Mundane – Word of the Week

This week has been so run of the mill that I cannot think of another word to describe it other than mundane, so there. That is our word of the week!

We got a few things done which we needed to get done and then we did some cruising too.

Slabbing for New Shed

So since we had removed a lot of stuff from our store room to turn it into a laundry room, the conservatory was looking quite sad since we stored everything there. We don’t really use the conservatory in the Winter months but we do use it a lot in Spring and Summer especially. It had to be cleared so we decided on having a shed installed. Some are amazed that we managed without one for so long. We do have a storage box and we tried to make the garden tools fit in that and then we used an Ikea tiered shelf thingie for smaller garden tools, pots etc. We are hoping that this will be our first and only shed!

So anyway, we needed to lay the flooring/foundation for the shed before anyone would come to erect said shed. If you know us, then you know our heightened fear and anxieties of dealing with workmen. A recommendation had been made for a man to install the slabs. His quote was £375, which we thought was too much, so a trusted taxi driver sourced a builder for us and he installed the slabs which had to be leveled, especially since we had decided on a hard plastic shed rather than a wooden one.  His quote was significantly more reasonable! It just goes to show that these men pick prices out of thin air when they are quoting. None of us are in favour of having to paint/treat shed every year! Also, I think the very wet weather conditions here lend themselves to destroying wooden structures quickly. So we think a hard-wearing plastic one is the best bet.

The slabs were installed and the shed should be coming from Costco today (Friday).

I’m looking forward to having it. The size is 7 x 7 so I am hoping we can keep a section of it decent-looking to use as a garden room. Watch this space.

Come Dine With Me

On our YouTube channel, we host a series of Come Dine With Me where we invite other content creators to collaborate with us. Season one for this year was in January and it was quite successful. Well, episode 2 is due to go out on Valentines’ Day. We are so pleased with ourselves because we were able to film ours this week! Talk about efficiency! This episode is entitled  ‘A Trio of Desserts With a Jamaican Twist”. One of the content Creators lives in Jamaica and the other lives in the US so it should be good. We are looking forward to it now. We have come up with some creative ideas and hope they will too.

Last week’s Come Dine With Me

 

Washing Machine

This week, the washing machine decided to die on us. That was quite a malarky as we had a fair bit of laundry to do! It was retaining the water when the wash was done. I opened the little trap door at the bottom, cleaned out the gunk, removed a hairpin and a coin, and returned the screw-on cover and door. It still would not work! And we are definitely not getting a workman in to look at it! So we have ordered a new one now which will not come until next Friday. We have opted for a white one with a larger capacity than the broken one. That way, we should be able to wash our duvets instead of getting a new one each Winter. It should be more cost-effective. The dryer is white too so that should give a more cohesive look since the dryer is white too.

Mundane

Those were the most ‘exciting’ things that happened this week which is why we call it mundane. Other than those, we continued with Happy Hour – our one-hour live session with our Youtube subscribers, we watched Home Cooks, a series on Netflix and yes we did do some paid work and housework.

Let’s show you a pic of Sunday’s dinner which saw us being experimental again in the kitchen. We made Jollof rice and Jerk Chicken. What do you think?

Hope your week was much more exciting and we look forward to sharing with you next week what we get up to and seeking an appropriate word or phrase to sum it up.

Have a good week ahead and thanks again to Anne for allowing us to share in Word of the Week.