Presents !!!

So, today we all got a present.  Kind of.   I’ve not done much in the last week so I’m falling behind with my blogs.  I thought I should write about something even if it is only the boring day I’ve had today.  I had a message asking if I was ever going to blog again.  I must also remember to look at my settings on my blog.  I have all ‘comments’ sent through to my email address which is also on my mobile phone.  If I get comments come through while I’m in a shop it’s not too good as I have this really stupid ring-tone set for emails.  Also, if someone in another country that is maybe five hours behind me sends me a message, it might be only 10pm their time, but when I’m in bed at 3am, a loud email notification isn’t always the best way of being woken up !

Anyway, our presents today ...   I got a laptop cooling pad.  I already had one but I think it was beginning to die.  It would begin whirring away, then every 20 minutes or so it would just sound like it was about to die and then start up again.  I only bought this some time last year so I thought I’d look out the receipt and take it back to the shop before  it died completely.  I found the receipt – I bought the cooling pad on 31 July last year.  Hmm.  Today is 30 July.  Never mind.  A year guarantee is just that.  A year.  I took it back to the shop today and explained to the guy what was happening.  He did say that the warranty was out of date by a year but not to worry and he would still replace it.  I had to pay an extra £5.00 though because the ones they had in stock were a slightly different model and £5.00 more expensive.  This one is smaller .  I have a 17 inch laptop but the man assured me it will fit and that although it’s smaller, they are made for laptops up to 17 inch.  Okay, so it DOES fit but only just.  My laptop maybe overhangs the pad by ¼ inch either side but the base of the pad is cushioned so it’s quite comfortable on my lap now.

The next shop was for HIM.  Well, he thinks it was for him but the item purchased is for me too really.  We bought a ‘gaming chair’ for the X-box.  We both get fed up sitting on the floor in front of the X-box to play it.  Okay so we don’t really have to sit on the floor to play it but if you want to get the positioning right we do sit on the floor.  We have quite a large lounge to so if we sit on the sofa to play the games then we seem too far away.  I thought it might be easier to buy the gaming chair than to begin re-arranging the furniture and TV in the lounge !  This chair is called the ‘X-Rocker’ and it’s good because it has sound built in to it so as you play the game the noise seems to appear from behind.  Although if HE turns the volume up on it again while I am playing it I WILL punch him on the nose !

The last item purchased was for Buster.  Well, it’s for HIM and Buster.  We bought a 10 metre long training lead for him.  We can let Buster off the lead when we get to the park so he can have a good run but he has an awful habit of stealing balls that belong to other dogs.  The owners only have to throw a ball and Buster is away after it.  That’s not really the problem.  It’s the fact that he then won’t come to us because he knows we’ll take the ball away from him.  We do try and warn the other dog owners but how can you tell them they can’t throw a ball for their own dog ?  So ...   the training lead is to put on Buster when he’s in the park.  He can still have a run about but if he goes after another ball he can be stopped quickly.  Hopefully !