Haven’t posted anything for the last couple of weeks due to having the builders in. No, this isn’t a euphemism, but has been a real life, traumatic event that has left me facing a couple of cheerful builders bums before 8am every day and having to retreat to my fantastic, friendly and clean local café bar, Dazal. The worst thing has been the dust, filth and general mess, but I have had serious concerns about Dick and Billy the Builders. They obviously have a major addiction. They appear to be main-lining the white stuff…yes, I think I have spent more on their white sugar, hobnob and teabag habit than I have on glass, bricks and plaster.

Alas, my decision to renounce alcohol has had to beat a hasty retreat in the face of all this builder misery and mayhem, so tomorrow I will raise a final glass of champagne as Dick and Billy shake the dust of my extension from their steel toe capped boots and then I will climb, giggling and sleepy, back on the wagon.

The good thing is that I can cook again…

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http://middleagedgapper.blogspot.com/

I confess it is written by someone that I know, but it is funny, warm and slightly eccentric – as all good blogs should be.