new orders

Well got an order today for bath bombs. Been ages and was feeling like giving up. Business is dire to say the least. When will the recession-depression end? One bit of good news tho is SMEG decided to give us a new dishwasher since it is still breaking down. Thats good. I do wonder if its cos I told them I had blogged it and considering I had many many more hits for that one blog than for all the rest put together ( they probably also checked it out and found my review) then at teh least I have damaged their trade and told the world about the shoddiness of the disher we had. Have yet to find out if this one is any better, The last one broke after 3 days. This one arrived on 5th so I am poised to see if it breaks tomorrow or if not how soon after. Of course it could just be we had a dodgy one in the first place and this one is ok. I will let you know in due course dear readers.Since I last blogged much has changed - besides my rubbish lack of trade that is. Wlater has been and gone and been again and we are only able to Identify him or her now by the fact he or she is not scared to stay on the bird table and the rest of the pigeons all fly off if we are around. The huge brown preadtor bird is possibly an eagle which is shocking but we have yet to find out what sort. It must be an escapee I think. It lives up the road next to the M1. We have seen it whilst walking the dogs. Gwennytoo is dead and so is Gwyneth. Gwyneth was yet another case of cancer so very sad. They died within a week of each other. Now I am left with Lily, Sally from the first 3 we had and Maisey and Helen from the second 3 hens. There is no real Hierachy which is strange and they all seem to bully or be bullied and stick up for them selves if being bullied. They are very nice "average" middle of the road chickens and there is finally peace in the aviary and the flock. They shout like crazy to come out if I am in the garden.Needless to say they are out and about quite a lot and cause disaster oin the garden wherever they go! The crops are very varied. The squashes all succummbed to mildew when I did not water the roots for 2 days and we lost all the pumpkins but the one we had picked to make the others get bigger. They are all ended now. The allotment tho is filling up with winter veg and looks good but I should have taken one double the size while I could cos its not big enough. Never mind. I have asked to have another should any come up. The garden is also looking good and the rose walk/ wood henge I was given but M for my birthday is getting built slowly. I have 9 climbing roses and 3 jasmines to come and I may also have some clematis - cant remember now. I told EGG I will not accept their rate increase so have given up 2 credit cards with them which is good - tho still have to repay them - but does mean I have nothing to fall back on now should we have a crisis. Hopefully we wont. No idea yet how to raise the money to vaccinate the dogs thpo and they are due next month! Still every time I need money it arrives. I never have extra but just what I need it seems. Hopefully it will carry on this way. My book is slowly happening but I didnt make my deadline and its about 1/4 written really. Onwards to that then.

REVIEW OF smeg dishwasher DFD6121W - ITS CRAP! do not buy

Decided to treat myself to a dishwasher for xmas. Paid £251.99 from Currys online. Its a SMEG DFD6121W full sized dishwasher. Its rubbish! It was delivered on 1st december 2010 and today is 28 december 2010 and so far it has developed 3 faults. Its completely crap. Do not buy this dishwasher. I was stupid and was taken in by the wantable "smeg" name. Previously, several years ago we had a very cheap Candy and it went without fault for years. Probably about 5 years I reckon. Even then it never went wrong but just looked very tatty and we were selling the house so we stupidly go rid of it to make the kitchen look better. Should have put it into storage but we didnt. Its taken about 4 years for us to buy this one and for 4 years I have done the majority of the washing up hence its my xmas pressie to me. What a complete disapointment! There was a hotpoint and a whirlpool for less money but I was taken in by owning something smeg.We have a whirlpool washing mashine that is about 10 years old. Very rusty but has never gone wrong. Anyway this disher had a guy fix it a week ago. Apparently I had opened the door mid cycle causing water to get inside. Well it is possible but I cannot remember doing it. He sorted it and it went again only to have the same fault again. Also the door now wont open and close properly! It sticks. Anyway since the man who fixed it said it was my fault for opening the door I have never done that since and have always waited for the cycle to end regardless of how irritating it may be. Its has leaked again. Dont get me wrong here the dishwasher doesnt leak onto the floor so you do not know. It leaks into the casing and eventually the water builds to a point where the clever thing says it will not go cos of a water leak. It does have a leak but you do NOT have a flood and cannot see the leak unless its taken appart. If I had the cash I would go and buy a new disher right now and scrap this one since a simple whirlpool or hotpoint, candy, beko etc with no mod cons and no warning lights is better and hassle free. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY! Do not be taken in by SMEG! Buy a cheap and chearful dishwasher that will work for years without constantly breaking. I feel a right twerp buying this one so use my bad experience and buy something else please.