A Totally Excellent Day!

Sometimes something happens to put a big grin on your face...today it was my turn. Not Himself though 'cos it involves hard cash and he's not good at dipping into our modest stash...not good at all.

We've been having a few problems with the electricity...nothing major...more of a nuisance than anything when all the sockets suddenly stop working...anyway Himself asked next door if they knew of a good electrician and they said they did...and pointed out we know him as well...the totally delectable Brian...

It is the totally gorgeous and lovely Brian who owns the land where the cillin is...and he's a builder and farmer and lo and behold also a qualified sparks...so he came this afternoon and announced it was all the fault of the central heating pump and he's fixed it...now Brian bought a row of tiny terraced houses in town and has been slowly modernising them...so I asked did he do roofs.

And he does roofs. So Himself was forced to show him our leaky kitchen roof 'cos I was looking daggers in his direction...and the lovely, gorgeous, delectable Brian didn't stand there with his arms folded and chewing his bottom lip...he said this is not a problem.

He's going to give us a quote which I'm totally prepared for...it won't be cheap...but it does look as though we might finally, at long last, be having a proper kitchen roof.

He also asked if I'd like the entire kitchen 'done'...could have enveloped him in a huge hug, but thought better of it...also thought Himself might well expire at the thought of our modest stash disappearing altogether, which it would if he did do all the kitchen...

There is one problem...isn't there always...Brian speaks very quickly and has an especially strong Mayo accent, so I find myself having to think about what he's said before answering him and Himself simply doesn't understand a word but pretends he does...having a deaf ear obviously doesn't help with Himself either.

We asked so many different people who have announced themselves to be roofers who've come along to have a look and have gone away never to be seen again...even Mick who looks like a Leprechaun never came back and he dodges down past the tea-bags if I happen to see him in the shop...

It's also better I think, to have someone you know do work in your home...to feel comfortable in their company is quite important .

Just hope that we can finally get the leaky roof fixed once and for all...