A Fridge too Far

 Dear Marmite

It was lovely to see pictures of you reunited with your old friends Diane, Jeremy and Vanessa at Rail Mall the other day. I only wish I could have been there too. Despite your dotage, it is good to know you still remember everyone and the area too. You truly are an amazing old man!

Tomorrow I will be seeing Diane and Jeremy myself. I am quite excited too. At least they will not need to acclimatise to the weather over here. In my area of Britain we is expecting unprecedented temperatures of 40c today and there is a severe heat warning across the country. It is 7am and I sit here in my livingroom quite close to my new and very much needed fridge-freezer. It has been quite a saga getting it and now it is nearly in situ I can breathe a sigh of relief that is here ready for the heatwave.

I know it is not yet in the kitchen area as I now need my handyman to come and remove the cupboard area of the old integrated one. The old one had multiple issues and it was time to move on and stop swearing at it. The freezer froze everything far too much and caused a snow flurry each time I pulled anything out of it. The fridge section was not much better. Every few days I had to mop a pool of water from under the veggie drawers. It really had had it.

So with that in mind I popped down to Currys to buy a new one just a few weeks ago. I was promised it would be delivered that week as it was in stock. It wasn't. It came last Friday and as with the sofa, the men refused to carry it up the stairs. I had measured the stairs and was sure it would fit. So to make it lighter for me to carry it up, I took all the shelves and drawers out and took the doors off too. While I did this I muttered under my breathe cursing the house I had chosen. Errrr. Nasser, Colin - my nextdoor neightbour and myself edged it up the stairs and I reassembled it that evening. No problem. I reckon I could do this as a job!! All I need are my kinights in shining armour as my muscle.

I also had my two grandsons for an eventful few days last week. Individually they are darlings but collectively they wind each other up. I did manage to wear them out so they had a film in the evening but I have to say there is not enough room in this letter to tell you half of what happened. There is a broken sunflower in my garden that to me is an appropriate metaphor for the experience. Suffice to say that they left half their stuff yet again. C'est la vie.

Today I am off for a swim - sensible I reckon in this heat. I will be cycling there. I did 40km in 40c around Angkor Wat a few years back so I am not too worried about a couple of miles to the pool and back. I am a little more worried about popping into MK hospital to have a cyst removed from my neck today. The actual cutting doesn't bother me. It is the after effects I worry about. So Marms, wish me luck!!

Love You

XXX