Edging My Bets

Ahhh, today is a day of rest so no gym to worry about. Instead I have set my mind to doing all those little jobs that keep building up and need to be done.

First of all I go to one of our local garden centres to see if they have any suitable edging to go around our lawn. They do have some which is similar to the stuff we put out the front (little logs strung together with wire) but these ones have been nailed together in straight 1 metre lengths which would make it ideal for doing along the lawn. However, the stuff they have is 9" high, which by my reckoning is a bit to lofty - so I leave it for the time being and head on into town where I pick up a bog standard radio which I can leave on to keep Rupert company when I'm out and about.

After I get the radio I then go to Wickes to see if they have any edging. They also have the same stuff as what I'd just looked at, only they have it in 6" heights which is more suitable to what I need. It's also cheaper. So I bare that in mind and go to Homebase to see what they have on offer, which as it happens is very little apart from some god awful concrete stuff which on a scale of 1 - Ugly ranks pretty much around a "not in my garden" score.

The next stop was the pet store to pick up the very last bits for Rupert, including a bed, a feeding mat and some training pads - I'm hoping they will make the house training easier!

I then go to Travis Perkins who also have a poor selection of edging and the only thing that sparked a little interest was some dome shaped bricks which might look nice. Thinking about it though to do a proper job with bricks I'd really need to lay a cement base which is a whole heap of hassle that I don't want.

So, it's back to Wickes where I get the stuff I'd seen earlier. I might need to make some adjustments to it here and there but it's easy to install (each section has a stake at each end which you hammer into the ground) and so all that remains for me to do is get a lawn edger and a rubber mallet to do the job.

Purchases made I head on home and get some lunch before I unload the car. I was planning on doing the edging today but the wind has been wicked to say the least making it very uncomfortable to be outside so I decide I'll leave it till tomorrow. I do trim the hedge in our back alley though since it was becoming very troublesome to walk down there without getting scagged by brambles and by doing so have regained about a foot in alley width making it much easier to traverse.

In the afternoon I set about fiddling with a website my friend is trying to set up which also includes an online shop. By god, they don't half make things difficult these so called "easy for novice users to customise" packages. I could have gotten 3 times as far if I wasn't constrained by the user interface and the like. Truly crap! Anyway, I make a bit of headway, though I wouldn't want to put my name to any of the work really :)

When it's time for tea I hit a bit of a dilemma. I'd gotten some cod fillets out and defrosted them and so having prepared all the veg I open up the fish package and give it a sniff and let me tell ya, I wouldn't put it anywhere near my mouth cooked or not - it smelt very dodgy indeed! So I'm now wondering what on earth I can do since the fish is useless and I've got all the other stuff to go with it cooking away. As luck has it after rooting around in the freezer I discover some frozen cod fillets which I can use instead. So after dumping some mozzarella cheese and a crust of breadcrumbs, parsley and lemon juice on top of them I sit and pray that maybe they'll come out alright.

They do as it happens, though I think I overcooked the fish a bit - I still haven't got the hang of it yet :)

Posted by Abi on the June 21, 2006 9:43 PM