UP IN SMOKE

 Blogging is hard when life is normal when nothing is planned when we are doing nothing we want to go to the beach which will mean taking the two dogs with us Bailey is great in the car Pip just wingers all the time which sort of ruins the day out making plans that are for longer than a few hours is hard work as much as I like having dogs its at a price .

Bought a new lawn mower for £118 it was a Mac Allister assembling it one of the fasteners snapped we took it back the  following day and exchanged it for a Bosch the model up from what we had which lasted a good five years .

My daughter is in Gran Canaria holidaying with Josh , Jenson and Freddie wish Helen and I was with them .

Have been listening to " You , Me and the Big C " it is a podcast about three ladies with different forms of cancer one is already dead which i didn't know and one lady Deborah James has days left to live she has raised over the last few days 2.5 million for cancer research and has been made a Dame by the Queen .

SATURDAY - Went over to Helen's parents i pressured washed the paving all around their static home we took over a home made lasagna made with fresh pasta sheets and beef mice along with lemon cheese cake.

SUNDAY - Went looking at some Mexican chimenea's mainly at the clay ones but you have to protect them from the frost put sand or gravel in the base to stop them cracking and seal the clay with a water proof coating cast iron ones are in my opinion a lot more durable sturdy   so i ordered one off Amazon with a swivel mesh grill its over four foot tall be a nice center piece .

Went to the Will O Nat's for Sunday lunch  Helen had a roast dinner i had the fish and chips it is a pub we have driven past numerous times but never called in the food was ok have had worse would have preferred different chips and baked beans instead of peas but never mind it was very filling i left nothing and they only had dark berrie cider on draft which i sampled .

TUESDAY - Went out to a hose that sold flowers bedding plants and chopped up logs for the chimenea also bought a bag of kindling we have fire lighters .

Assembled the chimenea the mesh door did not close right it was also not cast iron the only things made out of cast iron where the feet I am in the process of returning it to the supplier the next one I buy will be on I can actually physically  see. Also the paint burns off after one use so it is going to end up very rusty so why bother painting it .