is that we rely on it when we are supposed to have it. We've just had a third power cut this evening. Two happened before I came home, and one just now. The first lasted about an hour, the second a few minutes, and the latest about 10 minutes. I was just starting to blog when it happened.
Goldie was the one trying to bite his way out of the garden today. b's defences worked, and he didn't succeed. Maybe he was the ringleader all along. Leavy explored leaping over into the veg garden again, but the rope holding the wire fence tight seems to have done the trick.
The FDA auditor arrived at work today. The place looks immaculate, and everyone is on high alert. So far, so good. He has got stuck into the work, though, and isn't missing anything.
Leavy just alerted us to the fact that there seemed to be someone at the door. I went out to it, not expecting anyone to be there, and locked it. b told me he was expecting the "gate" man to call so I went and looked again. And there he was, being very polite about the fact that I had just ignored him and left him out in the rain. I think he is going to give us a quote for a new side gate.
Shannon Sailing has made a hole under Ian's bed to look at our water tanks and has found huge tanks under there. When they emptied them the boat rose up about 8 inches (15 cms!). It looks like it will be impossible to line them with plastic at the front, though, so they are going to look at the back ones.
No news has come yet re Grandpa. I'll keep you posted as soon as I know any more.
Monday 14 January 2008
Friday 11 January 2008
Grandpa and Leavy
Grandpa's good eye bled on Tuesday evening, leaving him unable to see except with peripheral vision. He has an appointment on Monday at 4.30pm with someone who will try to remove the blood at the back of his eye. This is the only hope of getting his vision to return. Meanwhile, he can't read, watch TV, or do normal things like pour tea into a cup, as he can only see at the sides. The specialist put her hand out in front of his face and asked him how many fingers he could see. He could only see 3, being unable to see the middle 2.
When I spoke to Granny at lunchtime today she was much happier, having fought to get the appointment for Monday. It has to be done within a week of the bleed. They were about to head out into the garden to do a few things together as it was sunny and it gave something to keep Grandpa occupied. Ian - if you read this, please send him a postcard or letter as soon as possible.
Leavy is excelling herself. Today she managed to escape a few times, and it seems she has worked out a way of getting over the fence into the veg garden. From there she gets into the graveyard, and away. Guess what we'll be doing tomorrow.
When I spoke to Granny at lunchtime today she was much happier, having fought to get the appointment for Monday. It has to be done within a week of the bleed. They were about to head out into the garden to do a few things together as it was sunny and it gave something to keep Grandpa occupied. Ian - if you read this, please send him a postcard or letter as soon as possible.
Leavy is excelling herself. Today she managed to escape a few times, and it seems she has worked out a way of getting over the fence into the veg garden. From there she gets into the graveyard, and away. Guess what we'll be doing tomorrow.
Thursday 10 January 2008
Lush - my favourite
I finished the day yesterday with a bath with an "I've been mangoed" bath melt from Lush. It has to be my favourite! I felt really ready for a good sleep afterwards, and beautifully warm and smelling of mangoes.
The fire brigade arrived at work today. I think they were trying to remove the huge lake that had formed overnight in the car park. There must have been a lot of rain, or alternatively the car park sank. Anyway, cars could barely drive through the patch of it in front of the canteen.
It's nearly the end of the week. I'll be glad of the weekend!
The fire brigade arrived at work today. I think they were trying to remove the huge lake that had formed overnight in the car park. There must have been a lot of rain, or alternatively the car park sank. Anyway, cars could barely drive through the patch of it in front of the canteen.
It's nearly the end of the week. I'll be glad of the weekend!
Wednesday 9 January 2008
Leavy
...has had one of those days. The floor was wet this morning, my leather chair has been chewed, the blue basin has been taken down from on high and chewed, curtains have been pulled down, the wind-up torch that was too high for her to reach has been damaged, and there are paw marks on the kitchen table. While she may not have been the culprit who actually did these things I suspect that she had a large role!
