Monday

Dont feel I had a weekend. Have asked for tomorrow off and its very short notice and they have been really nice about it. Saturday went to Ikea for the 21st aniversary sale - got there at 6am. Got out at 9:01!! Didnt have breakfast cos no time. Bought last of kitchen cupboards tho and 2 quilt covers and 2 good pillows cos ours are flat. Can only afford 1 each for now so we still have an old one each as well. Didnt realise they do different pillows for people who sleep on their back and people who sleep on their side!! Anyway have tried em out and seem very good and bigger than usual. Our old pillows do not fill the ikea pillow cases!. We waited ages for the kitchen doors cos you pick the rest yourself but the doors are full serve ones. Loads of poeple everywhere. Spent £260 but saved £63 so not too bad except used a credit card which is definitely not a good thing. Was intending to buy all of it over next 2 months tho so not end of the world. Took dogs out and that was just about the end of saturday ( I did buy 2 bottles of sherry tho!! M keeps calling me a sherry tramp now tho he also drank it).

Sunday M was in a horrible mood. Refused breakfast which was really stupid cos to put work top on had to take out the cooker! Once in place I went out and left him. Bought some food and wormer for the cockateils cos they have not been wormed since we were in this house ( should be done every 4-6 weeks). Forgot dog wormer tho so they will cross infect each other most likely, tho dogs do not get hair worms just round worms so I can hope. Also found out you can now get spot on for birds. I was considering it but dont think I can stand the pain of being bitten by hard vicious beaks while putting it onto the back of their necks and rubbing into feathers! It does do both worms and mites tho and soon they will start to get them. My fault too cos I bring flowers into the house and things like red spider mite attack birds. I usually spray them which they hate but havent tried the spot on. Not sure I am brave enough tho. Animals just cost a fortune!

Then when I got back M in better mood ( slightly). Oiled worktop, took dogs out. Made completely in oven dinner which was fine tho M had temper fit due to no worktop we can use for serving. Worked out ok in the end tho cos I served into dishes on lounge table and it was really quite civilised. Dogs cause major issues with decorating/DIY cos when they go out its at least 2 hours out of a day which is loads ( so we lose about 4 hours each weekend). I know we could take them a shorter walk but tend to take them a long way at weekends and they expect it. Its quite strange cos friday arrives and they know you are off on saturday and sunday and think its for them I am sure. They really expect to go out first thing on weekends but do not always. Partly cos I will not allow dogs to completely rule me but also cos sometimes I want eg. to go to an Ikea sale at 6am or tescos for breakfast ingredients. They get really sulky. Its always been the same tho it isnt like we have changed their routine.

Anyway about 3pm yesterday there we are having walked dogs and got them back into my car ( they go somewhere away from village on sundays- tho only up road a mile or so and in better weather we could make them walk the whole way) and M checks my tyres. Now on friday I pumped them up and the tread seems fine a bit worn but well legal. He finds out the tyres are worn down to the metal on the insides of both front wheels. Hopefully just the tracking gone out. I did hit something on motorway a couple of months ago. Piece of angle iron! Also I have thought something was not right with the steering for a while but couldnt find a reason. Now I know. Car is totally illegal and dangerous and I have been driving up and down the motorway etc. Boss has said I can have tomorrow off to sort it but it might be time for a new car depending on what it will cost! Luckilly M on nights today so I have borrowed his. Have to sort by next week else cannot get to work or one of us cant. So anyway off to sort out car tomorrow and just hope its fixable. Trouble is its about £120-150 for tyres, tho may not need new back ones so a bit less and no idea how much to fix or even what is actually wrong. If its costing more than £350 no point cos thats about what the car is now worth! I would like a new car but cannot really afford one. I will have to break into my ISA to buy one ( well do have credit cards but not what I feel is the right thing to spend on. I use them for short term spending that is paid off quickly). ISA tho is a tracker and stock market not doing well right now. Its all so much hassle. Still I must have a car else cannot get to work and also cannot run business without one!.

So really anyway my weekend was not the most productive ever.