Busy Day For Vin!

It being Wednesday the plan was to go to Tesco as usual, but he had arranged for new tyres to be fitted for the front of his car . he was going to get the tyres done then go to Tesco afterwards. However, best laid plans!  He had orderedtwo new sofa cushions quite a bit ago, and lo and behold there was an email to saay that they would be delivered this morning. ASnother one today to say that they would be arriving between 11.15 and 12 O'clock. The plan was for them to be left in the wheelie bin in the front garden but the bins haven't been emptied yet!! Oh dear!

He has just rung up to say that he'd left the car and walked over to Tesco to get the basic things and would collect his car after that. I hope he isn't rushing about too much. Another phone call to say that he had the tyres done and was nipping back into Tesco for the heavy stuff, that being the cat litter!  Busy boy!

Jane called yesterday too on her way to Didsbury to get some bits of shopping. She had had an email to say that her mortgage had been approved subject to valuation. So that is another little step.  So looking forward to seeing her again , should be home for Christmas if all goes well. 

Jessie is round and about Vin said she was downstairs listening to the radio. Realy?  it does appear that she like radio two, and if we go out it is generally left on for her to keep her company. 

Best seat in the house!

 

Once Again A Monday!

 Another Monday creeps up on us. getting very near to december now which means Christmas is coming up. 

We were up early and going by breakfast time this morning because mark the podiatry man was due. we had a week off last time so it has been two weeks since he has been. Jessie of course disappeared upstairs  as soon as the vacuum appeared, we have never had a cat that hasn't run off when the vacuum got going.  He didn't actually see her backside this morning, she is presently under Jane's bed having a sleep. very stressful!  He was all done and dusted by about half past ten . Coming back next Tuesday he is off on Monday.  We came upstairs to order our Christmas Brownies from the Gower Cottage company in Wales. Our Jane found them on their website, normally I ordered them from QVC and have done for some years now, but Jane spotted that they were four pounds cheaper on their own website so no brainer really. 17.99 with them and £22 with QVC so that saves four pounds! Well done Jane. 

Vin was going to go to Crosby after mark had been but decided not to because we have enough in till wednesday when he goes to tesco so we don't really need anything. He speent yesterday in the garden getting rid of a load of stuff from the bushes etc.,  this was to get the green bin full because that won't be emptied again until march. He is arranging about his tyres as well so not bad going this morning. 

Jessie as I said has done her usual disappearing act but no doubt will come downlater when we are both downstairs for coffee. It was funny on Saturday Jack from next door had his nose at the cat flap and she was on the inside looking out. A bit of hissing later and she belted into the middle room and into her box. This is a box that jane had sent some shortbread in and quite a large box. vin cut a hole in the end and another at the other end. Jessie has really taken to this and goes in quite often. Jane is threatening to bring some tinsel to decorate it for christmas!

Boo!

The Weekend!

Doesn't really mean very much when you have stopped working. It is merely an extension of the days that go by. Just an ordinary week this week apart from going to Aintree on Tuesday for a blood test.  that is a "virtual" appointment which means you don't even have to turnup, no phone call or anything. You don't exist really and there is no need for you to be there! The way of modern medicine. 

Nothing organised for today, not a nice day actually it is very overcast and drizzly so Vin is doing the bedding and getting that on in the wash. He has just fitted a new battery in my watch which had stopped. He ordered some batteries from a firm he uses yesterday before three o'clock and lo and behold they were on the mat this morning! that's good going by anybodies standards. Well done that firm.

Jessie was up quite early this morning came up for a cuddle from her daddy and then went off. When I got up to go to the bathroom that was the signal for Vin to go down to feed her, but he also got himself half a mug of tea so he was quite happy. Trouble was this was realy early so the xxconsequenses of that was that we slept in a bit this morning. No matter though we aren't going anywhere today.

 This basket has long gone now and jessie is about twice the size. She now has a blanket which is on his sofa so she can be by his side! 

An Outing!!

No not really! We had a phone call from the renal department at Aintree late last week to ask if we could go for a blood test so that is where we went on tuesday. no appointment time so it was a case of just go. That is where we went then, got there quickly the traffic was very light, and he parked in front of the elective care building.i waited outside while he went in for the form which had to be printed off then he came down to get me. Up to the blood sucking area and  surprisingly there was nobody waiting so went straight inside. Vin had gone off to wait by the car in case he had to move it, he didn't , then I went down to find him waiting by the lift. 

Normally after going there and leaving at the right time we would have gone for a Costa but since we cannot do that, you can't drink inside yet so there not being any pleasure in having a take out sitting in the car we went straight home for our Tassimo instead. Very nice it was too. 

