We have completed the painting including gloss work in the master bedroom although it is drying overnight.  We have also had the carpet requirements measured up and have ordered the carpeting – hopefully it will be fitted within the week.  Then the bed that we ordered on Monday can then be delivered and put in place, making it a room that we can sleep in once again.  Elliot will be very pleased to have us out of his room – last night all four of us were in there sleeping given that Olly was under yet another of his now infamous temperature issues 🙁  It started yesterday at 1pm…

We arranged to take Olly to the doctors this morning although typically by the time we got there the drugs had done their job nicely meaning that he was on top form and demonstrated no issues whatsoever.  However, we did learn from the investigation that it is indeed his tonsils again.  So that is the third time in under three weeks.  We also learned that the medical folks prefer to not take them (the tonsils) out nowadays, unlike when Simon and Tim were younger where they ripped them out a little more readily.  That said, when pressed, the doctor did suggest that if 6 incidences of tonsillitis occur in a 12 month period, ten they do tend to seriously consider their removal.  When Simon pointed out that we were well on track, with 3 diagnosis’ in just over 3 weeks, the doctor did somewhat go quiet.  We went in well prepared with a list of each and every incident since 2009 🙂

The cold weather from the weekend seems to have been held away for the last couple of days as we are enjoying 8 to 10 degrees Celsius as opposed to -4 to -5 Celsius that we (ahem) enjoyed at the weekend.

The fitbit that Simon purchased last week is pushing him quite well, so much that Simon actually walked down to the shop and took a very long way home to get his daily steps up above his target 🙂  Apparently the device is something that we all should have – the question is when should the user get involved in all the other crap that can be integrated into it? 😉

So, a new week commences, more ice found on cars and more household upgrades are taking place.  Also, daddy turned the heating from always on (as we set it for when Becca and Matt stayed over the weekend watching the dogs for us) to OFF (dummy thought he had switched it over to time controlled – NOPE – just OFF 🙁 ) so it was slightly colder in the house this morning – BUT not freezing as we might have expected given it was -% Celsius overnight…

The ice on the windscreen on bobby this morning took the better side of 10 minute to be cleared, before daddy could get to the gym. 🙁  Then, when he did get to the gym, it seems that the few days off have really set daddy back somewhat 🙁 Just goes to prove that you really do have to stay on your game in the fitness place…

We have been to order a new bed this morning and are heading out to look at carpets tomorrow – hopefully we can get the two in place by mid next week which then gives us a few days to sort the decorating…

Now, onto Crash Mode….   After collecting Tim from his hotel on Sunday morning, we noted that the interior lights were on in the car and we could not extinguish them – we then also noticed that the dashboard was not displaying the speed as per normal, but instead was listing something called Crash Mode and that we should refer to the owners manual.  SO Tim began looking in the manual but was unable to find the words Crash Mode – possibly due to the high levels of alcohol no doubt still affecting his eyes 🙂  Anyway, we pulled over and chose to reboot the engine – thankfully, not only did the engine start up second time around, but it also cleared the Crash Mode from the system.  Astons definitely don’t have the most robust computer and electrical systems in the world – good job they look like they do and roar like they do 🙂

The safe was fitted this morning and already has the watches safely stored inside along with the spare keys for the cars (well, ALL of Tina’s keys are in there 🙂 ).  Finger print scanner and 6 digit passcode protection is the name of the game – the unit itself has been secured to the floor by bolt AND some mega epoxy – as the guy said, this safe is not coming out of this house without a fight 🙂

The chap that is building our bedroom furniture is really cracking on well – he should be done by Thursday night – a full day early – spot on given we are heading North for the weekend 🙂

It looks better than we imagined it would and the lights etc that are built into it are pretty neat.  The main wardrobes and bed side cabinets should be fully completed today leaving the entranceway to be finished tomorrow.

Mummy has been out in search of bed linens and shirts for the buys (and a pair of replacement pants for Olly – he seems to have lost a little weight since just before Christmas so his suit pants are too big 🙁

Simon has just ordered a new set of weighing scales for the house as they have wifi built in and will automagically detect who it is that is stood on them and then update their weight online, ready for analysis via the iphone / ipad / pc etc – pretty cool.  On top of this, he has ordered a FitBit Ultra wireless fitness pedometer that also monitors sleep patterns – all the above is put together and an iPhone app can be used to input foods intaken as well as gym sessions / bike rides accomplished to calculate where he is going wrong with either lack of fitness or too much food (or indeed both)….

• Withings Body Scale
• FitBit Ultra

Let’s see if this helps him shift a bit of lard… 🙂

Mummy took Olly to the doctors this afternoon to have him checked over given the number of times that he has experienced high temperatures a few times recently.

Apparently he has tonsillitis again  and given the history the doctor suggested that we could compile a list of when he has been ill over the last few weeks / months / years together with symptoms etc.  That way we can go back in three weeks and present the details of the experience to see if it could help with a diagnosis of an ongoing issue that may need more work.

Maybe we are going to get somewhere in finding out if there’s something underlying that needs a resolution…

We spent the weekend (BIG thanks to David T and to Greg) putting new electrical points in the bedroom and moving those that are already in there in preparation for today.  Sharps arrived at 8:15 this morning and have already commenced the mammoth task of building up the furniture that they delivered last Tuesday.  It will take 5 days and then we will be able to put the bed back in and begin the task of selecting a new bed, new carpet and re-decorating (groan).  David also helped Simon pop 16 Cat6e network cables in between the garage (computer centre) and the main loft area of the house ready to spider out into all the other necessary rooms etc – a job Simon has wanted to do for 4+ years now and should fully prepare us for the future – allowing us the possibility to put all AV equipment out in the garage leaving just TV’s and speakers in the rest of the house 🙂

Simon and Greg then spent 3 hours on Sunday with plaster board and plaster.  There is still some plaster and paintwork to be done in the room behind where the new wardrobes will be, so Simon is hoping that the last layer will be dry tonight so that he can complete the plaster work tonight and then hopefully the painting cane be done tomorrow night (fingers crossed).

We are also chasing the bathroom and kitchen folks this week as they are due to start here as early as next week – the house will be upside down for at least a month 🙁

We have Olly in to see the doctor this afternoon as his temperature issues are not getting any better although the symptoms are slightly changing.  His temperature once under control seems to suddenly just go out of control within 10 minutes – there used to be around 30 minutes to 1 hour of advanced notice.  Also, he is shivering now – not done that before really.  The Doctor that mummy and Olly saw on Saturday night (yes we had to go to the drop in centre) suggested that he just had a virus and that this was his body’s way of dealing with it – seems sensible until you think that this suggests he has a virus at least once a month.  In fact the doctor was actually pretty rude and in fairness uninterested it seems.  Daddy is left wondering if the guy thought that mummy just wanted Olly admitting into hospital for some reason…..

The end of the week sees us all travelling north to Claire and Mike’s wedding on Saturday – we are going in 2 cars since the DB9 is going to be used for the day.  Sadly it won’t easily fit onto Greg’s trailer so we are having to go 2’s up 🙂