Very definitely the weather today is lovely. The sun is shining and all the trees and shrubs and hedges are showing a good green now. Some of the blossom trees are just beautiful.Bobby, who is our sun baby cat is outside sunbathing in the garden. She loves the sun and will stay out there for hours. Rusty will go out, but she is more of an indoor cat really..depends where VT is, because she follows him.
We got up and got going this morning, and went into Southport to the ASDA there. Car park was quite busy, but you can always park nearby. We didn't want to go the other way into Aintree, because of the Aintree races, which are extremely popular. It's ladies day there, and all the would be wags are out in force.They have a competition for the best dressed lady, and they can win a car, so they are all there in their posh frocks and hats..it's a hoot.All television eyes are on Colleen Rooney or (Mrs Thug) to see what she is wearing. As if anyone cares. What is it with the obsession for what the celebrities are wearing. I note in the paper today Sam Cam on holiday in Malaga,we get every detail of her clothing..boring.
Today, jenny was wearing a blouse in soft raspberry, with navy trousers, all her bling jewellery, and a silver parka style coat, bought last year from Bon marche in their sales.
I actually put my thinner coat on today for the first time this year..makes a change.
Had a good look round ASDA, terrible clothing range there, I never see anything that I would like to buy..all made in China, and so thin you can almost see through the material. Did buy a book though, 9th something or other by james Patterson. I do like the murder club books, and he always writes in short paragraphs which is great for reading at night. I always come out of Asda feeling that I have got good value for money, and the final bill never seems to be as much as I was expecting. We bought a book..£3.96 a £4 jar of Nescafe black gold and a trolley full of things and it was £50 odd pounds. Not bad. stocked up quite a bit too.
The census man has just called, but ours is in the post..they must be chasing people up.
Tonight we are having:
The new Quorn fish style fingers.
Chips
Mushy peas for VT and green beans for moi
tartare sauce.
Friday, 8 April 2011
Thursday, 7 April 2011
A Nothing Day...
Do we all have them? Nothing Days..when you just do nothing at all, and nothing happens at all?
Today was one of those in this house for me anyway. We got up late to start with, which didn't matter as we hadn't planned to go anywhere,late breakfast, so late everything else as well..doeswn't matter one bit.
Nice day outside..looks sunny, but VT went out to do a bit of sorting out in the garden and he said he sat on the chair for a bit and it was freezing. Doesn't bother the cats though they have nice furry coats.
He spent the morning sorting through all the pile of magazines in the middle room. I buy a number every week, and do the puzzles in them, I enjoy that, and he reads the odd story. To be honest, most of them are "minging" as Jane would say, and I can't be bothered with a lot of them. Variations on a theme. So I cherry pick but do like the puzzles. Only won a couple of things though, £1000 once which we put towards an American holiday, and a hamper of cheese and wine once. The wine is good Australian stuff, the cheese was VERY stinky french stuff. I can still smell it now!
Lovely long bubble bath this afternoon with my book and Yankee candles..what a treat.
Tonight we are having:
Not sure exactly,
use up some potatoes from the pack,
Something from the freezer,
A bag of cabbage and leek steamed and lightly sauteed.
Today was one of those in this house for me anyway. We got up late to start with, which didn't matter as we hadn't planned to go anywhere,late breakfast, so late everything else as well..doeswn't matter one bit.
Nice day outside..looks sunny, but VT went out to do a bit of sorting out in the garden and he said he sat on the chair for a bit and it was freezing. Doesn't bother the cats though they have nice furry coats.
He spent the morning sorting through all the pile of magazines in the middle room. I buy a number every week, and do the puzzles in them, I enjoy that, and he reads the odd story. To be honest, most of them are "minging" as Jane would say, and I can't be bothered with a lot of them. Variations on a theme. So I cherry pick but do like the puzzles. Only won a couple of things though, £1000 once which we put towards an American holiday, and a hamper of cheese and wine once. The wine is good Australian stuff, the cheese was VERY stinky french stuff. I can still smell it now!
Lovely long bubble bath this afternoon with my book and Yankee candles..what a treat.
Tonight we are having:
Not sure exactly,
use up some potatoes from the pack,
Something from the freezer,
A bag of cabbage and leek steamed and lightly sauteed.
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Tired of Coffees..I Don't thi k So!
So much for VT being tired of having coffee out..that didn't last long. He decided today that he would go into Formby to the Holland and Barratt to collect his free Manuka honey, then we would go on to Dobbies and get a few plants for the spare poots he has in the garden.
The Manuka honey was a voucher from one of the papers, and when he went to the shop, they didn't have any but they said they would order it, which they did. It is a really good size pot of honey, flavoured with blueberry which is actually really nice. So he is chuffed with that.
