well so far i've had the weekend from hell. After being assured by my ex that the heating oil was on a top up service I came home last night to find the boiler has locked out. Went outside in the dark with my torch, climbed up to get to the top of tank, dropped a long stick in it cos the guage is busted and you guessed it NO OIL. So therefore no heating and no hot water....... So i'm thinking I can't order any more oil until monday and its freezing cold but I have to say thank god for Total Butler - they are brilliant! I phoned expecting to have to leave a message on a machine at 6.30pm on a friday night but they were open until 7 and at 9am this morning I had a man out in a big oil tanker with my thousand litre delivery. BUT boiler still wouldn't work - if you let the system run out of oil completely you need a plumber to re prime the boiler......so by this time i'm mega pee'd off and my fingers are going blue - open the living room door and there is a sodding starling going mental flying around the room which has fallen down the chimney (AGAIN!) You would have laughed if you could have seen me with a giant coat on with the hood up attempting to go into the room and open the patio doors, but no matter how much I wanted to I just couldn't - I never realised how scared a bird could make me! Anyway, I got one of the neighbours to come and rescue me from the bird and luckily a friend of my son's is a plumber and he came and sorted the boiler out, but I have to say that this morning, nearly in tears with frustration etc and feeling like a helpless and useless woman, I don't mind admitting it was nice to have a couple of handy men to the rescue! Make the most of this post, i'll be cursing the whole male population by about.............tea time i reckon!