Roast chicken is in the oven. It took a bit of looking through boxes to find a few vital components - most important being the baking dish. It’s the oven’s first roast, I’ve only used it for heating a pie before. It’s smelling pretty good. It’s a much bigger oven than I’m used to, which could be handy sometimes (but mostly I just use the little toaster oven/air fryer).

I’ve had a productive day. I’ve moved a few bits of furniture around and assembled a shelf unit that will hold a lot of the pantry/storage items. That section has been the cause of a bit of roadblock that stopped me doing things in other areas, so this should mean I can start getting a lot of stuff out of boxes and properly sorted out. Mr Woof was very unhappy with all the banging going on while the shelf was being assembled and evacuated to the back yard until things quietened down, but Miss Meow was right there wanting to be involved and investigating everything.

The small fenced off area around the back gate to store the bins in and keep the pets back is working very well. Amazingly the width of the panels fit across the gap between the house and fence perfectly so it looks like it was made for the spot. Hopefully it lasts ok in the weather, it’s designed for indoor use so it will probably rust out at some point, but if it can last me for a few years while I am here that will be ok.