No rest for the wicked
Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A well-known saying but not strictly true. If it were true then I must be one of the most wicked in the land! Remember what I wrote on Monday?...
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It Doesn’t Matter (Wyclef Jean song) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I’m crazy so people tell me but what do they know? I actually like work! Why is that? It is all about being occupied, about not wanting...
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Workload (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Well last week I was run off my feet with my workload which was only possible because all but one of the jobs were small and easily manageable. During the year I...
View ArticleFour calls
All calls with trunking (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Throughout Monday I received but four phone calls asking me to do some electrical jobs. However I accepted none of them for they were either too large,...
View ArticleA waste of time
Once gone it can never be replaced; time that is. I had some of my time wasted on Monday. I had arranged to look over a job in a small township about ten miles distant. Essentially the lady wanted her...
View ArticleThe week ahead
I am writing this on Sunday afternoon and am looking forward wondering what the week will bring. Tomorrow I have one electrical job which won’t last longer than an hour but thereafter I have nothing...
View ArticleAll against us
Medical X-rays (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Now that I feel like doing some work I find a reluctance to do so. The warm weather and various appointments haven’t helped either. So once again the small...
View ArticleA funny old day
Weather symbol (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It was Friday morning and a day forecast to have rain. After many days of dry and bright weather it is always welcome to have some rain. It meant however that E...
View ArticleCompletely different
“Keep them ringing” – NARA – 514816 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) On Wednesday early evening my phones never stopped ringing, yes they both ring with a traditional ringing tone, no tunes or annoying...
View ArticleNo time
I have been waiting for an opportunity to get into the garden again, that is the rear garden, to do more work but two things have stood in the way this past week. Firstly the weather turned unsettled...
View ArticleShould I?
Should I or shouldn’t I? That theme was mulling around in my head for hours on Wednesday evening. It was all to do with my project on the Plot. I had pretty much used all the materials I had so more...
View ArticleA lull
I had been reasonably busy on Monday, especially in the morning as I had been removing many light fittings and replacing them with basic roses and pendants. The lady of the house had sold the property...
View ArticleLast day
Too Drunk… (Photo credit: Wikipedia) So ends the old year and a new one begins. It was Saturday, the last day of the year and I had ideas of doing a bit of garden maintenance but again I had slept in...
View ArticleMight find the time
I think I worked pretty hard on Saturday in working in the garden and was glad for the rest on Sunday. Sunday was an ideal day for working outdoors too but it is a rest day for me. Wanting to resume...
View ArticleQuite busy
I’ve been quite busy on the electrical front, all small jobs but very profitable nevertheless. I prefer the type of work I am doing for a couple of reasons, not least of all my age! What I like is the...
View ArticleA long, long time ago
So Long Ago (Photo credit: Wikipedia) So there I was sitting in the garden on a more chilly an afternoon than we’d had for quite some time, though a little later it all changed once more and I began to...
View ArticleLate
So many times lately have I arisen late and missed breakfast. Most unusual for me because I have been so used to getting up early over the years to go to work. Even when I wasn’t working the routine...
View ArticleWhat time is it?
What time is it? Sounds an easy question to answer but…. Now then are you sure you got the right answer? Shirley Anne
View ArticleFeels so strange
At this time of year I was always busy working but this year all that has changed. Since my retirement back in April I have not done any electrical work to speak of, just a couple of very minor jobs...
View ArticleLast working day of the year
As long as it didn’t rain on Saturday (23) I intended to spend some more time in the garden again. It would be the last day in the year for doing any work for me but alas it didn’t happen. I had gotten...
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