Dead and alive….

John is amazing. Despite the fact that he still has a cold and not yet back to walking fitness, he trotted out to the shed to take a look at a rather sad looking freezer. The seal has gone and ice has frosted up the whole of it pretty much. I’d removed everything at the weekend, but wasn’t keen on unplugging it just then, as the water would soak the floor of the shed. “We need to defrost the freezer and get rid of it,” John said earlier in the day. “Oh yes, we do!” I replied, but didn’t do anything about it.

Anyway, this evening, he came in the house, only slightly out of breath, and said, “I’ve unplugged the freezer and got it half out of the shed….” OK. Marvellous. So here we are – a dead freezer, keeled over on the path and looking very forlorn. The cat was interested though…..

We’ll have a go at wheeling out to the front another day – maybe tomorrow?

In the meantime, we have resurrected and brought alive the desk that used to belong to Harriet’s father. “Do you want the desk?” Paul and Harriet had wondered, as they were clearing the house – and we had said ‘yes’. So we took delivery of it and I thought I’d have it French Polished. Here it is, in all its glory and forever to be known as ‘John Fielding’s Desk’.

Looks good, no? Although I may have to change my curtains now – I am not sure the mahogany and the burgundy colours go together!

In other news, John has battled all day with facts and figures relating to energy bills. He phoned the energy company to query the hike in standing order required, only to be told they needed evidence of power consumed over the last few years. Honestly, you’d think they’d have that at their fingertips, wouldn’t you? But no, the customer has to do the work to prove that the hike is inappropriate.

Meanwhile, I had a day of rest and sat and watched TV all afternoon. I am now nursing a cold, too. Lucky me.

Take care everyone. God bless.