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A Day Old and Broke
What a weekend! I can`t believe how much has gone wrong and what has gone right the last two days. On saturday I slept in and woke with a start thinking it was friday and I was late for work... I do hate it when that happens. Once I was awake I decided to read in bed for half an hour but it was no use, I couldn`t concentrate so I got up. The morning was really nice so I got my housework done and decided to go to Homebase as I`d seen some really nice ornamental grasses that would look really nice in my garden. While I was there I saw a very reasonably priced (cheap) edging knife, just what I needed as Jim and I are in the process of changing the shape of the garden and digging out a new flower bed. I went home with the grasses and the edging knife, very pleased with my purchases. We did lots of work in the garden in the afternoon with Jim putting up a large trellis panel behind what would be the new flower bed. I`d made a list of garden jobs to do so I got on with those. Later on I was cooking dinner when there was a loud bang......I screamed and almost frightened the life out of Jim! We don`t know what happened exactly but it was the cooker that did it and everything seemed alright at least for now. (something tells me that it will soon be going to that big scrapyard in the sky so watch this space.)
This morning I was just beginning the ironing (my favourite....not!) when the iron started making funny noises and switched itself off. Oh dear, not another electrical problem thought I.....well not those exact words but you get my meaning. ;o)) After a bit fiddling around I managed to get it going again and hopefully it will stay that way. Now what on earth could go wrong now I wonder. Well I didn`t have long to find out.
This afternoon it stopped raining after a horrible start to the day. Jim was digging out the new bed and I was cutting the edges with my brand new toy. I was almost finished the edging when SNAP, it broke in half. Just one day old and as useless as a chocolate teapot! That meant when we finished the flower bed and had taken all the excess turf to the council dump it was back to Homebase to change the edger for a new one. Luckily there was no trouble with the exchange but I decided on paying more for a much better one. This one carries a ten year guarantee so I can safely say it will last a bit longer than the last one.
I just looked out of the window and it`s getting very gloomy. No doubt it will rain again as is forecast....of course it WOULD be miserable because it`s a Bank Holiday AND I`m working tomorrow. I just hope it`s not too bad tomorrow or we won`t have many customers and it will be very boring. Mind you it was really busy on Friday and there was one woman I could have cheerfully throw out of the shop. I couldn`t believe how rude she was to me through no fault of my own. You would think the lovely sunny weather would bring out the best in people but some of them were probably just born miserable. It will be interesting to see what tomorrow brings through the doors...lol!
I want to say thanks to all of you who expressed concern about me not being around for a couple of weeks, it`s lovely to know I wasn`t forgotten. Now I will carry on reading journal alerts until I catch up with them all, even though I won`t be able to comment on them all for a while yet. Take care all of you and have a lovely evening. :o)
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Wow what an eventful day if for the wrong reasons :( Hope the cooker and iron are okay xx Glad you managed to exchange the edger ok coz that's really bad that it breaks in half after one day x
Jenny
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Wow, sounds like all that could go wrong did. Glad all went well with the exhange. Hope by now the weather has cleared and you can enjoy your week...many hugs and love,
Joyce -
Sandra I do hope today goes better for you ~ I hate days like you had when everything seems to be going wrong ~ especially with electrical goods ~ how odd we bought an edging tool and it broke on the first day of using it ~ we took it back and they exchanged it with no problems ~ the weather here has been awful for a Bank Holiday it is grey very windy and raining ~ Typical English Holiday weather
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I am glad you were not hurt when the big bang went off and the tool snapped....i just know your garden looks so amazing!
XO
5/29/08 5:13 AM