Having survived Christmas, and a lovely time was had by all, we rather ignored New Year (as we always do) and here we are in 2019. Readers of this blog will remember that last year was not great for us, and especially not for Ann. But here we are facing up to the challenges and opportunities that will present themselves to us.
Ann had some health issues last year, and I am delighted to see she is looking better by the day. She has given up smoking (her own decision) and has put on weight as well, which is great. We see the specialist in about ten days and that will enable us to get an accurate diagnosis, and to see what treatment (if she needs any) will follow. We have decided that 2019 will be the year when there are no accidental falls and late night visits to the hospital. At one stage it seemed that they were preparing to allocate me an official parking space.
One of the byproducts of all of this is that we must keep the house warm and dry. To this end, and especially as last year’s work appears to have resolved the damp and mould issues, we are having a large convection log burner fitted into the fireplace. It’s output is 14 Kw and that is possibly slightly more than we need, but it is better to be safe rather than sorry. The fitter came up yesterday to measure the fireplace and it will require some work to make the stove fit in the fireplace, but it should be fine. All other things being equal, it should be fitted at the end of next week and we shall face the winter with confidence.
To a large extent we have ignored the Brexit shenanigans that have been taking place in the UK recently. Never have so many supposedly intelligent people conspired to make a real pigs’ breakfast over something that should never have happened.
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