General Blog Posts
If you’ve been reading my recent posts, you’ll know that we’ve recently moved into a new bungalow and have been renovating it over the past couple of years. Part of the renovation included redesigning my home office, including a new desk and monitor setup. Having always used at least a …
After deciding to move into the bungalow we inherited from my aunt, we had a list of things we wanted to do to the place before we moved in. The top of that list was a new kitchen. The kitchen renovation was a much bigger job than I was capable …
Having made the decision to move into the bungalow we’ve inherited, it was time for some updates, starting with the bedroom renovation.
I’ve dabbled with home automation in the past but have been fairly limited in what I could do as we didn’t own our own home. As I mentioned in a previous post, a recent sequence of events means we now own our own home, so now I’m free to get …
This is now week thirteen for me as working from home continues. Work goes on as normal and things are starting to get busy again as the government east the lockdown restrictions and people start heading back to work. The organisation I work for has no immediate plans to get …
Week six is in the books and its starting to feel quite normal now. This is probably a good thing as we have at least a couple of more weeks of this at least. Now that I have an established routine and I’m making sure I take regular breaks away …
Weekend number three of self isolation due to the covid-19 outbreak and having got in to a routine with work it was time to do something to make the weekends feel like a break from work. As the weather is starting to warm up and the rain has eased up, …
The COVID-19 lockdown is continuing and looks like it will for some time. While last week proved difficult, week three of working from home has been much better. I’ve gotten into a routine now and the days are no longer blurring together. Up until this week, work has pretty much …
So I’m in to week two of working from home. We’re not completely locked down yet in the UK but the government did issue some new restrictions on movement this evening to try and comabt the spread of covid-19. As of now, people should only be leaving their homes for …
I haven’t really had too much to say on the subject so far. Other than the over hyped media coverage and misinformation that is being circulated it’s been more of a minor irritation and annoyance than anything else. As has been well publicised, there has been panic buying of certain …
After our trip to Bracklinn Falls in the morning, we grabbed some lunch in Callendar and decided to head to Killin and the Falls of Dochart. The weather still wasn’t particularly great, occasional downpours made it difficult plan anything too far away from shelter. The grey skies did mean it …
Another trip to Scotland for us in 2019, back to the same area around Loch Lomond although to a different cottage and at a different time of year. We decided to make the trip for my birthday this year which meant early July. Fortunately my birthday falls just before the …
