Having provided breakfast and got the kids and Mrs P out the door I’m off to the library, taking the car today as I need to be back handy to start the wallpapering, which would have been the final part of the great DIY project if I hadn’t knocked chunks out of the wall the other day. I help a nice old fellow whose daughter has booked him on Ryanair to travel to see her in Italy. He thinks he needs a copy of the flight details but one of the librarians and myself think he may need to print out boarding cards. I take a look at Ryanairs’ website and am amazed at the variety and size of charges they raise if you don’t check-in online, and print and bring your boarding card. So I sit down with the gentleman and get him sorted. Afterwards the librarian recounts how she booked through Thomas Cook, who used Jet2 for their flights. Thomas Cook didn’t tell them they needed to go online and print out boarding cards and upon arrival at the airport, they were charged £37 per person for the attendant to press a print button to produce boarding cards. You really do get what you pay for with low cost airlines, but forewarned is forearmed.
So to the wallpapering, and the first piece hits the bin, though after that it improves slowly, though the fifth piece hits the bin as well. You may be surprised to know it, but wallpapering is one of the few DIY activities I am almost competent at. Suffice to say, allowing for a break to make tea for the family, and a quick taxi run for the youngest - I stop papering at about 8.30pm having had mixed success. Having suffered with a couple of lengths I’d cut too short which were plainly my fault, a number of alcoves and the fact that we live in an old house where none of the walls are straight - I have not got as far as I’d hoped. I can see it being a long day tomorrow.
Yours still decorating
Jay
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