An update on the plumbing etc......

We got the new tank installed with the help of our neighbour.  He is younger than us but has problems with his feet so it was also hard going for him.  We were very grateful as we couldn't have done it with out his help.

The plumbing still continues to be a problem.  Once it was all fitted back together it was leaking.  The next day we went to town and got some replacement pipes and couplings and my husband fitted them.  They still have a tiny leak.  We are not going to do anything until this coming week as we are waiting for a new filter cannister to arrive which he will fit in front of the tank.  When we took the old one out a lot of sediment had built up in it which may have caused the leak in the tank.  In a bid to reduce this we are putting in the filter cannister.  We will work on the slight leak at the same time.  I say 'we' but in essence it is my husband who does all the work, I just be there to pass him things and sort out the fittings.

Last week he went for his plasmatheresis treatment.  It is an all day process so a long day with the traveling to and fro.  He gets this once a month now.  He really shouldn't be doing all this heavy work but we just can't get people to come out and do it.  There is a dire need for plumbers, electricians and construction workers in these parts.

Nothing on the 'making' front I am afraid, just do not have the time or energy lately.

We are in our stormy season and Maggie, our American Bulldog just hates storms.  They scare her and make her very nervous and put her off her food.  Much comforting and petting is going on to keep her settled.

I watched the Royal wedding yesterday.  I really enjoyed it, it is good to see jolly old England.  I miss it a lot but I chose to live here with my wonderful husband and here I will stay.  I get my England fix every day from my blogging friends there so all is good.

Must get back into making things soon.........

Sad news from a blogging friend

I know I will likely never meet any of my blogging friends but I feel close to them despite this. So I share in their joy and in their sadness.

So I send my condolences to Sue from The Cottage at the End of a Lane on the loss of her husband Col who passed away on Friday.

Sometimes things just don't go right!

We were very happy with the slow progress we were making sorting out the workshop.  We  have all sorts in there.  Family have their stuff stored in there, we have a lot of my husband's mother's stuff in there, (she died in 2010), some of my stuff and some of my husbands.  Not to mention the functioning aspect of the shop with our tools and work benches, wood and leather plus an old cooker, an old washing machine and 4 old TV's.  Garden equipment etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.  (Any one who remembers the original movie 'The King and I' will understand that reference lol)

Floor space was at a premium I can tell you.

Any way much sorting and repacking into totes and dumping of stuff was happening.  We had been working at this for about 5 or 6 weeks as we can only do about an hour or so a day as neither of us can do more than that with the rest of the daily stuff that needs doing.

Then on Wednesday we went into the pump house that is on the end of the workshop and the well pressure tank was leaking and the floor was very wet.

Darn! frantic calls to plumbers and friends who know about these things yielded nothing, nada, nilch!  So much researching was done and we sorted what tank we needed to buy to replace the leaky one.  $500 buckaroos later and a 4 hour trip to pick it up yesterday early evening.  It is currently in the back of the van as it is very big and heavy.

Our wonderful neighbour's son is going to help us install it but we have to replace some of the floor boards and the pipework so not a quick fix. He is not a plumber but is a bit of a jack of all trades.  We didn't want to bother him, would have gladly got a plumber in but getting one to even reply to our phone calls just didn't happen

If that wasn't enough, we had a really bad storm Wednesday night and woke up to my computer being fritzed and 2 sound systems attached to our TV's had fried also. Also the water wasn't running.  We though maybe the tank had burst completely but the storm had taken out a breaker and the well pump had stopped running.  Thankfully my husband was able to fix that so we do have water but the tank is still leaking. The TV in the living room wouldn't work either but Direct TV came out and got that sorted.

So not the best of weeks, will update when we make any progress. Needless to say the sorting out of the shop has ground to a halt until we get these other issues resolved.