Do cherries come in threes?

Just to share 2 good things that happened yesterday..

Firstly I visited Tony's widow on Thursday evening and spent almost 2 hours with her, her daughter Tess and hubby and 3 rather boisterous grandkids with the associated competition to get the attention of the new bloke in the house.

During the visit I found out that Doreen still had not heard anything from the pension fund and as Tony was the only earner she was starting to have some financial difficulties, paying the housing association for example,

Friday I contacted Employee Assistance and make it clear that I thought Doreen had been 'dropped' and asked that they committed to contact here and help her at this time.  A couple of whiz bang emails and phone calls and guess what, a substantial amount of money, which I presume she was due from the pension fund, was released to her bank.  Result!  I live 200 miles away but I think I heard her faint!

And then I got a phone call later in the day from Force4 chandlery that the Gill OS2 (offshore sailing suit) that I've been waiting for since September had finally arrived in stock, was now in the post and with a fair wind should arrive at my house on Christmas Eve!  It is next years model and has been given to me for the same price as the old suit as a gesture of good will.  Result number 2!

For a while now I have known the saying that good or bad things tend to come in threes.  I'm due to go out to do some more Christmas shopping today so... cherry number 3?  You never know Baby!

Speak soon