14th January 2022 - More Pizza Patio in the Cold

Thought for the day :"I’ve offered my elderly neighbour £10 to have a go on her stair lift... I think she's going to take me up on it."

A really bright crisp cold morning - up at 9 and let the girls out and broke the ice on the water containers, Toby was not sure about walking on all the white stuff but stuck with it ...

Had a quiet couple of hours as it was really cold and facing the outside was a little daunting - until we got to lunchtime and we walked the fields...

Afternoon was back to the pallet breaking and the wall building for the Pizza Patio..

Working on the design of pallet paneling - would have been easier to do it straight but is has been fun .

So - another day ..

Cheers !

13th January 2022 - More Patios

Thought for the day :"My partner left me because of my constant puns about star signs... It finally Taurus apart..."

Gosh it was cold this morning. The Frost was crisp and the world was white. 

In fairness we have had a fairly temperate winter so far so today was a bit of a special day.

But for me it was the electric fire in the living room and some admin -

Did some updates on Vic's Pension 

Changed address on my Santander business account 

Sorted the finance for the car insurance 

Contacted the car insurance and booked the windscreen replacement for next Monday

Will have to go to Swansea but that is okay - sadder is that to get the calibration done for the windscreen the car has to have a full tank of diesel - and I wanted to sell straight after !!

Ho Hum - nothing is easy 

Susie has managed to find a recipe for Tiger Bread and though it is a little stodgy she says - because she did not cook it long enough it is very tasty.

Apparently Erin's recipe book is coming up aces as Nancy has made the scones / or was it donuts - well one of them - and they are great .. Think we may try them as well 

Walked the dogs today as I was away all day yesterday..

Sometimes you just have to smell the flowers

The long and winding road 

The Tree that we logged 

And today's efforts on the Pizza Patio
Th back section is now solid and supported and level  

So started the paneling 

decided on a diagonal motif...

It was very cold working though - so will try again tomorrow 

Cheers !

12th January 2022 - Llanelli Trip and Car negotiations

Thought for the day :"My wife told me she wanted a spa day for her birthday... I'll tell her it's pronounced 'spade' when I give it to her later.."

Call yesterday from the dentist to remind me that I had an appointment today..

Text this morning (after I had left for the drive back to Llanelli) to say my dentist had called in sick so could we re-schedule - of course I did not read it until I got to the dentist but in fairness they managed to put me with another dentist - it was only for a checkup and they decided to take a few x-rays for good luck so I do not have to go back for 6 months...

So was not a wasted journey.

Called in on old No 41 as there were workmen in the front stripping the walls and everything!

Picked up some mail and did some visiting ...

Took the car (Qashqai) for a wash and then to "We buy any car" who offered me £12,049 if I had the windscreen fixed.

Called at J J Motors where I bought it and they offered me £13,000.

Seems the settlement cost is £12,700 so I can walk away with £300 for my trouble.

So I agreed - need to get the windscreen fixed tomorrow - or at least book it in....

 

So looks as thought we will be downsizing to a single Landy household. Seems about right.

So not much news today and nothing really to report...

So Cheers !

11th January 2022 - More Pallets

Thought for the day :"A naked man fears no pickpocket"

Had a gadabout in the new Landy this morning and towed the trailer up to Beulah to get some layer's pellets and some cat food for the Peacocks - yes they eat Cat food !

picked up another five pallets and broke them into planks and left the main frame as the backing for the pizza patio...

More prep and more dog walking ...

and n o , the pallet on the far left is not yet in position and leveled up - just resting ..

But another stage forward  (no pun intended)

 

Cheers 

10th January 2022 - Broke some pallets

Thought for the day :"A grenade thrown into a French kitchen may result in linoleum blown apart"

A day of preparation - meaning that I broke some more pallets up.

Walked the dogs, and took a bag of chippings down to the chickens 

and broke some pallets and took all the nails out..

That was enough for one day to be honest

 So Cheers !

9th January 2022 - A quickie - Patio preparation

Thought for the day :"Theory is hard in theory, but easy in practise, but Practise is easy in theory but hard in practice"

oops 

missed this day somehow 

Chipped tree slowly getting moved down to the chicken run 

 

Barbecue patio on the way ...

All the flat area now levelled out and ready to go ..

another stage forward ..

Cheers !

8th January 2022 - New Landy - naming may be more difficult

Thought for the day :"If you ever get locked out – talk to the lock – remember Communication is the key!"

Got a new car ...

Susie calls it "Bowie" because it is his birthday today 

I call it Agnes as it is the Widow Wagon !!

Cheers !