Well that's four hours of my life I will never get back, four hours on the phone to 3mobile!
I am so far past the end of my tether that my tether is a small dot in the distance.
Yet again I have run out of paper at work, this makes my job not just difficult but actually bloody impossible.
I can't find the lead for my camera, the house is in turmoil, Captain Hot Stuff isn't coping, nothing unusual there, he's very bad with change.
My mobile is not working but 3mobile don't know why despite four hours on the sodding phone, the bill has been paid, it's paid by direct debit on the first of the month but it appears to have been cut off by 3.
I've had a new phone for almost 2 months but it's taken 3 mobile until today and umpteen phone calls to get a replacement sim to fit the phone.
The new phones aren't working either!
Scrimping and saving, ranting and raving. Past retirement age.
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Monday, 8 May 2017
Knickers
I have just purchased 10 pairs of knickers for my 9yo DGD, she swears there are no knickers in her size at her house and that she is wearing her little sisters knickers that are too small.
She assures me she has asked Daddy (who does the shopping) to buy her some and he's refused.
I don't believe for one minute he won't buy her knickers and I'm assuming that her either doesn't know there are none in her size or that there are some and she doesn't like the colour/pattern/style.
She assures me she has asked Daddy (who does the shopping) to buy her some and he's refused.
I don't believe for one minute he won't buy her knickers and I'm assuming that her either doesn't know there are none in her size or that there are some and she doesn't like the colour/pattern/style.
Cancelled
I've cancelled the direct debit for the gas and electric, I'm in credit so there should be a refund winging it's way into the account in June.
I still need to cancel the BT and water rates, hopefully the bank account will look a little healthier next month.
I've filled yet more bags for the CS and the bin.
The roof of the boat has had it's final coat and looks great.
The weather was lovely on Sunday so I took some photo's, all I need to do now is find the camera lead and I'll be able to post them on my blog!
Shiny new roof.
Sunday, 7 May 2017
Room for two
Well the shower cubicle is definitely big enough for two.
It wasn't until I'd finished and got out that I realised that the clothes airer was still in the shower with me.
It wasn't until I'd finished and got out that I realised that the clothes airer was still in the shower with me.
Thursday, 4 May 2017
Who wrote it
I spent almost half an hour trying to find a book on my beloved's kindle, it was a Stuart MacBride, I'm reading A Dark so Deadly, it wasn't that one, it was an earlier one but he couldn't remember the title.
He'd started reading it and somehow lost it!
Eventually I asked for details of the plot to help me narrow down the choices.
He said 'It's the one where Rebus has retired'
No wonder I couldn't find it, the Rebus books are written by Ian Rankin!
He'd started reading it and somehow lost it!
Eventually I asked for details of the plot to help me narrow down the choices.
He said 'It's the one where Rebus has retired'
No wonder I couldn't find it, the Rebus books are written by Ian Rankin!
The roof of the boat has had it's first cream coat and it's looking really good, it's had 2 coats of primer, 2 of undercoat and now needs 2 top coat, CHS would have finished it today but the chandlers hadn't got enough cream paint in stock. It should be in by Monday at the latest, so the work on the roof will continue then.
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
A time of adjustment
We are getting used to spending more time on the boat but I have taken the wooden rolling pin back to the house. That way I'm not tempted to brain Captain Hot Stuff!
He will keep reminding me that I need to be more tidy, as I clear away the milk and margarine he left on the side, hang up his hat and clear away his paint brushes.
This morning I set the washing machine going and tripped the electrics on the boat, I'm not sure why, maybe I can't use the machine on Wednesday's.
On Tuesday I set off for work only to find the Marina gate locked, I had to walk back to the boat to collect the key. The gate should be open from 6am but actually the first person to leave in the morning opens it. I made it to work in 16 minutes, it usually takes me 30!
Once at work a worried colleague asked how we'd managed at the weekend, I said we'd been fine. 'But it rained' she said 'did you have to go to your house?' I assured her that the boat was ok in the rain and hadn't melted. Mind you I didn't tell her that I'd been stood in the rain holding an umbrella over part of the roof that Captain Hot Stuff had just finished painting when it started raining.
We have ordered the solar panels they are being fitted in June hence the need to get the roof painted.
Dd1 has made a start on selling the contents of my house, very kind of her but unfortunately she forgot to tell me that my stuff was being listed and it was a mad rush to get photos and measurements to her at the same time as collecting two dgd's from two schools and getting them to dance class.
He will keep reminding me that I need to be more tidy, as I clear away the milk and margarine he left on the side, hang up his hat and clear away his paint brushes.
This morning I set the washing machine going and tripped the electrics on the boat, I'm not sure why, maybe I can't use the machine on Wednesday's.
On Tuesday I set off for work only to find the Marina gate locked, I had to walk back to the boat to collect the key. The gate should be open from 6am but actually the first person to leave in the morning opens it. I made it to work in 16 minutes, it usually takes me 30!
Once at work a worried colleague asked how we'd managed at the weekend, I said we'd been fine. 'But it rained' she said 'did you have to go to your house?' I assured her that the boat was ok in the rain and hadn't melted. Mind you I didn't tell her that I'd been stood in the rain holding an umbrella over part of the roof that Captain Hot Stuff had just finished painting when it started raining.
We have ordered the solar panels they are being fitted in June hence the need to get the roof painted.
Dd1 has made a start on selling the contents of my house, very kind of her but unfortunately she forgot to tell me that my stuff was being listed and it was a mad rush to get photos and measurements to her at the same time as collecting two dgd's from two schools and getting them to dance class.
Monday, 1 May 2017
Yellow sticker queen
I popped into our little local Tesco today whilst swapping one grandchild for another.
I went in for milk as we get through a lot especially when the DGC have breakfast with us.
It wasn't the normal time for reductions but I hit lucky.
I got four posh burgers, a salad bowl, a chicken and a packet of bread rolls for under £4.
DGS & CHS had 2 of the burgers in rolls with baked beans for tea, two went in the freezer, I had a hummus salad roll.
I cooked the chicken today and we had a roast dinner, I've made chicken salad rolls for lunch tomorrow and made a chicken and mushroom pie for the freezer.
I went in for milk as we get through a lot especially when the DGC have breakfast with us.
It wasn't the normal time for reductions but I hit lucky.
I got four posh burgers, a salad bowl, a chicken and a packet of bread rolls for under £4.
DGS & CHS had 2 of the burgers in rolls with baked beans for tea, two went in the freezer, I had a hummus salad roll.
I cooked the chicken today and we had a roast dinner, I've made chicken salad rolls for lunch tomorrow and made a chicken and mushroom pie for the freezer.
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