This morning, I made a start on decorating one of our front windows. I had foolishly agreed to take part in the decorated window event again this year and had to display the letter S. It's aimed at children who can walk around the area and spot the letters, which they then make into a word. I'm supposed to be all sorted by the 17th December, so I made a start by cutting out old Christmas cards featuring snowmen, sheep (yes we had one with sheep on!) and Santa Claus... you get the idea.
I also asked Keith to sort out our outside lights, which haven't worked at all. He went out and took them off the tree, and discovered that they had been cut, probably when one of us was cutting back the shrubs at the front of the house. This would explain why they weren't working! Keith managed to splice them together, and then we unravelled them and put them back on the tree. It took some effort but the result was lovely!
I also swept up tons of leaves from the front of the house so it all looks a lot tidier now, and had socially distanced chats with a couple of neighbours!
Unfortunately, in the afternoon we suddenly heard a terrible noise coming from the heating system in the airing cupboard. We all went rushing upstairs and it sounded like it was going to explode! The water was heating up so we turned it off and the noise stopped. However, when we turned it back on, the noise started up again. Keith called the plumber who said he would come out again tomorrow, but it'll be another bill that we don't need at the moment!
It meant that we had no heating or hot water, but Keith will turn the immersion heater on in the morning so we can have a shower. We put the fire on in the living room and used the hot air system in the kitchen so at least we were warm!
Dinner tonight was a cobbled-together meal of chicken stuffed with some soft cheese and wrapped in parma ham. It was declared delicious, so that was some consolation at least!
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