The electrician has been

After all that excitement we had really rather a dull weekend. We did practically nothing. We didn't leave the house on Saturday, unless you count going out to feed the chickens and the birds, and me going out to inspect the back garden in between showers.  We did leave the house on Sunday, but only to go as far as the supermarket and the dairy (mission accomplished this time without either of us tripping up in the road)  One of The Builder's allotment friends, though, did trip over the pavement up towards the shop. She didn't fare quite as well as The Builder in that she is very bruised and scraped - but she didn't hit her head, I don't think.

The council did come and fill in some of the pot holes outside our place, but has done nothing with the cracks and the raised metalwork.  The pavement up Ward Street (where Marilyn, the allotment friend tripped) is in very poor condition. The council has replaced the entirety of the pavement on Green Lane from the school up to the shop - but I don't suppose they want to be sued by parents when their children fall over and break themselves heading up to buy after-school lollies!!

And on Monday the electrician came. And to our slight embarrassment it seems there was nothing wrong with the light in the bathroom. The problem was purely that the new bulb we put in was itself broken :-S  But our embarrassment is only slight. The original bulb did go with an almighty bang, so it wasn't unreasonable to suppose that it had damaged the wiring. And I don't expect Phillips light bulbs to be taken from their packet in a broken state - and with the new bulbs you can't see if they're broken, which you could with the filament ones.  Anyway - the electrician didn't laugh at The Builder and he did fix the kitchen spotlights which are now VERYBRIGHTINDEED in the kitchen!

I really must remember in future that our boiler and central heating cover extends to loads of other things in the house. No point paying all that money each month and then not using the service. (Even less point paying all that money and then paying for other electricians to come and play!!!)

Oh - and I have been reminded this week that having cream bed linen, a black cat and rain overnight is a Bad Plan!!!!!!!  (Unless you find cat paw prints on your doona cover cute, that is)