Not a huge number of plants in the nursery, mostly a lot of primulas etc., so we ended up with a tray of "Bellis" which I don't think we have had before. They are tiny little flowers in bright jewel colours which are like little tiny chrysanthemums a bit. Anyway, he is potting them up. Called in at Waitrose on the way back, while he went to cokllect his honey, I went into there. He wanted some figs to go with his manchego cheese at the weekend. £2.49 for about five figs!!!He's getting expensive tastes this husband of mine!!Never mind he's worth it.
Just watching Rusty and the ginger girl from next door having a stand off in the garden. neither was moving, and it looked like they were in for a fight, then Rusty moved away. Our neighbour thinks her ginger girl is a boy cat..because "All ginger cats are boys"..but we have actually had a ginger girl once, a tiny little thing called Jemima who we got from a woman who was rescuing cats quite a number of years ago now. She was a little runt of a cat..and epileptic. used to have some terrible fits, but such a sweetie. One day she just disappeared and we never found out where she ended up. We think she probably had a fit somewhere and died. Strangely enough she always had a fit when there was a full moon, maybe there is something in the "lunatic" term after all. We haven't had too many cats altogether, and they were all different. Our first..Zoe, we duidn't have for a long time, she was a bit naughty and used to go out at night, and eventually got run over. Then we got a really beautifully natured tabby..Lucy..who was VT's cat. She used to wait in the window every evening for him to come home. She would follow him round and he would drape her round his shoulders. We had a black cat pretty much at the same time called Inky..She was called Chloe from the rescue centre and we thought that was a bit too poncey. Lucy and Inky used to curl up together, and Inky would look for Luch everywhere. Inky eventually got cat Aids, and died from that, but we had a lot of years with her. Inky hated black things..I had a pair of black boots, and she'd run a mile from them..also the coal hod which is black. Maybe she had been frightened by something black.
Our two present girls will never be as close as |Lucy and Inky, they sort of tolerate each other. You will never find them eating together, or sleeping together, yet we have had them for teens of years now. Funny little animals.
That's about as good as it gets with these two!
Tonight we are having:
Pasta with a sauce
Green vegetable medley,
A tiny bit of garlic bread
A tiny bit of grated parmesan.
The Manuka honey was a voucher from one of the papers, and when he went to the shop, they didn't have any but they said they would order it, which they did. It is a really good size pot of honey, flavoured with blueberry which is actually really nice. So he is chuffed with that.
Not a huge number of plants in the nursery, mostly a lot of primulas etc., so we ended up with a tray of "Bellis" which I don't think we have had before. They are tiny little flowers in bright jewel colours which are like little tiny chrysanthemums a bit. Anyway, he is potting them up. Called in at Waitrose on the way back, while he went to cokllect his honey, I went into there. He wanted some figs to go with his manchego cheese at the weekend. £2.49 for about five figs!!!He's getting expensive tastes this husband of mine!!Never mind he's worth it.
Just watching Rusty and the ginger girl from next door having a stand off in the garden. neither was moving, and it looked like they were in for a fight, then Rusty moved away. Our neighbour thinks her ginger girl is a boy cat..because "All ginger cats are boys"..but we have actually had a ginger girl once, a tiny little thing called Jemima who we got from a woman who was rescuing cats quite a number of years ago now. She was a little runt of a cat..and epileptic. used to have some terrible fits, but such a sweetie. One day she just disappeared and we never found out where she ended up. We think she probably had a fit somewhere and died. Strangely enough she always had a fit when there was a full moon, maybe there is something in the "lunatic" term after all. We haven't had too many cats altogether, and they were all different. Our first..Zoe, we duidn't have for a long time, she was a bit naughty and used to go out at night, and eventually got run over. Then we got a really beautifully natured tabby..Lucy..who was VT's cat. She used to wait in the window every evening for him to come home. She would follow him round and he would drape her round his shoulders. We had a black cat pretty much at the same time called Inky..She was called Chloe from the rescue centre and we thought that was a bit too poncey. Lucy and Inky used to curl up together, and Inky would look for Luch everywhere. Inky eventually got cat Aids, and died from that, but we had a lot of years with her. Inky hated black things..I had a pair of black boots, and she'd run a mile from them..also the coal hod which is black. Maybe she had been frightened by something black.
Our two present girls will never be as close as |Lucy and Inky, they sort of tolerate each other. You will never find them eating together, or sleeping together, yet we have had them for teens of years now. Funny little animals.
That's about as good as it gets with these two!
Tonight we are having:
Pasta with a sauce
Green vegetable medley,
A tiny bit of garlic bread
A tiny bit of grated parmesan.
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Clear Up...
Today we spent the day clearing up. So many things around the house that need sorting and tidying away. I started with a great big pile of ironing that was just looking at me and begging to be done. i actually like ironing, I like the smoothing ut of creases and making everything look good. The bedding is a trial, but is worth it for the luxury on the bed. Trouble is it comes out of the drier looking so creased but thats the cotton.
