On Saturday the 2nd of January Rich saw the neighbour  as he was coming out of the cellar door (as I am writing that I am starting to realise that Rich spends a lot of time in the cellar, and hiding in the chemin me thinks. Do you think he is trying to tell me something?) The neighbour asked him how he was and Rich said that his head was tres malade (very ill). The neighbour found this very funny, and had a good chuckle whilst also confirming to Rich that they would be coming around to our house on Sunday as agreed.

Rich came running into the kitchen in a panic and said “Did you know that we had invited the neighbours around on Sunday?” to which I replied “No I know you invited them around to see our renovated house with electrical wires everywhere, paper still hanging off…