Two out of Three

We now have two out of three of our new appliances installed. Just the boat fridge to go.

With the washer dryer set to work and the rain easing off it is time for us three to head out into Derbyshire for a long walk around Ladybower reservoir.

Staying at Home

We have decided that we may as well stay at home this weekend. We have someone coming to measure up for a new front door this evening, our new smart TV arrives today so we can get that set up tonight. We are going to pick up the new washer dryer tomorrow morning, so we may as well head back home and get that set up and put to work as well.

It will be the first time we have had a weekend at home in ages so it will make a nice change. We know that Naughty-Cal is tucked up safe on her berth so there are no worries there.

If we are staying at home it will also give us a chance to take the dog to some different places for his walks this weekend. Give him some new places to explore. We have been itching to go and see one of our local reservoirs at Lady Bower where the water levels are so low that the long gone village, flooded to create the reservoir is now visible. So it looks like this will be our chance.

All the Appliances

The washing machine has now gone leaving a gapping hole in the kitchen. But that will soon be replaced on Saturday with the new washer dryer.

Our new smart TV arrives tomorrow. We have been a bit behind the times with this as this will be our first smart TV. In fact we don't even have home broadband so as part of this purchase we have had to sign up to that as well. So the cheap TV is not all that cheap by the time we have finished. They don't arrive to install the broadband until the 18th December so until then we will have to manage with the tethering on our phones. We both get 30GB of tethering within our mobile allowances so we should have enough to last until then. Well in fact we will have more like 120GB to play with as both of our allowances will switch over during the period in question.

The last appliance to buy will be the replacement fridge for the boat. We are still not 100% decided which one we are going to buy. More on this as we decide which way to go. But none of the options available is straight forward. 

No More Washing

There will be no more washing, for this week at least in our household. We have sold our washing machine and the people who have bought it are coming to pick it up tonight, so we did our last load of washing last night.

Why? I hear you ask?

Well we have decided that we are going to stay in our current property for the next five or six years. The aim is to remortgage to a much better deal and have it paid off in five years. And as part of that plan I have said that if we are doing this then I want a washer dryer. No more hanging clothes up to dry around the house.

Now we unfortunately don't have room for a separate dryer so it has to be a combined washer dryer unit. We pick our new one up on Saturday morning so hopefully by Saturday afternoon we will have a working washing machine and also a dryer. Then I can make the clothes horses redundant and strip them down to put them in the recycling bins and we can regain our home from the acres of drying clothes we seem to accumulate at this time of the year.

Sunday Sunsets

To end another brilliant weekend we were treated to a spectacular Sunday sunset over Burton Waters. The sky looked like it was on fire.

The Birthday Bash

A few pictures for you today from the 70th birthday bash we attended in Saxilby on Saturday. We had a brilliant evening.

Well That's Expensive!

We had a brilliant night last night in Saxilby. There are plenty of sore heads this morning.

Our fridge decided that it has had enough this weekend. I don't suppose we can complain as it has not been turned off for ten years!

It is not going to be cheap to replace though. The cheapest price so far is £500 for the fridge and then a further £30 for the mounting kit!