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Catching up with more work, , attending meetings and listening to summer visitor bird song!
I had a lot to catch up with and, after breakfast and my normal chores, I settled down to paperwork in my office. There was the rest of my financial summaries to complete and then the task of sorting my desk out and trying to prioritise the outstanding work. I had so much to do but at least I thought I was clearing the tasks faster than they are arising. The gardener was back at work this morning tackling the outstanding jobs of mowing the grass and tidying the garden. The rain at the end of last week had stopped him from getting on and the grass had grown enormously over the weekend and was quite out of hand. I opted to carry on work this afternoon rather than go with Diana to Uncle Tom's funeral. I was going to go until I found out that it was being held at the Luton crematorium. I do not like the conveyor-belt atmosphere of crematoriums and find them quite distressing compared with a church service and burial which to my mind is the proper was of conducting a funeral.
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After completing a hectic period, this was a day to recover and catch up with my financial records and then complete the 70 invitations for Debbie’s forthcoming birthday event at St Neots Recreation Centre on June 1st. The Tories behind in the opinion polls and putting back their estimates of the election date.
Diana woke me up rather early this morning when I could have done with a lay in. Even so, I enjoyed the nice fried breakfast and then went out to tend the conservatory, plants and doves. I checked the swimming pool and gave the water a bit more chemical now that the temperature is kept over 80degF. Then for the entire day, I worked in my office at the computer typing in the information for my year-end income and investment summaries so that the result could be printed and circulated to my accountant and trust solicitor. This was quite a business, and it was late evening before the task was finished.
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Supporting the St Neots Almond Road re-cycling event and then Keith Seiler’s LibDem ‘thank-you’ Barbecue as Tottenham Hotspur win the FA Cup after extra time in a closely fought Wembley Final
We were looking particularly closely at the weather this morning, it being the day that we had planned the barbecue to thank all of our party workers and supporters that had helped in the recent elections. It was drizzling slightly first thing and a bit chilly all day, but it then got steadily better as the day went on, with a few bright spells. I tended the fish and plants and checked the swimming pool and then, after morning coffee and a few things, set off for the Almond Road re-cycling event with our family's contribution of newspapers and cans. I met Derek and gave him the membership recruitment lists and labels that I had got off of the computer this morning and then saw Sally who was passing on concerns from barbecue host, Peter Seiler, about the arrangements for the chicken to thaw out. I therefore went back to collect the boxes of chicken and took them over to Offord early, intending to un-box them there.
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After some important domestic work with the swimming pool and conservatory, and then liaising with the District Council about the very unpopular large earthen barrier for the Little Paxton Gravel Pit Road, I completed the negotiations with Ross McKay and my colleagues about him joining our St Neots Town Council team.
Daniel arrived home this afternoon from University for the weekend, confident of passing his University first year exams, had been staying at Heronshaw and made plans for his new Norwich flat for the following year.
After my meeting last night, I had a hectic round of telephone consultations with colleagues and Sally decided that she would be happy to let the Eaton Socon members decide on what was best to be done. She was also actively engaged in the final arrangements for tomorrows "Thank-You" barbecue in Offord where we had eighty adult and forty child acceptances! I arranged for Diana's help with the shopping and food preparation as she was struggling a bit. I had go-aheads from Michael and Percy to complete the Ross McKay negotiations and therefore arranged this evening's meeting accordingly. I also spent some time this morning on the swimming pool and conservatory as the gardener did not come on Fridays.
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