Leading up to Xmas was a bit of a nightmare.

1. Tuesday the Water didn’t work in the house. All because we have a filter outside and it had frozen. Called plumber out. Now bypassed by a switch.
2. Wednesday the power sockets didn’t work in the house. I explained to my wife that it had to be something tripping it. This meant an electrician coming around to take plugged applications out and then adding one by one so as not to overload.
3. Thursday the waste pipe outside was blocked. All stuff came back up the toilet and out onto the floor. Called Drainage guy and he quickly found that paper had got stuck, so he released it.
4. Xmas Day, my 10 year old daughter wanted to help and lay some things out on the table for snacks. She thought that the melted candle was was water and threw it down the sink. I had to dismantle the waste pipe and clean it all and take the solidified wax out of the pipes. Now ok.
5. Washing Machine still leaking water for some washes and not others. A washing machine man will be called out.

We had a guest this weekend. An American lad of 22 years old. Looking forward to his first UK Xmas and TV. Except the TV was absolute rubbish with ‘slit your throat’ serials TV programmes.

It was no wonder he drank a lot and ate a lot.

He even converted my 13 year old son to a Star Wars fan by watching 4 films with him. I couldn’t understand why my son had rope around him though!!

My wife cooked excellent Xmas lunch, which we are still finishing off.

Boxing Day we had a meal at The Outback, which was also good.

Presents I received:

Samsung Galaxy Tab

Smellies

Woolly Hat

Perfume

Small bottles of whisky

For my Birthday I received:

Big bar of Cadbury's Whole nut (lovely)

2 tickets for Al Murray ( Pub Landlord)

CD of Shakira