Weekly Roundup 24/02/2008
Tue, 26 February, 2008 – 10:16 am
Bit late this week. It's a bit hectic right now. Anyway, last week was pretty quiet. Monday I spent all day in bed virtually, as I woke up feeling pretty naff. I had a headache and felt a bit sick (probably from the previous evening's last minute dinner of naff pizza) so after checking on my email I went back to bed, slept a little and caught up with some TV off the freeview recorder. It's nice to have that freedom of not having to go into an office, or to have to phone in sick (and then be made to feel guilty because you're not there doing your job). Since not working in an office I don't tend to get ill as there are no germs flying around the place, which is great and of course quite important when you work for yourself as there's no sick pay available (you can still apply for statutory sick pay with a doctor's sicknote however we're talking about £15 a day max!).
So Tuesday meant I was playing catch up. Luckily I didn't have too much work on anyway so it wasn't anything major. On Wednesday we try to take the afternoon off and actually leave the house, get some fresh air and get a break from being couped up in the same house day and night. We drove over to a local retail park to pick up a few things then on to Costco, a big cash and carry near where we used to live. An hour later and we'd spent a fortune. Still there were a few boxes of wine (at a reduced rate), box of beer, fair bit of fresh meat and fish, and various other things included. After dinner at Dave's old place of work, catching up with some friends who were on shift, we headed up to his sister's to drop off a box of wine (pre-ordered!) and then on home to unpack, rewrap half the purchases into portion sizes and start freezing!
On Thursday it was Dave's niece's 11th birthday, so after work we took a drive over to their house to take one of her birthday presents, a magic set. We're also taking all 3 of them to Chester Zoo in a couple of weeks which will be interesting! Last time we took 2 to Alton Towers we had arguments for half the day! Still, she liked her magic set.
We went out on Saturday in search of a decent local farm shop, or at least somewhere selling some fruit and vegetables. Maybe as it's winter still that it was the wrong time as everywhere we came across was a bit derelict looking. We did find a little horsebox size trailer with a woman selling a few vegetables pretty cheaply, which is good to know. We also found Leasowe lighthouse finally, despite driving past it a few times in the past! Then we took a wander around Liscard, a town a little north of us, about 10 minutes away. We, well I, am trying to get a little more knowledgable about the areas so that when we do come to look at a new house (buying or renting) then I've got more of an idea of which areas are where and what's available there.
This week is a bit hectic as I'm off to Cardiff tomorrow for meetings and a training session at my contract job at the end of the week. So I've not only got that to prepare for but also write a WordPress plugin for someone too. I'll be glad when the end of Friday hits!
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