{"id":791,"date":"2020-07-12T15:19:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T22:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/?p=791"},"modified":"2020-07-12T15:19:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T22:19:44","slug":"12th-july-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/2020\/07\/12th-july-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"12th July 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Feeling:<\/strong>\u00a0Tired but pleased<\/li><li><strong>Listening to:<\/strong>\u00a0Nothing today<\/li><li><strong>Watching<\/strong>:\u00a0Black Panther (a bit)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The kids woke at 6am to make us breakfast (or brunch as B insisted it was because we didn&#8217;t eat it until 9am!) This meant we were all up way too early &#8211; but it was lovely to have them so keen to treat us. There was a menu for the &#8220;Food Thyme&#8221; caf\u00c3\u00a9 with a wide variety of breakfast options&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6122-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-792\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6122-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6122-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6122-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6122-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6122-800x1067.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6122-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully everyone chose waffles to eat &#8211; which kept things as simple as possible. F made me coffee (she&#8217;s pretty good with this now although I always worry she&#8217;s going scald herself on the espresso machine) and we all sat on the deck to eat it &#8211; and was an absolutely glorious morning and clearly too sunny for me and B to open our eyes properly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1eb1b25f-8d80-462b-8afb-800da65d567f-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-793\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1eb1b25f-8d80-462b-8afb-800da65d567f-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1eb1b25f-8d80-462b-8afb-800da65d567f-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1eb1b25f-8d80-462b-8afb-800da65d567f-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1eb1b25f-8d80-462b-8afb-800da65d567f-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1eb1b25f-8d80-462b-8afb-800da65d567f-800x600.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1eb1b25f-8d80-462b-8afb-800da65d567f.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the rest of the day I spent trying to get the deck completed (while D made impressive progress with our latest jigsaw) I had a break after lunch because it was sooo hot, helped out a little with the jigsaw before watching Black Panther with the kids (although I went back out to work on the deck again so didn&#8217;t see it all.) We also had our weekly quiz with my family which was really nice and some great quiz questions from I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the end of the day I&#8217;d got all the top decking laid &#8211; which means just the edges to do &#8211; and of course the whole thing needs treating &amp; staining to make it weather-proof. I&#8217;m feeling really good about getting this project done &#8211; it was several years ago that I first had the idea of putting a deck in this spot, so very pleased to have finally done it and despite a few hiccoughs along the way (including somehow managing to break a tape measure today) I&#8217;m pretty pleased with the job I&#8217;ve done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6118-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-794\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6118-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6118-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6118-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6118-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6118-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_6118-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The next steps are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>finish the edges<\/li><li>treat &amp; stain the decking<\/li><li>put up a sail shade (on order)<\/li><li>order a table (and maybe chairs &#8211; although we do already have some garden chairs)<\/li><li>use the spare timber &amp; decking to make planters to go round the end of the deck<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That should keep me busy for the rest of the summer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay safe, stay strong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeling:\u00a0Tired but pleased Listening to:\u00a0Nothing today Watching:\u00a0Black Panther (a bit) The kids woke at 6am to make us breakfast (or brunch as B insisted it was because we didn&#8217;t eat it until 9am!) 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