Iola's Idiocy

Shower catastrophe - the fixed yesterday shower is now very bust - 2 hours of water pissing out of the wall mounting and I switched it off in the loft, now cleanly goodness for me this weekend! The nice plumber will look at it on Monday, he was very relieved I suggested he would prefer that to visiting today as by the time the call was returned it was after noon and there wouldn't be any chance of sourcing parts anyway.

Imagine this - traveling from Canada to Russia by barge - how cool or what? - see it here.....

Mayonnaise was the order of the day - and it seems to have worked well - none of this grandma says drip drip drip the oil in for me. Generous schooshes seemed to work and hopefully the resultant potato salad will be up to the new man's hopes and dreams. Somehow I doubt it, we have an impasse regarding cooking. I like following recipes therefore I will forever be scorned as a cook. He doesn't do veg, therefore I will probably forever perceive a hole in his culinary skills. Maybe this is why my immune system is so depressed and I still have scratchy scratchy throat. Sadly said throat doesn't make drinking juice and other such tasty goodness very easy. More fisherman's friends may be the only solution - and we'll deal with the hyperactive sugar monster later.