Drat!
The one day – for ages - that I was not totally respectable
by 8.30am my handyman calls catching me in a dressing gown – and surprise
surprise it was still raining. I did get
up at 7.45am but then had a lazy breakfast and, on an impulse, started defrosting
the one fridge that still has to be defrosted.
He examined the relevant part of the roof after his cuppa
and pronounced it tile perfect - it’s just that when wind and rain are so
relentless and coming in horizontally rain gets in. Whilst he was here he removed detritus from
the back porch roof and once I was respectable again asked if I was pleased
with Alastair’s office since he decorated it.
I showed him the finished result and he couldn’t have been more
pleased. He has seen its many faces over
the years.
Now we wait for a dry spell to finish off the garage roof
and he has promised to drop a bill in soon - something he is always slow to do.
Somewhat weary of household problems I’m going to give
myself a treat on Monday night – stay up a little later and watch BBC4 10pm - 11.25pm
Folie a Deux.
It is a documentary tracing the efforts of a couple to
convert a historic mansion in York
Yes I know it sounds
a little déjà vu and it isn’t just schadenfreude. Having seen Helen Heraty on Breakfast TV I’m
sure if anyone can overcome insurmountable difficulties she can and it is said to
end on a note of poignant positivity.
As it says in the blurb:
This confirms that
great British eccentrics continue to thrive, but you wouldn’t necessarily want
to live next door to them
See photo below.
25 comments:
Folie a Deux déjà vue schadenfreude?
Tres Bon Pat!
Ps why don't you Betamax the programme and have an early night so you won't get caught next morning with dressing gown and crafty woodbine...
I am happy to know that your roof is intact, even if it cannot withstand sideways blowing rain. Hopefully, you will not have those often.
My dear woman, respectability is surely your middle name? Unblemished you are, unblemished you will always remain. A true English rose.
I won't mention that one time in your 20s with the ginger boy from the butchers, eh? Better left unsaid...
Oh yes, that sideways rain!
I'm smiling at you not being 'respectable' at 8:30 am. Chef is so naughty :-)
As for eccentric people, I have no idea why, but I do enjoy being around them.
I can't bare having workman in the house. Even nice ones. We need major work done our roof, well the house is 100 years old and some of the tiles are still original.
Enjoy Monday night!
Do you ever give a thought to giving up the house? Just wondering.
I look forward to the post concerning the ginger boy from the butchers.
Sx
Glad all's well with the roof. He sounds like a handyman we would all like to have living near us.
Rog: it was bit O.T.T. wasn't it?
When I used the family room I knew how to use the recorder but now I'm living in the drawing room - pro tem - and until my grand-daughter comes at the end if the month I can't get this recorder to work.
I don't want to change things over
- something always goes wrong.
Woodbines? Cheeky monkey!
Judy: I shall keep a weather eye on things:)
Chef: Ralph wasn't ginger he was sandy and he was the butcher's son and I was in my teens. And who told you?
GG: you are right - Chef is very naughty.
Joey: we also have found it a trial having anyone working in the house but Mick has become part of the family and I can't afford to let things slide in this Forth Bridge of a house.
Exile: so many people have asked me that since Alastair died.
It's not just a house - it's our home and since '85 all members of our large extended family have spent happy times here with us . Many now gone.
If I lose my good health I'll have to consider it but otherwise - as my Dad used to say I'll only leave it feet first.
Scarlet: see my note to Chef.
Mike and Ann: I just wish he lived closer. He lives in Wheddon Cross which is quite a drive with a steep drop on one side and some time ago he went over. I am lucky to have him.
That program sounds very interesting---I'll take an eccentric any time....!
I cannot imagine you leaving your home---Like you, I'm out of here, feet first.
Naomi: I hope we both pull it off - in the distant future:)
My "handy man" is there this weekend and I don't have to get dressed up for him. It is my son:)
I have often heard this word used but never had been quite sure of the meaning. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to look it up.
schadenfreude: noun, often capitalized \ˈshä-dən-ˌfrȯi-də\: a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people.
Granny Annie: happy to oblige. I just wish I was even faintly fluent in either French or German.
The maledicent who sought out my ear to winx so gliriform-esque about Ralph?
...why, young Scarlet herself, of course.
Ha!
I'll give im a winx alright.....
Sx
Scarlet and Chef: settle down children.
I'm never totally respectable before 8PM! And it's a small window, ask chef! :¬)
xxx
Maurcheen: like I'd trust either of the pair of you bad boys.
What a wonderful house. I have this reluctance to salvage an old house again. You sound great tho.
Mage: yes I think once is plenty.
:) xxx
"convert a historic mansion in York into a luxury hotel".... being risk-adverse (and perhaps unimaginative) I am always in awe of the ambitions of the business community!! Best of luck to them.
Gadjo: sadly only one of them survived.
Difficult to imagine you not being totally respectable in any garb :)
Kim: gee thanks. You and Chef have managed to make me sound like the most boring woman in Christendom.
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