Another Year Older, None the Wiser

....and so it comes to pass that another year has slipped by since my last birthday. 16 part funeral plan here I come. Dn't ask how old I am 'cos I'm notoriously bad at knowing! Day spent in town, Cal and I go to the Walker Art Gallery (at his request) and spend our time having fun at Big Art. First time I've been to the gaff and I'm impressed. Cal enjoys it and I enjoy the bits we get to see away from the kiddie fun. Monst goes sopping, we meet for lunch, head home via the No Mercy where Monst attempts to get hold of an Arsenal bed set for the boy. No joy. Home and Monst who is working tonight heads to bed for a couple of hours, Cal and I head off to play footie. Meet a scum loving neighbour who we discover was at UCL. Nice chat, a bit of banter then home to cook. Monst to work, Cal to bed with Harry Potter, I will follow at some time soon too. Finish furling the news, plan a big dump tomorrow. Life to sort right now and I'm too tired. Technorati Tags: Birthday; Walker Art Gallery; Big Art; Liverpool; Decorators

The Horror

Thursday

Felt like Friday, a day of searching, cataloguing and an invasion of the library by wee girls. Work wise the days a bit of a blur other than an FoI release. There are issues with the release.

This and the family come home. Dash to Bank Quay to find them. Chinese at Bold Heath. Home and sleep.

Friday

Day of sofas. Monst has decided that cows must die so that we can sit. So leaving the decorators in the house (they're working on a bank holiday!) We head to the No Mercy in Speke. DFS and we begin the process of parking our collective arses on a succession of sofas. This is repeated around the purveyors of furniture in the No Mercy. DFS it is has the most comfy sofa but Monst suspects that this is because it was early on in the proceedings. Cal has also discovered the delights of recliners, especially those of an electric variety. We start this process at 9.00 and are still going at 12.00 at which point it is decided to hold a sofa seminar to determine exactly what we want and eat lunch at Damon's. This reveals from our starting position of dead coo sofa we have moved on to dead coo sofa that moves, this is based on an in depth analysis of our use of the current furniture. It is also decided we have parked our bums on all the sofa's that the No Mercy has to offer and Warrington is our next stop. This eventually yeilds a purchase of a three seater recliner (manual because of lack of power) and an electric two seater. All in a fetching russet. Cows are booked, tanners will tan, furniture elves in Scunthorpe will hammer and manufacture and 11 weeks later the things will be delivered.

Is my retail terror over at this point? Is it 'eck as like. No we then repair to Ikea, disagree on the subject of bookshelves (I want more, Monst wants less), compromise with two sets of slightly longer shelves rather than four sets of the smaller shelves. Drop Cal in the play area, occurs to me this could be the cheapskates route to a play barn experience. I suppose the debate would be do you put up with the horror of Ikea which moves at the pace of pregnant women and couples fitting out their dream homes or at least dreaming of fitting out their own homes, or put up with the full play barn horror. Bottom line is I'm knackered by the time we get home. Nip to the Indian for a takeaway, grab a pint as I wait. Eat, try and sort out meeting Beck and fail, just not convenient from both sides, bed, sleep.

Technorati Tags: No Mercy Retail Park; Sofa Marathon; Ikea; Warrington

Moving Deckchairs Round On the Boating Lake Rowing Boats

The Big Move happens today as we re-arrange furniture and reposition people in the library. Many sensible discusions around possibilities within the area we can move furniture about following a quick measure to ensure our DDA required zone is protected. Tracy and Sally mastermind it and a good job done too. I throw in the odd thing about sightlines and pretend I know what I'm talking about but they see through that one easily! Comfort is in the library as we shift things and poor person puts up with the whole thing with good grace. Another pleasant reader of these parts. Main downside to the whole thing is I need to muck out the desk. Postcard design process continues, we head to the Marina for inspiration. Seems to do the trick as we come away with a few ideas that'll work well. A bar seems to be the natural creative environment for us as a library. The good thing is it's very much a collective effort. Chat with Jim about a release and things generally and mail David with a couple of thoughts. Home via an indian takeaway (forgot to take food out) pleasant chicken biriani and naan. Discover that the bathrooms are all painted (not the woodwork yet), progress is being made in our bedroom which appears to have ahd one coat of paint and another to follow. I'm impressed with the quality of the job, suspect Monst ain't gonna be happy at the pace of the job though. My take is simple, I'd rather they take their time and get the job done properly than rush and do a half-arsed job. Technorati Tags: FoI; Reggie; Billy Childish; Fields of the Nephilim; Decorators; Furniture Shifting; Postcard Design

