I Hate DIY Stores

So, I've had to leave it this long to rant because I was that cross I would have said some very naughty words!

6 weeks ago we ordered what we thought was a very nice wardrobe from a very well know very 'orange' home improvements store.... get my drift so far?

We were told that we could specify AM or PM for delivery, great we thought that will fit around my shifts wonderfully, so no need for time off work. We did not give the order to any of their competitors because they could not give us a time specific delivery.

Anyway, we are supposed to be getting delivery on Wednesday of this week according to my order sheet, so I called the contact centre, to make sure that the PM that we had requested was in fact going to happen.

NO NO NO they want to deliver am!

I then proceeded to have a very in depth and verbal conversation with the pleb on the other end of the phone who said they could rebook the delivery for me, but it would be another 6 week wait - Yes 6 weeks despite it being in their warehouse now, and then she could not guarantee that it would be delivered on a PM delivery.

What a bloody pain in the a**e, and talk about jobs worth's.

Having spoken the the local store to see if they would accept delivery for me (No we won't do that in case you get it damaged - then we would have to take the blame!) I told the pleb that she could stick the order and credit me my money back - I did think that this would help her to see sense and give me the PM delivery that I was promised, but NO! I got a credit.

I certainly will not be doing business with this company again for anything other than the usual take away with you stuff that you need at a moments notice.

Soooooo Tired Still

Normally when I get up of a morning and come downstairs Fred is there to greet me with great enthusiasm and energy, bounding all over me and trying to lick me. Not so today - it was all he could do to drag himself over to my feet and give me a wag of the tail.

10 minutes later he had disappeared and I could not find him - no need to fret though - he had taken himself back to bed and was out cold once more.

We really did tire him out yesterday I think!

An Evening Stroll

Once we were home we had a lovely roast dinner and decided a trip to the beach was in order, and so at 8.00pm we met up once again with Sally-Ann and Mike along with Hamish this time to go for a stroll. As we were going on down to the beach we met up with Cilla their neighbour, who has a little 4 month old westie called Trampas. The 3 boys played beautifully together in the surf and on the beach...

Fred is the one at the back in a harness, Hamish is front left and Trampas is front right

Once we got home again Fred flaked out once more - I think we tired him out today!

A Drive around the Devon and Cornwall Borders

Today was a '5' run. We had a couple of new cars turn up, as they had seen our local website and wanted to join the club so we ended up with 16 cars.

As we knew it would be a very long day (we were joining the start of the run at Jamaica Inn, an hours drive from home) we decided that Fred should come along for the ride - off course he was thrilled to be included and as always, jumped up on my lap and sat watching the cars in front of us. Such a good little chap he is.

I reckon he was definitely up to be designated driver - don't you think!

Anyway - after driving for most of the day, it was decided to start heading back home after a small coffee stop in Looe, where we had a wander and Fred wowed the residents with his charms and good looks - obviously.

On the way home he decided that he had had enough of keeping my lap warm and wanted to curl up and sleep in the foot well - no mean feat I can assure you in a sports car!

Soon the eyes started to droop and then....

Out cold!

Bribary, Corruption and the Sparkling End Result...

So...... We start off in the bath with cuddles and sympathy and a very large beefy treat. The bad stuff then follows, and a poor little drowned rat appears!



And as the water becomes blacker and blacker - a sparkly clean little Fred starts to appear...



And despite the fact that my hair is now all over the show, I think Fred is now starting to enjoy this!



And suddenly, there is a lovely little boy, all fluffy and velvety, rolling around on the lounge rug and playing with his bone. I don't think there were any ill effects there then .... except perhaps for my appearance!

A Typical Friday Night?

Well maybe not a typical Friday night - the sun is streaming into the living room - you can't see the picture on the television and the dog is having a mad half hour. The sky is blue and all is right

with the world....

Why won't the stupid dog do this when we have to brush him!

Anyway back in the real world, there are boxes around my living room that need to be dealt with. On Tuesday evening we went to collect the sink/vanity that we had ordered a couple of weeks ago and the boxes had not moved since then. Paul decided that now was the right time to start building it together. Forget the fact that it was gone 8pm and I was trying to watch Storm Chasers (sad I know), but he said it had to be done now!

And so it begins...

Then Fred wants to get involved...

Where did this go again?

Oh there!

How am I doing he says! Right in line of the tellie I say!

Bored now dad - and isn't it upside down anyway? - My dog is so clever!

Told you dad - I've even done the legs for you.

Snow???? Not in Cornwall...

So, when we decided to make the move from Birmingham to Cornwall, we thought, Blue skies, sunshine every day. yeah Right.... soon enough the locals put us right on that front.

This is Cornwall now Jo, only ever get rain 'ere. If we are lucky April and September may be dry.

Fantastic! Great! Smashing! Then to top it all they said - 'Oh No - we never get any snow here'

Well looky here - they were proved wrong. OK it was only for about an hour, then the skies went back to the lovely blue and the sun started to shine. I even washed the '5' this afternoon when I got in from work. Paul nearly passed out when I told him, but having said that, I have advised that, I have now fulfilled my car washing obligations for the next12 months, so don't expect it to happen again!.

Anyway - this is what we woke up to before the sun started to shine...

Crane Daze

Today they are putting the boats from the dry dock back into the water at Portreath Harbour. The crane was booked for 3.30pm so we arrived early just in case, and lucky for us they were just about to start. The water was just starting to come in and the wind was bitter but that didn't stop the workers.....

The crane finished at the closed end of the harbour and moved to the mouth and started to drop some of the boats directly into the water....

Everything went like clockwork and soon they were whizzing up and down the cut testing their outboards.

At this point the winds picked up and it got really, really cold. It was decided to abandon putting any further boats in as it would be dangerous with the boats hanging mid air on such a blustery day.