It has been a pretty wet week and the temperatures have dipped a fair bit, which is great! There are still rumours of heatwaves in the UK returning but I haven't had to open the windows for 10 days now. I think southern England might get the sun and they're welcome to it! On the fencing side of things, we are annoyed to report that the guy never showed up to give us the quote last week. We don't know why he hasn't arrived but it's really annoying that we haven't heard anything about it when we really want to get on with things.
My dad got the results of his second set of blood tests on Friday. His blood sugar is back to normal so that's good. It turns out he has a chest infection and is now on antibiotics so hopefully he'll be back to normal by next week. Once he gets a decent rest, we can get the rest of the work done on the house before winter comes in. It shouldn't take too long now and a lot of it I can do alone. I basically just need help with shifting the bookcases. Thanks to everyone who asked after my dad as we both appreciate it!
I've been busy this week with the sport on TV just ending yesterday. I did enjoy it for the most part but the BBC coverage was very poor. They insist on changing channels constantly through the afternoon and always at the important stages of an event or are too busy chatting in the studio and you miss the start of an event. Grrr! Now that it is over, I'm getting back into my reading with two recent DNFs. I hope I have better luck with the horror choices! I got started on one last night and it's been good so far.
I've been talking about the need to get films and dvd boxsets watched as we have so many to get through. Well next month for ten days I'm having my Shark! film and books extravaganda so I'm already picking out what I want to watch. I'm also working on a list of horror films to watch in October which should be a lot of fun! I just hope I stay motivated to do it. I seem to slump during the months I most look forward to. Last year I missed out onmy horror month in October because I was in a huge slump!
There could be a few more freebies on the horizon from my neighbour's friend! He's finishing up with a few more books and says he'll pass them on to me when he does. I don't know what they are but the genres are horror and thriller so I'll take them! It would be rude not to, wouldn't it! Well, that's my excuse!
God, your fencing experience sounds sadly very familiar. We had that way too often with our fencing over here. At least it's weirdly comforting that's common all around the world. And YAY for your dad doing better!
ReplyDeleteIt really bugs you when these tradesmen just let you down like that! They always moan about needing the work but never turn up to a potential job!!!
DeleteNo, don't say the south is welcome to sun...I don't want it. Send it somewhere else. Glad to hear that your dad's blood sugar is back to normal, great news!
ReplyDeleteThanks Olivia! Oops, I'll send the sun away to someone else!
DeleteI'm glad your father's results came back okay and that he's on the mend. Iy drives me crazy when the commentators are running their mouths and you miss the important stuff. And I'm already planning my Halloween month but not sure I can do a review each day like last year. That was exhausting. LOL
ReplyDeleteI've had quite a few rants over the last week or so about the BBC and their coverage! I do enjoy planning out my reading in advance. Hopefully I'll stick to it!
DeleteYou have a great neighbor. You know me, I haven't been that lucky on neighbors the past year. Yours give your horror books, mine are just a horror :) I'm glad to hear Dad is on the mend. Hopefully soon it will all be behind him. I have faith that this October will be different for you. Hope the cool spell lasts!
ReplyDeleteMy neighbour isn't a book reader at all. He tends to watch sport all the time. It's his friend from work that sends me the books. I still don't even know his name!
DeleteI’m glad your dad is okay. Someone was supposed to come and kill the wasps in my yard, but the guy never showed up. Does this company not want money? I don’t understand.
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We think our wasps might have died off in that birdbox with the heatwave but neither of us are too keen to get close and find out! You do wonder why these people don't turn up to an agreed job. I'd have thought they wanted to earn money!
DeleteI'm glad to hear your dad's sugar came back good. Best wishes that he feels better soon!
ReplyDeleteI don't get why sports coverage has to be so poor! It's terrible here too for anything big, like the Olympics all the way down. I've almost thought of VPN'ing to the CBC or BBC coverage at Olympics time because the NBC coverage here in the States is horrible. At least I think so. too much studio talk and "human interest" stories. I just want to see uninterrupted coverage- is that too much to ask in 2018? Ha ha okay end of rant. :)
Enjoy the Shark marathon! Hope your weather holds too and doesn't get too hot!
Thanks Greg, he is feeling better now. A few more days on the tablets should fix him up hopefully.
DeleteI've hear a ton of people complaining about NBC for the sports and I've been told it is way worse than our channels. This time BBC tried to do it on the cheap, squeezing too many events into two channels and annoying everybody with what they missed! I agree, all we want to see is uninterrupted coverage, not inteviews and chat!
Glad to hear your dad's blood tests went okay and hopefully the antibiotics will knock out the chest infection. That fencing thing is so frustrating! We have that problem with contractors here too. I'm trying to give you my money! Why won't you at least show up?? It makes no sense to me and that's why I hate hiring people to do anything. Enjoy your shark extravaganza!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree, I don't get why they don't show up to take the money! I think people's work ethics are a bit screwed up. We asked a guy to pick up some old furniture we were shifting and he never showed up. Then he appeared suddenly. He must've found the note with our address in his house later with 'Friday 2pm' on it and turned up. Pity it was two years later! Now that was poor!
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