Pic of the week 1/5/16
Taken on the evening of Friday 29th April 2016 before Becky & I went to the Prefects Dinner.
Kitchen!
Pic of the week 24/4/16
I think that we can now safely say that the build is “done” (although there is still a lot of decorating to do in the old build) and I think this picture encapsulates the kitchen.
If anything, the pic doesn’t do the vastness of the space justice, but it is a great space – I love it. Worth the disruption and empty bank account!
Run and room
Pick of the week 17/4/16
This rather arty shot neatly summarizes the last week – (at last) we have moved upstairs into our new bedroom, and very nice it is too. And yesterday I ran for the first time in two months, (at last) my knee injury seems to have healed up.
In the background, I am donning my running gear – my florescent jacket matching the yellow of the duvet cover. Co-ordinated, or what!
The Deck that Jeff built
Pick of the week 10/4/16
Deck boards arrived on Friday, the sun shone, and I got building. Made good progress but didn’t finish, and, annoyingly, it was stop start through the April showers on Saturday. However, it’s built, it looks good and I’m pleased with it.
Some more photos:
And here is a before shot:
… and a preliminary stages pic:
Birthday!
Pic of the week 3/4/16
Was my birthday on Monday – 47 years young! This is a pic of me opening my gifts.
Think I’m doing well for my years. I’m going to record my weight as 13st 2lb (compared to 15st 0 last year), swimming regularly: typically 1km at least 3 times a week, with (recently) the odd mile thrown in. Running still on hold due to the knee not quite fully heeling as I’d like. Hair is becoming increasingly “flecked with grey” and (much to Sam’s delight) now starting to noticeably recede at the front, but all told, I think I’m in pretty good nick (others will, I’m sure, disagree!)
Deck & Trellis
Pick of the week 27/3/16
Two for the price of 1 this week!
(Deck & Trellis – sounds like the name of a pub)
A beautiful day on Friday (Good Friday), first day of my hols, and an opportunity to begin building my deck. The pic above just shows the planning phase – at this stage nothing has been dug, or fixed. By the end of the day the first three pads were in place and the joists cut to size. Then, the next day, the rain came and outdoor work has been delayed since.
Also included this pic of me taking down a trellis panel as the deck will just overhang the bed. Removing it should connect the two halves of the garden into one space. Hopefully, when all is completed, one would forget that the trellis was ever there, so I though it important to include a pic of its destruction as a reminder of what went before.
Colour Run
Pick of the week 20/3/16
On Friday ran a colour run for Sports Relief.
Gate
Pick of the week 13/3/16
Spent a part of the day putting up our gate. Rather proud of the end result.
Blue skies, too! Perhaps Spring is bouncy its way along.
Mother’s Day
Pick of the week 6/3/16
Mother’s day – my two children with their Mum.
(Looking a bit like a GAP advert against the sheer white of our new kitchen!)
I have the power …
Pic of the week 28/2/16
… to fix the shower.
Perhaps not the most glossy of pics but we had our new shower installed on Monday and by Tuesday it was dripping like mad. And this annoyed me.
So I did my research and I drew the conclusion that the problem was centered around the shower cartridge. A replacement cartridge is circa £50, and I had resigned myself to buying a new one and replacing the one installed. But before I did, I thought I’d try a little experiment. I put the shower on full cold and turned it on and off a few times, adjusted the temp, back on full cold, on & off again: my theory being that the problem was probably caused by a bit of grit in the system, or the cartridge just not re-seating properly.
Anyway, it appears to have fixed the problem, so well worth a pic of the week!
I also adjusted the max temp (upwards), see pic below (turn anti-clockwise to increase temp: 90 deg. turn = approx 1 deg temp.)
(for future ref, here is the link to the PDF instructions for the Mira Pronta EV shower)