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December 15, 2007

Brrrr.....

It is cold here in the North East at the moment - averaging about 3C, which is chilly when it is as damp as it is here.

My boiler ceased to work on Thursday evening. I have just had the nice man from British Gas here, who had a good rootle about and diagnosed a burnt out circuit board. He can't get me another one until Monday. So I am without heat or hot water.

I could be really annoyed about this, so close to the festive holidays and all that, or, more temptingly, I could use it as an excuse to be an utter slob. No baths or showers until Monday! I secretly enjoy getting good and grubby, just so that I can really appreciate it when I eventually get really clean.

And the warmest places to be in my little flat will be bed (Yay! Hours and hours and hours under the duvet), or in front of the oven with the fan going at full blast - or hours and hours and hours of roasting things and baking.....

And drinking a lot of soup to stay toasty. Good job I made that large pan of tomato and tangerine earlier.

And wrapping myself in knitted shawls and scarves to stay warm.... I could wear every knitted item I own, all at the same time and be really snuggly!

Right now I am of to Argos to buy a small heater - no doubt I will have to fight Greebo for prime toe toasting position.

I used my time in the flat this morning whilst waiting for the BG man profitably, and you may be pleased to learn that photography has taken place. Therefore I shall post pictures either later today or tomorrow.
In the meantime I get to wear a woolly hat all day and all night.....

Posted by glittrgirl at December 15, 2007 12:22 PM

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Wey hey, photos! Look forward to that.

Also, have you tried those handwarmer thimgummies that you can microwave or warm in the oven? There are gel versions, but also some made of some kind of oats, I think. I use them on night shoots, marvellous, and reusable.

Also [2] try freecycle to ask for heaters before you have to buy any. You can always refreecycle them when your lovely heating is fixed.

Stripwashes: remember them from girlguide camping?

Posted by: brendadada [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 15, 2007 03:06 PM

ooh, did the gas man drop his spanner?
**nudge nudge***

:-P

Posted by: Sue [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 15, 2007 03:14 PM

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