I had a few whiskeys on Thursday night which caused a slight problem with getting into work.
I woke up at 8.55am with my mobile phone alarm going off, but in a muffled tone as it was buried under the duvet. It took a few seconds for me to realize the predicament and then jumped out of bed, with the grace of a mountain goat, and proceeded to put on my work clothes. A moment later I realized it was dress down day and amended my attire accordingly; I was then out of the door in a flash. I dare say I may have even been slightly over the limit as I was informed after a meeting that "you could tell I'd been out last night". At lunchtime I had a shower and basically acted like I'd just got up, it was a fresh new start to the day and to celebrate I had scramby eggs on toast before returning back to work a new man.
By the end of the day, however, I was well and truly spent and I went to bed at 8pm and watched a couple of films. Well, I say a couple it was more like one and a half. Valkyrie was first up and I enjoyed it, which was a novel experience for me as I normally find films starring Tom Cruise film quite appalling. The next film I attempted was The Spirit, which I put up with for 45 minutes and then turned off. Absolute tripe and no mistake, if anyone watches this film and likes it then they are a stain on society. In the morning I gave it a further 20 minutes before switching off in disgust once again; I gave the bastard a fair crack of the whip, you can not deny me that.
On Saturday I thought I might have a stab at painting the fence, so I went down to Homebase and got myself one of those Ronseal paint sprayers and 5 litres of paint for it. Medium Oak was the colour I opted for, that was the one for me. I also stocked back up on weedkiller, this year the Japanese Knotweed will not be allowed to take hold near me. It tried coming up just over the fence in a rather dramatic fashion a few weeks ago but I waged a sustained treatment of weedkilling application which has stopped the evil invader for the time being. I know it is a determined beast, and will no doubt be sending up further shoots, which is why I procure extra weedkiller.
I found the paint sprayer to be quite good, although I wasn't overly enamored by the Medium Oak colouration on Sunday morning when I had a closer inspection of my work. It was simply too light, and I determined that a darker oak would be far more appropriate. So off I toddled once again, this time I went to Wicks first and got me some trellis (which I will be erecting in the coming days weather permitting), a fence brush and some outdoor nails. Then I went to Homebase and got some "Dark Oak" coloured paint and some plants and seeds to put in my new boarder. Why a fence brush? Well, I found with the sprayer that the application was sometimes not that even a coverage and got a bit "drippy", so I thought it would be wise to get a brush just to ensure even coverage and also to save paint by stopping the dripping effect.
The new colour works a bloody treat and the plants I put in are looking like they will really suit as long as they settle in nicely. All in all I was in the garden from 12.30pm till around 8.45pm, quite a day’s work, I am sure you'll agree. I only stopped to have a roast beef diner which Tash laid on with a glass of plonk. I should also point out that the bath I had at 9pm was just sublime and I really enjoyed it after being out working all day, a real tonic.
Seeing as the weather has been so nice of late I have started doing something quite unprecedented. Now, what I have been doing is making ice coffee. In the week I went to the supermarket and got myself some soft scoop ice cream, squirty cream and straws. Then on Saturday I got myself some hi ball glasses from Homebase and after a good weedkilling session proceeded to have a rather lavish ice coffee.
1. I put in the granules with a touch of milk so as not to frighten the glass with immediately boiling water
2. The boiling water is poured in, but only about a quarter of the way up the glass
3. I vigorously stir the mixture dissolving the granules a veritable nicety
4. I then fill about half way with semi skimmed or full fat milk (as long as it is not skimmed I don't care)
5. The rest of the glass is then filled with soft scoop vanilla ice cream
6. At this point I add Kahlua, if I am feeling that way inclined
7. Squirty cream to top off and straw added.
I found that this weekend having one of these in the morning on Saturday & Sunday was really rather splendid.
