..... and so it goes on and on.....

Last week, on Thursday I fell again, sideways, taking the laundry bin down with me. It is amazing how fragile these things are when squeezed. I got up myself successfully, and suffered only a bruise to a knee. The laundry bin came off worse. It is amazing how fragile these seemingly solid bins are if pressed on at the sides.... I could not correct it enough for the lid to come to a close enough fit, so had to order a new one.

When I reached elder son's house on Sunday he noticed that the housing of the wing mirror was cracked. He held it together as well as possible, and the mirror certainly still worked. I telephoned the Insurance company used by Motability and have been given an address for a repair place.

I was told I had a £75 excess to pay.

Anyway, the repair company phoned yesterday evening and asked me to take the car in for an estimate on Monday.

My mobile now cannot be charged as the "poker jabber thingy" that goes into the phone has got bent so out of alignment that the connection has been lost. I can't do without that, so that is another purchase.

The good news is that my wonderful cleaners came this morning, so everything is sparkling.

And now my new laundry bin has arrived.

Phew!

You may remember the sorry tale of my damaged hob and the £250 excess demanded by the Insurance Company.

I had to write the cheque for the whole sum last week...

Got a phone call to say I had omitted to sign the cheque! Was this our old friend Mr Freud at work I ask myself? Anyway I sent the (duly signed) cheque off at the weekend and wondered how long I would have to wait for the money. I could carry this comfortably for a while but in about 6 weeks was going to have a bit of a cash flow problem.

Worry ye not!

The cheque arrived in the post this morning and I have made a special trip to the Bank with it. My Bank balance looks very healthy indeed just now, but I have to return funds to my cash ISA and then it will look its normal self.

The Good News.......

.....and The Bad News.

I heard today from the factors that the insurance company is prepared to meet the claim for a new hob to replace the damaged one.

However, they are imposing an excess of £250.

Ouch!

However, I have no option but to bite the bullet on this one.

On a brighter note, when The Best Sister In The World came yesterday, I happened to show her the new watch I had bought to replace my clapped out one. I don't like to wear my good watch all the time as it would get scratched and probably get water in.

As I pulled up my sleeve to show her, she pulled up her sleeve too....

... to show an identical watch!

We had both chosen the man's version of the original black Swatch watch. It is so good, because the figures are clear enough to see the time, and there is a 'magnifier' over the day/date function so that elderly eyes can read them.

"Sisters, Sisters, never were there such devoted sisters" as the song had it.

My Wonderful Hob

Almost exactly a year ago I had an induction hob installed in my kitchen. It is my pride and joy (and cost far too much money, too, for an old age pensioner). Shortly after installation, it was damaged on the right hand side; I am not quite sure what happened, but suspect I did it with my super gigantic saute pan. It might have been a supermarket delivery, but I doubt it. No problem, after I plucked up the courage to call the factors, they got in touch with the insurers, who okayed the replacement hob to go ahead.

So today, I peeled and chopped the potatoes and carrots for my tea and also trimmed the ends of the purple sprouting broccoli. So I washed and dried the board and slid it into the gap between the oven and the top cupboards, beside all the others.

However, this particular board is circular, so no doubt you can guess what happened.

Yes, it rolled back out and fell, hard, onto the opposite edge from last time.

So I called the factors, and they have asked me to get a quote from the kitchen company.

I cut myself investigating the damage, but I think I will live.

Unless the factors or the insurance company kill me off before I can do any more damage!