Well, it might have been a bit breezy, but as it was dry and bright, so I thought I would head out for a bike ride. I told Catering that I was off for a cycle and in a fit of (as it turns out misguided) enthusiasm, I said I thought I might attempt Dolsden…
While no one was looking, and despite being the picture of health, over the summer Catering has grown a tumour and not a nice one at that. When Alex was very small, we had our first family experience of dealing with cancer and now it seems we are to have another. I think it’s fair…
Apparently if you are going to take a wall down or dig up a concrete floor (we are doing both) you need a tarpaulin. Ideally the bigger the better, but most importantly one without any holes in it. Dust is sneaky, the slightest opportunity, it will be in and before you can grab a duster…
Continue readingTarpaulin, Acrow Props and an Oak Truss (or two)
The new kitchen is finally ordered and we have a start date for the builders, so it just remains to pack the contents of the kitchen into boxes and dismantle the old kitchen. We were all ready to order the skip and take a sledge hammer to the kitchen units when a friend (thank you…
There are several things you gloss over in your mind when planning a new kitchen. The main one being you are going to be without a functioning kitchen for however long it takes the builders to strip out and replace your old kitchen. In our case, because there was a significant structural piece to the…
I think it was the furniture’s fault, or more accurately Catering’s attachment issues with inanimate objects (see previous blog posts). We have discussed knocking down the wall between the kitchen and the dining room before, but it was always on the understanding that I would then be able to have the kitchen island I’ve long…
It’s been a while I know, but here I am, back again reporting on life in the Spicer household. Let me start by saying I am the proud possessor of a new kitchen, but not just a new kitchen you understand. The kitchen project snowballed in a slightly alarming but very satisfactory manner. I think…
I realised, having checked my pedometer (817 steps – not good), that I failed to leave the house at all yesterday, other than to put out the food waste bin. I know it is lockdown 3.0, so I am not meant to be gadding about all over, however I usually manage a daily stomp in…
Continue readingA little ray of hope in an otherwise bleak mid-winter
“I’ve been thinking” I said to Catering (a phrase pretty much guaranteed to make his heart sink) that we are going to need to rationalise some stuff ahead of the house renovations. “What sort of stuff?” he replied cagily. You should know that Catering has a deep reluctance to throw things out (it’s inherited, his…
Continue readingRationalisation – a concept one of us in not entirely comfortable with
It’s Catering’s birthday on Saturday, which means I have another birthday celebration to try and organise in the time of COVID. There is a clear division in the family, I presume along genetic lines, so that unlike the Smallest Boy & me, Catering (and also Alex) does not like a fuss and is really uncomfortable…