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Everything in my favour is against me.....

Firstly......Lily with the portrait I did of her.
Apparently it was presented to Lily's parents yesterday as a surprise for their wedding anniversary.
I am told they love it.
Phew......always a relief.
I am busy working on another one now.

Funny old weekend.  Philip has been poorly with a bad throat etc.
On Sunday he felt worse and it was obviously not just a cold.  So it was off to 'Urgent Care'.
Now, as much as the health care system over here winds me up with constant bills for anything from MRIs to ear syringing...there are some good parts.
Our doctor's clinic is open, like most, Monday to Friday.
But, they do understand that you can't always plan to be ill between Monday and Friday.
So, they have their own 'urgent care clinic' which is open on Saturday & Sunday and I think after hours in the week.
Sometimes you do have something that needs attention but not the attention of the emergency room at the hospital.
Sunday morning then we popped into the 'urgent care' clinic and 45 minutes later emerged with 3 prescriptions for Philip who has a sinus infection.   So, he could get started right away on the antibiotics rather than wait to get an appointment at our doctor's during the week.
That is a great idea I think and the cost was the same as a normal doctor visit.
Hopefully he will feel better soon.

We ordered an upright freezer on Saturday.  Not a huge one but better than the freezer  box on top of the fridge.   It was due today.
It came early this morning, delivered by two very nice chaps who took it down into the basement, levelled it up and plugged it in.
Wonderful.  We have wanted one for ages and it will make a big difference to us to be able to store more food, particularly during our winters.
Brilliant.   All working ....fab.
Then I read the manual.
It must not be connected by an extension cord.............oh...pants.....it is.
It must be connected to a 3 pin, earthed socket............oh.....it isn't.
Sigh.
It will have to be moved.  It looks so nice where it is, right next to the fridge but it will have to be moved.
That will make Philip laugh.

posted by Sue Banks @ 8:02 AM