Day 2973 Lazy sunday

5th October 2025

It was a day of two haves, morning and afternoon, that was as exciting as it gets.

We had to deliver the dresser that we sold last night, but before we did, I had to line the drawers.

It’s not something that we normally do, but sometimes the floors are a bit grubby, and even after cleaning and sanding they are not good.

It is my job to do this because I try to do a perfect job, that is no wrinkles.

I had six drawers to do, so armed with a cutting knife a steel ruler, I measured and cut the lining material. Of course I made the assumption that the drawers were square, but made an allowance for that. The skill in applying the liner is very much like making a pizza base, but without the spinning. Getting one edge aligned is important, that often needs several attempts, once down, it has to be smoothed out.

Six drawers later I was done, we loaded it into the truck and set off. The lady who bought it said she lived about a mile away, well I don’t know what measures she used but it was more than a bloody mile. We were on fumes by the time we arrived. Unloading was easy, no stairs, we set it down in the driveway.

The next order of the day was getting petrol, I went inside to pay, the attendant recognised my accent, so I gave him a quick geography lesson, he was none the wiser.

We then went to Kelli’s mums for our regular Sunday ice cream orgy.

Matt was telling us stories of the places he worked, most were working with timber, either saw mills or wood components. One place he loved working at burnt down during the night, he got there in the morning to be met with a pile of burning ash. Other places closed without notice, he began to feel that he had a reputation, because places closed even before he got there.

All this made us laugh, there should be a tourist trail noting all the businesses Matt had worked at, some still standing that is.

There was good news on the cat, Dylan sent pictures of what looked like a relaxed happy cat.

That’s good because the scratches he has on his arms should heal in a couple of weeks.