Sing*Star*

We've found a NEW obsession in the house... no Nintendo Wii as yet, so we now play Sing*Star*. Anyone not familiar with this game, well, you're lucky. Otherwise you'll become a crazily competitive singer who actually can't sing, even though Sing*Star* tells you that you can. Like Maria... bless her. She's provided hours of entertainment with her lack of singing skills. And Martin keeps getting in a strop because I tend to beat him, even though I 'can't sing for shit', apparently. Yes, well, tell that to Sting*Star* who tells me that I'm a 'rising star' and tell Martin that he's a 'wannabe'. ha!

The other exciting news comes from Roberts Letting Agency... they've decided to charge us for unblocking our drains. When I called the manager to discuss it, she told us she'll ring us back. She still hasn't done so, so we're ignoring them now. We've even considered recording a voicemail message specially for them:
"Hello. Welcome to Woodend. Please press one for administration issues and two for payment.'
"Thanks. If you'd like us to pay our bill, please wait for us to connect you to Martin."
"You are now on hold. We'll keep you on hold for approximately five hours, during which you can listen to annoying music telling you how great we are. Please note, this call costs £170 per minute, to account for administration fees. These enable us to do f*** all for you all year and is a very necessary charge. Thanks for your patience."

Thanks Roberts. I've also come up with a good idea for a Chrstmas card to send them next year, somethiing along the lines of 'On the tenth day of Christmas, Roberts gave to me, ten ceilings leaking, 9 boilers breaking.... and so on.

It's far too cold today.