Fitting It All In.......

 
Hubby had a very busy Saturday, starting with shopping then home for breakfast. He loaded the car with garden tools and went to Daughter's to trim back her large hedge then home for lunch. Finally he mowed our lawns front and back. The rest of the afternoon he treated himself to watching the England v Ireland cricket, and this...

I enjoyed it too. 

End of September and we still enjoyed coffee morning in the garden, didn't even need a cardigan. 

Tuesday 7:30am yawn! Steve from AtoZ Energy Solutions arrived as Hubby had booked them for our cavity wall insulation top up. It had been originally done when the house was new 44 years ago and in the 40 years we have owned this house Hubby has done a lot of internal work that would have caused loss and compression so it's no longer effective. Hubby had gained four quotes from different companies, three of them wanted to suction out what was left before installing new, however this company said they use a product that is not only fully reconstituted plastic bottles but is also fully compatible with what's in there already, so more environmentally friendly, a lot cheaper and a lot quicker.

Thankfully he took a little time to have his breakfast and didn't set up till 8am which gave Hubby the opportunity to admire the equipment.

Then it was an hour of very very noisy drilling all around the house, 48 holes in all. 

This hose was long enough to make it all around the house and not lose any pressure. It took a while to attach the hose to each hole, pump the stuff and then to seal the hole 48 times, but it was so much quieter than the drilling that we didn't mind. Think he was here about three hours including two short coffee breaks and we were so pleased how hard it is to even spot where the holes were. Hopefully this will keep the house a lot warmer. 

Talking about energy money saving, we have signed into the British Gas Sunday saving scheme where if you use electricity between 10am and 4pm on a Sunday you get a discount. We got the statement for August and we saved. 49p! Of course that's the time our solar panels would be active if it's sunny and we had one of those weekends away. Maybe the dark and cloudy winter will save us more. 

NeighbourA came over to tell me that a local pharmacy is now doing flu and covid jabs without appointments, so we stopped there on our way home from a visit to the tip (we go to all the exciting places) and both had both jabs. When we got home I cancelled the booked appointments our surgery had made us as they were three weeks away and the day before our wedding anniversary, so let's get the sore arms and restless night over with now. Really lovely pharmacist did them, wrote down our details, then flu jab in one arm and Pfizer covid jab in the other. I just had mildly sore arms feeling bruised if touched, Hubby did get some shivering towards the evening. I seemed to sleep well. Friday morning I did feel really stiff, I must have found a position that didn't hurt and stayed in it. Hubby said he didn't sleep well at all. 

Friday evening I was meeting FriendLA she chose to book The Sorrel Horse but when I looked on Google to check my route and travel time I was confused by the directions, I've been there before but last time was a long time ago and not what I remembered at all. Hubby checked and said it was because of road closures and diversions. Knowing how bad my sense of direction is and how night driving isn't easy for me now Hubby insisted on driving me there and picking me up, I was so relieved. Had a lovely evening and we've already booked our next meetup when FriendHD can join us too. 

A busy week and looking like a busy October ahead.

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