They, her sunglasses, had fallen into a shopping basket and she found them this morning, which was lucky because the day, although bitterly cold and damp under foot, was bright, old Mr. Sun had his torch on high! So that was a good start to the day.
The other thing that cheered her up was that, upon being 'shown' my travel cage, I climbed into it without being asked and off we went to work. As I said the day was cold, so she had placed a towel over the top of the cage and tucked it down around me.
It was another busy day with lots to do but she proved her worth, someone had looked at an old metal lamp and 'binned' it, she rescued it and reached underneath the sink for the box of metal polishes.
For she had 'seen' through and underneath the dirt and recognised it for what it was, a beautiful old engraved and enamelled vase which had someone had electrified. It didn't take her long to clean the dirt and tarnish off and soon it was gleaming and the enamel visible.
She washed it to make sure the Brasso had been cleaned off, wiped the flex, in-line switch and plug clean, gave it a final polish with a clean cloth and tested it with a bc fitting light bulb. Then took it and put it onto the desk in front of the manager!
"Wow, I had no idea that it should look like that? Thank you, will you price it and take it out into the shop", she wrote a price ticket for £35.00, attached it to the neck of the lamp and put it into the shop. It sold within five minutes, job done!
Her £10.00 frames had arrived from The Optic Shop and are pretty and comfortable, she asked if she could go out for half an hour and took them to her new opticians, she gave them her frames and prescription and her new sunglasses will be ready next Wednesday, her consultant at Moorfields will be pleased!
For he wants her to have both distance and reading glasses with her at all times, so now she will have them in her bag plus a pair of each prescription that will stay at home and next week, her new sunglasses will be ready.
We left just before 6.00pm, coming home to a pot of chicken and root vegetables that just had to heated through properly, then eaten with gusto, with a big pomegranate for pudding. Slurp.
She has much trotting about to do tomorrow, Myra is donating a large amount of linen to the shop, Raja is giving away a lot of dvd's and games and an enormous box full of candles.
She also went through her sweaters yesterday and any that are 'slightly' tight are going to the shop plus a couple that fit but she won't wear because beige with her platinum white hair ain't a good look!
And she has to collect a coat from her tailor and take a pair of trousers to be cleaned. There are places to go and many things to do, so we are off to bed. Busy week, lots to do tomorrow, let's hope it stays dry!
PipPip.
GeeGee Parrot.
February 7th, 2018.
The other thing that cheered her up was that, upon being 'shown' my travel cage, I climbed into it without being asked and off we went to work. As I said the day was cold, so she had placed a towel over the top of the cage and tucked it down around me.
It was another busy day with lots to do but she proved her worth, someone had looked at an old metal lamp and 'binned' it, she rescued it and reached underneath the sink for the box of metal polishes.
For she had 'seen' through and underneath the dirt and recognised it for what it was, a beautiful old engraved and enamelled vase which had someone had electrified. It didn't take her long to clean the dirt and tarnish off and soon it was gleaming and the enamel visible.
She washed it to make sure the Brasso had been cleaned off, wiped the flex, in-line switch and plug clean, gave it a final polish with a clean cloth and tested it with a bc fitting light bulb. Then took it and put it onto the desk in front of the manager!
"Wow, I had no idea that it should look like that? Thank you, will you price it and take it out into the shop", she wrote a price ticket for £35.00, attached it to the neck of the lamp and put it into the shop. It sold within five minutes, job done!
Her £10.00 frames had arrived from The Optic Shop and are pretty and comfortable, she asked if she could go out for half an hour and took them to her new opticians, she gave them her frames and prescription and her new sunglasses will be ready next Wednesday, her consultant at Moorfields will be pleased!
For he wants her to have both distance and reading glasses with her at all times, so now she will have them in her bag plus a pair of each prescription that will stay at home and next week, her new sunglasses will be ready.
We left just before 6.00pm, coming home to a pot of chicken and root vegetables that just had to heated through properly, then eaten with gusto, with a big pomegranate for pudding. Slurp.
She has much trotting about to do tomorrow, Myra is donating a large amount of linen to the shop, Raja is giving away a lot of dvd's and games and an enormous box full of candles.
She also went through her sweaters yesterday and any that are 'slightly' tight are going to the shop plus a couple that fit but she won't wear because beige with her platinum white hair ain't a good look!
And she has to collect a coat from her tailor and take a pair of trousers to be cleaned. There are places to go and many things to do, so we are off to bed. Busy week, lots to do tomorrow, let's hope it stays dry!
PipPip.
GeeGee Parrot.
February 7th, 2018.
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