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Mar. 12th, 2019 08:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsI have hot water and heat again \o/
It turns out the igniter thing had warped so the gas wouldn't ignite, so not a terrible horrible expensive problem to fix. I mean, still a chunk of money, especially when you have to pay a call out charge too. But no way as bad as it could have been. The repairman did a temp fix yesterday and will be back on Thursday to give the boiler a service and also fit the new part, so all is well.
Pretty much as soon as he stepped foot out of the door I was filling the bath as my bath on Sunday night was pathetic. Normally I love my big, deep bath. But after boiling the kettle ten times I still only had enough hot water to go half way up my legs. I read all of a page of my book before giving it up as a bad job and just having a wash and getting out. On the plus side, upstairs is looking good as I'd start the kettle boiling, dust while waiting, tip in the hot water set it off to boil again and hoover while waiting, repeat with different jobs ten times.
Then in another non-problem, because the repairman was fitting us in after another job, he said he'd be arriving any time after tea, so I didn't really want to start cooking as no doubt he'd arrive in the middle of doing so. In the end it was gone 7 when he turned up, so we decided to have a takeaway after he'd gone. It's something we do once in a blue moon now, and it was a disappointing experience all around. I mixed up chow mein and chop suey and ended up with a huge carton of dry noodles I had no desire to eat and the chicken was rubbery and in big off-putting chunks. It was such a waste of a takeaway.
Today we're off to the dog cafe at Newcastle, then probably on to the cinema after that as tomorrow I'm giving blood in the morning then helping my SiL move furniture in the afternoon. The dog cafe has a new puppy, so puppy snuggles will be in my future. The dog cafe is also right next door to Mog on the Tyne and we have full loyalty cards that mean a free visit. As of now I've no plans to go there, but who knows what will happen when we look through the window and see the kitties.
Now though, I should go wake up James and tell him I've booked us into Dog and Scone in a few hours.
It turns out the igniter thing had warped so the gas wouldn't ignite, so not a terrible horrible expensive problem to fix. I mean, still a chunk of money, especially when you have to pay a call out charge too. But no way as bad as it could have been. The repairman did a temp fix yesterday and will be back on Thursday to give the boiler a service and also fit the new part, so all is well.
Pretty much as soon as he stepped foot out of the door I was filling the bath as my bath on Sunday night was pathetic. Normally I love my big, deep bath. But after boiling the kettle ten times I still only had enough hot water to go half way up my legs. I read all of a page of my book before giving it up as a bad job and just having a wash and getting out. On the plus side, upstairs is looking good as I'd start the kettle boiling, dust while waiting, tip in the hot water set it off to boil again and hoover while waiting, repeat with different jobs ten times.
Then in another non-problem, because the repairman was fitting us in after another job, he said he'd be arriving any time after tea, so I didn't really want to start cooking as no doubt he'd arrive in the middle of doing so. In the end it was gone 7 when he turned up, so we decided to have a takeaway after he'd gone. It's something we do once in a blue moon now, and it was a disappointing experience all around. I mixed up chow mein and chop suey and ended up with a huge carton of dry noodles I had no desire to eat and the chicken was rubbery and in big off-putting chunks. It was such a waste of a takeaway.
Today we're off to the dog cafe at Newcastle, then probably on to the cinema after that as tomorrow I'm giving blood in the morning then helping my SiL move furniture in the afternoon. The dog cafe has a new puppy, so puppy snuggles will be in my future. The dog cafe is also right next door to Mog on the Tyne and we have full loyalty cards that mean a free visit. As of now I've no plans to go there, but who knows what will happen when we look through the window and see the kitties.
Now though, I should go wake up James and tell him I've booked us into Dog and Scone in a few hours.
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Date: 2019-03-12 09:35 am (UTC)Aww that sucks that the takeaway was bad
Ohhh a dog cafe sounds adorable! As do kittens! sounds like a fun day!
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Date: 2019-03-12 12:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-12 03:45 pm (UTC)But yeah, the takeaway was a big fail. Even more so as we hardly get them anymore.
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Date: 2019-03-12 03:46 pm (UTC)But yeah, not going to that Chinese again.
The dogs were fab! I got so many pug kisses. We didn't go to the cat cafe in the end, decided to be sensible and hold onto our free visit for another day.
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Date: 2019-03-12 04:20 pm (UTC)Yeah of course! Boo!
Ahhh that sounds amazing
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Date: 2019-03-13 09:46 pm (UTC)I feel for you! Takeaway shouldn't be allowed to be disappointing!
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Date: 2019-03-14 03:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-14 08:32 am (UTC)I love Mog on the Tyne and the cats are adorable. But it was lovely to spend time with the dogs, who wanted to sit on your knee and just wanted to play and be snuggled.
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Date: 2019-03-14 08:33 am (UTC)We have takeaways so seldom that having a bad one was sad. So much got thrown away.
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Date: 2019-03-14 02:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-14 02:58 pm (UTC)That sums it up, really.
But, I have hot water! That makes it all better.
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Date: 2019-03-14 03:37 pm (UTC)That's true, the sad wee bath did lead to a nicely clean and tidy upstairs. So, silver lining there.