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Quiet time. Amy is on holiday with her Mummy and Daddy so I have two weeks where my days off work are mine, all mine....sort of. Yesterday Hubby and I were summoned to Son's 'nearly' house, the vendor has been kind enough to let them have the keys prior to completion so they are round there sorting things out. One of the things that needed sorting was the flush for the WC, it was pathetic, so off we went with assorted tools. I am always nervous about Hubby and plumbing, last year he flooded daughters downstairs, whilst tightening a connection in her bathroom it snapped. Several years ago he put a nail through a central heating pipe and created a geyser effect on the landing which led to a waterfall in the kitchen, and only this year, in an attempt to clear a blockage in our central heating, he caused all the rads to start leaking, and made the blockage worse. Anyway, 2 hours after he started on the cistern their 'nearly' bathroom was awash with water, DIL was soaking wet, the dog had padded water through the house, there was no cold water supply upstairs and I was dispatched to Asda for drinks, that was his second mistake. Asda, never been there before so I had to study the clothing and home section, and I was impressed, so impressed that when I returned to 'chez fils' I not only had 4 drinks, but also 2 candles, I tray, I pair of earrings and a bracelet, and I had been gone an hour! Four hours after the mission to provide a torrent in the loo had commenced it was successful, a lot of duck tape was involved though.
Jack was round today and he brought Nanny a pressie, homemade Mr Men biscuits, they were delicious. He also helped me to take down the gazebo. It had been on the patio since Amy's birthday but the guy ropes had worked loose so with todays windy conditions it was threatening to take off, quite disconcerting when sitting under it. Jack was brilliant though, he didn't cry once when the metal poles fell on his head, he was being Nanny's main man, he had a job to do and nothing was going to stop him, not even the cover collapsing all over him. What a star.
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IanB / Website (21.6.06 09:42) Two things - 1. plumbing and Mr MWM; stop it. 2. ASDA, I made the mistake of going in the new one in Bletchley and ended up buying three shirts, one (lovely) jacket, a pair of shoes and a new belt. You have been warned. |
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midwifemuse / Website (21.6.06 12:39) IanB - I was well impressed. Thank heavens I'm back on Atkins so cannot be certain that anything I buy now will fit in 2 months (who am I kidding 
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IanB / Website (21.6.06 13:36) Well as you know I *had* to buy a new belt for my new trousers because the old trousers were too big. Atkins in Summer is good - barbecue round your house every day then! 
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midwifemuse / Website (21.6.06 13:41) IanB - You looked truly svelt when I last saw you, well done. Hopefully I will have shed a few stone when we see you next. |
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morethanluck / Website (22.6.06 08:01) i have one of those at home....diy disaster hubby. It gets sorted eventually but god it takes the long way around ,a lot of stressing ,swearing and I'm sure it would have cost the same to get soemone else to do it...by the time all the extra fixing itup bits are bought......only quicker |