REAL WORLD

 THURSDAY - Bought twenty two bags of plum slate for the opposite side of the drive which is shared by Adam our neighbour we covered all of the soil with the slate .Watching the latest episode of " Gangs Of London" although I have watched them before I  binged watched the first and second series to get refreshed I have also got the first three series of "Godfather Of Harlem" after seeing a trailer on YouTube.

FRIDAY  Went over to York to visit Helens parents we meet up with her cousin Sharon and Craig and headed off to Wetherby whaler in York we all had fish and chips apart from Helen she had scampi .

APRIL - Started having to clock in and out at work its pissing a lot of people off for years they have been signing in and out but not entering the correct time and in some cases leaving work an hour earlier or later than the signing time suggests that they started or left which of course is fraud .Obviously that will now stop so earlier and late buses time to join the real world .

FINISHED

 THURSDAY -Did the front of house or more to the point the front garden area .It has never been a pasture of green , from the house getting built real cheap turf at least it now looks fresh and clean rather than mud looking  .We have thrown down numerous boxes of grass seed over the last four years  , and even  returfed it all to no avail . So bye bye grass we trimmed  the trees back a few days ago . Now the grass is gone for good  the picture below has had thirteen bags of Yorkshire cream gravel it needs another fifteen bags for it to be complete .It needs the liner trimming back  and the wood work on the right needs  repainting so it looks fresh  for around £150 job done .Think it needs a bird bath and a sun dial Helen wants some large silver spheres will see .

FRIDAY - Should be breaking up tonight or Saturday morning but I had a unplanned snow day later on in the year  so I cancelled the  Monday next week annual leave  and have fours days off from Tuesday .

Bought some plum coloured slate makes a nice difference to the right side slate weighs a lot more than the gravel .This part of the garden is finished maybe a few pots .

WHERE WE WAS

 The Little cottage that we rented and lived in when we first moved in to Holmfirth is on the market for £169.950 it as been totally refurbished with new kitchen , bathroom and radiators it looks well nice it also looks bigger than it is .The floor space down is more than the floor space upstairs because of the bathroom that's ben put in the corner originally back in the day it was a mill cottage 

GET A GRIP

 SATURDAY - Water pressure hosed the rear patio some of the green alga was still left behind will have to get some solution to get rid .It does look 100% better and a lot cleaner roll on summer .I also refitted the outside light that came down in the snow fall from the roof I had to fix it through the front plate its slight skewwhiff but its working will have to re drill one side  to pull it level .

SUNDAY - Found some Jeye's fluid put it on the back patio let it dried in whilst I did the front flags and block paving it was quite messy and took quite long to get rid of all the muck I had to move the car after that we cut back some conifers and trimmed some other bushes Helen made the mess and I cleaned it up .

After finally finishing and tidying up and hitting the shower we decided to go to the Wetherby Whaler for fish and chips in the restaurant it was shut for refurbishment so we ended up going to the Sovereign and had fish and chips in beer better very  nice . 

WEDNESDAY - Did the top of the dividing wall with the pressure washer its blowing water from the front of the machine in a word its Fcuked as well as my cordless drill which for some reason longer operates put the handles that Helen bought on her desk and bureau had to cut every bolt down .And we need more handles at least ten to do the rest of the drawer fronts.

 

OLD DESK

 WEDNESDAY - Took Rosie to the groomers for her cut and shampoo it takes around two hours .I hate leaving her I hope she realises she will be back home in a few hours I always talk to her on the drive there she's my princess .She looked super fluffy and clean and all prim and proper hopefully they cut her nails short enough 

THURSDAY - Took the bureau and desk upstairs to Helens office , smashed up the existing Ikea desk vanity unit so I could assemble the new desk and bureau to move everything and refit the desk took a couple of hours preparation takes longer then the actual task .It looks classic and more professional .Every scratch and dent adds character to it just need to fit the new d-handles in matt black they should get here this Saturday another job for my calendar .

CANT MISS IT

 SUNDAY -  Went over to a school in Huddersfield for a Spiritual and well being event you can buy various spiritual objects tarot cards incense stick  dream catchers and the like it was ok Helen bought a few crystal balls and a triangular dream catcher we was there just under three hours once you have been round it twice there is not much left to do .

We went to The Foxglove Inn for Sunday dinner we both decided to order the trio which included  turkey , belly pork and beef we ordered pate to start with before our main dish came the waiter called and said they had run out of beef so I had extra belly pork and Helen had extra turkey .

TUESDAY - Went over to Wortley near Sheffield to pick up a corner office desk and a bureau we went to Wortley Hall grounds to the Chimney Cottage we was told to look for the chimney we was told you cant miss it , the lady selling us the furniture had two white German Shepherd dogs they were gorgeous .

DOGS ON FILM

 SATURDAY -It is quite sunny and the temperature over the last couple of days has improved  although there is still a ground frost most mornings .Latest purchase from Amazon is a Blurams indoor swivel tracking camera it cost under thirty pounds the app and set up really easy .It focus and image quality very good truly impressed obviously you get what you pay for , but to be honest its flawless so far no regrets .We bought so I can see how Helen is when I am away from home due to her health issues also as well as seeing her we can have a live conversation  in real time so its well worth the money . Be nice to see what the dogs and cats get up to when we are out .