Well another interesting sort of day. When it started I was cycling home after a late shift and got home when today was about ten minutes old. Back up at 7.30 to give Anne a lift to a meeting then home to do some more DIY. I moved the incoming phone cable as it was through a window that is being replaced on Monday. Once that was done I sanded the bathroom floor and gave it a nice fresh coat of varnish which should look nice and clean and protect the wood from wear, water and dirt.
On Wednesday we bought new paint for the bathroom and it will look so different painted a nice bright sunshine yellow sort of colour instead of the rather tired old blue that it has been for the past few years. I'm off all day tomorrow so we might even get the first coat onto the walls then. Monday the window will be replaced with a new double glazed one with white PVC frame and surrounds, the two kitchen windows will be done as well.
Still at work right now but not all that long until I finish, it is nearly 21:30 and I finish at 23:30. I am cycling home tonight so I hope it is nice and dry again.
Friday 25 April 2008
Thursday 17 April 2008
A Good Day - Almost
The day seemed to start well. Had a double glazing salesman round and he agreed to fit three new windows for the same price s he quoted about 8 months ago. We already have five windows by this company and they are really good. I would recommend them to any local readers. (Perfect Glazing, Dixons Blazes, Glasgow). We will soon have nice new windows in our kitchen and bathroom.
After that I took a load of rubbish to the local tip and did a few minor things at home. Got caught up and rushed to the bus at the last minute and was a little late for work.
It has been lovely sunny day but with a cold wind but when I finish at midnight I will get a free taxi home, well my employer will; pay for it. The rules have been tightened up and so as I can get a bus home after a 23:30 finish I'll not be allowed a taxi. I'll get back on my bike and cycle to and from work on those days as it will be quicker than waiting 20 minutes for a bus and will do wonders for my health.
The bad part was hearing that my sister-in-law has split up with her boyfriend, they have been together for a few years now and she will be devastated and apparently he is not even replying to her calls or text messages. I am sure she will be up to visit soon to get a break away from home."
After that I took a load of rubbish to the local tip and did a few minor things at home. Got caught up and rushed to the bus at the last minute and was a little late for work.
It has been lovely sunny day but with a cold wind but when I finish at midnight I will get a free taxi home, well my employer will; pay for it. The rules have been tightened up and so as I can get a bus home after a 23:30 finish I'll not be allowed a taxi. I'll get back on my bike and cycle to and from work on those days as it will be quicker than waiting 20 minutes for a bus and will do wonders for my health.
The bad part was hearing that my sister-in-law has split up with her boyfriend, they have been together for a few years now and she will be devastated and apparently he is not even replying to her calls or text messages. I am sure she will be up to visit soon to get a break away from home."
Saturday 12 April 2008
Saturday
A great time to be working, 8:25 on a Saturday evening and it is pouring with rain and considering it is the middle of April it is feeling cold. I completed an application for another job today, I do not dislike this job but the other one pays about 40% more and the hours sound great, shifts between 8:00 and 20:00 Monday to Friday and some Saturday mornings.
I arrived at work today to discover that as a cost saving measure they are no longer going to pay for a taxi home after a shift that ends at 23:30 because I can get a bus home at midnight. This means that I'll get home about 00:45 instead of about 23:55 by taxi. I hope that I'll still get a taxi after my midnight finishes as there is no reasonable bus home after that time.
I'm off for three days after tonight so if the weather is decent I'll get into my garden and plant out some vegetables.
Work is not too busy today which is good but some of the calls have been weird, (I'll not give any details as the callers deserve confidentiality)
I arrived at work today to discover that as a cost saving measure they are no longer going to pay for a taxi home after a shift that ends at 23:30 because I can get a bus home at midnight. This means that I'll get home about 00:45 instead of about 23:55 by taxi. I hope that I'll still get a taxi after my midnight finishes as there is no reasonable bus home after that time.
I'm off for three days after tonight so if the weather is decent I'll get into my garden and plant out some vegetables.
Work is not too busy today which is good but some of the calls have been weird, (I'll not give any details as the callers deserve confidentiality)
Thursday 10 April 2008
Thursday
Back at work at 7:30 today after a good day off yesterday. I managed to get most of the work done in my bathroom so all leaking pipes are now not leaking. I than met Anne after she finished work and we bought a home brew wine kit, .lovely white wine that only costs £21.00 for 20 litres. We then went to B&Q and bought plants for the garden, some flowers, some vegetables, we really seem to miss the spring planting on our greenhouse. We plan to get them all into the garden at the weekend if it is not snowing.
