Concreting happening today

So of course, it is raining. The concreting has been delayed twice since before Xmas because of rain that was forecast, and neither time did rain eventuate. But today, of course, it has.

However we have asked the firm to go ahead regardless of the weather. Our thinking is that with Omicron in the community here now further delays will run into issues of resourcing due to either the contractor's staff becoming ill and having to isolate or the concreting firm being in the same boat. Of course, it could be David or me who gets infected which means we would both need to isolate, with no one able to come to the house.

So any minor damage to a newly concreted surface can be fixed later if necessary. And having the rest of the summer where we will probably be at home and able to use the back garden area for sitting out at a less than perfect concrete surface and eating and enjoying the clement weather seems far preferable to us than continuing with the currently unusable space.

We used to have the table and chairs on the grass, and it was generally excellent. However in the evenings, the pesky little insects that live in the lawn and like to come out for blood in the dusk were an absolute menace. The concrete pad is an effort to reduce the size of their habitat.  I suspect we will still use a plethora of citronella candles (I wanted to call them limoncello when my mind was hunting for the word 😆) and we also have purchased a couple of the ultraviolet zappers that will be employed...😈😈

 

The view of the unusable space from the back doorstep - smack bang in the middle with no space at either end to put out the outdoor table and chairs.

And from the sunroom - it'll be lovely when we can sit out there. I plan to place a few pots and David's dad's sundial as well.

 

Cheese scones for the workers are planned - David has already grated the cheese last night. He's a good man. 

However he DID forget to reset the tea maker and set it to make my early morning cuppa. He is a bad man. He is now on probation. However (x 2), to show that I am merciful, I have a) made tea for me and b) made his special tea for him, and c) not raised the fact that he forgot to sort out my teamaker last night, and d) not informed him of his probationary status. 😇😇😇😇

He is also therefore very lucky to be married to such a forgiving angel ...