Lack of updates only partially excused by the fact I’ve been away. One week away but nearly a month without an update. I shouldn’t bother saying that. I had one nameless blog in my feed reader who started every post with a “sorry for the lack of updates…” It is what feed readers were invented for. Jonathon Delacour didn’t post for two years and yet the post appeared in Google Reader as if he posted 3 a day. And yet I’d changed feed reader twice since he’d last posted.
Erm, anyway, we went to Northern Ireland to see Gina’s parents who moved there and had a great time. The weather was great all week and we missed the torental rain that occurred in south east England over the bank holiday. The best sort of rain is that which feeds the plants and doesn’t get you wet. Although I take that back as I like the rain.
Whilst on holiday I got a call saying they were going to deliver our new sofa on the Monday after we got back. As we were getting an extra sofa (and a 3 seater at that) it required a move round of all the other furniture. I did this the day after driving back from Scotland. I was extremely tired and suffered a migraine as a result later in the week.
After all that reorganising, the big new 3 seater wouldn’t even fit through the door! The delivery man took it away and recommended we call a double glazing firm to get them to take the front window out and put it back in again. Gina rang a few different companies up and we were reminded what rip off merchants they are. Quotes ranged from £150 to £275. Just to take it out and put it back again.
When I got the £275 quote, I thought it must be possible to do it yourself and I rang my every resourceful Dad. My parents came over and we managed to get the centre panel out and taking the bar off and determined the gap was large enough to get the sofa in. When the delivery guys came back on Friday, I’d taken the window apart in about 10 minutes. It fitted through beautifully.
For a bit of thought, a bit of knowledge from my dad, 20 minutes work, I’d saved up to £275. Not bad. 
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