Tuesday 8 January 2008
More rain happens
It is very stormy and miserable out - again. It felt good to be inside at work today as it was cold and wet. The people who insist on continuing to smoke now have to walk up the roadway and out onto the path, but the addiction is so strong that there are still quite a few doing that in spite of the weather. What amazes me is the fact that they don't bother with coats, umbrellas, or any protective clothing. Pneumonia will be the result.
New machines were put in for swiping into the company and went live yesterday. Within half an hour someone had managed to hurt themselves by bashing into the doors and ended up going for an x-ray. You can imagine what fun that was. Now there is huge hype about the unsafe doors. What happened is that the person swiped her card and then didn't walk into the opening. After it had started to close she decided to swipe again and walk in, at which stage the doors had started to close. They reopened, but she panicked and hurt herself. I tried to recreate what she had done, with no success. Anyway, lots of people have been working on it today and it has the full brains of the company working on fixing it.
b and Ian are speaking on Skpe. I've had to re-load money onto it as they are speaking for such a long time. It's very exciting to hear what Ian is up to. His blog was great, and he has promised to bring us beyond day 1 as soon as he can.
That's it for now.
New machines were put in for swiping into the company and went live yesterday. Within half an hour someone had managed to hurt themselves by bashing into the doors and ended up going for an x-ray. You can imagine what fun that was. Now there is huge hype about the unsafe doors. What happened is that the person swiped her card and then didn't walk into the opening. After it had started to close she decided to swipe again and walk in, at which stage the doors had started to close. They reopened, but she panicked and hurt herself. I tried to recreate what she had done, with no success. Anyway, lots of people have been working on it today and it has the full brains of the company working on fixing it.
b and Ian are speaking on Skpe. I've had to re-load money onto it as they are speaking for such a long time. It's very exciting to hear what Ian is up to. His blog was great, and he has promised to bring us beyond day 1 as soon as he can.
That's it for now.
Monday 7 January 2008
The cooker is mended
The bloke came to fix the cooker element today and, this time, actually fixed it. That means we can grill waffles again...
I was in work at 7.45am today and suddenly it was 6pm. What did I do that was useful in between those two times? Hmm, maybe it's best not to ask questions like that in case I don't have a happy answer. Anyway, I'm home now (7.06pm) and ready for a nice meal, which smells like it is on its way.
I ordered some wool for knitting yesterday evening. That was a strange thing to do as I haven't done knitting for years. However, I decided I needed something to keep me occupied while I watch awful TV programmes, and also I need a slipover thingy to go over blouses as part of my work gear. I have no idea whether the wool will be good when I get it, or even if I have ordered the right amount. It is possible to buy a pattern on-line, but for some reason they don't let you see details such as how much wool you need to knit it, so I've had to guess. It will end up being sleeveless because I don't have wool, rather than because that is what I intended anyway. Or, it will end up having sleeves because I want to use up the wool.
I was in work at 7.45am today and suddenly it was 6pm. What did I do that was useful in between those two times? Hmm, maybe it's best not to ask questions like that in case I don't have a happy answer. Anyway, I'm home now (7.06pm) and ready for a nice meal, which smells like it is on its way.
I ordered some wool for knitting yesterday evening. That was a strange thing to do as I haven't done knitting for years. However, I decided I needed something to keep me occupied while I watch awful TV programmes, and also I need a slipover thingy to go over blouses as part of my work gear. I have no idea whether the wool will be good when I get it, or even if I have ordered the right amount. It is possible to buy a pattern on-line, but for some reason they don't let you see details such as how much wool you need to knit it, so I've had to guess. It will end up being sleeveless because I don't have wool, rather than because that is what I intended anyway. Or, it will end up having sleeves because I want to use up the wool.
Sunday 6 January 2008
Barack Obama wins Iowa
I forgot to say how exciting it is that Barack Obama won the Iowa primary so decisively. I'm listening to his victory speech on youtube and he is very impressive. It would be great to see such change in leadership.
Maybe Ian would like to go and help him in the US next summer?!!
Maybe Ian would like to go and help him in the US next summer?!!
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