Microwave Matters and Other Stuff

It was Nanna's funeral yesterday. Caelyn and Nigel slept over at my house because they wanted to leave at 07h00 and Wendy would still be asleep then. She woke up at 09h45 and my mother took her to Kids Planet while I sorted out my bedroom. They came back just after 1pm and my mother had to rush off to catch her flight to Spain. She is safely in the flat there and hoping to have a relaxing and carefree time.

I am terribly tired and unwell, but nothing new there. Sean wants me to fly to Edinburgh with him on Saturday and the thought of catching all those trains to Gatwick then struggling onto the EasyJet is a very daunting one. As far as my health goes, it isn't wise, but sometimes you have to do things for the sake of a relationship. Sean has to make all sorts of concessions to my health and I have to 'give' a bit too. I plan to get the flight details from him this evening so that I can book a wheelchair.

This morning, my new microwave looked and sounded like it was working, but when I took the food out it was still cold. Tried again a couple of times with no better results so I phoned Currys, who told me to return it for a straight swap because it is still under the manufacturers warranty. Nigel very kindly took me up there and it was done. No hassle, except that the Kenwood I was returning had been on an end-of-line sale so it wasn't possible to do a straight swap as Kenwood no longer do that model. In the end, I got a Russell Hobbs but had to pay in an extra £33, which has rather blown the budget. (There is always something that blows the budget, I find.)

It is a combination microwave, grill and convection oven and it does everything the big stove does, but uses considerably less electricity. In the UK, we have been hit with energy bills going up by 35% so having things that use a lot less electricity is important. I wouldn't want to be without it as I use it far more than the main oven.

Nigel's aunt gave him a photo Nanna had of when he was 20, and I have restored it. Lots of marks, dust and scratches. Then I went on to put him against an airshow background as he loves aircraft. He didn't think it was right to put him against that background in a tux though!

This is the original photo that I started work on:



This is the 'work in progress'


And the 'Airshow'