Boiler Bliss!

 

This morning was rather chilly to say the least!

Hubby got up extra early to attempt to get some lukewarm water into the bath via an old electric shower.

We no longer use this shower over the bath, as the thermostat no longer works and the water goes from lukewarm to cold in zero seconds!

However, lukewarm was better than 100% cold, so with some kettles and pans of water he was able to cobble together enough water for us all to have a bath!

It was back to the old days of sharing water, and poor Teen One got the last bath as she was up last.

We did add some more kettles of water but she said it was still pretty chilly.

Whilst the water was an acceptable temperature for me ( hotter would of course have been better!) the chilly feeling once out of the bath took me back to being a child and stepping out of a lovely warm bath to a freezing bathroom...and no towelling robes in those days!

How I love my home comforts now!

 

After a quick trip to Asda for some basics, it was on with some much needed housework and endless washing.

There was no option but to tumble dry most of the washing, which meant endless walks down the garden path to the drier in the garage.

 

 

Teen One's throat was incredibly sore again, with a chesty cough to go with it....so Strepsils have been the order of the day along with a lot of warm fluids.

I really hope I continue to avoid this virus!

 

 

Grandma called round after lunch, to email her best friend in New Zealand.

Bless her, she spent well over an hour typing out 4 lines!!

I did offer to type whilst she dictated, and did explain if she saw a mistake further up, she didn't have to delete everything and retype it, but being the stalwart she is, she struggled on.

We had a cuppa and a catch up on yesterday, then just as she was leaving...

 

 

...my knight in shining armour arrived!

The plumber is a really lovely guy whose dad used to drive a minibus for our Holiday Bible Club many years ago.

I suspect the plumber himself is near to retirement  age, but we hope not too close, its hard to find tradesmen you can trust.

He had come straight from a funeral, and having heard about our powercut at the weekend was harbouring a secret hope we just had a fuse issue.

However, having checked the fuse it was obvious that wasn't the problem.

He checked here and there, scratched his head, muttered lots to himself, checked for more fuses again, then remembered we kept the manual on top of the boiler.

With an idea there was an issue with the pressure (although the light indicated differently) he read through the manual, not gleaning much information at all, but then had an idea....

 

...with a whack of his screwdriver the boiler kicked into life!!!

What a relief!

I could have kissed him....but resisted the urge!

 

He has said as the years go by it will become more and more unlikely we will be able to get parts....which we already knew having phoned Worcester about a decade ago and they said they no longer made parts for our boiler!

So, if we want a new boiler he has said to call him in February as he gets pretty booked up by the summer.

He likes to fit new boilers in the summer, so the boiler is all set for the winter.

I must admit I was getting a bit anxious this near to Christmas for the logistics of getting a new boiler and our plumber being free to fit it!

Thankfully we have some more borrowed time and hopefully will be able to limp through the winter.

 

 

I managed to fit in a bit of knitting whilst dinner was cooking and hope to finish this dolly cardi tonight.

 

I heard my aunt fell and broke her arm yesterday in Tesco, and although I had intended popping in before Christmas, I need to make sure I do it sooner rather than later in case she needs anything doing/buying before the shops sell out!