What's happening today...

.....not a lot as it happens, so this will just be a snap shot of my day!

I got up really early because I was due to have my Kirby vacuum cleaners serviced first call this morning. That was a waste of time because, of course, the guy arrived over an hour after I expected him and I was pacing up and down feeling very frustrated.
However, during this time, I did manage to catch up with plurk! I also happened to look out of the window and what did I see.....the local council lorry sweeping the road something I haven't seen being done for a very long time. The trouble is the road didn't actually look any different after they had finished.
The young man who finally arrived is, as I type, sitting on the floor making a good job of servicing my vacuums he even let me take a photo for this post!
He put a lot of effort into the service and even polished the vacs; he wasn't pushy like some I've had in the past who are more interested in selling products than doing the job they came to do. All done and shining bright as you can see below.

The other thing I had to deal with this morning was a rotting pumpkin. I have been keeping this pumpkin, grown by my friend Tina, to make pumpkin soup for us both. She is currently on holiday so I wasn't planning on making the soup until next week. The pumpkin had been fine when I looked at it earlier in the week (when I took the picture) but this morning it had dripped liquid everywhere including into my mothers shopper. Luckily I was able to clear it before she saw it. There must have been over a pint of liquid in the lid of the shopper, but what the eye doesn't see the heart won't grieve and it cleaned up very well as the bag part is plastic. Panic over! I even managed to salvage enough of the remaining pumpkin to make the soup and it is safely stored in the fridge.

About an hour ago we had a brief storm and there was a beautiful rainbow but in the time I ran to get the camera it had begun to fade and this is the picture I managed to snap.

The final thing to show you for today is this book that arrived in the post. It came from my very good friend Daffy who has already sent me several books recently. I love her choice of books and so does my mother; I know we are going to enjoy this one as much as we did the others. So thank you Daffy-my mother has just got up from her rest and is looking at the book right now and she also says a big thank you..

Well that's it folks, in between this I did a few chores, chatted to a friend on the phone for half an hour and had a toasted cheese snack for lunch. I did not get to go for my usual Friday swim, but that can't be helped. Now it's off to do some vacuuming and ironing..boring! Hope you all have a good weekend.

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