Saturday 25th August 2012

The end of the month, a bank holiday and a double celebration.

So, it is Saturday lunchtime, we have just eaten; a selection of cheeses bought from Waitrose on Monday; the time I went in just for bread and ended up spending £27 on cheese and beer and cider. This morning we headed over to Tonge mill to the brew shop for some kits; we are going to make two patches of Norfolk Nog for Christmas, and a batch of cider and another ale for me. We have received requests for the porter, so one of the batched of Nog is to be given away as gifts or in part-exchange for 'stuff'. I am getting three free haircuts for 18 pints from my barber, which is OK,I guess.

Of course being a bank holiday the weather is pretty poor. At least for today. A keen wind is blowing clouds and frequent heavy showers from the west. After getting the beer kits, we had hoped to head over to Harty to look for butterflies and dragonflies, but we will no do that another weekend.

We just headed back, and this after noon we will put the first two batches of booze in to begin brewing.

Thursday was the 30th anniversary of Jools starting at the factory; she received a cheque, and in a few weeks will take some of her best friends out for dinner with the MD picking up the tab. In the 30 years she has been with the same employer, I have done the following jobs:

Short order chef
sales assistant at Boots
Delivery driver for Hubbards electrical
Double glazing salesman
Process worker at the chicken factory
QC inspector at the chicken factory
Section controller also at the chicken factory
Joined the RAF, posted to: RAF Swinderby
RAF Cosford
RAF Marham
RAF Laarbruch
RAF Lyneham
RAF Cosford
RAF Coltishall

Left the RAF and then:

Agency driver
draysman
Chemical deliver driver
Geophysical engineer for Gardline
Geophysical engineer for UTEC
QC inspector at the box factory
Geophysical engineer again
And finally working as the QA manager thing with Vestas.

Phew.

The other celebration is that today is my, ahem, 47th birthday. Don't shout it out loud. So, I came down the stairs to find balloons and presents along with a cupof coffee this morning. and tonight we're off to a fine country pub for dinner; paella for two I believe. Great stuff.

So, until tomorrow, toodle pip.