VT did all the outside things, recycling, and it is bins day tomorrow so he had to get those round to the front. Must admit I do hate wheelie bins, they are a real blot on the lamdscape these days. Then i sorted out a big pile of magazines for recycling, at least they are one step nearer the front door!
VT did a bit of mending on my hering aid last night. The fixative that the audiologist used only lasted three days, and that wasn't with heavy use either. It's not like they get moved a lot, they get put in first thing in the morning, and stay there till bedtime. So, he went on the internet to see if you could use superglue on them, and you can. So he sat down with the superglue, and fixed it. He is terrific at fixing things, loves fiddling with stuff.He would have made a good audiologist actually, pity he didn't get more of an education, he should have gone to grammar school. I wonder what he would have been if he had. We were the secondary modern generation, factory fodder, and shop work, and maybe the apprentices. Certainly not universities, or colleges. How things have changed.
Seems that the school holidays are on now. We wondered why there were kids around Sainsburys yesterday. VT was talking to the lady in our local shop this morning, and she said one mum was in talking about her children, and she had worked out that they were only in school for seven days in April!!! These teachers are having a good time these days!!
Tonight we are having:
Sausages in a mushroom gravy
Mashed potatoes
Cabbage and leed steamed and sauteed.
VT did all the outside things, recycling, and it is bins day tomorrow so he had to get those round to the front. Must admit I do hate wheelie bins, they are a real blot on the lamdscape these days. Then i sorted out a big pile of magazines for recycling, at least they are one step nearer the front door!
VT did a bit of mending on my hering aid last night. The fixative that the audiologist used only lasted three days, and that wasn't with heavy use either. It's not like they get moved a lot, they get put in first thing in the morning, and stay there till bedtime. So, he went on the internet to see if you could use superglue on them, and you can. So he sat down with the superglue, and fixed it. He is terrific at fixing things, loves fiddling with stuff.He would have made a good audiologist actually, pity he didn't get more of an education, he should have gone to grammar school. I wonder what he would have been if he had. We were the secondary modern generation, factory fodder, and shop work, and maybe the apprentices. Certainly not universities, or colleges. How things have changed.
Seems that the school holidays are on now. We wondered why there were kids around Sainsburys yesterday. VT was talking to the lady in our local shop this morning, and she said one mum was in talking about her children, and she had worked out that they were only in school for seven days in April!!! These teachers are having a good time these days!!
Tonight we are having:
Sausages in a mushroom gravy
Mashed potatoes
Cabbage and leed steamed and sauteed.
Monday, 4 April 2011
Why Does it Always Rain on Mondays??
Not a nice day today at all really,drizzly and wet, then it poured when we went to Sainsburys.VT went off with my debit card to get some money to top up the budget account. It seem that this month we have had a lot of bills come in together, and some of the bills are higher than normal because of the wintry weather we had around Christmas. So, he went off to do that, and I went round the store to get our veggies for the week. I like Sainsburys, they have a good choice, and it was quite quiet. A few kids around though, wonder why, it isn't Easter yet, the eggs are out in full evidence though, with all the Mother's day stuff gone. Gosh they work quickly in shops.
Funny thing, as I am typing this the sun is absolutely blazing through the window, really warmed the room up. What a weird country this is for weather. At least the little ginger girl from next door will warm up a bit now. She goes out to work, and the little cat gets let out, so of course it can't get back in again until she comes home. Such a shame it hasn't got a cat flap.
Nice picture in The Mail this morning of Ann the elephant who was being mistreated in a circus . She is now in Longleat Safari Park, and has umpteen acres of ground to explore, and water pools etc to enjoy. So that is one happy ending. She has a vet in attendance who has given her pain relief for the arthritis, so she will be a happier elephant.Aaah..
No coffees out today..VT says he is getting tired of coffees out!!!!!!!!!!
Tonight we are having:
Lemon and black pepper escalope,
Bread sauce,
Little roast potatoes 8oz
Mixed veggies Mushrooms.
Funny thing, as I am typing this the sun is absolutely blazing through the window, really warmed the room up. What a weird country this is for weather. At least the little ginger girl from next door will warm up a bit now. She goes out to work, and the little cat gets let out, so of course it can't get back in again until she comes home. Such a shame it hasn't got a cat flap.
Nice picture in The Mail this morning of Ann the elephant who was being mistreated in a circus . She is now in Longleat Safari Park, and has umpteen acres of ground to explore, and water pools etc to enjoy. So that is one happy ending. She has a vet in attendance who has given her pain relief for the arthritis, so she will be a happier elephant.Aaah..
No coffees out today..VT says he is getting tired of coffees out!!!!!!!!!!
Tonight we are having:
Lemon and black pepper escalope,
Bread sauce,
Little roast potatoes 8oz
Mixed veggies Mushrooms.
