I woke up really early this morning, don't know why, very itchy leg that wouldn't go away. Then silly things going round my brain the way they do. Tossed around a bit and Vin woke up then to go to the bathroom. Obviously the cat woke up then too so he went down to feed her. She followed him up after a bit and sat on his front and looked like she was going to sleep. I dropped off after a bit and was in a lovely sleep when Vin woke me up for our coffee. Always the way isn't it.
Lovely and bright this morning but it is actually quite cold. I got a delivery this morning from QVC which was a lovely lighter jacket. The only colour they had in it was grey which I would never normally buy but this one is quite nice and would go with anything, so I am pleased with it. Nice bit of bling on it which I like. Vin brought it upstairs and said another delivery from QVC !! Well I don't care, I will buy what I want!
Little Jessie has been doing her usual things eating, sleeping, playing with her daddy ( a bit) and going out. She went out when we were having our lunch and he put his down to run to the back door to let her in ! I keep saying she is a bit retarded and he gets really cross with me. Such fun !!
Jane told me to watch Simon's cat on you tube and I remembered that this morning. It is really funny and very well done. Also very true to life. Exactly what our cats have always done.
Having a conversation. As they often do !
Normal day again for us. Not going out , Vin is out tomorrow and Sunday and we are out again on Tuesday so taking advantage of the break.
Since I finished the letter to Ann yesterday Vin spent quite some time this morning getting the printer going properly. It is always the same if it hasn't been used for a bit plus the ink needed replacing so was fiddly for him. He is planning to get a new set of printing ink tomorrow at Tesco's and he reckons they are cheaper than they used to be to.
The letter was duly finished tweaked up and Vin did his usual correcting, ( not that it needed any!!!) put into a jiffy bag and posted off. So now it is winging its way to Australia. Cost £9 and a bit. I just hope she enjoys her things now.
Little Jessie still not willing to be trained. Some hopes. She much prefers to lie in her basket and take life easy. Who can blame her.
Vin and his precious Jess in the family car !
A nice normal day today, by dull I mean it is very overcast and also cloudy and quite cool too. Totally different from yesterday when it was really sunny and I had my sunglasses on. certainly not wearing them today.
Got a parcel today from Amazon via mountain warehouse. Very quick delivery it only took two days. It was a fleece jacket which I thought was a lighter one but turned out to be a nice warm purple very soft one better for the colder weather. It was on sale so not returning it it was too much of a bargain.
We didn't go out today because we have been out for the last two days so it's nice to stop in. I wanted to finish my letter to Ann for her birthday and Vin has wrapped her presents beautifully. He is terrific at wrapping, so neat and thorough. Hope she likes them, I think she will. Hope so anyway.
Little Jessie likes being in with her daddy anyway, he isn't having much luck at training her to stand on her legs to walk about. Very good luck with that!
Here you are Jane, do you remember having lovely short hair !!!
I love this picture of you both.
An appointment at the podiatry clinic for two o'clock so the day revolved round that. We enjoyed an earlyish coffee and a biscuit at around twelve and then up to get ready. We planned to leave at about twenty past one and we left about twenty five past. so that was good Very warm today so put my thinner coat on for the first time this year. Lovely and sunny so tried my new sunglasses on too, great fit. They go over your normal glasses and quite stylish too so thankyou QVC.
Only waited a few minutes and then called in for podiatry. I had an appointment with the orthotist too but they combined both ones so we didn't have to hang around my original one with Ashley was for twelve thirty and that would have meant hanging around till two. They are relly good at doing that. Lovely girls. Saw Asley and she had my revised slippers, so when the feet are healed I can start using those without getting blisters or sores. When we were finished there we were going to go home but I got a phone call last week to get a blood test done, and rather than go back again or leave it till next week, Vin said we would get it done today. From the podiatry we went to the elective centre and got that over with. Then home !
Late lunch but we had had a nice yogurt and packet of crisps so not too filling, room for our bigger coffee later and our cream cake!!
I don't think little Jessie had moved since we left home. Vin was looking at a black and white in the Daily Mail who can stand on its legs and walk. He reckons he is going to train our one to do that. Hmmm ! Somehow I don't think so .
