ET - Can't phone home, or anywhere, even Unst!
Posted: Monday, 18 September 2006 |
Shows how long I've been away from the blog. It took me ten password attempts to log in. All the magnolia fumes of Ruthodanort and the other bloggers have obviously gone to my head.
Anyway here's highlights of the story over the past month:
I can't blog regularly because I still don't have a phone line. You can dial the number and hear it ring, but it doesn't ring in the house. Maybe its been hijacked by the phone police. Anyway, customer service are dealing with it. Having said that, the trusty mobile phone works within 20 mm of the window or outside the upstairs window.
The furniture hasn't arrived yet so there isn't a great deal to sit at, around or on. But its coming on the 25th (Xmas is obviously 3 months early this year). Perhaps I'll have a phone by then.
House has been redecorated in Magnolia - (a gorgeous colour) and white. Several bloggers came over and slaved away painting over the attractive existing colour scheme. Mac was seriously impressed with their handiwork. So much so that he left hairs on beautiful white skirting boards the day after. Anyway, the house reeked so I've spent as little time in the gloss areas as possible.
My landlords have refitted the kitchen, replaced a window and fixed the problem of the leaking ceiling all in the time I've been there. Its all new & clean and was done really quickly.
Ruthodanort has been here, there & every where recently but I'll let her update the world.
Mac has developed a penchant for shoes and being sick on the carpet. What a dog!
Its been foggy throughout the last week so there's nothing to see, but here's a picture of the mist creeping up the burn
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Anyway here's highlights of the story over the past month:
I can't blog regularly because I still don't have a phone line. You can dial the number and hear it ring, but it doesn't ring in the house. Maybe its been hijacked by the phone police. Anyway, customer service are dealing with it. Having said that, the trusty mobile phone works within 20 mm of the window or outside the upstairs window.
The furniture hasn't arrived yet so there isn't a great deal to sit at, around or on. But its coming on the 25th (Xmas is obviously 3 months early this year). Perhaps I'll have a phone by then.
House has been redecorated in Magnolia - (a gorgeous colour) and white. Several bloggers came over and slaved away painting over the attractive existing colour scheme. Mac was seriously impressed with their handiwork. So much so that he left hairs on beautiful white skirting boards the day after. Anyway, the house reeked so I've spent as little time in the gloss areas as possible.
My landlords have refitted the kitchen, replaced a window and fixed the problem of the leaking ceiling all in the time I've been there. Its all new & clean and was done really quickly.
Ruthodanort has been here, there & every where recently but I'll let her update the world.
Mac has developed a penchant for shoes and being sick on the carpet. What a dog!
Its been foggy throughout the last week so there's nothing to see, but here's a picture of the mist creeping up the burn
Comments
I can vouch for Muness Views inability to be contacted by phone. Or maybe he's trying to hide from the bill for Mac chewing my boots. I think Mac was confused by the CAT logo on them.
Soljey from Shetland Mainland
Now I know who the Fetlar Blogger is! The Archbishop of Canterbury of course!! How did I not see clearly before?! ## Maybe Mac knew exactly what CAT stands for, and he was merely making the statement of an anti-fashionista. He is after all a Border Collie, not a designer dog.
mjc from NM,USA
Soljey - Are you blaming a dumb animal for the state of your boots now? The Consort may not have noticed your sneaky trips to the kitchen during the painting party, but Muness and myself did. I know there's not much food in the larder at Magnolia View, but there was no need to eat the leather off your own boots. I honestly thought the Consort's filled baguettes and the Waa's bakery fancies wid o been plenty to keep you goin.
Ruthodanort from Unst
Bairns, please behave!
Herman from Fetlar
Ah mjc, you think you know.
Herman from Somewhaar in da ether
Soljey-I have to apologise. As I am Mac-sitting for a week as Muness visits Herman in Orkney Mainland, I have been able to monitor the dog's behaviour. And yesterday evening I noticed he had a most unnatural liking for Son No 2's smelly trainers. So, it seems that I was wrong and you were right, the dog does indeed seem to have a Footwear Fetish.
Ruthodanort from Unst
Frankly if you're foolish enough to take a good pair of boots into a decorating zone, you deserve all you get! Besides, with two lots of vast disposable income, even the hint of a bill is in poor taste......unlike the boots which were delicious!
damadcoo from unst
Fantastic to see Herman in Lidl in Orkney. The shopping metroplis of Kirkwall obviously lights his candle. Spend, spend, spend I heard. He even had his own chauffeur driven taxi to da toon & back. So much for a hard island life. I even got some magnolia paint from him.
Muness from Orkney, mebbe
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