Sybil

This morning we went into Bishops’ Stortford to get a few things, then went to Wickes to look at various items. The tiles we originally chose are out of stock and likely to be so for a while. However, we have found some very similar in Wickes, which will be fine for the bath and shower room walls. We will re-check our measurements and then order them from Wickes.

Houdens, the kitchen people who our builder deals with have still not managed to get the draft kitchen as we want it. The last draft included two boilers, the new one on the wall where it is going and the old one still in situ! There were also several other minor things wrong, so we looked at kitchens in Wickes. There was one in particular that we liked so we will make an appointment and get them to design one to our specification. Hopefully they will not take three attempts at getting it right. We purchased a new bathroom cabinet and various other things including paint and emulsion.

I spent the entire afternoon hovering and cleaning, not that it looks much different now and no doubt there will be more mess made on Monday.

Today’s picture is once again of Sybil who I went to feed, along with her mother Polo, at tea-time. The family are at the British Schools Judo competition in Sheffield where Victoria won bronze, beaten by the gold and silver medallists who were black belts. Victoria is a brown belt, but as well as winning a bronze, she also gained ten points towards her black belt. Oliver fought well and did himself proud, but did not win a medal this time.