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Weekend Things..
This orchid flowered on the First of December last year. Its flowers have stayed looking beautiful since then, and then..on the First of April the first flower dropped off. What a wonderful buy that was. FOUR MONTHS of flowers and the colour hasn't altered at all. Beautiful. VT gives it a bit of TLC and repotted it and it flowered after eighteen months. I wonder when it will flower again.
Saturday was a normal day, with VT nipping into Crosby to get a couple of things we had forgotten on friday.Namely some baby plum tomatoes, and avocado pears. He is a good shopper and always gets the right thing. He said Sainsbury's was very busy with Mums sitting in cars while Dads went into the shop with children. The woman in front of him was getting the new Adele CD, and a bunch of flowers. I love Adele. wouldn't mind that myself, she has a gorgeous voice.
Sunday was a bit busier with people getting last minute things I suppose, Very April weather actually, showers and sunshine, typical April. The next thing will be Easter , the eggs have been out for weeks now, but the adverts will start in earnest soon.VT got a free kilo bag of sugar today with a voucher from the paper, this is the third now. We don't use sugar, but will when we make marmalade next time. So, that will be cheap marmalade.
The crosswords were quite easy today, we seem to finish them quickly, so did the bedding early..that means a pile of ironing one day next week. No appointments next month much, which makes a change, we seem to have had a lot in March.
Last night we had:
Chinese, spring rolls and nuggets
Sweet and sour sauce,
1/2 a packet of rice
Stir fry vegetables.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza with our tomato sauce, portobello mushrooms, pineapple meatfree pepperoni and Emmenthal cheese
potato salad for me and pasta salad for VT
Egg and Potato salad. with avocado.
Friday, 1 April 2011
Hares and Rabbits...
Seems like only yesterday that it was Christmas..and here we are at the first of April.The usual round of April Fool's pranks in the papers and even on the radio. We always listen to Ken Bruce in the mornings, and he was way off this morning. We sussed it was an impersonator, but not too sure which one. Turns out that it was Rob Bryden, and he made a very good job of it actually, and was very funny at times. His "Popmaster Quiz" was very well done, with him picking on the first contestant who had an ex..and the second for being a heavy drinker because he was going to a real ale festival. I don't think they were in on it, but it was very convincing. His accent was spot on.
We went to Sainsbury's in Walton this morning, I think it is The National next week, so we won't be able to get anywhere near there.I thought we didn't need much today, but still ended up spending too much. Spotted a few bargains that we couldn't resist, such as nescafe Parisienne coffee at half price.Quorn fishless fingers too which is a new line, we usually get them from Holland and Barratt and they are quite expensive.
Enjoiyed a really nice coffee in their car park as usual, quite blowy still, but very pleasant sat in the car.
Been watching all week a series on BBCOne called 32 Brinkman Street. What a gem of a series this has been. On every day from 2.15 to 3.O'Clock, and well worth wtching. Follows two families in the same house. One set in 1931, the other present day. It's a real shame that they have been tucked away in the afternoons, would have been good on a Saturday ot Sunday afternoon with maybe a wider audience. Not the first time that they have put good series on at this time, just seems a waste to me. These have been terrific, well acted, strong stories, and great plots. We recorded them and watch in the evening, can't wait to see how they finish today. Another series we really do enjoy is "Monk" which is now on ITV at about 1 O'Clock on a Saturday, he is lovely, a detective with OCD, but the stories are very quirky, and humourous.
Tonight we are having:
Cheese and onion pasty from Waitrose,
Rice pudding for a treat.
We went to Sainsbury's in Walton this morning, I think it is The National next week, so we won't be able to get anywhere near there.I thought we didn't need much today, but still ended up spending too much. Spotted a few bargains that we couldn't resist, such as nescafe Parisienne coffee at half price.Quorn fishless fingers too which is a new line, we usually get them from Holland and Barratt and they are quite expensive.
Enjoiyed a really nice coffee in their car park as usual, quite blowy still, but very pleasant sat in the car.
Been watching all week a series on BBCOne called 32 Brinkman Street. What a gem of a series this has been. On every day from 2.15 to 3.O'Clock, and well worth wtching. Follows two families in the same house. One set in 1931, the other present day. It's a real shame that they have been tucked away in the afternoons, would have been good on a Saturday ot Sunday afternoon with maybe a wider audience. Not the first time that they have put good series on at this time, just seems a waste to me. These have been terrific, well acted, strong stories, and great plots. We recorded them and watch in the evening, can't wait to see how they finish today. Another series we really do enjoy is "Monk" which is now on ITV at about 1 O'Clock on a Saturday, he is lovely, a detective with OCD, but the stories are very quirky, and humourous.
Tonight we are having:
Cheese and onion pasty from Waitrose,
Rice pudding for a treat.
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