Tuesday Apocalypse Blues

Cal called last night, he was knackered and didn't say anything remotely sensible but it was nice to have him want to call. I find the bed full of moved materials which I dutifully remove so I can find a place to sleep and replace in the morning much to the annoyance of the cat who having been fed has found a space on the bed to claim as her own. Informed yesterday that there was a problem in the PCT Milk Commune (nobody had bought any!) I nip to fetch milk for reasons of selfishness (I like it in my tea and black tea always tastes dry to me), Martins the newsagents in Hunt's Cross supply it and they ain't happy with the freebie hand out of the Metro which is impacting on paper sales. So once at Reggie and post booking rooms etc. for a variety of meetings, settling down to 'Rave On Andy White' I drag the milk to the fridge only to discover from milk drought we have now arrived at milk flood. Sort some cataloguing and fling a couple of records down before heading off to the Heaf' armed and dangerous with a couple of searches to do. Need to bounce around a couple of people about some FoI stuff and check on where we're at with RM also need to catch Jean 'cos I was meant to see her yesterday but missed her before returning to Reggie. Heaf' and I'm in a swirl of FoI, more of it than I expected (a couple more requests come in today, one of them is heavy too). Catch Jim and chat the thing through. Need to draft a response for first thing in the morning to a quasi-request because Jim's going off on holiday and I don't want him disturbed while he's away. Jean wants some stuff to add to the Standing Orders for the new SHA which it was announced today will be based at Gateway House. Spend the day sat with the Comms team. It's a nice environment to be in. Home and I fling together a stir fry with the remains of the pad thai that I didn't cook, a host of vegetables and some bamboo shoots (sorry Sally I like the things and don't give a stuff about their nutritional value). This reminds me forgot to celebrate Dave's starting his new job cataloguing at JMU, good stuff for a top geezer. So celebration by blog done. Really am chuffed for him though. Fail to get my searches done, a job for tonight then as I sit watching TV and download some Cocteau Twins more nice music. Try to ring Monst who's called twice during the day but she ain't about. Will try again later. Progress on the painting front is slow. Looks like most of the day has been spent prepping the walls. Nipped out at lunch time for radiator enamel. Didn't even know it existed before the other day but I do now. Technorati Tags: FoI; The Heaf; Cocteau Twins; Andy White; Radiator Enamel; Warrington; Cataloguing

Reasons to be Cheerful

Aaargh! Early up and run around like the proverbial blue arsed fly. Sorted just by the time the decorator arrives. Run through the colours and the like with the geezer before I head. Not difficult because I've put the relevant paints in the relevant rooms. He plans on listing them and moving them elsewhere. Head over to the Heaf', catch Jim briefly arrange a call for later in the day. Newsletter meeting goes fine, nice to catch up with Kathy, Rachel and Emma. Good goss. Back to Reggie via queues of traffic. Nip to the chinese supermarket for sauces on the way home. Home to ceilings all white and bright and the smell of fresh paint. Even better the geezers have tidied up afterthemselves. Ring Monst and tell her the good news. Watch shite TV and relax. Technorati Tags: Decorator; Paints; Newsletter Group

Don't know how long I've been awake

I apparently sound pissed off, mainly I suspect because I am, still more to do, too tired right now. Plan is early kip and early rise. Manure beat Arsenal. Come accross my Dissertation from Ulster days as I'm sorting things. 'The 18th Century Universities of Trinity College Dublin and Oxford', a real page turner! As I recall the thing was meant to consider the impact of the Enlightenment on the education at these now august institutions. It concluded that it had bugger all impact! When the torch of the enlightenment was lit, these two gaffs reached for the snuffers. Must be on an up cycle because the bit I read dosn't have me running for the hills. Trash some stuff from Barnet College of Nursing though, less because it is tragic but more I need the space. Indeed as a natural hoarder that might explain why I feel so pissed off right now. Technorati Tags: Decorator; Dissertation; The Enlightenment

Break That Fast

Begin the day by shoving the news to one side and attempting to listen to the cricket. Bit of a disaster in that there was no cricket. Worse still there was/is crowd trouble and tear gas being used. Not good news. Later Arsenal play Manure so that'll be something to look forward to as I munch on soda bread and sup tea. Technorati Tags: Cricket; One Day Internation; Soda Bread; Tea; Arsenal; Manure

No Cricket, Just News

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