If in doubt we blame the previous owners of our “des res”. Dodgy upside down toilet seats, huge holes in ceiling for light fittings, the list goes on.

Now the latest is aimed at all home owners. Never ever paint really dark colours on walls because its a beggar to paint over, and even worse when it’s right next to stained wood skirting boards. Cue more painting required to finish our lovely bedroom. Nearly there though……and we’ve painted the en suite now too. It actually looks clean now after those grubby walls.

Now onto that famous flat pack store WhyKia? Last weekend we trotted over to hell to order some Billy bookcases. Simple eh? Grab in store, take to delivery desk, get screwed out of £60 to deliver to outer rural land of nowhere and job done.

So yesterday we had the delivery and today was assembling Billy. Hmm, first on went well. Ah, second one was supplied by Daniel Day Lewis himself – two left panels (ok dodgy film ref).

Cue trying to ring WhyKia. Current phone wait time 45mins! No problem for us techies, there’s online chat. Ah yes, the screen said the online chat person would be with us in 2 seconds. More like 20 mins.

Then it was a case of trying to explain that we had two left panels and needed a right. Groan. So you have two rights and need a left?? No, the other way around. Ok can you tell me in the manual which page your part is on. erm, threw away the manual. Oh, I need the page number. You can see how this went…..for 40 mins.

And finally, replacement part should arrive week after next. We hope.

We blame Bill all the way…

Oh, and not a drop of alcohol in the house……and too shattered to go buy some.