Chores for Peace…. Again

Today was slightly easier but more outdoorsy

1. Refurb the BBQ. Although we've had out bbq a few years it's still good to go, it has a ignition thing that's a bit heath-robinson, they didn't have the right one and so I brought the next best thing, and with a bit of gaffer tape - good as new. good as new with gaffer tape addition.

• Change the "Rails" the bits that the flames come out of.


• Change the knob things on the front


• Change the sand or whatever that stuff is


• Cook breakfast


• Realise most of the problem of poor function was the fact that gas bottle was all but empty.

1. Mow the lawn. I get ver few opportunities to mow the lawn, seems "scalp" is not a setting acceptable in a suburban environment. I took guidance and advice and it's not quite jar-head short. I even hosed down the lawn mower and cleaned the old grass off it, MrsPdubyah is going to get a stern word about looking after the equipment.




2. 30 Seconds of cleaning the outdoor furniture. I'm going to own up here and admit my contribution to this was purchase of the cleaner, and some free advice.




3. Plant Chilli seeds.

• Visit garden center to get seeding mix


• Buy 5litre bag for 8 seeds. Might have a surplus of potting mix.


• Check out the other seeds on offer


• get confused


• just buy what I went for, give MrsPdubyah the chance to go the plant shop tomorrow, such a good husband

1. Wash 2 cars. This was the pay-back for the advice on cleaning the outdoor furniture. Got a bit wet as I'm so cack-handed with a hose.  Still I now have a bright red car instead of a dusty grey one. Mostly. I think I missed a bit or two.




2. Also got a haircut today.

Now I'm going to have a beer.

I might be allowed even though I forgot to get a new gas bottle for the soda-stream.

Chores for Peace....

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I'm on a roll with the chores today, and you know how chores can be the mundane. So in no particular order (but actually the order I did them in);

1. Change one of the tiny halogen light bulbin the kitchen
   
   
   
   • Find replacement bulb.
   
   
   • Take everything out of cupboard
   
   
   • Locate bulb
   
   
   • Put everything back in cupboard
   
   
   • Change bulb
   
   
   
   


2. Change a different bulb in the kitchen
   
   
   
   • See step one and repeat
   
   
   
   


3. 
   
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   "Fix" washing machine
   
   
   
   • Washing machine "overflowed" in the week, it's my job to know why. Apparently.
   
   
   • Discuss possible causes, get ridiculed.
   
   
   • Decide that it's nothing more than generally blocked and needs a cleaner.
   
   
   • Mix cleaner, administer, wait a bit.
   
   
   • Discuss why it did not work a bit.
   
   
   • Ignore discussion and go for something a bit manual.
   
   
   • Get under sink, disassemble pipe "A".
   
   
   • Find pipe "A" has water in it, pour into sink.
   
   
   • Find towel to mop up under sink where you just poured all the water over yourself and floor
   
   
   • disassemble pipe "B"  that us attached to "A". being the "U shaped one.
   
   
   • Remove two clothes peg and about half a sock's worth of lint"
   
   
   • Do a little happy dance.
   
   
   • Ask wifey how a clothes peg in let alone two made it into the sink?
   
   
   • get reproachful look.
   
   
   • get back under sink.
   
   
   • reassemble pipes.
   
   
   
   


4. 
   
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   Trim the garden hedge
   
   
   
   • Try to avoid this one, but whilst I was on chore 3 MrsPdubyah has been on the intertubes and the local hire pool is open
   
   
   • Wait for MrsPdubyah to change, since she wants to visit the burley man at the hire place
   
   
   • Hire hedge trimmer, industrial sized
   
   
   • Trim hedge to required standard and height, width and density.
   
   
   • Only nearly cut myself.
   
   
   • get sympathy.
   
   
   • get told to get on with the hedge.
   
   
   • get told to do the hedge at the back.
   
   
   • get supervised.
   
   
   • get told to do it some more
   
   
   • get a drink
   
   
   • get back onto the job
   
   
   • get told to do it some more
   
   
   • apparently "it's not even" is full and complete instruction on how to trim a hedge to a satisfactory standard
   
   
   • massacre hedge out of spite
   
   
   • get congratulated, how's that happen?
   
   
   • take trimmer back, pay the man, have blokey laugh about the peace I've just earned.
   
   
   
   


5. 
   
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   Get Coffee
   
   
   
   • put petrol in car.
   
   
   • order coffee.
   
   
   • wait for coffee beans to grow.
   
   
   • wait for cow to be born.
   
   
   • wait until cow can produce milk.
   
   
   • I'm sure Oil is made quicker than this.
   
   
   • get home with luke warm coffee.
   
   
   • MrsPdubyah abandons gardening in favour of a magazine.
   
   
   • instead of music the gently whirl and beep of washing machine in the background
   
   
   
   

All is at peace in house, and all I have to do is buy some new bulbs and hide them for the next installment of change the bulb....