Computer Woes and a Lovely Cheese Dish

Many apologies for my absence from the blog - our computer picked up some really nasty virus and was so badly infected that it had to be taken away to be sorted out.  Oh woe was us, we felt quite bereft without t'internet at our fingertips and a big old dusty hole where the computer box had been.  Luckily for us, it was returned swiftly and is now super-duper uber efficient and has extra-tight virus control security. 

I'm afraid the virus was somehow all my fault (although I'm not sure exactly how it happened) as poor old P was not even at home when the problem occured.  And it cost an arm and a leg to sort it all out - what I wouldn't like to do to those idiots who send these viruses out into cyberspace - the swines!!

On a much happier note, my lovely next-door neighbours phoned up yesterday to see if I'd like an old cheese dish they were getting rid of (they know me well enough to know that I'm usually game to take on anything like that.)  I was delighted to have it because despite the fact that I'm no longer eating cheese, I had just been saying how much I'd like a butter dish so that I could keep the butter out of the fridge and therefore make it much easier to spread and to use less of.

 
As if by magic, I've now got a lovely little vintage cheese dish gracing my kitchen side and keeping my butter at a spreadable temperature.  And, quid pro quo, I was able to pass on a copy of this month's 'Country Living' and a recent 'Hello' magazine to my neighbour in return.  We were all happy with the deal.

Comments

[Maureen]

I ask my self the same question about virus senders. I'd like to send them a cyber-slap around the head!

The dish is so pretty and a great swap. Doesn't it just pay to be nice to neighbours:)

[Briget]

I cannot for the life of me understand what they get out of sending viruses into cyber space. We have been wiped out twice this year and the inconvenience is very frustrating, not to mention expensive to fix.

Love the butter dish. We wouldn't be able to keep our butter out here in Australia as it would melt in no time.