What I did today.

crimson I loved your passion and enthusiasm
ella poor youxx
when I love a bargain
glass happy days
to all of youxxxxx

Just had a lovely long Skype with Dd and DGD
Feel much more cheerful now! Think I'll be fine by tomorrow!

That's better jeni. Things are looking up.

That would've been like finding treasure, glass! Imagine! I've done very little today....been on here a lot, though !
Littlenellie, I've been going through this thread trying to find out how your first week at your new job went - (I've been away all week). Can't find anything, though. it must've been on the old thread. How did it go?

I don't believe it; after all the money I spent having my central heating done I've got water coming through the landing ceiling..and I've just had the house redecorated.

crimson - how awful! Something's gone terribly wrong...so sorry.

Oh no, crimson! Have you got a number you can phone - the company that fitted your heating will have some sort of responsibility, surely?

Insurance company!

crimson would have to pay an excess though, jeni. The company will have to sort it - immediately!

Emergency engineer has just talked me through how to turn everything off! I'd just been sealing off the door to the loft so I could put the heating on and not lose heat going up into the roof. Tried to turn the water off at the meter in the road [my worst nightmare since I had a water meter..a leak! the reason why I put off having a water meter for years ] but not sure what I've done. My knees don't work these days so kneeling in the road is not good. The good news is that the only room I haven't redecorated recently is the hall and landing so they will probably pay someone to come out and do it . Not sure what my house insurance covers me for either. Strangely enough I was only talking to a colleague at work ysterday and I said that, because all my recent little problems had resolved themselves and I was feeling really chilled out and happy I was worried that something would go wrong and, blow me [for want of a better word, IT HAS! I'm going to be really smelly at work tomorrow as well, cause it was bath night....If this had've happened this time last year I would have been in Paris as well. And there was me worriong about flooding. I should've looked upwards instead.

worriong; that's Australian for worrying I think. I go aboriginal in times of crisis.

crimson - at least you haven't lost your sense of humour!

Goes away humming 'Lay me kangaroo down, sport, lay me kangaroo down...'

Worse things happen at sea, crimson! You'll soon be sorted again.

Last time I'm going to feel happy. Much prefer my usual Eeyore mode; it's safer.

Think it's 'tie me kangaroo down...' crimson - just to add to your Eeyore mood!

of course it is....now I've got to tidy the house up a bit because of the engineers coming out tomorrow; don't want any undies floating round the bathroom [I've been having a slob weekend thus far]. Maybe they'll put a new washer on the tap in the bathroom that's got a pair of tights over it to stop people using it as it drips and I'm trying to save water....[goes away humming 'always look on the bright side of life tedum tedum tedum tedum'

I hope the engineers have arrived crimson. It's frustrating waiting for these people to turn up, though today I've had a nice surprise - an unexpected call from the Fire Service offering me free smoke alarms - one to replace the old one and another upstairs where I didn't have one. All done in a few minutes, no hassle. Sorry, grans; disappointingly, they weren't your big hunky firemen - one verging on retirement and the other just a youngster, a bit weedy.

anno I got the same surprise last week on opening the door to three gorgeous firemen, good job nellie wasnt here

crimson hope you got sorted out.

.....water now on kitchen ceiling...[the kitchen that I've just had redecorated]; engineer here, though....

crimson I share your fear of a leak, nothing worse!

anno I used to live in Didsbury from the age of 9 until 18! It has changed such a lot, but I had many happy times there.

Still in lots of pain with my back today,seeing the chiropractor later, and ironically my toe is better than it's been since I had the pins put in! I can't believe it!
Also my migraines have halved in number for the last two months, I don't know what is going on in my body but maybe I'm healing myself!

I lived in Eccles . Spotted that water was coming from the radiator in the bathroom, so that [I hope] is the source of the leak into the kitchen. Actually became the happiest person on the planet when I saw that leak, because at least I knew where it was coming from. Insurance company won't say that they can cover me for this [accidental damage doesn't seem to cover accidents] but the heating company will and, if they don't I do have legal cover with my insurers so I can sue them. Now going back to work. Phew...

crimson I lived in Weaste when I was first married, but not for long thank goodness!

Glad you got the leak sussed

Today is one of those can't get motivated days. I think the weather which is dismal has something to do with it, but really haven't achieved anything yet today can't even be bothered to cook dinner might get a takeaway.

Same here, whitewave. It's been raining on and off and although it is now sunny, I suspect that as soon as I put my coat and shoes on, it will rain again. And, of course, I am immersed in The Song of Achilles.