L clamp

The l clamp is just about the most useful tool in the 'advanced' home maintenance tool-box. You can wait forever for someone around the house to give you a helping hand, or you can reach for the handy-mans friend - the clamp that do the holding for you.
I have several of these in a variety of sizes and made from a variety of materials, and they turn out to be useful for almost every job going. Whether I am looking for something to secure a paint pot whilst I am decorating, hold some wood for gluing, or even keep the rest of the toolbox in one piece... this handy clamp is the master of many tasks.

Happy Valentines

I managed to forget my wallet yesterday, so had no flowers to greet my wife with this morning... However, I was still presented with a very large bar of chocolate despite my error. I will of course be purchasing an extra large bunch of flowers on my way home this evening....

To be fair, we don't really buy into 'Valentines' as it seems to be just another of those dates made up by manufacturers of greetings cards. It may be fun as a youngster, but when you have been married a few years, just to select one day of the year to demonstrate your affection for your spouse seems a bit pointless, unless of course you are in the sort of relationship where demonstration of affection once a year is actually an improvement on the norm...

Essential oils perfume

Now the 'busyness' of Christmas and the New Year has died away, I am once again on the lookout for presents for the next few months. In April I have several birthdays and other events that will demand gifts of some sort. I have been looking at some essential oils perfume as a perfect inexpensive gift that would most likely be welcomed by any of the female persuasion...

It is not always easy to find lady-gifts that will be readily welcomed, yet are not too expensive (!), so I am really hoping that these will hit the spot....