late, mostly because I stayed up too long last night! E and our youngest son, who stays with us during this time of year, have gone off to see E’s mum and brother, who live a couple of miles away, for the day. Since my transition back in 2002 and even before then I was never invited to their house. Why people act this way is beyond me. I figure they see it as a kind of perpetual punishment for my ‘crime’; I deserted my marriage partner as far as they are concerned. Part of the story relating to my marriage breakdown and subsequent transition is recorded here in my blog. My marriage had broken down long before my decision to transition. One thing I have not done, although we both had intended to go our own ways, is desert my ex-wife. She needs me more than ever these days, though she wouldn’t openly admit to that. The main reason we couldn’t go our own ways was the fact that the house wouldn’t sell and I think on reflection that it was all meant to be this way. I am a firm believer in what most people would call fate. I think we were meant to stay together. In a way I believe we are still joined as one in the eyes of God even though we have been divorced in a civil court. Only man has told us we are separated, God hasn’t. Anyhow we are separated in the flesh for today which isn’t unusual in the least. Whilst they will be tucking into all the usual Christmas fayre I shall be tucking into my beans on toast……..yummy! I shall be enjoying the day in prayer, in playing music, in reading, in watching some television and maybe I’ll tidy around the rear garden in readiness for the erection of the greenhouse we have ordered and also for the completion of the outside power supplies I have made a start on. Who knows? I may just sit around and do nothing; not likely knowing me. I could end up clearing the front drive of snow! The thing is, I shall be doing what I want to do just as my ex. wife and our son will be doing. Tomorrow all will be back to the normal routine, not different from today for me really, it’s the way I like it. The house will no longer just be mine!
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 15, 2010
I was lamenting the fact that my workload has dropped lately when the phone rang. Always seems to happen that way. I am not complaining about the lack of work as I am enjoying more free time for myself. I don’t feel under pressure as much as I did in the past. My age has something to do with it of course, it’s only natural to want to wind down a tad as we get older. There is no urgency to get things done nowadays. I dare not say that I work part-time, even though I do; once I admit to that one the following week finds me up to my ears in work. Everyone’s job is urgent to them of course and I often get sob stories about that. ‘If I don’t get the electrics done I can’t have the builders in’ or something along those lines is quoted. Recently one old guy had an urgent job for me to do and he called me on a Saturday morning. Well Saturday is my day off so I explained that unless it was very urgent I would call on Sunday or Monday. I went on Monday at his request. The ‘urgent’ job was simply that two upstairs lights were not working! There were table lights available for use so he wasn’t without lights. Urgent to me would be a total loss of power or a dangerous situation that needed immediate attention. I always ask questions over the phone to make sure I am not being put upon. Traditionally, the run-up to Christmas has always been a busy time of the year for me and in a way I am glad things are less so this year. The beauty about working for one’s self is that I can choose to take breaks whenever I want and this I do quite often. The calls keep coming in though! On Monday just passed, I was half-way to my dentist when the phone rang. It was another of those ‘urgent’ jobs. Although I was driving I took the call through my hands-free system and explained what I was doing but I told the client I would call in about two hours. It was a very simple job and she is a valued client so I obliged her and did it; mind you I wasn’t dressed for work because E and I were going out for lunch. The job only required the use of a small screwdriver; five minutes and it was done. Never say never and never speak too soon, you never know what is going to happen. Yesterday morning I did another small job and then spent the rest of the day at home. I have been planning several jobs around the house and garden and have started the ball rolling on those. I have outstanding orders for equipment and materials for those jobs which prevent me proceeding further but what’s the bet that when I get them something else will prevent me doing that? I have all the time in the world…………..maybe!
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 1, 2010
Well I went to see the doctor this morning, a different doctor, and she prescribed another ointment. I am to stop using the first one (it has improved the condition) and begin using the new one instead. I am sure she is right but wouldn’t you think it better to see the same doctor so the condition can be monitored for progress? It appears they rely on what has been noted on their computers. Great if it works! E and I are out to lunch again today (I think we are keeping the industry going! LOL) so by this evening I will most probably be feeling a little ‘tipsy’. It is 12.30 and I am waiting for E. She has just washed her hair and is now drying it. We tend to have late lunches so the waiting is no problem. As I look out of the window there is a mild shower of snow falling. I do hope it fizzles out. By this evening I probably won’t care!
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on September 25, 2010
Yesterday I had to return to see my dentist, a round trip of about 45 miles. She was to fit the crown I needed on one of my teeth. I arrived around 30 minutes too early which I suppose is understandable because of the distance involved getting there and because it is never easy predicting what the traffic is going to be like at any given time of the day. I went to the waiting room and sat down. There were two other people there. It was 1 o’clock and my appointment was at 1.30. I waited five minutes and during that time the other two patients were voicing their thoughts about being kept waiting. Evidently they had been there some time. Just then the dentist came upstairs. She smiled at me and beckoned me into her surgery. I stood up and followed her, politely apologizing to the other patients. Perhaps they were too early for their appointments and mine preceded theirs, who knows? I almost never get to see my dentist or doctor before my appointed time. This was a first for me and I was pleased. During my drive back home I received a phone call (I have a hands-free system installed) from a would-be client asking if I could do a job for her. On finding out where she lived I told her that I could call in on the way home as she lived more or less on the same route. When I arrived I discovered that the job wasn’t difficult and it didn’t require me to be ‘properly dressed’, after all I wasn’t particularly dressed for work as they say! I suggested that I do it immediately. So that’s what I did. Now that was a pleasant surprise because I had resigned myself to having no work for the day due to my dental appointment being around noon. The job took a mere half hour for which I was well paid.
I have been waiting for E’s nephew to return to lay the concrete and fill the buttress he’d built with concrete also but yesterday he came by to do it, albeit rather late in the day at 4.30. The weather hasn’t been that good and he did have other commitments so I guess he took the opportunity when it arose and made a start. Hopefully he will finish it today as he promised.
Later in the evening my eldest son paid us a visit and stayed for a while. I encouraged him to have a meal (we had already eaten) before he went home so that he wouldn’t have to start cooking later. He is at work early today so he needed to get his sleep. His wife is spending a day or two ‘camping out’ with her Brownie Troup. I say camping out but in fact they will all be indoors. It is nice to see them both whenever they call but they don’t usually stay for long, so it was nice for him to stay a bit longer for a change.
Shirley Anne
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