Nothing much else happening, I still have loads of work to do in the bathroom, like fit the bath panels and build a new cupboard and then I'll get on with the new kitchen sink. Keeps me busy anyway. It is good that we have a load of frozen meals so when I am working and the place is a mess it is quick and easy to defrost a meal, also it does not take any longer really to cook 6 portions and freeze four than to cook just two. I do not buy frozen meals as so few are vegan.
Nothing much else happening, I still have loads of work to do in the bathroom, like fit the bath panels and build a new cupboard and then I'll get on with the new kitchen sink. Keeps me busy anyway. It is good that we have a load of frozen meals so when I am working and the place is a mess it is quick and easy to defrost a meal, also it does not take any longer really to cook 6 portions and freeze four than to cook just two. I do not buy frozen meals as so few are vegan.
Tuesday 8 April 2008
Back at work
Hi again,
It is now Tuesday, I came back to work on Sunday and have been fairly busy as I was on day shifts which are usually busy. Today I am on a late shift, started at 15:30 and finish at 23:30, I like finishing before midnight.
I'm feeling nearly back to fitness, still a bit tired but getting better. I have done a bit more work in my bathroom, I'm trying to disconnect an old cast iron waste pipe that takes the bath waste water down through the flat under us. It is leaking slightly so I'm in the process of replacing it with a new plastic pipe connected outside the house so avoiding any disruption to our neighbours. So far I've reconnected the toilet, I discovered a bit of a leak in the old lead pipe from that as well and also have the wash hand basin connected to the new pipes. My next job, hopefully tomorrow, is to move the main water pipe where it enters the bathroom to give space for the new waste to get past. It will be good to have it finished and I plan to build a small cupboard in the corner of the room.
After that the next job is to replace the kitchen sink, we have bought a nice new stainless steel sink and taps so it should be fairly straightforward to fit that instead of the old sink that we have now, cleaning our home grown vegetables does make a mess of the existing sink which is made of some sort of plastic compound.
I've also got on with tracing my family tree, I received copies of some birth certificates today to can use the information to try to trace further back. On my mother's side I am back to 1290 but am tuck in the 1800s on my father's side of my family.I'll stop writing now and promise myself that I'll keep up this blog more regularly.
It is now Tuesday, I came back to work on Sunday and have been fairly busy as I was on day shifts which are usually busy. Today I am on a late shift, started at 15:30 and finish at 23:30, I like finishing before midnight.
I'm feeling nearly back to fitness, still a bit tired but getting better. I have done a bit more work in my bathroom, I'm trying to disconnect an old cast iron waste pipe that takes the bath waste water down through the flat under us. It is leaking slightly so I'm in the process of replacing it with a new plastic pipe connected outside the house so avoiding any disruption to our neighbours. So far I've reconnected the toilet, I discovered a bit of a leak in the old lead pipe from that as well and also have the wash hand basin connected to the new pipes. My next job, hopefully tomorrow, is to move the main water pipe where it enters the bathroom to give space for the new waste to get past. It will be good to have it finished and I plan to build a small cupboard in the corner of the room.
After that the next job is to replace the kitchen sink, we have bought a nice new stainless steel sink and taps so it should be fairly straightforward to fit that instead of the old sink that we have now, cleaning our home grown vegetables does make a mess of the existing sink which is made of some sort of plastic compound.
I've also got on with tracing my family tree, I received copies of some birth certificates today to can use the information to try to trace further back. On my mother's side I am back to 1290 but am tuck in the 1800s on my father's side of my family.I'll stop writing now and promise myself that I'll keep up this blog more regularly.
Friday 4 April 2008
I've been sick
I felt ill all day Monday at work and came home and was in bed by 6:00 and slept all Tuesday and only started to feel even half human on Wednesday. I have not returned to work as I still have no energy and can hardly keep awake but it was only flu and will pass even if slowly.
Today is Friday nd I managed to go to B & Q and so I should have all the plumbing stuff that I need to finish the necessary work in my bathroom, I also returned the extra pipes that I'd bought as a massive miscalculation of where they had to run to.
I'm off work tomorrow and back in work at 9:00 on Sunday morning.
I've been working on my family tree, I've got back to some ancestor who was born in 1270 which is pretty good and another who was a sir!!! No riches though
Today is Friday nd I managed to go to B & Q and so I should have all the plumbing stuff that I need to finish the necessary work in my bathroom, I also returned the extra pipes that I'd bought as a massive miscalculation of where they had to run to.
I'm off work tomorrow and back in work at 9:00 on Sunday morning.
I've been working on my family tree, I've got back to some ancestor who was born in 1270 which is pretty good and another who was a sir!!! No riches though
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