Busy Busy!

Not me! That husband of mine. He doesn't stop, I simply don't know where he gets his energy from! 
I have been on the old computer trying to get the letter to John and Ann  it is actually quite difficult thinking of interesting things to put into the letter, so generally end up with a form of chatter.
Jane rang up last night, she had been on a long day and hadn't rung since Saturday when she had been on nights. She is on nights again tonight and it is very cold, hope she keeps warm, and doesn't get worked too hard. 
Little Jessie doesn't get out at the moment, I don't think she likes the cold weather either. She likes the sunshine on her back I think.

 Far too cold for this!

Brrr!

We seem to be having a week in this week. Doesn't matter because as he says Vin can always find things to do. I spent the morning after we had got up doing some of the letter.
er to John and Ann which will go into their parcel. We have got a few things for them collected and Vin got a jiffy bag from the post office so when I have finished it, it can go. 
Little Jessie woke her daddy up fairly early because it was sunny this morning. Then after her feed she spent most of the morning on Jane's bed. Our Jane had better get used to her being on her bed because she is getting used to it!

On the prowl!

A Bit Better Today!

No rain, No wind , No snow, November!
Isn't that how the saying goes? 
We didn't go out today basically because there are few places to go here really, so Vin did the washing and the bedding. Nice re-done bedding to go to bed in tonight. Lovely!
The papers are absolutely full of the latest royal news. There isn't much news at present so it gives them a field day.
The doorbell just went and it was our neighbour to say that the burglar who did her house last December has just gone back to jail for what he did to her house and property. Turns out he was a heroin addict and he had knocked on her door to establish that no-one was in first then went round the back of the house. There were two of them actually, one of them went away over the back fence to the largehouses at the back of ours. He was asked why they went off and he said they were disturbed by a neighbour. Guess who that was ? Our Vin Bless him. He is such a great neighbour. In fact the bell had just rung before that from the lady on the other side to collect a parcel that the Hermes courier had left in our house because she was out. 
Little Jessie hates the doorbell and runs upstairs as soon as it goes off. Don't know why she is so frightened of them. She doesn't like the ones on the television either. Strange. 

Monday Morning Blues!

It should be Monday morning greys really. Very blowy when we woke up and drizzly too. It is now absolutely tipping down, and very dark.  I don't know what our Jane is on today but I hope she doesn't get wet.
The big news of the day is the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghaan Markle who is an American divorcee. Gone are the days when the royals were forbidden to marry divorced people, especially after Charles and his piece got married. The papers now will have a field day from now on with every picture they have and delving into her family history etc., 
Little Jessie came up to get her daddy earlyish this morning. Not too early at the moment  because the mornings are darker off course so she is not getting woken up with the sun.  Then she is the whole morning sleeping in her basket. Good life isn't it.! 

Looking out at the drizzle.

In Today!

We are in today mainly because we are out tomorrow at the podiatry clinic, and that is an early appointment so it will be early to bed for us this evening.
Quite wet today and at the time of typing this it is absolutely pouring down.  The poor man from Hermes has just delivered a parcel too, I hope he didn't get too wet.  Very dark quickly now too I suppose soon it will be dark in the morning and early in the evening too.
I think our Jane is on eight to eight today, she has been off for a few days so back in the routine for her.
Little Jessie has been asleep  on Jane's bed most of the day. She didn't wake up her Daddy too early this morning, I think it is the darker mornings not getting her going.

No trouble loading up today.

A Step Back in Time!

It was Vin's idea to go out today for a change. To be honest the weather this week hasn't exactly been glorious  Not really much choice of places to go but he thought it would be a good idea to go to the Sefton Meadows garden centres. They are usually good coffee shops places these days, and very often have gift centres too. The two that we normally go to do anyway, but we haven't been to this ne in an age. It is under new management though and that usually means that they are better. When we got there the front entrance where the gifts used to be is all furniture for the garden. Very strange because there is a lot of footfall there towards the coffee area. 
Anyway we found a table and Vin went off for the drinks. He had a latte and I had a cappuccino, both of which came in quite large mugs. Quite nice drinks but not as good as Costa!  
From there we went over to the other section where the gifts were. Oh my goodness it was like going back in time. Very dated and badly laid out quite difficult to get round it really was like stepping back in time. 
Today the Internet is really playing up. Won't let me post a photo either. Sorry!

