Off to work for me this morning. It was a busy Saturday morning and I got to have my teabreak with Jody – the Man Who Works at the Library :lol:. He had a girl come in last week and ask him out so he’s been getting all sorts of pre-date advice from the many women who work with him, it’s hilarious :lol:. He is the stereotypical tall, dark and handsome, works out, has a tan and looks rather like action man. I suspect personally that he replicates Action man in other areas and may well not strip down any further than a pair of pants with his name on 😆 The very idea of a 28 year old man still living at home with his mother, bringing his lunch in a box she packed for him and being happy in the company of a gaggle of middle aged women workmates is slightly odd to me but he takes it well when I take the piss out of him so he is entertaining company to share a tea break with :).
I came home and we had lunch. Ady and the children had been playing on pcs and xbox, done some light housework including oven cleaning and were all in good spirits. Slightly different to what goes on here on a morning when I’m home and Ady’s at work :oops:. They were all quite boisterous though (suspect junk food consumption) so I decreed that we had to go out somewhere in the afternoon. We decided on a localish NT property that we’ve passed off the A23 a few times but never visited. Except Ady was too busy chatting to me and drove past the turning for the A23 so we decided to go on to an animal sanctuary we’d passed on the way home from Bedgebury last weekend instead.
We arrived at 3pm and they closed at 4pm so it was a brief wander round Raystede but it was good. We spent ages with the various birds – cockatoos, cockatiels, parrots etc and then the wildfowl birds too – ducks, geese and loads of chickens. We looked at the cats and the rabbits but ran out of time for the guinea pigs and goats. We fed the birds and decided we’d definitely come back another day to see the rest.
We then called into B&Q to get some chipped bark for the chicken area at home. The combination of lots of rain and chickens eating all the grass have turned their previously lawned area into a mudbath so we put down a load of chipped bark to combat that and tidy it all up a bit. While in B&Q we had a quick look at the wallpapers and Scarlett fell in love with a dark pink, heart embossed paper at £9 a roll. We took some samples and then suddenly found 6 rolls that had been a bit squashed reduced to just £2 a roll each so we bought them all.
We then called round to see my Dad to give him the paperwork to pay for Davies and Scarlett’s swimming lessons for next term and ask if he’d hang Scarlett’s new wallpaper while we’re away for a week if we strip off the old paper. So she’ll be getting a bit of a room makeover :). Davies’ wallpaper is still sound, having been redecorated in a sparkly blue paint and promptly had posters put over most of it when we moved home. He and I have taken all the posters down and he wants a series of murals around the room including some Doctor Who stuff and some Simpsons. I’ve said we’ll make a start on that this week too.
All this means we may well be spending the day at home tomorrow doing bedroom stuff, but then again we may decide to go out for the day when we get up. We’ll see.