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My plans to concentrate on my finances during the day were thwarted by the need to help the gardener relocate the dovecote and then constant telephone interruptions from radio and newspaper journalists and also residents worried about Little Paxton development plans.
I managed some financial work and visited St Neots to undertake the consequent transactions and then hosted seven of us (the family and two of their friends) for a Happy Eater lunch for over £40! A Village Hall Committee meeting in the evening to discuss the prospect of the Parish Council underwriting the costs of the building extensions and repairs.
The fact that an EEC diplomatic helicopter has been shot down by Serbian forces is holding up the U.N. peace-keeping initiative in Yugoslavia. The Georgian President has been forced out of his bunker in the parliament building and has escaped to the Armenian border
It was my intention to spend most of my day on the immense task of catching up on all of my financial work and limiting voluntary work to this evening but that was not to be. The day started quite late as it was the last time this holiday that Diana allowed me a lay in. The gardener had arrived and I could leave the garden to him in the main, but I did go out to see him and get myself and Daniel lumbered with the task of helping re-locate the dove-cote on the new upright pole. This involved stretching at arm’s length above our heads, but we did it in the end, though I did scrape my finger and strain my back in the process!
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A day of meetings and Focus delivery organisation and trouble with Daniel with the aftermath of his unexplained absence the day before. Eddie and Stella Varley came round and helped with the distribution system for FOCUS and we got the lot out for delivery later, Nigel Smith dropped in to talk about our Scottish grouse shooting idea and then, after lunch, to Pathfinder House for an appointment with Director of Planning, David Potter and a good meeting with him.
Home to Interviews with three radio stations and then to chair a meeting of my District Council Group at Sally's house, planning for the May elections. The Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia had been flushed out of his parliament building retreat and has left the country.
I had laid in until quite late and it was after 9.00am by the time I was eating my breakfast with the others. No sign of Daniel until he put in an appearance later and then I made my peace with him having been very harsh last night. He then accidentally left the shed keys on the top of my Range Rover so that they were sliding around when I drove off but I just caught them in time! This morning, I just had time to party tidy my office and then Eddie and Stella Varley came round and I showed them the distribution system for FOCUS.
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I had a useful and productive day but then a spoilt evening worrying over Daniel, who had missed a meal and failed to be there as promised so that Di and I could not go out for our anniversary evening's entertainment.
Earlier, Debbie helped me to take the balcony lights down, storing the bulbs away as I removed them and the consequent wiring and then, when Daniel did not come back for dinner, and calls revealed his friends had missed their meals as well, all us parents were suspecting the worse had happened. They had been in Bedford amusement arcade after all!
An unsettled night but I got some sleep in the end and was then awake early to see our Christmas Lights for the last morning this holiday. Today was mild again but quite breezy. I enjoyed a large Sunday fried breakfast and then Debbie helped me to take the balcony lights down, storing the bulbs away as I removed them and the consequent wiring. I spent the rest of the morning doing some maintenance jobs of the house: I adjusted some balcony and inside doors, replaced an outside light bulb and then joined the family for a nice lunch of roast turkey which is good value at the moment - £1.07p per pound!
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Tackling the problem of my undelivered Focus newsletters this morning, advising Derek about funeral arrangements for his mother and then working on more problems in the aftermath of Michael's bombshell.
Relaxing watching a couple of films and then finally updating my journal and hearing about the government launching into another educational reform; this time changing the course content of teacher's training, again without consultation
At least I slept well enough but then I was still worrying about the piles of FOCUS copies in my office that had not yet got delivered. As I was showering, I hit on the idea of writing to all of my deliverers and helpers in Little Paxton with a letter laying out all of my problems with FOCUS distribution and asking for help. I showed this to Diana who suggested some changes and then I got Debbie and her visiting friends to deliver them and Daniel to drive them to do so. I was rewarded later when Eddie and Stella Varley rang and offered help on Monday.
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