Spreading yourself around....

Just to Prove that No.3 son can use tools when he tries!

 Wow, what a week, we don't seem to have had any time to ourselves this week.  I've not even picked up the guitar (sorry Pete).  We have moved all Gary's workshop into our workshop in preparation for his moving into his new house.  This means that we had some major heavy stuff to shift between us compressor, thickness/planer, radial arm saws etc.  And then we moved all his now empty wardrobes to make it easier when the moving day arrives.

New bunded oil tank in place.

San and I have more or less finished everything in the house, we are just waiting for the decorator now.  We expected him this week as he had promised the last week in July but as of today we have not seen hide nor hair of him.  If he doesn't get here next week we shall do the work ourselves but would rather not even though it would save us a great deal of money.  We wait with baited breath.

And the shed put back.

John had decided that his old steel heating oil tank was getting past it's sell by date and he didn't want to risk filling it up and ending up with a thousand litres of oil in his back garden.  So with this in mind he asked if I would help him remove the old tank and install a new one whilst he was off work for the week.  He ordered the tank on Monday and it was delivered Wednesday morning and between this time we had to disconnect and remove the old one, create a new base at the appropriate level to make it work without the need for a tiger loop.  Suffice to say we succeeded and the new tank is now filled with oil and waiting for the change in the weather which must be coming soon!

Church all cleaned from top to bottom.

Geoff being productive with the polish.

 Sandra's preparations for her dads flower festival are now in full swing and seem to be going very well.  One of the things she actioned herself to do at her last meeting was to give the church a thorough clean out.  This was our job for today and tomorrow but we've cracked on really well today and completed it.  Cob webs high up in the stained glass windows would have stopped Indiana Jones in his tracks!!  Geoff also came and gave us a hand cleaning the brass and polishing the wood work, he's a star, Sandra told him this is being done for his benefit so he shouldn't be doing it but would he listen... Anyway they are now all cleared out and all is polished and cleaner than a clean thing, we however, are shattered.

San, double buggered!

I think tonight we may go for an Indian meal and then sleep all day tomorrow, well maybe not the sleeping bit.

We have had some really nice emails and telephone calls this week from people who who don't get to see that often, it does help us to keep cheerful when all around is going tits up :-)