We live a very privileged existence right now not going without much that we either need or want but that does not mean we are in any way shape or form rich or affluent it just means that we choose what is important to us to spend our money on, yes the bathroom needs decorating […]
Found this in drafts (unpublished) from 2011 The reflection thing is just a joy to watch she asks for the “Reagan” (which is the mirror) when we’re in the bath and all she wants is to see herself and pull faces move her hands lay down stand up etc etc and all the time she […]
The worst thing happened at Ice Skating tonight after Lincoln missed last week through injury Reagan was moved up a class leaving her brother in the lower one. She looked so shocked but also immensely proud of herself as she skated over to her new class and started learning new stuff. Lincoln was fine, although […]
As Jamie left Harley Street this evening, gushing at how well her day had gone, I could hear the absolute glee in her voice as she told me how well her presentation to all the bigwigs of London Womens Clinic had gone, and that she had made some of them so emotional that they actually […]
As I have blogged on many many occasions I have played pool on a Wednesday since the early 80s and I do like it but my team Steventons are struggling a bit this season and it’s now we have strong languishing at the bottom of the table. I am the captain and if I waver […]
Forgot to blog tonight so will make it a quick one a second coat of wood preserver added and prototype #1 is looking good but what to do with it… Started thinking about my next one with a different design and cheaper materials which will be saleable with hopefully a 50% profit margin Then there […]
It took me 40 minutes to do one coat of wood preservative tonight proving that if I had done it last night at 5pm when I finished the build I could have done a second coat too. The fact that I went with Jamie shopping for a couple of hours in the afternoon, yesterday, also […]
OK, I chose not to paint my “prototype” tonight not because I did not have time but because I just thought I wanted to take some photos of it in daylight before I do, but I did meet my deadline and could easily of done a couple of coats of wood preserve this evening. As […]
Trying to keep on track to make tomorrow nights deadline I made a late start in the shed and soon realised that the best tool to use to trim the sides to size wood be the router table which had sat in the corner since I bought it back in November and had not even […]
With all the wood bought and available I worked from the cutting list I had generated using https://www.opticutter.com/ and set about chopping it up soon realising just how good it was creating very minimal wastage meaning highly cost effective going forwards too Once I had gotten the wood for the sides and legs cut to […]