I thought that a new blog post was in order, if only to mark the fact that the Big Mac has moved! Thanks to ongoing clearances elsewhere, we have acquired a new computer desk which has taken up residence in Nicky's study, and which is perfect for the Big Mac. This means that desk that was being used in the dining room (and which had been used previously in the conservatory at Round Wood) for the computer has moved upstairs, and can now fulfil its original purpose as a dressing table.
In other IT news, Jake has decided to put all of his birthday and other funds, plus a loan from his parents, towards a new desktop computer, which should be arriving at some point during the week. Maybe I'll have to annoy him when it arrives and make a point of doing a blog post from his new computer as well! We went over to PC World to check out the model he wanted, with its Windows 8 and touch screen, and then came back home to order it online from PC World, getting what they describe as a "refurbished" model for about a third less than the shop price, but which the shop assistant assured us would be indistinguishable from a brand new machine. It comes with Windows, but not a whole lot more, so I will have to see if I am able to apply for another home use copy of Office from work yet, seeing as it must be 18 months or so since I got one for my MacBook.
I've just sent off an email to our surveyor regarding what will be needed to put our hall / kitchen / cloakroom back together now that our leaking heating pipes have been fixed. Hopefully it will be possible to make a start on that work fairly soon. We have the damp man coming back tomorrow to take some readings and see if we have dried out enough for him to take his dehumidifier away with him (thereby reducing our electricity bills quite substantially!)
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