Chores done and the weekend starts.

I had quite a pleasant day today thank you for asking. Woke up quite early for me and yes it was the weekend, but I had lots of moaning to do, so busy, busy, busy. I contacted the dreaded opticians again and was told to come in to see them in the week as they were short staffed and quite busy today. Maybe they didn't want me moaning that their glasses were giving me headaches and crying while chaining myself onto their ankles begging them to do something about it please! Actually thinking of it now, they should have jolly well seen me today and not fob me off, but there you go, me trying to be Mrs Reasonable again and getting sidelined for my patience in the process.

Next moaning session was BT as all the channels with 4 in the title and poor old ITV who never ever lets me down, totally disappeared last night after endless fiddling and swearing. The last few nights the screen has been like a jigsaw or disappearing or freezing for a little while, but last night... zilch. Spoke to a very nice man who said it sounded either like my aerial was dodgy or I needed a booster fitted. Ah ha! I have a booster in my cupboard, but the very nice man couldn't help me with advice on how to fit it, so it was just me in wellies and rubber gloves in case of electric shocks and left to my own devices! Anyone who knows me well knows I cannot read an instruction manual for love nor money, so a smoking curly perm on it's way!
But ah ha, I did it and it's still crap, so time to call in the bang guns. Unfortunately the big guns come with big price tags and I was told £175 for a new aerial. Gulp, 'but I have a new aerial and you fitted it a couple of years ago' I cried. Thankfully he remembered me in my old address and said in that case it could just be the aerial needing adjustment considering that he didn't fit it when I moved and we've had high winds and bonus it probably won't cost as much... phew! For one moment I could see my planned blonde highlights going straight out the window! Just got to wait a week or so.

Took mother out to lunch at Tiptree Jam factory as we haven't been there in ages and it was very nice. She looked a bit out of it at first, but after something to eat, she seemed ok, but looked very old and tired bless her. Will take her out to the seaside tomorrow if the weather or her knees are willing.
Later Ann and myself went off to to Toystory 3 at long last, but Ooo it was worth the wait. Apart from a minor hiccup of nearly insulting the man next to us, the night was plain sailing. I thought the said man who came in holding a ladies hand just as it started and plonked himself down quite heavily next to Ann, was with his wife. The hiccup came when he started doing a nonstop dialogue about wearing the 3D glasses before going into raptures about the dustcarts. I asked Ann in one of my mother's whispers if he was simple or what, Ann whispered back out the corner of her mouth... yep! Ok I'll just crawl under the seat now then!
Luckily for him there was lots of dustcarts and for us lots of tears, because it was lovely and like all women, we love a good cry.
So apart from a headache which will not go away, it's been a lovely day.

Lots of love Debbie x