This morning, house tightly shuttered against last night's howling gales I looked out, saw that it was dry (then) and opened the back door.
Big mistake, It flew out of my hand, crashed back against the tumble-dryer wall outlet and there was an ominous crash.
I looked at said piece of plastic - or what remains of it from previous crashes - and could see nothing. Not really reassured, the noise had been considerable, I poked around the back door-step and found a large triangular object on the ground.
To cut it short, it was a lump of my cat-flap old and yellowed but still in place ten years after the demise of our last cat. I now have a dilemma on my hands.
Since it is set into the door do I try to find someone who can locate and replace it with a similar one, though I have no plans to take on another cat, or do I have to replace the door (double glazing as well)?
As it stands the door is now vulnerable to access by any large strong animal or even, I suppose a small skinny burglar. To say nothing of possible weather damage.
Enough for one day I thought, went to get my shower, stubbed my foot (yet again) and now have a nice navy-blue toe.
It hurts, is swollen and is about the tenth time I have performed this particular trick.
Is a suit of armour the answer, or should I carry on regardless but take our personal injury insurance.
Answers and advice welcome.
Dear Ray!
ReplyDeleteI decided to take a careful little stroll around my friends here on Blogger and as usual, you brightened up my rainy and gloomy day. I am so sorry that you have such bad luck with vicious and sneeky household items. Since I find one or two in our house, maybe we've used the same manufacturer?
I am relieved though, you could have blown out of the house like poor Ruth did when he had a bad storm some years ago.
For my own part , I am still on hiatus but I wrote about it last week. I wont be very active, need my strenght else where, but random visits will occur. I hope, besides the catflop and your blue toe, that you are in good health. I saw an entry on choirsinging and applause. I shall have a look. Bless you, Ray Grace...
Hallo Solveig, it's good to hear from you. I have not yet read your recent posts, but I will.
ReplyDeleteI do so hope that whatever your problems are they are not unbearable.
As for being blown out of the house, I think it would be easier for the house to be blown away than me.
We have had some seriously nasty weather but that is not too unusual here.
I pray you will find the strength you need.
Blessings.
Dear Ray, you left me giggling--so sorry because that sounds as if I don't appreciate the pain of a stubbed toe. I do, but you tell the story with such a tongue-in-cheek verse that I had to laugh.
ReplyDeleteAs to the cat door, I suspect you could position it back in place and then use two pieces of wood to tack across it. I do think it needs to cover the opening.
Mom used to say that I was as "clumsy as a bull in a china shop." That was true when I was young and it's still true now that I'm old. I try to keep my mind where my body is when I move around the house and in being present to myself I avoid a lot of the damage I used to do to my body!!!!! Peace.
Dear Dee
DeleteI am so happy to provide you with some light entertainment with the details of my latest woes.
Amazingly, the smashed tumbler drier outlet has already been removed and replaced by a much better one by the very kind husband of my cleaner.
He has also arranged for someone to come to measure the door panel with a view to replacing it.
This will happen next week.
How good is that?
Sometimes it is worth a bit of misery to find out how good people are.
I am a very lucky lady😍
Yes. It is so true that in all that appears bad, we can always find some good--it may takes days or weeks or even years, but good will emerge! And to discover just how good people are is such a great good! Peace.
DeleteLikewise Dee
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