I'm p'd off. Can you tell? LOL The day started fine. I woke up about 8.15 and lay in bed until 9 cuddled up with Honey (the dog). I had a quick bath and dressed. Let Honey out and then gave her breakfast. She has dry all-in-one mix with a little olive oil drizzled over it. It stops her having dry skin problems and keeps her coat is silky and smooth.
I rounded up the assorted mugs and glasses from around the house to go in the dishwasher. It's amazing how far mugs can walk. Some even hide behind the curtains! With a fully loaded machine I put it on so all would be clean and dry in time for lunch. So far so good.
James was coming over for lunch so I nipped out to Tesco Express to get some potatoes and sausages. When I got in the car I remembered I was low on petrol. The warning light came on Thursday night but it gives me about 50 miles so I ignored it. Now the 'miles to go' was getting down to 25 (40 km actually) so I drove up to the big Tesco for their petrol. There were huge queues but for once I was lucky as two people finished and left as I pulled in and I drove straight in to a pump. I swiped my Tesco card fine, but it thought a long time about my credit card before spitting it back out with a 'Try another card' message :-( Oh b**ger! I used my debit card with no problem but I was worried my credit card had been stopped by the fraud people as had happened twice to me before in last 5 years. Anyway I filled up *wince* and decided it would be less hassle to get my few bits at the Express rather than Tesco Extra so off I drove. Knowing my luck, I suspected the little car park for the little shop would be full, but no! I parked easily and wandered around getting my potatoes, sausages, oh yes and washing up liquid cos I'd just finished the bottle, and some Lenor for Jen (she's allergic to Comfort :-/ ), oh and some Surf liquid, and then toilet rolls because we were running low and Andrex 4 pack was 25p cheaper than Tesco own! and... well you get the picture. I came out with a lot more than I went in intending to buy, but at least the machine there took my credit card with no trouble. I got it home and unpacked just as James walked in. I cooked lunch OK, I had fish with sugar snap peas, mushrooms, and mash, James had sausages and mash as usual.
Did I tell you about the goldfish? Well....at the farm where Jenny keeps her horse, there are loads of water troughs in the paddocks. To help keep these troughs free of insects and green slime, they keep a few goldfish in each tank. I think they are mixed golden orfe and basic goldfish but they do their job well. The horse don't drink them because they dive down when anything approaches the tank. Anyway, this cold weather has caused a few problems with the tanks freezing over despite having balls floating in them. Jen is worried about the fish so she asked the farmer if she could bring them home for a 3 month holiday at our house. Now I was not overjoyed at this. I have got an old fish tank kept from when we had tropical fish a few years ago. So I got James to bring the tank and all its bits in from the garage for me. It was heavy but he managed to get it to the front door and I helped him in with it. We set it up on the sideboard on top of some foam sheeting. My lovely solid oak expensive, hand made to my specification, sideboard. No - don't worry nothing nasty has happened to it - yet! Anyway I put some water in and waited. No sign of leaks! Great! Onwards! I added some gravel to the bottom and a few buckets of water until it was about half full. I left it another half hour until just before taking Honey walkies and checked again. B**GER! A tiny leak was showing itself in one corner. *sob*
I put a towel there and made sure it was not on the wood surface. It was a tiny, very slow leak so I grabbed my coat and the dog and fled. I nipped round to the local Pet Superstore and said a prayer they did not close at 4. Finally a bit of luck! They close 4.30 on Sundays! Result! I've got myself a new tank *phew* I then walked Honey at Baiter before it got dark and she was a happy dog racing around at speed.
We came home and since I got in I have been ladling water out of the leaking tank, trying to get it dry enough to move it off the sideboard and get the new one in place. James is coming back soon to help me move it. Then I can set up the new tank with water etc. Jen is bringing some oxygenating weed with her so the tank should be ok for tonight until I can get the filter and air pump working. I just hope the fish survive the journey and over night in new surroundings. I am knackered! Back and forth with buckets of water, walking the dog, round the pet store, shopping. Who said Sunday was a day of rest? No after lunch snooze :-( No rest. Until now, when I've left the last bit of water syphoning out of the tank, while I sit down and moan to you LOL
Sympathy, chocolates, and Baileys to my home address, thank you. xx
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