All Quiet on the Western Front

Everything's a bit quiet on the western front!  Plumbing land is busy though.  As always in winter, people want to replace their roof & guttering & seem quite surprised when we point out that we need a few dry days strung together in order to achieve this!  I always thought that people wanted the raining on the inside to improve, not worsen, which of course is what happens when you remove sections of roof while raining!  And don't get me started on the safety side of things.  Just because we're trained in climbing ladders & working roofs, does not make it any safer to do so when wet!


Oh, and the crazy lady who screamed at me for 5 minutes last weekend because her plumbing broke down 2 weeks in a row - that was not my fault!  You want to buy a rental property, you need to take responsibility for all of it!  Not just the rent money.  I hope when you have medical issues, you feel free to be just as abusive to your GP (or specialist).  Glad I got that off my chest.


Hmmm. in other news, we have a new apprentice who is working out just fine & dandy @ 4 days in.  Lets give it another 4 months & see how things go?  My office assistant has gone to Hawaii for 10 days.  Unfortunately she refused to take me in her suitcase, so I'm stuck in the office while she's lazing about the pool at her resort (or better yet, the beach).


Hold on, we have puddy cat puke happening...............fur ball crisis averted it would seem.


Now, where was I?  Oh yeah.  I guess I can't complain about every body else being on holidays, having already been away twice myself this year!


I've signed up for a 10km fun run at the end of September, so started training for that last week.  I just need to commit (more) to it.  This morning when I was supposed to go for a run, I rolled over & went back to sleep!  My BAD!  I guess I was going to change Saturdays run to Sunday anyway, so can do today's tomorrow! Sorted.  Do you recon my subconscious will be praying for rain now tomorrow so I can pike yet again???


Plumbing boy is still besotted with his ambulance & has purchased more gadgetry on ebay today for it; with a bit of luck the sound system be less painful & the hands free will work now for both of us instead of (not working on) just his phone.  Now we just have to do surgery on the dash mat he bought a couple of weeks ago (wrong size & keeps sliding off every time he goes around a corner or over a bump!).


I must say his purchase prior to that was a winner.  Mumsy, you'll love it!  Jimmy's Thunderbox.  If you haven't got one already, you'll have to come home via Cohuna & pick one up!  Super easy to set up & the biodegradable liner just drops into the hole & is back filed along with you know what!


OK. The western front is darkening (along with the rain clouds) so I think I'll go & light my fire & call it quits for the day.


I hope you are all enjoying some warmth & sunshine!