Little Jessie was in the middle room waiting for us when we got home miaowing. She is a lovely miaower, miaows away at vin all the time. You'd swear they were having a conversation. She was very odd yesterday actually, couldn't settle down as she usually does, she was prowling around in and out of the middle room, then in and out of the kitchen, we thought she was going up for a rest as she usually does but she would reappear again in the middle room. Very odd. Did settle down as the evening wore on and spent the evening n her blanket by Vin's side on his sofa. Her favourite place of all.

Today is Tesco day and vin has gone off to get the week's shopping in. He says he doesn't browse much any more, just gets what is necessary and what is on the list. Very grey and overcast this morning,looks like rain really, and quite blowy. Well it is November after all!

 All back to normal now!

Another Week Rolls Along!

Monday again and another week rolls along. Nothing much doing this week except for a blood test which we are going to have done tomorrow. Also there is a "virtual" appointment on Thursday with the renal dept., not exactly sure what this entails  just go with the flow I suppose. Only trouble is that the blood test is supposed to be done a week before this but they only contacted me on Thursday last so that won't work. Oh well not my fault.

Supposed to be breezy today and rain is forecast but not too bad actually. it was nice not to have to get up with the lark for the podiatry man this morning. We are having a week off this week and he is coming next week so leaving it for two weeks to see how it gets on. Onwards and upwards. 

Covid still proving a big problem the prime minister is again in self isolation because he has been in contact with another member of parliament who has been tested positive.  Jane was saying that yesterday they had an awful lot of covid patients to x-ray so that doesn't look god.  Huge march in Liverpool on Saturday against the lockdown some people just never learn do they!

Jessie is living her little life as normal. She didn't wake her daddy up this morning  he went ddown to feed her when he got up to get acup of tea earlier. Then when he went down to get our coffee she was on the back of his sofa looking out of the window. Wonder what they look at out there, probably the birds flying past.

One of her favourite spots. He did say that he has a chat to her when he went down. She tends to reply with the odd miaow and can be quite vocal. Must be an odd conversation!

Friday!

This friday dawns bright and sunny for a change. Currently playing is "What a wonderful world" on the radio, a great tune and seems to suite the day somehow. Not the present climate though with all the lockdown and the virus problems still but there it is. 

News this morning that Peter Sutcliffe otherwise The Yorkshire Ripper has died, he was taken into hospital some days ago with a heart attack and caught Covid while he was there.  One of the most notorious criminals of the last century along with Hindley and Brady  and Harold Shipman all of whom have now gone. he was 74 and had been in prison for a long time.  Wonder who will miss him?

Vin is doing some bulb planting I think, he did some yesterday with little jack from next door helping him, and enjoying a ride in his wheelbarrow! Vin was talking to our neighbour about our frog that got into the house the other night and apparently jack has brought about six of them into her house, from the land at the back of our properties. I am glad our Jessie doesn't bring things in, in fact she rarely goes outside really, we have not had a huge amount of things brought in over the years, the odd mouse or bird but not really a lot. Thank goodness.

Just a lovely Autumn photo reminds me of the holidays in New England seems such a long time ago and such a gorgeous place to go at this time of the year.

Vin has just brought jessie upstairs to see me and I got a bit of a head stroke and a tickle of the chin before she started to struggle. She is certainly a one person catty that one and his name begins with V !!

Another Tesco Day!

Wednesday again and it is off to Tesco for Vin. These days of so much uncertainty he started going there on a Wednesday becuse it proved to be the quietest day to go there. So armed with his list off he went this morning.  It isn't a bad day today actually a bit grey and overcast but not blowy or windy at all just coolish. It is the season of  heaters and fires Vin has been doing fires for a while now, he gets lovely logs from a number of places which are really good. Nothing like a real fire to lift the spirits just looking at them warms you up.

Today is the 11th of the 11th month so is the proper remembrance day and there have been ceremonies held in London  all very different this year because of the times we are in. So much social distancing, gosh how things have changed.  No standing near anyone, no handshakes and no hugging any more. very odd seems like our whole way of life has changed. 

Jessie was on Jane's bed when I came up to use the computer this morning and Vin said she will keep you company! Didn't last long though, as soon as he said goodbye on his way out she jumped down off the bed and toddled off downstairs!

 I'm off, not stopping with you and the radio!

Hop-a-Long!

Firstly a tale of Jeremy Fisher! There we were latish last night watching a programme of Ambulance when Vin suddenly jumped up , and lo and behold there was a little froggy jumping around our middle room!! Lord knows where it had come from. He tried to catch it but it wasn't half jumping around, they can really cover some area very fast can frogs. He did manage to get it under a plastic lid and slid a piece of card under and then he took it to the plot of land at the back of our house to let it go. he said it landed quite safely, and hopped off somewhere. He still doesn't know how it got in, Jessie is not a cat for bringing things in, think if she saw a mouse she'd run back in the house scared to bits!  It is a real mystery, no doors open in this weather and no windows open sso it is a real puzzle.

