Might help with the ash pandiamond lil wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:29 am Major revamp in this house this week. Husband went in for an angiogram on Thurs as his angina recently got very bad. They said urgent triple bypass, probably next week So I'm currently trying to do all the stuff he normally does. Forcing a big shovel into a coalhouse then carrying it up 4 steep steps at the back door is knocking hell out of my knees and shoulders. So far the easiest way seems to be filling 2 supermarket carrier bags and leaving them on the top step, then just picking up the bag and dumping the whole lot on the fire. The ashcan needs emptied twice a day, it's huge and heavy, and that's the next thing I need to work round.
Next thing is that he will be more or less an invalid for weeks and taking it easy for months. Can't drive now or for 6 weeks after his op and I don't drive.So this winter things round here will be different. We get a lot of snow and neither of us can clear it. The kids will need to show face and help a bit more I think. Shopping is ok, Sainsbugs weekly shop and Amazon for anything else. But hairdresser, doctor & dentist all involve a bus. One an hour and it's a ten minute walk to the road.
I might come out of this winter leanerer keen and very very mean
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