PigginSkint's DFW Diary

PigginSkint

I knew it was too good to be true. OH came up to bed at about 2:00am last night – I was asleep but aware of him coming in the room so I asked him if he was all right. Now, he could have said yes and let me sleep, but did he? No – he informed me that the PC is now not working properly and there was now a blue screen. My first thought was ‘Oh no, the blue screen of death!’. So there we have it, 2 computers now kaput!

So I think we are left with 2 difficult choices (1) buy a new computer (prob laptop), or (2) swallow my pride and talk to my Ex – he works for a company that sells and mends computers. He can probably at least tell me whether either is worth mending.

Feeling a bit glum today as you can probably imagine!

Well I did all my Avon jobs last night and as it was about 9:30 when I finished that, I didn’t get round to writing any Christmas cards or wrapping Christmas presents. I have brought a pack of cards in with me today so if I get a minute (i.e. if my supervisor goes off for a while!) I might write a few while I am here.

I am feeling very tired today – probably something to do with being woken up at 2:00am – so I don’t think I will stay late today. And I certainly don’t intend to stay late tomorrow either, as it is my last day at work before Christmas. It means I will be just under a hour down on my flexi but, to be quite honest, I would much rather be at home with my son! Besides, an hour is nothing - I can easily make that up when we come back to work in January.

Tonight’s plan of action is as follows:

· Put Avon books back out
· Try to collect last few books that I couldn’t get last night
· Try to do last couple of deliveries
· Write cards and post those that need to be posted
· Wrap up Secret Santa present (and others if I feel inclined!)
· Collapse on sofa with cat!
· Early night!

Anyway, I suppose I had better get on with some work.

Bye all!!

PigginSkint

Hi All

Well we are still a computer-less household! (I am doing this update from our local library). My brother came over the other night and had a look at the PC and took some info away with him to try to work out (a) what exactly is wrong with it (b) if it can be fixed (c) how much it would cost (d) whether it would be worth it! He also took the laptop away with him as he works with someone who refurbishes them (used to be his job) so we will see what comes of that. But whatever, it is going to take a while before have the internet back at home.

This means that I am not going to get my fix of MSE as much as I would like. Especially as I am now off work until 5th January. The week between Christmas and going back to work I shall probably get into the library a few times because DS will be away on holiday with his Dad so I shall need something to do.

So I am taking this opportunity to say:

Have a very merry Christmas everyone and a very happy new year!

dawnybabes

Aw - it would be like my leg being chopped off if my laptop broke :-)

Hope you get sorted soon, haqve a very merry christmas and a happy new year tooooooo

PigginSkint

dawnybabes wrote: »

Aw - it would be like my leg being chopped off if my laptop broke :-)

Hope you get sorted soon, haqve a very merry christmas and a happy new year tooooooo

Yeah - that's roughly what it feels like! Hope you had a very merry Christmas and have a happy new year!

hypno06

Hope you have had a good Christmas!

PigginSkint

Hi All

I'm at the library again so time for a quick update!

We had an open house type do on Tuesday evening - just a few family and friends. Just before everyone arrived OH decided to try to 'make safer' the broken plug socket in the back half of our living room (my Dad bought a new socket to fit about 2 years ago but hadn't got round to actually doing it) - there was a big spark and all the electrics down one side of the downstairs and all of upstairs blew! Luckily the lighting still worked and so did my fridge. My Dad did come in for some stick about it during the 'do' - because if he had come and fitted the new plug socket when he was meant to this wouldn't have happened. The following morning we discovered a consequence of the lack of electrics which I hadn't realised and which made the situation rather more urgent - no central heating and no hot water. Our heating system is gas but clearly it needs electricity to work - the timer had stopped, the igniters for the boiler and gas fire wouldn't work and I am guessing that the pump would have stopped as well! I think my Dad was shamed into doing something about it as he came over on the morning of Christmas Eve to sort it out!

Think I will continue in a separate post! Back in a mo!

PigginSkint

hypno06 wrote: »

Hope you have had a good Christmas!

Not bad! Just mid update at the moment so see below!

PigginSkint

Illness has been a bit of feature this week. OH was feeling a bit rough on Tuesday night and was very ill on Christmas Eve - he had a very high temperature so at 6am on the morning of Christmas Eve I was sponging him down to try to bring his temperature down (something my mum used to do for us when we were kids - she was a nurse). It was actually quite effective.

Christmas Eve we went over to my Dad's as my cousin from London was visiting with his family. We left OH behind as he really wasn't well. Unfortunately he still had to go to work as old ladies still need to be put to bed, regardless of what day it is!

Christmas Day, very surprisingly, he was actually feeling a lot better. Perhaps it was just as well as he had to work that day as well.

On the evening on Christmas Day and the following morning DS was not very well - a dry throat, cough and feeling achy. I dosed him up with cough medicine, honey and lemon and paracetamol and by the time his Dad came to fetch him yesterday morning he was feeling a bit better. (I will now not see DS until next Sunday as he and his Dad are going on holiday to Fuerteventura - it's all right for some!)

Yesterday I had pains in both kidneys and all down the front of my tummy - very unpleasant and it lasted all day and into the night. A few twinges today but I do feel a lot better.

Yesterday we went to see OH's mum in her new council bungalow (small but very nice and in a nice quiet area) and had dinner there. OH had the night off last night, which was nice. Today we are all on our tod! OH is working tonight and I think I will make a trifle and marzipan my cake!

Anyway, I have just had my 10 minute warning so I will finish now so I have got a bit of time to read a few more diaries!

I will be back here on Monday as I need to do my Avon order online.

Bye for now!

PigginSkint

Back again today, albeit briefly. I was going to go into town today to use the computers in the library to do my Avon order online. However, my Dad appeared just before I was about to go so offered to let me use his computer instead, so here I am !

OH is ill again - when he got home from work yesterday evening he was all poorly again, temperature, cough and sore throat.

I was at my Dad's yesterday as my stepsister was visiting with her hubby and 2 small children. The children are little darlings so it was lovely to see them.

Nothing else to report really so I will finish now. I will probably have a trip into town tomorrow so I shall probably update again then.

Bye all!

PigginSkint

Oh, and I have made my trifle but not marzipanned my cake yet!