In which I reinvent the custard wheel

In my family, I am legendary for having invented, at the age of nine, the custard wheel. This is a brilliant but completely pointless alternative to to.using a spoon for stirring custard. The user simply turns a wheel instead. Our family were early adopters : I later saw the actual device, or one very similar, available in a Toronto supermarket, a mere 25 years later.

Today I spent at least ten minutes devising a clunky cardboard prototype of a protective sleeve useful for storing my phone during its overnight charge. The eventual plan was for the upgrade to to be wall-mountable. On completion, I realised that :

a) I already have a fabric sleeve that fits well and could be modified to make it wall-mountable

b) I recently purchased at vast expense an imitation leather phone sleeve (the only one that fits my new phone) that would do the job. If wedged between the chest of drawers and wall, it would not require wall mounting.

At this point, the cardboard prototype went in the bin.

In other news, I finished the jigsaw I blipped yesterday. I had bought it on eBay and it came with its limited edition certificate, but minus three pieces!!! By this stage, I was past caring. I did, however, find some missing pieces from other puzzles, down the back of the sofa. This will help me resell them on my stall. No one wants them with one missing piece.

For exercise, I cleaned a window. I've ordered a new plain net curtain to replace the extremely lacey one we have on our street-facing side. Without the fancy one, we have about 50 % more light. Shame about the huge black TV that blocks out the other 50.