Day 6047 (24/07/2026)

Another early start, with some sand being delivered for the patio stuff being done. It was another quite  messy and noisy morning but thankfully a bit quieter in the afternoon, when they started laying the slabs.

I used up a leftover margarita pizza for lunch, adding some tuna, red onion and jalapeños.  

It was quite tasty, and probably would have gone to waste if we hadn't used it today.  

Then we had a few chores in town, before coming back and doing a bit more tidying & work. 

Day 6046 (23/07/2026)

It was an early start to the day, as the man cam to dig up the patio slabs and to start to relay them but I think the job was a bit bigger than he had anticipated, and it is likely to have gone from a 3 day job, to a potentially 5 or 6 day job. 

It was also a much noisier & messier job, than I had anticipated.  

But he was slowly getting to grips with it. 

I had two jobs come in, which were fun and i managed to get a reasonable result for them both. 

We had some nice pasta in the evening. 

Day 6045 (22/07/2026)

An early-ish sort of the day, as the man was here to clean the slabs, which came up very nice. 

And after they had dried. 

Then in the afternoon I went off to the gym.

In the evening we had some nice jacket potatoes with the leftover bolognaise. 

Day 6044 (21/07/2026)

I was up early as I had a few things to do in the morning, having a call about leasing an EV, then had someone round to quote for putting in an car charger. 

Then after lunch, we moved al the plants and stuff off of the patio slabs, as they are being cleaned, dug up and then relayed this week. 

Then to work, monitoring another event online, until quite late. 

Day 6043 (20/07/2026)

Another lovely day in Somerset, but thankfully not as hot as the other week. I took my wife t work, as I needed the car, then went to the tip, which was packed, before going off to the gym.

Then home to freshen up, then took my Dad to the eye clinic, and then picked my wife up after work, and made us a nice salad when we got home.  

Day 6041 & 6042 (18 & 19/07/2026)

The weekend, and I had a few things to do in the office first thing, then I went out to water the garden before brunch.  

Then I went to get some supplies for dinner, popped in to see my parents and aunty Carol, who is visiting for a few days. I bought my wife some flowers, and then went home to do some actual DIY and car mechanics (well, I cleaned the outside lights and changed the blown light bulbs, and using a drill, put up a new solar light near the bins, which aren't covered by the existing outside lights, then filled up the cars washer bottles).

Then I made a nice salad for diner.   

When it was dark I went outside to check on the lights, which were much better.  

Then we watched England win in the 3-4 / Bronze medal game of the World Cup, which was just so frustration, as they hadn't played that well for whole of the tournament. 

Sunday I saw my parents, and aunty Carol for breakfast, then went to tip, which was packed, before going home to do some bits before making a very tasty spaghetti bolognaise for dinner.  

Did a nice capris salad, with some garlic bread, but forgot to take a photo of my dinner, until I had eaten half of it, but it was tasty.   

Went out to water the garden, and made my own rainbows. 

Then in to watch the World Cup Final, which thankfully Argentinian lost, the horrible cheating gits. 

Day 6040 (17/07/2026)

A quiet day, as I had work to do but we popped out for a quick lunch at Sheppy's, we shared a fish finger sandwich and slice of Bakewell tart, with a nice latte.

Then back to work. 

We then finished off some of the leftovers for dinner, which I had in-front of my computer as I was working until quite late. 

Day 6039 (16/07/2026)

It was Thomas's Birthday but he didn't ant to do much, so hadn't taken the day off of work, even though his mother had taken the day off. 

We went out to test drive an EV, a big Peugeot E5008, but were slightly annoyed at the state of the car we had booked to drive, so I wont be going back to Howard's.

We went home and had the leftover Mexican for lunch.      

Thomas was back a little bit late, and didn't fancy going out for dinner, so we had a takeaway, from a Chinese / noodle bar , which was very nice. 

And we had some nice Birthday cake. 

A quiet but hopefully nice Birthday.