Well things are starting to get better already...

Having not really had a good start this month things are starting to improve, a few weeks ago I'd dropped my mobile phone out of my pocket whilst looking at an oil leak on a customers car outside his shop, the phone was picked up by another customer who phoned half of England with my credit but returned it a few days after, then work dropped to an appalling level to almost non existent I then ended up with the dreaded man flu, they say so I've been told bad luck always comes in threes ! Well it certainly has for me, but things are getting better, I've managed to get my driveway & path at the rear of my house concreted at last, I've started laying slabs in the shed base which is gonna be my workshop when completed & I've finally got round to having the central heating replaced for next week by a local company this time because it's passed it's life of use & I'm sick & tired of having to keep replacing the water pump every year which every time it packs up the damn thing keeps tripping the electricity mains out.
The guy came out from the central heating company this morning to measure up all the radiators in every room & work out what other materials were required including the new combi boiler & gas fire that are going to be replaced has part of the job, gave us the quote & estimated about a days work, so not doing bad here for the last couple of years I've had the roof redone new windows & doors, new kitchen & bathroom completed & I've also got round to redoing my back garden where I was going to turf it but changed my mind & decided this next spring I going to start growing my own vegetables in again like my father did when I were a kid.

I don't think gardening is hard work, it's just time consuming, I've got it dug over last year before the first frosts & raked level, there were plenty of lob worms in it I can tell you, that's a good sign & also I've built a new compost bin out of some old sheets of polycarbonate from an old conservatory roof, that'll last a fair few years.
Next job in the garden is to build a greenhouse, I've decided against a glass one because of neighbours kids with footballs etc, etc. Will probably go down the road of polycarbonate again which is quite strong material & build the frame for this greenhouse out of timber.
Now I'm just deciding whether to use manure or leaf mulch in this prepped patch of garden, so not really a deal left to do & see how it goes.
Most of the veg I'll be growing will be spuds, leeks, onions & radish along with carrots lettuce, cabbages & cauliflower.
The tomatoes in the greenhouse when it's built & go from there.

I was at one time going to have my own pond but unfortunately there isn't going to be enough room for one so I may consider in the future another water feature of some kind & another thing I've also done with the garden is put a border along the back fence to put some plants in where the old privet hedge was to tidy it up a bit.

So now all I need to do is get some fishing done : )