Closer

The weather has been foul. There have been incredibly strong winds and tons of rain. It's been the perfect day to stay indoors.

Urban-cub and Ellie came round for the morning. Cousteau-cub and the Silver Vixen looked after Ellie while the Gorse Fox and Urban-cub went to see the local agent for the developer. Once we were back we had a fun couple of hours with Ellie. After some lunch, Ellie and Urban-cub took Cousteau-cub back to LA with them and left the Silver Vixen and Gorse Fox to their own devices. We put our collective feet up for half an hour then looked at the decorating that stretched out ahead of us.

The Gorse Fox spent an hour or so removing the cables and feeds for the TV in the family room and preparing the area for the first coat of paint. He won't start on that today but should be able to hit the ground running when he gets down to it tomorrow (after football). The Silver Vixen attacked the bucket chairs (or at least one of them) with the Bissel Spot Cleaner that the Gorse Fox uses on the carpets. We'll have to see how it dries, but the wastewater from the process implies that a good deal of day-to-day dust and grime have been lifted from the fabrics.

Old age can be a strain. The Gorse Fox spent a while trying to think of the best way to make an accurate, if fiddly, cut in some cable trunking. His conclusion was that he would need some form of oscillating multitool. He looked at the prices online. A little steep, he thought. He texted Two Hats and he didn't have anything suitable. He returned to the online sites. Then he saw a good candidate device. As he started to consider it, the fog slowly cleared and it occurred to him that he already has just such a tool. He bought it as a special offer some eighteen months ago and has never even opened the box. Doh!