Monday 20th October 2014 to Sunday 26th October 2014

Monday 20th October 2014
Up at 5.35.  Dog walked. Papers fetched. Into office for 8.20.  Stressy day but that's what life is supposed to be about!  Never mind.  Home for 6.15.  Tea, then dog walk.  Then a last undercoat for Phil's cupboard doors.  Still dried cracky so top coat going on - am not putting a 6th coat on it and the missus likes it anyway.   Painted the skirting board that had the lovely green on it another coat and also put a coat on the radiator prior to a top coat tomorrow.  Helped Lucy with her maths homework, - find the mean - at last some maths I can do!  Huzzah.  Wanted to watch Man Utd game on the goggle box but Sky have switched off  the sports (was hoping the bleeders had forgotten but they ain't - anyway £23 a month from 7th November).  Took pooch another small walk then bed.

Cracking job done by Jason and Stuart last week putting backing paper on.  Will all be done by end of week

This is the cupboard that is being such an arse - losing count of how many coats of undercoat have gone on. 

Tuesday 21st October 2014
Up at 5.30, headache again - think the paint is getting to me!!   Never mind, took the pooch a walk up town.  Weather is a bit iffy today as we get the remnants of Ex-Hurricane Gonzalez (like an ex-Girlfriend,??).  All good stuff.  Got papers and got home relatively dry.  Little dog is on top form again. Got to work for 8am which was good too.  Funny old day at work.  Got home at 6.30, tea then dog walk in mad howling wind.  Wet feet but never mind.  Then put a coat of satin matt on the door and all the skirting board I'd already put undercoat on.  Pleased to say that it's taken very well so think a bit of touching up hear and there and it will be done and dusted! Had a few episodes of Count Arthur to keep me entertained in the background and tomorrow it will be the Planet Rock radio player running on me phone!

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Up at crack of dawn.  Parked up near the rec for a change to walk the dog which went fairly well except for a police van had parked behind me when got back to car after getting papers.  So had to put pooch in the back seat (she normally rides up front with me).  Anyway, she was good as gold and we got home for about 6.20am.  Shaved then did a bit in Phil's bedroom, then showered, breakfast and off to work , in for 8.20.   Group after work.  1.5lb off - better than I'd hoped. Then home, tea, dog walk, sifting carpet and painting skirting board in Phil's bedroom.  Took door off again  bit of filling and sanding.  Hoped it'd dry to get a second coat on but it wasn't to be.   So... took dog another walk.  Bed.

Thursday 23rd October 2014
Up at 5:30. Dog walked.  Shaved, got stuff ready for work.  Put another coat on the skirting board.  Hopefully can get it finished off tomorrow.  Got to take missus to Nottingham tonight so not going to get at it later (at least don't think I'll have time).  Time-consuming day today.  Yikes. Got home, tea, no time for nowt else.  Nottingham so missus could see Peter Andre with two mates as Royal Concert Hall.  I went to Cinema over road to see 7.45 showing of Fury which started at 8.15 (30 minutes of ads and trailers and I didn't get in until about 7.55).  Anyway it was good but gory - not a hell of a lot of character development or plot but it was very authentic.

It finished and as I was coming out of Cineworld folks over the road were streaming out of the Royal Concert Hall so know for the future that a film starting at 7.45 and lasting 2hrs 15m should be just about right.  Also need to remember for next time to do a Tesco Clubcard exchange as then an adult ticket is £4.50 which would save a fiver!  Got home for midnight, took dog a little walk and then bed.

Friday 24th October  2014
Up at 5.30, dog walked papers fetched, into the office for 8am.  Got the numbers finished for September for a project I'm on.  Took a cake in for Cancer Research and Leicestershire Air Ambulance fund raising.  Got home - more work on Phil's bedroom.  8.59 got front row tickets for Count Arthur Strong next March at Buxton Opera House.  All good stuff.

Saturday 25th October 2014
Up early.  Last coat of paint on skirting board. Dog walked.  Papers fetched.  Breakfast fetched.  Took dog another walk while waiting for paint to dry.

Got back, started banging on White emulsion using a pad for the first time - after getting used to make sure you don't overload it, it worked grand. Got three walls and ceiling done and a second coat on a third of it later on.  Took dog a walk, noticed a sign to keep dogs under control was falling off so went back to get impact driver and a few screws to sort it out.  Got to post to screw it on and noticed had lost the bit to screw it with.  Great.  Scanned with torch a few times but couldn't find the bloody thing.  Watched Doctor Who with Lucy, tried to stay up a bit later so when clocks go back I wouldn't be too knackered.

Sunday 26th October 2014
Up early due to halfwits in the neighborhood whistling at 4.30 in the morning.  Took pooch a walk.  Came back to bed, got up at 7am, took her another walk.  Got painting to finish off the white.  By noon was banging on the blue after masking off all the skirting, finished pretty much by 2pm.

At 3.45 we took Lucy and her mate Grace to Middleton-by-Wirksworth for a sleep-over with her mate Philippa.  At 5pm we were at me mum and dad's for a bob-on tea.  Took pooch another walk while we there.  When got back to Ashbourne did some snagging where masking tape had taken paint off here and there - got to be careful as we have bugger-all white paint left in the can! Bed for 10.20.