Valentines day

All the hearts and flowers have been out in force and the jewellery catalogues have been clogging up our letterbox for several weeks now. Valentine Day doesn't play a part in our house hold at all. Warren always says that he doesn't need a day set aside to declare his love, oh isn't that sweet (also sounds a bit of a cop out but it doesn't faze me)

Friday evening as we were sitting outside enjoying a coffee I asked "so what are you getting me for Valentines day?..........same as last year?" he sometimes is a little slow on the uptake. I could see that he was racking his brain, so I helped him out "Nothing, same as last year."
"Yep same as last year"

We went on chatting about other things and promptly forgot about Valentines day.

Warren had to go to Bunnings as I has remarked that the paintings would look better on the wall instead of just standing against it. When he came back, I was making morning tea and he said "I got something for you." and held his hands behind his back, I choose the right hand and was given this.

A pink heart chocolate, his was green, then he told me that Bunnings were giving them out so he hadn't bought it I guess he did think of me though (and didn't try to pretend that he had spent money!)

How $40 puts a smile on Warrens dial.

A few weeks ago Warren was commenting on the leaves and grass that had blown in under our patio. He said to me that we ally need a blower. I nodded in agreement thinking that a broom and a hose is much cheaper than spending a couple of hundred dollars on a blower.

We had quite a few jobs to do last week with Bunnings being the last port of call, I like to organize my "errands" in an orderly fashion. There was a visit to the libary, go to travel agent, pick up a postal pack at PO, drop into Harris Scarfs as there was something in their catalogue that I wanted to check out and Bunnings. By doing them in that order we could drive one way and then be closer to home. Warren didnt need to come except for the morning tea at Bunnings and hes pretty handy to carry things.

When we got to Bunnings, I went one way to the cafe and he went to pick up the couple of things that he needed to finish a job at home. I walked past a special would you believe it was a Blower/Vac for outside on sale for $39.90. As the shelving that we bought at HS was less than in their catalogue, I told Warren about the blower. He was a bit "oh, do we really need it?' I said its $40! will you use it?

It was hot when we got home so he stripped off and proceeded to put his blower together. While I was preparing lunch he appeared with his new (dare i say it?) toy. The patio is clear of leaves!  

Toilet seats

These things have been the bane of my life recently. A few months ago, the seat in our en-suite was looking tacky, instead of white, it was a yellowy colour and had also gone quite hard so it was replaced with a nice new white seat with a self closing lid, bonus.

Move on to about six weeks ago, after my shower, I put my leg up on the toilet seat to dry it like I have done for years and there was a crack! Oh no, I have cracked the reasonably new toilet seat, thank goodness we have another toilet which was in use for a couple of days until we got to the shops and bought a new one. Note to self, do not put leg on toilet seat.

On Sunday while using new seat, now about about five weeks old, I lent to one side to pick up an empty toilet roll that had fallen to the floor and crack, it went again! I know that I do weigh more than I should but I didn't think that I was that heavy! It appears that the seats we had bought had quite high lugs underneath them to raise the seat off the porcelain and there was only three points so if the weight shifts then it results in cracking. See it wasn't me after all!  (well, not all me anyway).

Warren put hundred mile tape on the seat so that it could be used and yesterday, a free day for him, he ventured to the "Big boys toy shop" (Bunnings hardware) and bought a solid wooden seat and installed it.

This was twice the price and it doesn't have a self closing lid but it is solid and warm to sit on, bliss (I also know that it is NOT going to crack!)