Maybe Tomorrow!

In today but might go out tomorrow, if we can think of somewhere to go. Won't be dobbies though, we went there last week. 
Vin did a bit of packing for me today, he is brilliant at packaging, he always was , he used to pack Jane's presents beautifully. He just has the touch somehow.  Today it was the bauble swap to go off. I got mine an age ago and  all the way from Australia, via John Lewis. Beautifully packaged too. 
Jane is off today so likely won't ring because she tends to ring when she is on her way to work.
Little  Jessie was asleep on our Jane's bed when I came up after lunch, sat up, jumped down and ran out. Oh she likes me that cat...not!  Then Vin came into the room a bit after that, and said had she been sick on the bed because there was some on the landing. But, it's ok Jane because she hadn't .

She is HIS cat though!  

Mundane Monday!

Just another ordinary Monday really. Didn't do much today but Vin found some bags for the things we are taking on Friday, sweeties in one and bissies in the other. Look nice too. 
Little Jessie has upchucked in her basket last night so that has had to be got rid of since it can't be washed apparently.  She spent most of the morning on Jane's bed and after lunch too till I came upstairs to use the computer then she went down. I think I disturbed her. 
We did get an envelope today telling us about our heating allowance. We get £100 each, before he got his pension I got two hundred, now he gets a pension too we get half each. I don't know what difference it makes actually.  
Our Jane was on nights last night, I hope she had a good night there in manchester, some of them are terribly busy. She is off now till Thursday.
Jessie is her normal self, sleepy, and with the nights drawing in apace  she doesn't go out in the afternoon because it is too dark. She stops in with her daddy instead!

Black Friday!

Two things going on here today. One is Black Friday and the other is Children in Need. Neither of which really affects us very much at all. The radio is messed about with and the programmes that we listen to is not normal really, except that they do accept requests which usually means that they play fairly good music.  Black Friday means nothing really, no barrgains jumping out at us. As i type this there are adverts currently on for a black Friday event at Argos!
Very dark very early today, the time of typing is four thirty and is is black outside. The lights are on most of the afternoon now, and the solar lights outside have lit up. 
Little Jessie hasn't moved that much mostly in her basket. She did last night have a lovely play with a feather she had found on the television table. Really amusing to watch. Now she is in her basket, mainly because she is next to her daddy on the sofa. 

I love this one, it is her favourite  spot. She jumps up on  the arm of the sofa, climbs up over the back of it, and snuggles up to his cheek. 

Little Outing!

  Dobbies! Off out today. Mainly the idea was to try the new shoes out which went well. I did walk from the car to the front of Dobbies, had a look round the food hall then Vin went for a chair because there is a lot of walking there. You actually cover a lot of ground. It is quite a big place with a fair amount of ground to cover. 
We got some Christmassy things, some nice tins of Christmas  shaped shortbreads to take to podiatry next time I go. I only need a tin of heroes or celebrations to take as well. They have all been so good there, all of them for about the last two years, it has been a long haul but we are getting there. Just need a bit of oomph now!!
Little Jessie has been quite good today  just been nice and quiet really. Mostly stayed in her basket while we went out, then she gets up when we come home. Probably to get some food off her daddy when he is home.

My food bowl is empty Daddy!

Fuel Hunting!

Since the weather is cooling down somewhat  Vin is keeping the fuel topped up. We get coal delivered when that runs low in the bunker, but he gets coal and logs from  Home and Bargain in Crosby too. So off he went this morning there. He thought it was market day there but apparently it wasn't there today so the parking was fine.  He had a few other things to get as well  but was home for a nice coffee later. 
Funny how the nights are drawing in now, it is almost as if the light switch goes off when the clocks go back. We have a fire most evenings now, and I watch the photos from Australia where the relatives are soaking up the sun on their lovely beaches. Beautiful blue skies and blue seas. gorgeous. 
Little Jessie has had a bit of a chuck up morning this morning, don't know why, because he hasn't fed her anything different and she doesn't have any of our food. She is getting quite big though and I keep telling him she needs to go on a diet!

More of this required, running up and down the garden!

Dark Evenings!

