Nerves are a Plenty

Carrying on from yesterday, the electrician has to come back at some point to finish the new fuse box. Apparently there's a fault with one of the downstairs lights and it keeps tripping the switch out. I did suggest that it could be the one in the dining room as it flickers on & off sometimes, for no apparent reason. Lisa suggested it might be the kitchen one as a few years back we had a small flood and part of the ceiling came down. She recalled the time that Elena thought the shower base was a bath & bunged it up until the water escaped over the sides, through the floor and down the kitchen wall, lol. It will get sorted at some point in the near future, I'm sure.

This afternoon, I have to take Elena to the dentist, to have the tooth out that's growing in the roof of her mouth. I'm not looking forward to it but it must be done. I think the kids at school have been telling her of the horrors that are injections, but I have convinced her that the dentist, rather than the hospital, is the best option. Not only that she will get money for being so brave ;O)

Lisa's really nervous today too as she is taking her driving test tomorrow. She really wants to pass and will be so upset if she doesn't. The odds on her passing first time are pretty slim in this day and age though. Not because she isn't any good, because she is. It's just that the driving examiners seem to make people sit more than one test now. They must have their reasons and I suspect one is to get more money??!! She's still working really hard on all her essays for Uni. She's been typing an average of 500 words a day and she now only has one more essay to do.

We're back from the dentist and Elena is now toothless. Well not literally, just one tooth less. Here are the photos to prove it. Anyone with a squeamish disposition should look away now lol. She was very brave. She's still numb but recuperating nicely.

You Can't Live Without Electricity

OMG I'm freezing! The electrician has been here since 8:30am putting in a new fuse box. I managed to stay in bed where it was as warm as hot toast when it's just popped out the toaster, but 11 o'clock was my limit. I'm hoping the battery on my lap top will last for about an hour & a half to give my brain something to do. Not only that the heat from the battery (or wherever it comes from) may just keep me warm. It's amazing how we rely on electricity. The biggest problem for me is no tea!!! No hot cup of delicious Typhoo tea, sweetened with a spoonful of sugar :O( I can't have a shower so can't wash my hair (as I do every morning, you should see the state of me!) I can't have any Shredded Wheat because I'm such a pansy that I can't eat it without hot milk on it, warmed in the microwave for precisely 1 minute 20 lol. I can't have toast cos the toaster is electric. I can't turn on the TV or radio. I can't do the hoovering or ironing the washing or drying. What the hell did the human race do before electricity was invented??? This will make me so grateful for all the things I have for a few days at least. Then I suppose I will revert back to taking it all for granted.

When I was a kid, growing up in the 70's, we used to have power cuts all the time. It must have been a nightmare for my parents but I used to love it. We would have candles melted onto saucers for light, Luckily we had gas fires & a gas cooker, so food, hot drinks & heating were no problem. We would play cards or get the board games out like Monopoly & ludo. My favourite was playing a game where we would take turns in reciting nursery rhymes and see how long you keep it going with out repeating the same one twice. I know some very obscure nursery rhymes to this day :O)

Little Polly Flinders sat among the cinders
Warming her pretty little toes.
Her mother came & caught her and
whipped her little daughter
for ruining her nice new clothes.

I had a little nut tree nothing would it bear
but a silver nutmeg and a golden pear,
the King of Spain's daughter came to visit me
and all because of my little nut tree.

See what I mean! Is it any wonder I have a head full of rubbish lol. Electricity has a lot to answer for!

Nevermind we are on the countdown to our holiday in the Maldives ~ 88 days!! ~ I can't wait. I've been following the daily weather on my laptop and the temperature hasn't dropped below 28 degrees ~ bliss :O) It's not called Summer Island for nothing :O)

Musical Appliances

Poor Elena is really tired since she started back at school yesterday. It's not that she's been going to bed late or anything like that, she's got a cough. One of those tickly coughs that drives you mad. She sounds like a dog barking & it keeps her awake most of the night. I've suggested ear plugs so she can't hear herself coughing, but she didn't find that funny, she must be tired.

Tomorrow the electrician is coming at something stupid o'clock, to upgrade the fuse box. Good job I've been in a tidying up/sorting out/getting rid of all the cr*p mood, cos if he had tried getting in the under stairs cupboard a month ago, he would never have found his way out lol. Luckily for him, there is only a few coats, the hoover, ironing board, dressing up box etc. under there now. Well I say it's in there, I've just moved it all out so he can see what he's doing. Elena in the under stairs cupboard.The big problem I have with him doing it is that it's my day off. I won't have any electric until he's finished! No heating, no kettle, no computer, no radio, no nothing and it's the coldest week of the year -6o OMG!!!! I'm just going to have to get in bed with Lisa & Liam, there's nothing else for it lol.

Last night Liam helped Andrew move the chest freezer from the utility room to the garage to make room for the fridge. OMG you should have seen the muck underneath! I think a lot of it was saw dust from Monkey the hamster's house, or that's what I'm telling myself *cough*. We are playing musical kitchen appliances at the moment don't you know. Mind you I still haven't got a delivery date for the enormous fridge freezer we ordered from John Lewis. Must give them a ring to see what's happening.

I must phone the opticians tomorrow to see where my glasses have got to too!?? Working for a living takes up too much free time doesn't it!!!

I got in from work this afternoon & Gem had let her self in and made a cup of tea for me. She's a good un. She's made herself a CV which she bought round for me to look at. Apart from adding a couple of things she'd done a brilliant job. I just hope she finds a new job soon. She's a hard worker and an asset to any company.

Andrew cooked us a fry up tonight. I say fry up, most of it was grilled apart from the eggs. He really is Superman :O) What have Lisa & Liam been doing?

Well Liam is on an Xbox marathon & Lisa has been doing work, work & more work in between attending the allergy clinic (she isn't allergic to anything, it's a trial she's been part of since she was a baby) and driving lessons.