Some Photos

A grey day now although we did have some sunshine this morning. Still very chilly.

Nathan and Daniel are now well over their Chicken Pox and are their usual bright selves.

I have been having lots of problems with AOL and with my bank.  These things are sent to try us as my Dad used to say.  Hopefully the bank is sorted out now after another very long telephone call this morning.

I received such disgraceful treatment from Customer Services at AOL that I wrote a very stiff letter to their headquarters.  I have received no reply as yet and do not know whether I ever will.  I was tamping mad at the way they handled my problems.  It is far too long to go into on here but it turned out to be a problem with our telephone exchange and nothing to do with our computer.  When you are told by Customer Services that the problem is because you have an extension phone and that you need to replace wiring and cables, then to be hung up on by one representative and have another walk away from the phone and just leave you - well!!  I know the person did this because I could hear all the other phone calls going on, this person just stopped responding to me when I said I could not accept what they were saying, that is was a load of nonsense and I wanted to be put through to a supervisor.

I was right, it was a complete and utter load of nonsense, absolute rubbish as the problem was at our telephone exchange and everything was back to normal the following day.

I will not put up with rudeness and I do not suffer fools gladly.  It remains to be seen whether I shall receive a reply, cost me the price of a stamp but worth it to tell them what I thought of the service.

Other than that I have been pottering around and also doing lots of reading.  Just finished a very good book - Poe, A Life Cut Short by Peter Ackroyd.  The life of Edgar Allan Poe.  What a sad and haunted man he was.  A very good read indeed.

Mike has been out with the camera a few times - just taking local shots, anything that appeals to him - so I am going to share a few of them with you today.

 

Nice to see the Spring blossom coming out.  The clocks change this month and we will be back to lighter evenings.  Maybe then I will be able to attempt some little jobs in the garden, nowhere near as much as I used to - one of the sad things about getting older.  I used to be able to work in the garden from morning until evening but those days are long gone.  As long as it is kept tidyis all that bothers us now.

Well, there really is not much else to tell you.  One day is pretty much the same as another at the moment.

I was very sorry to hear that Patrick Swayze is so ill.  I loved him in Dirty Dancing and in North and South not to mention his films.  I can only say that I hope there is a miracle for him and wish him well in his fight.

Right, lunchtime now so I am off to get myself a sandwich. Hope everything is going well for all of you.  God bless.

Love,