{"id":6067,"date":"2022-10-20T14:15:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/?p=6067"},"modified":"2022-10-20T14:16:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:16:43","slug":"pm-resigns-bedroom-is-painted-and-amy-is-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog360.back2sq1.co.uk\/?p=6067","title":{"rendered":"PM resigns, bedroom is painted, and Amy is 18!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Amy at Morston a few weeks ago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Two big events this week: the Prime Minister resigned and our guest bedroom has been redecorated. Not sure which is more chaotic. Strangely the redecoration of one room seems to affect the whole house. Similarly the resignation\u2026all right, you get the idea. Actually there were three big events: today Amy is 18!! Rather puts the other events in the shade, now I think about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, back to last Saturday, which marked three days out of four without a bath! Quite clean, though. David FTd us following Norwich City\u2019s 2-1 loss to Watford, which we watched on NOW TV, after I had spent about half an hour setting it up. Went through long process and was then told I needed the app! Aargh. It\u2019s as if they don\u2019t want you to use it. Still, was just in time for kick-off. Watched it on my iPad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier went to see Paul and Holly, who was up for her mum\u2019s birthday. Maryta still pretty bad, scarcely saying a word to her daughter. Paul looked very tired. Even the dog is in a bad way, its legs very weak. Renewed our membership of Scottish National Trust – \u00a387.  Dot spent a long time preparing the guest room for Barry to paint it, and I helped in a small way, as well as keeping the kitchen tidy and improving my study. Rang appliance repair guy twice but had no reply. Still, managed to cook a pizza in the upper oven. Took some old clothes up to St Luke\u2019s to assist those in need, and had a chat with John Easton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday was fairly mild; dry till evening. Felt quite under the weather in the morning: not sure why. Better later. Drove to church and led service. Carrie came late because she had been Ill and Al was also in a bad way. Afterwards Dot went with Anna and Sophie and Graham to see Phyllis, who is very frail. I took Ray and Chris home and waited for Dot in Thomas Tawell car park. Went for walk with Dot after lunch – brief encounters with Sarah and then Bob and Mary. Started watching Wisting<\/em> – a new Norwegian noir. Also saw an hour of Nicola Benedetti playing various pieces – stunning talent and a really nice person too. Went to bed early to read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday was drizzly to start with, but later quite warm and sunny. Dot got up early to greet Barry, who arrived at 8 to paint the guest bedroom. He\u2019s done quite a lot. Later Andrew Brierton rang and then came to fix the cooker, but we couldn\u2019t reproduce the fault. He did however show us how to fix the filter on the hood and the easy way to replace the bulbs. We are now testing the cooker on and off to see if it\u2019s OK. It is so far.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went up to church and we were able to have a Bible study, with Leanne, Alison and Stacey. Lots of other people around too, including Darsha. After Barry had gone Dot and I went to Homebase to buy cooker bulbs and to Dunelm to get curtain rod, then to Morrisons to buy food. Later did dome reading; also watched MOTD2<\/em> and two of the Four Quartets performed by Ralph Fiennes; followed by a film, The Running Man<\/em>, which had some good points – specifically Lee Remick – but was weak in script and photography, though fairly entertaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday I spent too much time trying to make my Facebook account work properly on my Desktop. Gave up in the end. It\u2019s fine on my iPad and phone. Quite a pleasant day weather-wise. Barry is still painting. I gave Stacey (church) a lift to Hughes on Hall Road to buy a fridge-freezer. In the end she paid about \u00a3320 for one she hadn\u2019t seen because it was in the carton. Hmm. Dropped her off at Steve\u2019s, who had taken an autism test and done \u201cbadly\u201d.  Not sure what that means. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caught up on stuff again, then went to see Norwich City lose 0-1  to Luton. This was definitely \u201cbadly\u201d. City had a man sent off and didn\u2019t seem to have any energy or much idea what they were doing. Luton weren\u2019t particularly good either, but they scored. We should have scored twice. Took Des because Jonathan was at the theatre. Watching Ralph Fiennes recite (by heart) the third of Four<\/em> Quartets.<\/em> Interesting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday was quite pleasant, dry and mild. Barry with us from 8am again. Spent some time helping him to get the curtain pole on straight. He also painted the downstairs loo. Total for three days: \u00a3350. Dot got the guest bedroom looking really nice, and I spent ages putting the books back in the bookcase, but in some sort of order. Quite pleased with the result. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Started writing sermon, but didn\u2019t get far. Bridget came and did some cleaning. Still lots of stuff all over the house, waiting to be put away. Dot went to orchestra with Janet in the evening, and it went very well. I took some more clothes to St Luke\u2019s and tried to give them some books, but they weren\u2019t interested. Afterwards walked over to station and got some cash out \u2013 mainly to get my steps up. Read some of Imagine Heaven<\/em>, and when Dot got home we watched the penultimate episode of Doc Martin<\/em>. Sadly Spurs lost 2-0 to Man Utd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today it rained most of the day, often quite hard, but it wasn\u2019t too cold. Dot went to buy boxes to pack up redundant stuff. Helped clear up in morning, but by lunchtime was exhausted, partly because I had a bad night last night. And of course there\u2019s a lot of dust about, largely as a result of the Prime Minister resigning\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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