5.30 a.m. and 15 deg. I can cope with that temperature. Not so with the high 20s/low 30s of later in the day. I've been up since 3.30 as it was too warm in the guest bedroom, where I ended up last night as a baby bat splatted somewhere behind the table in the bedroom just as I climbed into bed.
It was a beautiful sunrise this morning and I took some photos through the v. dirty bathroom window. I must try and clean it off somehow - the hose is leaking mightily in mid-section and I will get very wet I think!!
The plumber came and sorted out the UV system yesterday. As he arrived, with the front door left open (I had it shut to keep the flies out), a nasty little black ba*tard of a fly came straight in, landed on my arm and bit me. It looked like a house fly, but wasn't. It came back for another go later but I had the door open for a couple of hours then and it departed. By 3.30 a.m. my morning antihistamine had well and truly worn off, as had the After Bite I put on the bite . . .
I came downstairs and have finished sewing up the blocks I was piecing yesterday - 27 in all, plus 10 I did on Wednesday. Will put them with their white halves today and lay them out on the bed to see how many more I need to do. The quilt will be called, unsurprisingly, Heatwave . . .
Unfortunately, this latest heatwave has done for my old fridge-freezer, an LG which has done sterling service for over 20 years now. When I poured milk into my tea yesterday, a lump of yoghurt came with it! I don't want to spend a fortune on replacing it as I will have to splash the cash. You used to be able to get Hire Purchase to spread the cost. Now it is done via a credit card type loan at just under 30% APR. I don't think so. Some places charge £15 just to unwrap the blardy thing, and another £35 to take away the old one. I think we will have to have a family-here DIY job when it's delivered and take the old one to the Tip. So I will have a proper look at what's on offer today and make my mind up. It of course costs twice as much or more, to get an energy-efficient one and takes about 10 years to level out savings for running it against increased cost of buying it!
Right, 6.10 now and I shall see if I can get back to sleep for an hour or so.
What an expensive nuisance, your fridge dying, but you've had a decent run with it. Do you get Consumer? I never buy anything big, before I've checked their recommendations. , Our weather has been as cold as yours has been hot. Tonight was a rugby test - All Blacks v Italy, and fortunately the weather, although cold, has cleared up just in time for it. 3 generations of the family are down there enjoying the atmosphere - my DIL and I are the only sensible ones!
ReplyDeleteI've just signed up to Which, so I can make an informed choice. Gosh, your family are going to come home frozen to the marrow! Here, we are melting.
DeleteBad luck with the fridge freezer. My ancient under-counter freezer is struggling, working almost continuously and I've turned the fridge temperature down as I also had 'tibetan' style yoghurt tea yesterday. Yuk!
ReplyDeleteJust taken out a month's subscription to Which so I can check out the best one for me and my purse. Sorry your freezer is struggling too.
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