I woke at around 1.30am last night hearing strange noises coming from the loft. First there were loud thumps. Then these morphed into pitter patter noises followed by more clanks and bumps. Outside, the wind was howling and the rain was pouring down. I lay there for a while but couldn’t get back to sleep. …
Monthly Archives: January 2009
My light has gone
While cycling down O.K.R I heard a crash and a tinkle on the road behind. I thought oh dear some poor unfortunate soul has dropped something on the road. I thought nothing more of it until I got home and saw that my back light had fallen off. I’m not too gutted about it because …
The floor joists are down
Today was the second loft payment. The guys have been great and have just finished cutting and laying the floor joists. All the metalwork is now bolted into place too. The speed of the next stage hinges on the weather as it needs to be dry because they will start knocking out the roof to …
Interview
Amy has just had her interview for voluntary probation work. It was a nightmare getting to the station because there was a signalling problem causing the trains to stack up at the entrance to London Bridge. In the end she arrived red-faced about half an hour late. The interview went well though and she thinks …
Google G1
I have been playing with the T-Mobile G1 over the weekend. I am very impressed with the overall package. It feels sturdy in the hand and the touch screen is excellent. I dispensed with the manual and just got stuck in. The UI is very intuitive and within a few minutes of playing it you …
Mamma Mia!
Jake has a new favourite DVD, namely Mamma Mirror(as he puts it). He now sings the lyrics to Dancing Queen and Mamma Mia. Evidently he has also been studying the dancing as he now tries to reenact the spins and arm movements. Angel! Jake is back on form after his little ‘wobble’ and is again …
RLJ
Last night on the the way home I did something a little naughty. I was bombing up the Old Kent Road trying to catch an LCC member as I approached a set of traffic lights. Now as far as I am concerned the lights were changing from amber to red as I passed but I …
Loft
The guys have started on the loft. Last Friday we had the scaffolding up. Well not all the scaffolding, they ‘forgot’ the shorter poles for the side of the house. Today I woke to the sound of the builders chatting outside over mugs of tea. They were hoping that the scaffolding would arrive so that …
First day back
The first ‘official’ day back at work. I am hoping that our luck will turn for the better this year. It really did end on a horrible note. It was dark when I left the house, it was also cold and a fresh dusting of snow had fallen during the night. Did I cycle? Did …
Oh noro!
Jake woke in the night crying. We went into his bedroom to see what was wrong and the poor lamb was sitting on his bed with a pile of sick next to him. I picked him up and he continued to be sick a couple of times. He kept saying “I’m poorly” and “I don’t …