She loves reclining too much !
Up at a reasonable time this morning because we had an appointment over the way at the surgery for a health review with the nurse. I tried to get out of , I did, but they weren't having any of it so it was 11.10 today. As usual we got there early so had to wait a few minutes. Then a dinky little ding dong on the television screen gave my name and i went in to see nursey. Very nice woman who did the weight...the same... my height and blood pressure , asked a few questions about statins and that was about it. She said normally she would do feet, but because they are in bandages and I am also going to podiatry tomorrow that was it. In fact a bit of wasted time really. never mind!
Started drizzling just as we were leaving and we had decided to go to get a Costa in Formby so we carried on there. We haven't been there for ages, in fact i don't think we have been there this year. Vin had a Soya latte with caramel and I had a small skinny latte very nice too. It was actually very quiet today with spaces everywhere so we got one of our favourite seats which was good. When we were nearly finished Vin went off to get a few veggies and left me with the Echo to look at while he went. Can't believe it is 80p don't think it is worth that, it is more like a magazine now,not many news articles but more mixed articles. I suppose they can't compete wit the internet.
Home by one and it was getting quite wet then. No sign of the cat, but she had been up earlier.She plonked herself on Vins front then when he got up for a shave she moved to the middle of the bed and looked like she was going to settle, but when he went to the bathroom she soon followed him !
Postman Pat and his black and white cat!!!
Today it is St Georges Day, April 23rd., not that you would notice.
Nothing special on the box, not like St Patrick's Day or the Welsh one or the Scottish one. Nobody seems to be bothered about poor old St., George. It is also the anniversary of Shakespeare's death and birth too for that matter. It is the anniversary of my Dad's death too in 1973 about 45 years ago.
The other bit of news today is the birth of the Duke and Duchesses third baby at eleven o'clock this morning. So the news is full of that, and now the speculation about what the name is going to be. At least it won't be George because they already have one !.
Woke up this morning to a dullish day and it is quite cool. We weren't going out today because we are out tomorrow, and wednesday, so I had a lovely shower instead! Vin has stripped the bed as well so we are all nice and clean for tonight. !!!
The little cat came up last night for a cuddle before bedtime with her daddy, she stays for a little while and then jumps off when she has had enough. Again this morning to wake him up so he goes and feeds her then comes back to the warmth of his bed.
She isn't going out today because it is much duller just stopping in her basket.
Filling the basket. She is a big girl though!
A quiet day today no post and just one telephone call so far. That was from the surgery over the road to make an appointment with the nurse for a review. Tried to put it off by saying that I had one two weeks ago with the doctor but it appears that this is a different one with the nurse for a health review! What a pain, so that is for next Tuesday at ten past eleven.
Another lovely sunny day today and quite warm, so Vin is ut in the garden doing some tidying up. One thing he is doing is sorting out his solar lights and getting rid of those that are worn out and disposing of them. I wonder if he has tempted little Jessie out there with him.
She does go out in the garden but not for very long especially if her daddy isn't out there. Most of our cats have always liked being outside when it is sunny especially.
Really nice and sunny today with wall to wall sunshine. I was woken up this morning by a wet nose on my hand. I had my hand on top of the quilt and she must have thought I'll give her a nudge as well. Didn't work though because I just put my hand into the bed again! Good try!
We stayed in today having been out yesterday and the day before, but Vin did go off to Tesco to get a couple of things. He was back in time for our coffees though and very nice they were too. We watched Judge Rinder as you do during the daytime !! There were two really nice women on who were discussing the fate of Sugargliders. Now neither of us had ever heard of Sugargliders, so Vin googled them and it was quite surprising. They are absolutely gorgeous, tiny little marsupials who live in colonies so normally you buy more than one. This woman had two, one called Pocket and the other called Demi, she said after demerara sugar. Anyway it appeared that when she was away the other woman looked after them, put out water and their food. Apparently they can squeeze through a space of around an inch. !! The lady who was feeding them can't have left the cage door shut properly and one of them escaped, and was lost, never found. The owner was suing for the cost of another Sugarglider because the other one was fretting and apparently they die because of depression. She did win her case and was awarded the cost, and for once they both ended on very friendly terms. Usually they argue like mad, but these two ended up hugging each other. So maybe little Demi will get another little friend, I wonder what happened to poor little Pocket. Aaah !
