Tuesday blues...

Back in business!

I am back at work - and I am not especially thrilled! This morning I got up at 05.50 am. A wee bit early even for me, as I don't have to be in until 07 am. But S got up at that time - and as I am already awake... Hey - and I do get some compensation time! Which is good! First day went without any major mishaps. A variety of things that had to be done today though - they do tend to "save it for M". Hm!!

I have had 2 x 2 weeks off and already looking forward to next summer. Nothing new about that.

This will be short - have to tamper with my website/ftp that doesn't do as I say! I know I will be busy the rest of the evening... Would love to take a class in website publishing! I do want all of my "oldies" out there - not just part of them... Keep your fingers crossed! It is sooooo annoying when it doesn't do what it's told, isn't it!

In a Jiffie!

I am working this week. I am in to do the wages and to pay the bills and send bills out to those unfortunate souls to be on my list! I am taking one week on call too - might as well - as I have to work anyway...

Then I am off for two more weeks of leisure and the good life!

.... will be back!

Saved By A Telephone Call

Last afternoon I was saved by a telephone call.

A ton of freshly washed laundry to be folded and put away in the closets was the chore of the day. It smelled really good. Some of it had been left out to dry and had that nice smell of fresh air. Alot of laundry. I had put it off for the entire weekend. So I am not kidding about the magnitude of the task at hand. Then work called. One of the ff didn't show up for practice and they wondered if I could come. "Ja!" - of course. This was no regular practice APU. This summer the fire department has decided that we are going to campings and harbors to give information and to show off the trucks. Surprisingly quite alot of people showed up. First came the kids and then the adults. Quite alot of Norwegians. We get alot of them here as it is only about an hours ride to the boarder. It's always a bit awkward to be in the center of things, getting all the attention. But all went well and we returned to the fire station for some coffee.
Just imagine when the fire trucks looked like this picture.
"Swedens first motor fire-engine. Purchased by the town of Eskilstuna in 1902 from Justus Christian Braun in Nürnberg, Germany. It was driven by an electrical engine that had an operating range of about tvelwe miles at a top speed of 12 mph. Presented to the Museum of Eskilstuna in 1935, repainted in 1979 using the original colour scheme.Today it can be seen at Faktorimuseet in Eskilstuna, where this photo was taken by Zaphod on Februari 6, 2005. " (Text and Picture from Wikipedia)

Nothing much!

Nothing exciting or earth-shattering to blog about today really. Today has been a pretty spring-like day. Not that I have been able to be out in the fresh air to enjoy it. Have been working all day. But The Boss told me... "Thank you Boss for the much needed and very useful info". Hmmm...

And at home my feet froze to instant ice cubes, because of the icy cold floors in our house. Two words: Heated floors! Want! Need! Crave! Hopefully we can at least put it in when we get to the part of renovating the entrance(s). Which will happen one of these days, I am sure. This house is from the latter part of the 1890's. So it is quite old. Lots have been done to it - quite alot still remain. It happens to be The Man doing it all. After his ordinary full time job. After his ordinary part time job. He keeps quite busy.

It will be a lovely old/new house when it is all done!

Our Lovely House...