Harry Andrew Evans

Harry turned up on Tuesday afternoon. A big welcome from Nana Top and see you next week. xxxxxx

Poor Liam

I've watched every episode this week, sick sad puppy that I am, and must admit to having been well disappointed. All that scriking and meaningful looks didn't do it for me and I did feel relieved by the end of tonight's last episode. Not a tear was shed and as his slurry speech annoyed me I reckon that it's time he went.

I logged on to the ITV website earlier to see the alternative endings..........not available outside the UK! There was a pic of him being shoved off a balcony which could have been better than the poor plot we ended up with.

Now we have to put up with moaning Maria next week!

My Newsletter

For the last couple of weeks I've been promoting this year's 'Walk for Life' in my newsletter and here are some of the volunteers just before they set off on Sunday morning. Thanks to Eve and her tireless campain for breast cancer awareness, they raised a thousand Euros which was a tenth of the the total amount from the whole island. Well done Eve and thanks for the photograph.

Kevin and Joan eventually came up with the correct answer to my conundrum......a key! This week's puzzle is:-

Who makes it, has no use for it,

Who buys it, has no use for it,

Who uses it, can neither see nor feel it.........What is it?

Something to ponder on!

Mended or Not?

I'm one of those people who hates to make a fuss and will put up with poor service to avoid any hassle. After more than two weeks and to be honest probably two years in total, I finally got angry enough to react. I find it easier to communicate in writing and sent a carefully worded email to Direct Telecom demanding an immediate solution to our problem. I also stated that I wasn't expecting to be billed this month but did expect a couple of 'freebies' to be thrown in for customer loyalty.

Well I never!! I received a reply earlier today regretting my lack of a connection but promising that my next monthly account will be paid by them, I get my speed increased and they will waive a forty euro fee for their latest offer.

That one is worth having because they give me a 0844 number and my family can ring me at any time without worrying about the cost. 300 minutes per month are completely free and anything above that will be around two cents per minute. Pretty cool!!

To top it all, I've been online for around eight hours now with only one minor blip. Not that I'm getting too complacent yet but happen it pays to complain!

Bits and Bats

A little bit of a catch up tonight. Dave is still in hospital awaiting further tests on Monday morning. Caron tells us that he's cheerful enough but bored out of his brain. He's reading, eating and sleeping but really wants to go home. Happen it won't be too long now.

Still on a similar theme, I spent a couple of hours with Sue on Saturday afternoon. I was chief minder and went along to the supermarket with her to carry the bags. She's looking quite well but does tire easily. Hopefully, she'll be well enough to have a bit of a holiday in England before Christmas.

We had a walk to Bar Manu this afternoon for the Meat Raffle and Whiskey Raffle. Brian often jokes that if he had the only ticket he'd never win but we walked away with a huge bag of lamb chops and a bottle of Johnny Walker Red! I hate whiskey but it's lamb chops for tea tomorrow.

I'm still struggling with this on/off internet thing. We have been ringing Direct Telecom for two weeks now and I've never seen such a useless bunch of idiots in all my life. This Hager bloke promised to contact us on Friday............he did, via an email. By the time I managed to have a connection long enough to view it the office was closed. We are on the old exchange in the village and I've asked and asked them to do something about it but it appears they know best. Brian is off to collect a new router tomorrow so fingers crossed yet again.

Not long before my England trip. My twelve-year old Grandson will be in Sheffield that week for an operation on his arm. I haven't driven a car for years but I'd love to go and see him. Happen I'll give a hire car a go! I'm also willing Katie on to have her baby before I get there. I'm clinging on to my mobile at all times waiting for the call. They say castor oil helps!!!

Well Funny

I started adding a conundrum to my newsletter a couple of weeks ago. It's proving quite popular and folk are stopping me in the street begging for the answer.

They all have to wait until the next issue but I do give credit to the first person who answers it correctly.

This week's is 'I turn around once. What is out will not get in. I turn around again. What is in will not get out. What am I?'

Kevin is really making me chuckle as he's phoned a couple of times tonight with various guesses. He's threatening to phone me at five in the morning if I won't tell him!

Sheesh!

Caron's Dave, Charlotte's Daddy has been in hospital for almost a week undergoing tests. Nothing has really shown up yet and Caron has been busy juggling work, hospital visits and Charlotte's child care.

Clio and I volunteered to collect Charlotte from nursery at five o'clock today and arranged to meet Mum at the local bar around an hour later. All was fine until this flippin' idiot, Ian, turned up.

He's one of those who has millions in the bank, has done everything, had every operation under the sun and, to be honest, has and knows nowt! He can wind me up at the best of times but after listening to him discussing medical treatments in front of Charlotte and watching him annoying my puppy, who was sitting quietly by my feet, I lost my rag!

He got it from both barrels but was thick skinned enough to hang around for another fifteen minutes whilst I tried to keep my cool.

Hopefully, Dave will be home again at the weekend depending on another set of tests due on Friday. Good luck, lad x

Money!

I don't think I'm stupid but I can't seem to get to grips with this Exchange Rate. I even tried Googling it earlier but it's still a bit vague. If the value of the British Pound goes down does that mean the Euro goes up? Could it be the other way around? Do I have to take into account the value of the American Dollar or the German Euro?

I've been watching the BBC News over the past few weeks in the hope someone will explain it. Hopefully, all will become clear in the course of time!

Absolutely Brilliant

I enjoyed the last series but this year's has really hit the spot. I am always gutted when it finishes as I feel that it was only on for ten minutes! The acting is superb, especially from Ann Boleyn.

Oh well, they say that the new one will be out next year. Such a long time to wait for your favourite programme.