That cat is a pain in the morning, she doesn't leave Vin alone but tickles his face or ear now to wake him up and get him to go down to feed her.
Imagine this crawling up your front ready to tickle your face at some ungodly hour in the morning. !
Today was mostly arranged around the appointment at Aintree for the Podiatry clinic. That was at two o'clock so we had our coffee early and then got ready and went off at around half past one.
Gorgeous day today, the weather forecast was spot on for today. They predicted higher temperatures and bright sunshine and it is. I had my sunglasses on all the way, and will have to dig out a lighter coat if this goes on.
Had some insoles for my left fot to try and take the load off the base but unfortunately the softpart was in the wrong part so she marked the insole again and they have gone back for re-doing. Redredding of the feet then and off we went home. Back intimefor a quicklunch which was a nice "yogit" for me and spaghetti on toast for Vin.
Little Jessie spent a while outside at lunchtime in the sunshine, Vin said she was having a lovely sunbathe. He jumped up after a bit because she was sitting in front of the cat flap waiting to be let in. Too posh to let herself in!
I'm waiting for my cream cake middle now! It's tired me out all this sunbathing lark !
Our outing eventually ! We had decided to go last tuesday but it was horrible when we got up so we didn't bother. Today was grey but we thought it was dry. Then it started raining as we left the house. So we went anyway. It has dried up now as I type this, just as the weather forecast said last night. Spot on for a change.
Had a bit of a mooch around first, Vin was looking for some tealights, and we wanted to get some of their nice cakes for the store cupboard. Went for our coffees then, I had a flat white which was lovely if a tad small, and Vin had a large Latte which was a tad large! When he brought the tray it looked like Little and Large.!! Both nice coffees though, well worth going for.
Then we went to get our shopping. I got a lovely little notepad with pussy cats on the front, some loaf cakes, a cherry one and a ginger one for a change.. Also two boxes of shortbreads, and two packets of little scottie dog shortbread biscuits to send to our Jane for her friend. A few other things that we spotted on the way round and we were done. Raining quite bad on the way back and unbelievably they were cutting the grass along the by-pass, So the lanes were reduced down to one which slows everything down but we did keep moving, got home about twenty to two.
Little Jessie who was in her basket when we left was still in her basket when we got home. I doubt whether she had moved at all.
Just about raised herself when we got home, or at least when her daddy went past. Here I am feed me again!!
Lovely sunny day today, woke to bright sunshine through the curtains, and the cat jumping over my feet.
Since we had to stay in for a delivery of my Aranesp injections which were due around lunchtime we didn't go out today, but might go somewhere tomorrow possibly Dobbies because we are due for our free coffees this month. There are a few things we need so it's a good time to go there. Funny thing was that Vin got something through the post this morning from Dobbies, a catalogue or maybe an advert about garden stuff. It is a bit early to get the hanging baskets though leave that till next month probably.
LittleJessie jumped out of her skin when she heard the doorbell at lunchtime. ran out of the room but came back after a bit. Probably hungry!!
Am I safe? Heard the doorbell. should I go upstairs. No, my daddy will keep me safe.
We were going to go out to Dobbies today,but when we got up this morning it was really quite grey and drizzly so we decided not to bother, and will go next Tuesday. It has cleared up now a bit though which will be better for the racing over at Aintree anyway.
It is Ladie's Day there today, which is traditionally the day when all the girls/women go in their finery. Big hats, floaty dresses,low cleavages and very high heels and a glass in their hand! The press usually have a field day and the next day photographs of drunken women or outrageous dresses and hats all over the pages.
Vin went off to Tesco's this morning instead of tomorrow, one reason was that they didn't have any papers in the shop down the road, and also because he thought the shop would be really busy tomorrow. Came back for his coffee quite quickly, and had to park way down the road. The parking outside here is getting terrible these days. People leave their cars parked and go off to work on the train all day so that blocks the road up.
