The slightly messed up sweepstake worked out alright, some of the teams must just have been knocked out already. We got six teams each, as Mum and Dad joined in remotely:
Looked to me that Mum and Dad had this in the bag, I didn't realise Switzerland were one of the favourites. We favoured Croatia really, but I was pleased to take the pot when Switzerland won. The boys stayed up for it all and really enjoyed it. Clare was partying with lots of relatives in Dublin and so missed out.
Another gorgeous day today, very hot. Everyone's on the beach round here, and we took our lunch down there too.
I've done quite a lot of jobs today, got all the washing and ironing cleared. One last lot hanging out on the balcony in the hot sun now. Simple pleasures being able to dry clothes outside. I've just automated the washer and dryer a bit, they have individual energy monitors on them now, which I can used to monitor when they're being used. With a home assistant script it will now send me a ping on my phone when the wash is finished. The dryer already did this on its own but now I can see how much each load is costing...
Got pies for dinner tonight, and I just picked up a load of free veg from Tesco. The last hour of trading each day is the time for the "colleague shop", I can get yellow stickered items reduced down to 0p. Today I got spinach and beans and mushrooms to have with our pies, plus a ready meal (use by today but I'll risk it for lunch tomorrow) and some empanadas as a snack. There was plenty there today, including pizza, but I only took what I can make use of.
Going to finish Thor: Ragnarok on TV today and then probably watch Race Across The World. We were waiting for Clare, but she has watched it while she is away.
Sunny and a gentle breeze, 10 - 21℃.
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Paul Clarkeʼs blog - I live in Hythe in Kent. Married to Clare + dad to two, I am a full-stack web developr, and I do js / nodejs, some ruby, other languages ect ect. I like pubs, parkrun, eating, home-automation and other diy stuff, history, family tree stuff, Television, squirrels, pirates, lego, + TIME TRAVEL.
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