What A Week!

It has been one of those weeks that you would rather forget.

Last Sunday the table came over from Becky and Dean and all the work clearing out the sideboard and removing it from the room was worth it.  The table fitted in well and there is less clutter.  Mike began staining the chairs in dark oak (they look like new now) and as he was sneezing a good deal we put it down either to the fumes from the wood stain or hayfever which he used to suffer with badly.

However, he then developed a sore throat, temperature and headache and pains all over his body.  Two days later, I went down with it.  We have both been very poorly for the last few days.  We both still have chesty coughs and feel very weak and tired so that has put a temporary halt to any attempts to finish clearing out the loft or doing anything in the garden.

Thankfully the weather has remained mild and we have been able to have the doors and windows open.  Well, we did until..........a new neighbour over at the back of us decided to demolish his garage. Well, yes he is entitled but we are talking about an asbestos roof here.  He set about it with a pickaxe.  Asbestos is supposed to be dealt with in a proper manner, some types of it are more dangerous than others but it should all be treated with respect.  We had dust and bits flying everywhere and this is all started when baby Daniel was playing in the garden.  We have a councillor living a couple of doors up so Mike mentioned it to him.  I know the council took it seriously and informed the health and safety department.  Apparently they paid him a visit because they were concerned as to how he was going to dispose of it.  We are not bad neighbours but you cannot be too careful where health is concerned.  Anyway we still had to put up with him using a pneumatic drill until around 9 p.m. every evening and that lasted several days. Oh the joys of summer.  As if we were not feeling bad enough we had to close the doors and windows.

Becky got a new car about ten days ago.  A beautiful colour and much bigger for the boys who were very cramped up in the old one.  On Tuesday she had a prang in it.  She was very upset as you can imagine.  Becky is a very good driver with a clean record - it was just one of those fluke things that can happen to anyone.  Luckily no injuries were sustained by anybody but the insurance companies are now involved and the car has to go away for repairs and that cannot be done until the end of the month.

Like I said, one of those weeks you would rather forget. 

I sold about eighteen items on Amazon and they went like hot cakes, we were sending parcels out every single day but now things have dried up completely.  I have another fifty items for sale on there and I am praying they do go because I do not now have the room to keep them since we changed things around and they are far too good for a charity shop.  So I am keeping my fingers crossed for some sales.

Well, on a lighter note, I have a lovely new photo of Nathan and Daniel. Neither of them are smiling but it is a beautiful photo all the same and will be going in a frame on our wall.

They are not really anything alike as you can see but then neither were my brothers, people never thought they were related.

As I have not been able to do anything due to this bug I have filled the time by doing competitions in a magazine.  You never know, I just might have some good luck.  I can live in hopes.

Finally, a couple of new shots of our other boys

I shall try to catch up on a few of your journals today and over the weekend.

I hope you have all had a good week and I hope that next week will be better for us.

Until the next time....................