Little Jessie was really grumpy last night, she came up on the bed but wouldn't play with Vin and went to bite him, then jumped off like greased lightning he said she is a bit grmpy. A bit ???
Don't I look pretty? Tickle me and see what happens !
That's the door bell, in our house anyway. Makes the cat jump sky high, she doesn't like the door bell. No idea why but often she will escape upstairs. Not today though she just looked up then went back to sleep again!
It's good this Internet shopping lark. Vin ordered some refills for his papermate pens that you can't buy anymore so he looked online and found a firm in Devon who stocked them. That was Tuesday lunchtime, they came next morning, together with a free pack of sweeties (Haribo). That's pretty good going. I ordered a new top I had spotted in a sale on QVC and ordered that on Monday, that arrived today as well. Very good delivery with Hermes. No wonder the shops on the High Street are having troubles, the main problem is the parking these days though, you either can't park anywhere or it costs a bomb. Then you can never find what you want easily, and it is normally delivered very quickly. Vin's order was exceptional though.
We have stopped in today which was just as well because we slept in a bit this morning. It was quite dull so Jessie didn't wake her daddy up so early, then hegot up to feed her and came back and went to sleep again. She has got into a little routine at night now. She comes up settles on him for ages and then all of a sudden jumps off, he says it is because she has had enough of us then like she is bored now so she goes.
Was that a door bell?
Out this afternoon to the podiatry clinic in Aintree. The appointment was for three so we had an early coffee then a light lunch. Left the house at two thirty and just got there on time. Didn't wait long then was called in.
Quickly redressed then off home again. Back by just after four. Pretty good going actually. We came back via the Wango Lane way and saw all of the cones put out in preparation for the Grand National which starts tomorrow but the actual race is on Saturday. Don't know which horses are running yet they are announced soon. Tend to go for names really, there isn't much point in trying to go on form because quite frankly anything could win.
Little Jessie has been nice and quiet today and only got up to move when we came home, then she started making her miaowing noises at Vin.
Vin was telling me in the car how funny she is. He says she rolls over on her back and then looks at him all cuddly, then he goes to tickle her on her tummy, and she goes to bite him. Haha !
Yesterday it was lovely, quite Spring like today however, it is completely different . Really cool and no sign of the sun at all, in fact wall to wall rain. No wonder the fields going out of the village are sodden, you wonder if they are ever going to dry out for the farmers to plant anything. There are huge pools of water every where that look almost like lakes! Shame for them because they can't get into the fields to turn the earth over or anything.
We had soup again for lunch, carrot and coriander, and very nice it was too. Not too warm either given the weather, and Vin is going to light another small fire later too.
Probably won't hear from our Jane for a bit because she is off till Thursday which gives her a nice break, hope she finds a few minutes to go and get her hair cut! It must be down to her knees by now !
She looks lovely with her short hair. Not sticking up though!
Our jessie was quite quiet today, I think the weather affects her too. Clearly she doesn't want to go out, she certainly doesn't like the rain. Who does? She didn't wake Vin up so early today, it must have been a bit darker this morning.but does get going when she wants her food though.
Tickle me and see what happens! Nearly time for cream cake!
Just another manic Monday, Not! Really just another routine Monday. No appointments this week till Wednesday at podiatry but we don't tend to go out on a Monday anyway so that doesn't matter.
Nice weekend, Vin went off to Tesco on Saturday, and Sainsbury's on Sunday. Did our crosswords yesterday, always enjoy doing those, there is something quite companionable about doing those. We put some good music on the recorder, usually a recording of the Don Black show which has really good songs on, and it's lovely. All crosswords not too bad either, mine was all about French presidents which was a bit tricky but got there in the end. Quite bright too and certainly a lot warmer, we actually didn't have a fire and that was a first for this winter. Can't say we were cold either. Maybe Spring is springing after all.
Little Jessie has been up to her usual tricks following her daddy around, unless of course she is asleep. She has taken to sleeping in the middle of our bed after she has been fed in the morning. The advantage of that is that it gives Vin a bit longer to lie in. When he gets up to go to the bathroom she scoots off the bed and follows him.
