Chirp!
It was about 5.30am when we were woken by the first chirp. And shortly thereafter, there was another chirp.
No, it was not the sound of early morning chirping birds, but instead the loud chirping sound of a wired smoke alarm detector with a dead back up battery. Ciaran got out of bed first and located which smoke detector was emitting the sound. He then went about unscrewing the detector and locating the battery that needed changing. He had difficulty removing the detector from the wiring fitting so I went online to find a user manual with instructions. In the heel of the hunt he was doing everything correctly but the chirping stopped anyway without the battery being changed. So we went back to bed and tried to get back asleep quickly. He fell asleep straightaway but it took me about an hour.
And then when I woke up about 9am Ciaran had already left the house to meet a friend for coffee and about 30 minutes later guess what started up again?! Yup the chirping.
Well don't worry we got it sorted. When Ciaran returned home, in the light of day he was able to get the fitting down, the battery changed and the detector back on the ceiling. All good!
New cushion covers
So after all of that excitement(!) we went up to Nicks in Ranelagh for a coffee and to browse the two pop up shops.
Both "Feel Good Cycle" and "Pilllows & Patterns" had lots of lovely merchandise on display in their pop up shops in the coffee store. I was so glad to see the lovely cushion covers from Pillows & Patterns as I had been meaning to buy some to replace the ones that are currently on the couch in my conversation pit.
And so these are the ones I chose. They have a great mid century modern look to them and I think they are very unique and nothing like I had seen before. I'm very happy with them.......and always glad to support and buy local!
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