Happy Bonfire Night!

Happy Bonfire Night!  Well, we have our own little bonfire (in the woodburner).  There is a proper bonfire and fireworks at the pub in the village and we should really go along and support it and have a pint in the pub, and we were going to, but Bob doesn't get excited about fireworks and  the accompanying karaoke and disco does kinda put you off!  So, sausage casserole here and our own little fire will have to do.

This has been an odd week - I went from having very few extra hours at work (which was quite nice) to working late one night, going in early another day and working eight hours on my day off!  So, being, there until gone 8pm last night and back in for 7am this morning, it felt as though I might as well have just stayed there overnight.  I'm in at 8am tomorrow too, but at least I have Monday off in place of Friday and I'm going to say no to any extra this week!

House-wise, we now have a bedroom door which seems really strange.  We're used to seeing light from the rooflight above the 'stairs', but now there is just blackness in that direction.  Bob took the old door apart, cut it down to size and re-attached the ledges and braces to make it fit the hole. Once he had cut it down and laid it out downstairs, he had to go back up and check the measurements several times because it looked so tiny.  In place, it reminds me of the door in Alice in Wonderland that she has to drink the potion to get through - quite cute really.



I guess this should have a person in the picture to emphisise
the titchiness of the door, but Bob wasn't available to pose!

And this has been my contribution this week - I've painted the boxing in in the oak room.  Bob has also chopped the bottom of the bed, so that can now be put back together ready for our next visitors.  Mum and Dad are coming on Wednesday for two nights on their way to the Lake District.  They have been to 'stay' many times while we were in the caravan, but following a very cold December week in the caravan the first year we were here, they have opted for the local Travel Lodge ever since!  So, it'll be nice to be able to offer them proper accomodation at last!