Mark the nice podiatry man came this morning a bit late for him, he didn't arrive until around a quarter to eleven , he normally comes between half nine and quarter past ten but no matter, we weren't going anywhere.  He did a bit of trimming and put another type of dressing on and said he would leave it two weeks this time, so we have a week off next Monday.  That's a step forward anyway. 

Our Jessie appeared while the frog was leaping about, just after actually, but wasn't bothered at all, she was probably wondering why her daddy was hopping about the room as well. truth is it did take some catching!

 This is her laid back look! What on earth is he doing.? Stupid humans!

 

Another Day At The Fun Factory!

Well it is Friday again and really it is the same old same old.  Nothing unexpected today and again nowhere to go since the lockdown number two has begun in our area. 

The USA election runs on as it has been doing for some days now, with Joe Biden looking like the winner so far. he only needs about seventeen votes to get in. trump is jumping up and down throwing his toys out of the pram and threatening to sue for fraud saying there are wrongdoings concerning the postal votes. Don't think he would be saying that if he was winning somehow. What a country, said on the news this morning that they have had 240,000 deaths from the virus but the scenes that are shown portray crowds gathering in thousands to demonstrate and march many not wearing masks. Peculiar country indeed. 

Here the furlough scheme has been extended until next march that will be a year of that. Not sure whether that will help since there are jobs going all over the place. Yesterday Sainsbury's announced they were laying of thousands of jobs, from their stores and closing down some Argos shops to have them within the Sainsbury's shops. Even M&S announced massive losses, and John Lewis also. Our shopping habits as a country appear to have changed completely and there is now a massive turn towards mail order or interner buying. Must say we have done that ourselves, quite a lot of our shopping except for groceries has been done online. 

Jessie is carrying on and keeping calm as usual. Her friend Jack came in the house yesterday and before he could stop him ran upstairs. Vin chased after him and saw them at the top of the stairs, one on the top step and the other outside Jane's room. Not hissing or anything, just looking at each other. Vin reckons she is getting used to him. Mmmm not sure about that, but they weren't fighting or anything.  Firework night last night and there were fireworks going off but she wasn't bothered by those, just doorbells. vey odd !

 Nice little cosy spot.. by a roaring fire!

Wednesday..Tesco Day!

The 4th of November already, and no sign yet of the pandemic clearing up. Liverpool is still extremely high in the ratings of the most number of cases with the intensive care beds under great strain, especially in the town.  The other item of note is the USA elections which are taking place or rather have taken place. Seems to be neck and neck between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Goodness knows what they see in trump, he has done some stupid things but they appear to like him. Boris Johnson may be a git of a twit but he is our Boris and certainly would rather have him than the Trump!

Vin has just gone off to Tesco for the weekly shop, to get our normal things for the week. He has gone armed with his list which doesn't really vary much but necessary for him. No doubt that cat food etc., is at the top of his list, jessie taking priority. Only kidding! He does a really excellent job of getting our houshold things up to date Bless him.

Weather is nice today, bright skies and sunshine although it is cool, just as the forecasters predicted yesterday. For the last couple of weeks it has been very wet,  and also blowy so a lot of leaves are off the trees now. Typical bonfire night weather crisp and dry, but fireworks are a no go this year because of the virus, public gatherings are forbidden and a lot of the council displays forbidden. You do wonder what Christmas is going to be like this year. A mail order one probably!

Jessie is asleep downstairs after being on the bed at a very dark point sometime this morning, she was up the middle of the bed and I was stroking her, then she got fed up with that and and disappeared down to the end of the bed to lie on Vin's feet. 

 You wake up and there is a little face staring at you! very off putting really. Vin just turns over until she gets impatient and then starts to stroke his cheek to get him up!

Another Week Another Dollar !

As they say! This is another round of Lockdown with businesses closed and the hospitality and leisure sector being closed again. feel for the hotel over the road who have had problems for a while now with openings and closings. They just seem to get going and then wham another round hits them. Shame really. 

Seems to be a month of it this time, and not looking good for Christmas. I think it will be a mail order ne this year. Vin said this morning that the number of delivery vans around has increased somewhat, expect that will increase as the month goes on. 

Mark came as usual this morning at about a quarter past ten did the dressing and was gone by around half past. Little Jessie disappeared upstairs when she heard the sound of the vacuum and has just come out of her hidey hole under Jane's bed I have just glimpsed the back end of her going out of the doorway. Think she heard her Daddy who was up here getting changed so has followed him downstairs. talk about loyalty. 

Maybe it is the lure of the food bowl that is the attraction? or maybe not, she does tend to follow him around quite a lot.