Mission semi-accomplished

[puddleshark]

There were three things I needed to do today...

Mission One: check the tyre pressure on my car. Failed.

I have one of those little tyre inflator gadgets in the boot, but it plugs into the power outlet between the front seats, and the power outlet is no longer working. Perhaps the fuse has blown? But, looking at Google, the fuses on the Ford are horribly complicated, so I think I will have to leave it to the garage to check when it goes in for its service in the New Year.

Drove round to three different garages, none of which had a functioning air machine.

Mission Two: buy a Christmas tree. Completed.

This looked like being a failure too, as the first place I tried was sold out of Christmas trees. But luckily I thought of the farm shop, and they had lots of Christmas trees, sensibly sized, for sale at 25 per cent off.

Managed to manhandle the tree into the living room without it shedding all its needles, and then did the fastest Christmas tree decoration in world history. Got the fairy lights working. Hurled tinsel and baubles at it. Work of art, it ain't, but I have no time for perfection. It has all the requisite shiny things. It smells of conifer.

Can't say I feel at all Christmassy yet. But that's probably just as well, because I tend towards gloom at Christmas anyway.

Mission Three: write and post Christmas cards. Failed.

The Procrastination Fairy paid a visit.

Tomorrow. I will do this tomorrow.

Comments

[mallorys_camera]

I'd say one out of three is pur-ty good!

Though I am worried about yr tires! 😀

[puddleshark]

I'm worried about my tyres too. So it would be ironic if I had to make a thirty mile round trip to find a garage with a functioning air machine. 😊

[heleninwales]

Sorry to hear about the lack of functioning air machines. One of my previous cars, the red Astra, kept developing slow punctures so I bought a foot pump because I couldn't rely on the filling station having a working air machine. Last week it enabled me to put sufficient air into the soft tyre so I could drive the quarter mile to the garage.

[puddleshark]

A foot pump would have been a much more sensible choice than that tyre inflator gadget - much less to go wrong!

I'm hoping someone will be able to either lend me a car with a working socket, or a footpump this weekend.

[bunn]

Maybe there's someone you could park next to who has a working car power outlet and would let you borrow it for 5 mins while you check the pressure with the portably doobry?

[puddleshark]

Good idea! I'll see if my sister can pop round this weekend, and we can perform a ballet of the cars to get at all the tyres.

[adafrog]

Yay Christmas tree! I don't put one up anymore, but I love the smell.

[puddleshark]

Yes. I think that's the only reason I still put up a tree. Not for the decorations, but because I do love that scent of winter greenery in the house.

[adafrog]

Love that scent.

[kaishin108]

Hey you got your tree up, tata!! That's great.

[puddleshark]

The tree is up, and it is finally starting to feel a little like Christmas.

I wish I was able to get into the Christmas spirit a little earlier, rather than with 48 hours to go. I have got so much to get done tomorrow... 😊

[kaishin108]

Some years I am like that. I used to love to go buy presents on Christmas Eve, lol. Now that sounds awful but I used to think it was fun.