Seeing as the stomach bug has literally knocked the stuffing out of me, I was off work today.
I decided to spend some time catching up (in between frequent vists the loo) with some of the books which have been gathering dust on my bedside cabinet.
Today’s digest was “Get into bed with Google” by Jon Smith. A very handy little book (quite literally) from which I picked up quite a few little gems – which I’ll be certain to use, when I’m back to my best!
It’s not been the best of days really. Our Zanussi FL1082 washing machine started leaking big style this morning and some baby items got damaged in the process.
Now you’re probably wondering what the connection is there, well I’ll tell you. Mrs DDWT – currently in the midst of baby ‘nesting’ mode – decided to ‘spring clean’ some baby items in the washing machine. However, whilst the wash was in progress the said baby items got jammed in the seal between the washing machine drum and door – cue a ‘burnt’ seal and damaged baby items. The end result was a leaky washing machine. Grrrrr.
With tempers flaring – “what the hell did you want to wash x in the washing machine for?” – I decided to take solace in the Yellow Pages and find a local Zanussi repair centre. Fortunately, there was one in Morriston – ‘H. Phillips’. A quick call and estimate later and our repair said he’d be with us shortly to collect the washing machine – which he duly did.
Some 3 hours or so later our washing machine returned and was thankfully now back in it’s original state – i.e not leaking! The service was excellent in fairness and I’ll be sure to use them again if the need ever arises (which I hope it doesn’t!).
Unfortunately, the whole episode meant that a leak had sprung in my wallet…. to the tune of £75.
Here are a couple of rainbows I managed to quickly get a snap of after some thundery showers.
The Swans finally sealed promotion to the Coca Cola Championship with a 2-1 win at Gillingham and I was there!
Full details of the my day on tour with the Dieters Bar Jacks to follow soon!
DDWT Junior was rather pleased with himself today (as were his Mam and Dad!) as he was awarded a ‘Merit Award in school for his “lovely descriptive work about his teddy bear” – the teddy bear aka Farmer Ted!
As a result he wanted his certificate to take pride of place in his bedroom – so that’s exactly were it’ll end up when I get the chance to knock a nail in the wall.
In fact he’s had a pretty eventful day all round really, as it was gym day in school and after dinner him and his mates headed off to Toots in Neath for some fun. Consequently he was out on his feet come supper time tonight! Still, he’s had a really fun day which is the most important thing.
Thankfully, I remembered to take some cash in work today – a good job really considering I was going for a haircut straight after work. Not sure really what the going rate for a haircut is these days, but I stump up £7.50 every 4 weeks for a “number 2 on the back and sides, with a dam good trim on top please”.
I had to make sure I was at my best for this party I’m going to tomorrow in Gillingham you see. It’s a football party, where hopefully the Swans will be celebrating promotion to the Championship come 5pm. Whatever happens, I’ll be sure to give you a rundown of the days events – with pictures and video of course.
