Terrific weekend – now back to it for 3 weeks

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Rusty

We have sadly come out of the other side of a terrific weekend – Saturday was a day of BBQ over at Rob and April’s and despite the rain (there was LOTS of it), it was a truly fantastic day – Rob made some pulled pork that was literally the best pulled pork we have ever experienced – just WOW. Wine and laughter accompanied good friends and the kids just played and played all day, with the finale being some fireworks that Tracey had found in their garage.

Then yesterday, we went over to grandma and granddad’s for another BBQ and again the food was great, the conversation great but to really top it the sun came out, and came out for real – it was a scorcher, so being sat in the BBQ pit area was simply delightful – hot sun mixed with little clouds and no wind made for perfect conditions. IT did mean that we were all dreaming of our holidays which are only three weeks away, but it still feels like an eternity away….

All of this following daddy’s results from his over 40’s medical check up – all OK except cholesterol levels which are sadly rather high 🙁 Presently the level is 5.9 and really needs to be under 5.1 apparently. Also, when this was checked back in 2009, the level was 4.5 so something is not going in the right direction 🙁 On the plus side, his chance of heart attack etc is only 3.03% in the next 10 years so that is a positive – now just to sort the diet to lose the extra weight that has appeared in the last 2 months and work on reducing the cholesterol… Typical, with a holiday coming up…

Toilet pans and sinks

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Rusty

have been the main source of irritation in our household this weekend as for some reason neither of them wanted to seal properly 🙁

Poor Uncle Tim has torn his hair out over them both – so our progress while forward moving has not been quite as we might have liked – that said, having no leaks is ever so slightly more important than finishing the job on time 🙂

We now have the tiles that we need to sort the shower area, the shower itself is fully operational and the area has been marked up for tile location. We have even cut out the tile that will house the shower controls in the middle.

We still need to collect some additional tiles for the splash back behind the sink etc and arrange for a plasterer to come and sort our holes etc. We might consider asking the same person to do the actual tiling as time is now well and truly against us all sadly.

We will get there eventually…

En-suite a go-go

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Rusty

This weekend, Uncle Tim has been helping (well doing the driving) daddy remove the old toilet and washbasin etc from the master bedroom en-suite before beginning the build out of the new cabinets and associated goodies to give us a new bathroom.

As we finished up tonight, we have all the old stuff sat in the garage awaiting the mini skip next weekend and the new cabinets are all in place in the en-suite. The new shower control valve is in place and we still need to choose tiles for the shower and also fit the shower pipe and head. We decided to go for a ceiling mounted shower head to maximise the shower function while reducing the need to cut tiles for the shower head etc. hopefully, the new shower pipe will be delivered during the week along with an extra long waste pipe for the toilet pan.

It is already looking really good but we will need to arrange for a plasterer to come and sort out the holes in the bedroom wall where the British Gas engineer cut to find the leak back in February as well as a few bits within the en-suite itself.

Hopefully next weekend will see the units finished and fully operational together with a fully operational shower and that we have chose some tiles etc.

Then, once a plasterer has been, we can get the tiling done, fix up the skirting boarding, have some flooring laid and re-decorate. So we are probably looking at another month before we are ready to go, but it will be so worth it 🙂

Elliot’s rash

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Rusty

Last Saturday daddy was alerted (by Elliot) to an itchiness that Elliot was suffering from over his upper body. Upon quick inspection he was covered in little welts that looks rather like MASSIVE nettle stings 🙁

We decided a visit to the drop-in centre was a good call given that only 18 months earlier he has experienced a rather frightening reaction to something at school that ensured a swift delivery into the A&E department at Pinderfields.

We were seen rather quickly but by the time we did get in front of the consultant nurse, most of the welts had vanished 🙁 Following the consultation he was given some antihistamines and we were sent on our way. By the time we got back in the car, the welts had returned of course.

Anyway the antihistamines handled his runny nose and itchy eyes (I know these had not been mentioned previously but were deems less important over the welts 🙂 ) but not the welts in the way that had been suggested.

Over the next few days the poor soul has suffered significantly over these appearing and disappearing welts although thankfully now on Thursday, they have all gone and normal service would appear to have been resumed.

Not the best way for Elliot to enjoy his second week of summer holiday although it was not entirely while we were away and he has not been prevented from doing the things that he has wanted to so all has been OK really.