Posts that Didn't Happen - March 2022

And on to March . . . 

Started the month with the death of my old Kindle, and the setting up of a new one with lots of enhanced features - the backlight will be particularly useful for reading at night!

Some baking - with my own version of Malteser Chocolate Cupcakes, which went down a treat.

And lots of 'Folly' related activity . . .

Martin had finished construction on the new wood storage round the back of the Folly so I painted it with wood preserver.  While inside the Folly I'd got the skirting boards stained and varnished and various 'gaps' sealed and caulked - plus a bit of additional 'cosmetic' pointing on the feature wall. 

We also got a 'garden path' laid down to the Folly - 'inlaying' the slabs by removing sections of turf - which handily could then be used to re-turf the 'scar' from the trench that was dug for the electric cabling back in December.

A path that will come in very useful in wet and muddy weather!

So, Two Year's On from the start of home-working and I was nicely settled in the Folly, with a proper desk set-up.

With the decorating done, I'm also beginning to move other bits and pieces in - next job, getting it fully furnished!

Home Working - One Year On

And so here we are, one year later, still at home, and not going anywhere just yet . . .

It's been the strangest of years - hopefully the vaccination roll-out will see life return to something like normality (or a 'new normal' at least).  

For now though working at home remains the status quo.

Home Working #3

Somewhat belated update on the home working situation . . .  six months on from establishing my home 'office'.  Still working from home - no change there - but now with the desired monitor (how did I ever manage without two screens?), and an ergonomic chair (retrieved from the office proper):

Sorted!

Home Working #2

It was becoming increasingly obvious work-wise that I wouldn't be back in the office any time soon - and with no incentive to stay downstairs now the rayburn is off - decided it was probably time to upgrade the home working set-up. 

An old computer desk was duly retrieved from the loft, cleaned, and re-assembled (Martin had to improvise a bit as we couldn't find the screws that originally held it together!).  The upstairs spare room was tidied out to make space.  Et voila!  An office - of sorts  . . .

Next on the wish-list - a proper monitor!

Home Working

As this coronavirus thing gets ever more serious we've all been told to work from home - for the time-being at least.  So here we go - home working at the kitchen table (snuggled up next to the rayburn):

Luckily the IT all seems to be working - combine the work laptop with a keyboard, mouse and laptop riser that we had at home anyway, and it's not really that different from being in the office. 

Missing my monitor mind you (the laptop screen is a bit on the small side), and still getting to grips with online meetings.  Might have to look at a better office set-up if this is going to go on for any length of time!