What are you all up to

We do not find we need to redecorate very often, in 33 years we have re- done all the (emulsion) once, 4 rooms, out of 10, bathrooms are all tiled, have been done twice.  I expect if we moved the furniture we would find they all need to be done!

We do most painting ourselves, including the wooden windows which are done outside in Butinox wood stain so last for many years,  but we did get in a man to do all the high up fascias and soffits last year.

Inside we have no woodwork to be painted, it is all varnished, but having looked at my pension increases, 1.7% on my state pension and 0.46% on my company pension, we will be doing anything needed ourselves and keeping the "holiday money" for other things!

Our original blinds, 33 years back, were verticals plus some rollers.  We replaced most of the verticals in 2015 with wooden venetians, rollers are still rollers, 4 original and one replaced twice.

Very  little sun here today, and quite windy.  We had to wait in for the FIT meter reader to come, then I spent the afternoon under DD's floor tidying up cables.  Have installed a light and a socket in her outside store, so tomorrow will be putting in trunking for the exposed cables.

Aged Sister got her second vaccination on Sunday,  no problems there !! Not even the 'Aching Arm'  syndrome which struck, mildly, first time around. Have to admit tho' that she is not aware of the maker, so I'll have to take extra care on Wednesday when I go to the same place for my second.  It's no problem but I'm just curious as to whether there is any official guidance on which follows what ??

After a late start you all seem to have been oh, so very busy this afternoon whilst I was sat sitting on my mate's garden furniture discussing his t-t-trailer tent which was providing sterling service as a handy table for the coffee cups  

I understand we have the same vaccine for both doses ABM. Good that we are getting our 2nd jabs. Glad to hear that you had a nice sociable afternoon.

We were both given a card with the type of vaccine and the batch number. When we go for our second jab at the end of April I expect we will have to hand that in and the second dose recorded as there is space.

David

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Had my second Pfizer eight weeks after the first. Felt a bit flu like the next day as previously, so by the time I go away in the Moho I should be as near covid-proof as possible.

Same for us, as you and DK, and have also noticed the variety of reported procedures however, both of us, our eldest daughter and another family member we took for her jab have all made the appointments, both first & second, via the NHS website which was very easy to understand and use.

I saw report yesterday that suggested those who have had Covid could see the effects of the vaccine multiplied by a factor of 6 so, having had it last November, will need to extra vigilant re being hit by a bus!

"We do not find we need to redecorate very often, in 33 years we have re- done all the (emulsion) once, 4 rooms, out of 10, bathrooms are all tiled, have been done twice. I expect if we moved the furniture we would find they all need to be done!"

Wow!, bungalow we now live in had been completely re-modernised when we moved in some 12 years ago, so all paint was new, this is the second time we have painted it since moving in, but i think the problem has been, the new plaster just absorbded the emulsion but hopefully it is now well saturated. Being close to the coast is great but we do ship in a lot of dusty sand thought Scotland was bad when soil dust blew in off the fields.

Fantastic day again, window cleaner coming today to do inside and out before we put the new blinds up, skint now, will need to go back to work

Gdaughters bike in back of car waiting to go and get a new tyre fitted, shredded after cycling whilst flat  , used to fit these myself, but much easier to put into repair shop and not that much more expensive than doing it yourself. 

I'd  assume that as well, Millie, but I was given a choice of three ( 3 ) different centres for my 2nd vax whereas I was just " Told where to go " for the original. So I'm left wondering { purely for my own inquisitive nature } if all centres now have the ability to hold the different medications with the different storage requirements..

Confused of Crewe

 

{ Still I should find out tomorrow if I remember to inquire !! }

 

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  I'm sitting here squinting at the screen 'cos the sun is beating down delightfully ~~ apart from shouting out Brian Get Your Windows Cleaned immediately after Lunch  grrrrr

We haven't got a clue when we'll get our second vacc. and don't know how far in advance we'll be given the dates. Looks like it could coincide with our first attempt to get away so we're hoping it wont spoil our plans.

Cloudier here today but not cold, visiting dog arriving any minute and more jobs to do outside. All the seeds in the greenhouse have sprouted, veg and flowers, so further work ahead.