Four fifteen and it is going dark already. Coal and log fires most evenings now, Vin gets them ready early afternoon before it gets dark and lights it a bit later. It is a good fire actually and is used for not only keeping the room warm but also heats some radiators and the water. It has a back boiler so will get the water to a good temperature which lasts the next day. Saves us electricity so that is good news.
We stayed in today, I think we are getting used to not going to podiatry really. Plus I was a bit slow getting going this morning too which doesn't help. Not that there are many places to go round here really. I do need to try the shoes out though so will need to get going quicker. 
Little Jessie has had a nice normal day for her, she was up very early this morning as she is used to doing. She then gets fed and tends to sleep for the rest of the morning.Gets going again a bit when we have our lunch and guess what. Goes back to sleep again!

 Catch me while I'm awake!!

Monday Mornings!

Nothing much doing at all today, very quiet all round. The weekend was a nice normal one with our usual routine followed, crosswords on Sunday etc. Always enjoy those on the Sunday, we do three of them, one from the You magazine, one from the Sunday Express magazine and the final one from the Mail on Sunday paper. This is a big one which is general knowledge and we do that together, unless Vin gets his mitts on it first and zips through it! He is very competitive and always rushes to answer questions, whether it is Mastermind, or University Challenge or anything quizzy! He gets loads right too.
Little Jessie meanwhile just carries on as she usually does. She has developed her own little routine which involves being round her Daddy. Hard to believe that we will have had her for a whole year. She still won't sit on my knee either! Oh well she is quite happy with sitting on his.

To be found most of the day, when she isn't after her daddy for a feed!

A Good Day!

Today 
revolved around the appointment at Aintree for podiatry and also to see Ashley the orthoptist who was dealing with my shoes. 
We got there a tidge early, about a quarter of an hour because the traffic was light. Bright sunshine then but quite blowy.  Waited a few minutes then Cathy called me in so in I go to the middle room.  She redid my plaster and took a bit of skin off around. It just has a nice light plaster on now. Thanks to the little machines that I had on for weeks that did a wonderful job of healing the foot. It seemed that everyone was really pleased with the progress and in fact they all came in to look at it. Felt like a celebrity :) Cathy took some photos I suppose for continuity because they have taken photos all along the long path to healing. 
Then Ashley came in with my SHOES! Can't believe I have shoes now . They look nice too and at least cover my foot beautifully which is a bonus for Winter and the rain. 
I thought we would have been there longer and Vin had taken his vouchers for a coffee at the Ladygreen garden centre but we were out by two fifteen so we decided to leave that and go again later on in the month. We came home instead. 
Meanwhile back at the ranch, little Jessie after waking her daddy up for a feed at seven thirty was asleep in her basket all morning. When I say all morning I mean ALL morning. She just about moved when we came home. 

Bath Day!!

Jessie woke him up fairly early this morning, so he went to feed her then went back to bed for another sleepie. Only trouble with him is that is that once he is awake that is it he tends not to go back to sleep again so he wriggles around but no matter nothing wakes me up. Definitely not a morning body. 
I had decided to have a nice shower this morning which is a bit of a faff because the foot still needs to be covered with the limbo which is a bit of a pain to put on but works beautifully.  Lovely shower really nice hot water and smelly bath foam by L'Occitaine which smells gorgeous. Good hair wash too which saves doing it tonight. 
Vin is now in the bath  having just done the fire, emptying out the ashes and the coals were so hot they were setting the paper on fire nearly.
Our Jane rang up at lunchtime during her break. She has been off worrk for a couple of days with a dreaded bug. Probably as a result of all the horrible shifts she has done recently, and she is on another 8 to 8 today which is a long day by anyone's standards. She will ring again on her way home at eight.  
Little Jessie asleep most of the day after waking him up for her feed, but hasn't pestered him much at all. She is quite well behaved really. 

In pensive mood , she spends quite a lot of time looking out of the window.  What is it with cats and windows. 

Going Out !

I think Vin would have liked to go out today, but quite honestly I didn't want  fancy it really. Basically the only reason would be to get a coffee somewhere and our coffee machine is hard to beat really. Also and this is a big also, it is still quite hard to get around. Maybe after Friday if I get some new shoes it will be easier. We3 shall have to wait and see.
Vin has been transferring some of his pots to the front garden this morning. These are ones that have bulbs in them but he can't remember what is in them. Probably some sort of baby daffodils. 