Getting a bit of the sunshine!
Talking about the weather like we always do in this country. Not surprising really because you never really know for certain where you are. yesterday it was gorgeous, wall to wall sunshine and quite warm in the car anyway. Today it is dull, grey and looking like rain and quite cold too. In fact it is just beginning to rain now as I type this. We stayed in today because we were out yesterday so in today. He likes to keep his cat company anyway.
One phone call today from Bullens the healthcare people. Took my order for delivery and which will be next Thursday. Also waiting for a delivery from Amazon which is expected maybe Tuesday so next week will be a week of deliveries.
Jessie woke Vin up quite early again, it seems to be a little pattern she has got into. She jumps up on the bed and crawls up him and then he says she tickles his cheek very gently until he gets up. He has tried pulling the covers up but that doesn't work, and she carries on tickling him. Trouble is once he is awake that is it, he rarely goes to sleep again, so he has a cup of tea or whatever and a bit of a look on the computer etc., then we get our coffee later.
Having a little conversation! he is always talking to her, and you can hear him chatting away to her in the kitchen. He does talk to me as well I might say at this point!
Today has dawned nice and sunny just like the forecast said it would be. Jessie woke Vin up early because it was so light, he got up to feed her then had a cup of tea and came back to bed.
My appointment today was for 3.00 so there was no hurry, but it does involve a bit of juggling round to get things in. Vin is very good at planning the day so he sorts me out. We got there on time and I had just got to the check in desk and Jo appeared right behind me so I went straight in. Didn't even have to sit down today. Vin found me quite quickly after he had parked the car. Haven't seen her for ages, and it was nice to have a catch up with progress. She said she wanted an x-ray to check on what was going on with the toe, so after she had dressed the foot, we went off there. Very quiet, we were the only ones there actually, so again I went straight in. Then home again. All in about an hour. Good going today.
Vin has just come upstairs all pleased because Jessie had let him cut her claws. They were quite bad really, and got caught on the quilt when she jumped up on the bed. Terrible they were so that is a great job done. Well done.
Here's my claws, come and get me!
Not out today, at least I wasn't but Vin did go out to Crosby because he wanted to get a few things. Off he went to Sainsbury's to get some top up items and Home and Bargains to get some logs, which they didn't have and coal which they did. He was back in good time to get his coffee which was a lovely skinny latte for me. Really like those they are not as frothy as other ones.
I ordered the DVD of Little Women for Ann for her birthday and to make the money up to get the free P&P I ordered a box of mixed tassimo pods which will give some different ones to choose from.
Little Jessie went out for a little while this morning, when I say a little while I mean she went out, Vin said she sniffed the air then turned round and came back again! What a wuss! Aaah poor little thing, they doesn't like the rain.
Eye Eye! I'm stopping here, not going out in the rain!
Very short and sweet today mainly because there isn't much going on really. Just a very normal day getting on with our usual routine.The day is changeable today too, it has been nice and sunny, but is clouding over now. At least it isn't dark so early now with the clocks going back the other weekend.
Big return back to work for a lot of people judging by the number of cars parked over the road. Our road is becoming a car park for people going to the station these days which is a pain. If you go out in your car there is every likelihood that you will lose your space. Ah well it is what happens these days.
Little Jessie has had a really quiet day today too, mostly asleep in her basket. She did go out with her daddy this morning but not for long which is what she does. Frightened of missing something I think.
What's going on? Am i missing something?
Well the weather forecast was right. Ther has been snow around the country although not here., we did have some sleety rain this morning according to Vin, but all gone now. just very dull and grey looking. Not a day for going out really, and judging by the amount of steam coming out of next door's boiler quite cold too.
Clearly we didn't go anywhere today, but stopped in and did our usual stay at home things. We did sleep in a bit this morning since it was dark Jessie only woke vin up later, so he got up went and fed her and then dropped off to sleep again. Consequently we had a later breakfast, but since we weren't going anywhere it didn't matter.
He had a go at trying to cut her claws this lunchtime. No chance! she struggles so hard you would think she was having an operation.! What a minx!
Claws!
