Of course I didn’t succumb to a glass of wine last night. I did, on my way back through the kitchen from turning off the light over the Aga, eat a couple of roasted almonds, but that was as far as my indulgence went.
I should add, by the way, that I adopted an almond tree through CrowdFarming last year and duly received a kilo and a half of roasted almonds in November. Some were plain, some salted and some salted and herbed and they were all gorgeous. I could easily gorge on them. I gave a jar to each of my children and eat a few every day – most days, that is.
I’m very glad I didn’t attempt the plumbing matter myself, because now another stretch of pipe has given way. Unfortunately, the dishwasher was in the middle of a cycle when it did so. I’m quite glad, now, that dishwashers save water nowadays – it wasn’t too bad and the worst of it is that I can’t use water in the kitchen at all at present. I must get back in touch with the plumber, whom I’d told that the situation wasn’t urgent. I’m just piling up washing-up and am very relieved that this didn’t happen on Saturday, when Weeza and family were here. No leak then. I pulled the dishwasher out to dry underneath it and found what looked like a sloughed-off skin of pipework.
I seem incapable of fussing about anything like this any more. I don’t even treat it as very important, though I’ll soon get tired of piles of saucepans waiting to be washed up. Shrugging and not minding much certainly makes life less stressful.
Sounds like our house was when we moved in… mind you, of the 7 plumbers who have worked on it in the last nearly 4 years, every single one of them (including Mr BW) has ended up leaving a leak, or something thst developed a leak.
Hopefully it’s all renewed and rerouted now. Hopefully.
Hope you get yours sorted soon. Maybe you could take the washing up round to Wink’s?
Most plumbers charge £1,000 a day round here (one plumber plus an apprentice, and they arrive after 10am and leave by 3.30pm as they include all travelling time in a day’s work). A neighbour had a problem with her water bore hole pump. Plumber came out (no apprentice), spend under 2 hours, charged £850 +VAT. If I had kids or grandkids, I’d be strongly suggesting they trained for a trade rather than went to university.
The saga went on – but it’s done with now.