These were last years ones. Some of them anyway. Not the ones in the barrel which were terrible, hardly flowered and extremely late too, in fact Spring was nearly over. 
Little Jessie has been good the last few days. Didn't meither Vin too much at all, in fact she has been nice and cuddly. She was up on the bed last night before she went down for the night, snuggling up to him for a stroke. 

This is what she does on his front while he is trying to read his book or Kindle etc., 

What a Grey Day!

It is indeed! We woke up this morning thinking we might go out somewhere, but then looked out of the window and it was so grey and breezy, and when Vin went down for the papers he said it was cold so we didn't bother. Maybe tomorrow.  Thing is there isn't exactly loads of places to go to here, and we don't go into any towns really at the moment.
Vin has done the bedding today, so we have a nice clean bed tonight.  He has just gone down to do the fire, and little Jessie who has been asleep  in the middle of our Jane's bed all morning, has just gone down to follow him.

Don't go too far Daddy XXS

Monday and no Podiatry!!

My goodness, what a difference! No podiatry for us on a Monday, makes a real change.  Vin had said that we wouldn't go out anywhere, which was fine with me. Planned to stay in, then he went down for the papers, the little general store down the road, didn't have a Daily Express, and he always does the crossword in that. So it was a case of nipping into Formby to get one. Then he said he would go and get some petrol while he was at it, and off he went to Tesco.
He came back with his car full of petrol, a few bits and bobs, and a pair of jeans!!! He spotted them in the sale, and they were only £15 which is pretty good value, for a pair of nice looking jeans with a distressed look. That isn't to say they had torn bits all over the legs like they wear nowadays, just that they look bashed about a bit :) 

Bonfire weekend this week, and we were a bit concerned about little Jessie, but she wasn't bothered at all. Not one little bit. The only thing that really seems to bother her is the doorbell. Goodness knows why. 

Spot the tail. Ready to be tripped over! 

Retirement!

Vin has just said that this retirement is so busy, he hasn't stopped. He has just done the ironing, done the fire, at ll
east got it ready for lighting in a bit, and now he is about to clean the carpet after "his" cat. 
Jane rang up last night on her way to work on nights. She has done two nights on the run and has another on Saturday night. Terrible shifts they work really, I don't know how she keeps track of them all. 
I have been in again today from choice really, we have been out for so many weeks on a Friday it is nice not to have had to get up and go to the podiatry clinic. 
Little Jessie woke her daddy up at about a quarter . He said she has a new trick now, she tries jumping up on the bed and if he hides she jumps off, then comes back in about ten minutes and tries the front approach. This involves crawling up his front, and very gently pulling the quilt back so his face is exposed and he gives up then and gets up to feed her! It works Jess ! 

She doesn't like her food bowl empty!

In Again!

Nothing on today in particular. How nice! What a change to have some time to ourselves without appointments or anything to go to.  It has been so long since that has happened we don't know ourselves. 
The only trouble though with going to the two garden centres before the end of the month which was Tuesday is that we can't really go again for a few weeks, so maybe it will be a Costa in Tesco for a bit of shopping. Or might get a visit to Waitrose, I did get some vouchers for there, probably because we haven't been for an age, and you do get a free coffee too so may well be worth going too. 
Little Jessie has simply enjoyed being in with her Daddy today, she goes in her basket at the side of him on the sofa and will stay there quite happily for as long as the doorbell doesn't ring !

Spot the cat!

In Today (for a change!)

Since we have had a busy start to the week with two outings, we had decided to stay in today. Vin had an appointment for a flu jab over the road at the surgery at ten o'clock  so we were breakfasted early then he went for that.  He was back remarkably quickly by about a quarter past ten actually having had it done with not much waiting he said. 
Otherwise it has been an uneventful day little Jessie well behaved, today, she gets up fairly early depending on the light that comes into the middle room, and Vin said she didn't meither too much this morning either. She did however, lick her bowl clean so had eaten all of her biscuits. 

Favourite spot on the back of her daddy's sofa. She loves it there as near as she can get to him!