Waiting!

Friday morning 17th December, a week today will be Christmas Eve. Come round very quickly as it always does in the end.

Vin has gone off to Aintree this morning for a follow up appointment from the colonoscopy that he had some weeks ago, also the scan which he had done last week. His appointment was for a quarter past nine and it is now a quarter past ten and not heard anything yet. Do hope they sort him out because he is having a lot of sleepless nights which are taking their toll. 

Weather has calmed down a bit lately the cold has gone with the threat of snow and frost and it is now cloudy and overcast doesn't at the moment look like a white Christmas here anyway although things might change. 

Did all the Christmas cards last night those that needed posting just neighbours to do now and Vin has to do his also. a little bit later than usual mainly because we had run out of card really well nice ones anyway. Then Vin went over to the garden centre to get some logs and saw some there. Good news too they were half price as was a small box of nice crackers that he saw too. Good ons as well Tom Smith  wonder what the Queens ones are like?

He has just rung up but very brief he was trying to get out of the car park quickly and will ring from the Co-Op when he gets there so still waiting.

Don't know where Jessie is, downstairs asleep I suppose, she never comes near mewhen Vin isn't here,a real one man catty that one. Jane's cat is getting to be the same, she follows her round everywhere apparently.  Hope she got her e-mail today, I was teasing her last night with what I had bought her for Christmas so she will have to wait!

Patiently waiting!

 

Omicron!

New varient of the dreaded virus called Omicron which is supposed to be spreading wildly. At least we have had both of our vaccines plus the booster so we have done our bit to stay safe anyway. Now there seems to be a rush for the booster jab becuse it will be needed to get into nightclubs and sports venues etc., and there have been reports of up to seven hour waits for a walk in centre. Ours was done in minutes,  the only wait was afterwards when you had to sit for a half hour then go.  We got off easily 

Vin went off to Sainsbury's yesterday in Crosby and got us stocked up again. He seems to be a bit more recovered from his procedure two weeks ago thank goodness, it really took it out of him, and he had a C.T. scan last Saturday at Aintree. Now waiting for the follow up appointment from the consultant with the results. Life seems to be moving slowly in the N.H.S. at the moment so many other things going on at present.

Jessie is having a quiet time at the moment her little life revolves around her food her basket and her litter tray! Like most cats I suspect. Jane's Ipsy is the same, keeping her company and miaowing loudly for what she wants. She is on nights this week so Ipsy is left alone during the evenning then wants to play when the morning comes and Jane wants to sleep. Funny existence really at the moment, but they appear to manage. 

Nice little spot to relax in!

Storms Over!

Until the next one that is. Barra didn't affect us much really just went by with a bit of a wimper although we did get some very breezy trees.Nowhere near as bad as the earlier one which they called Arwen and blew down a lot ofpower lines in various parts of the country. 

Vin has gone off to Aintree for his scan this morning. Very grumpy he is at the moment, he had a right go at me this morning, don't blame him really he is probably tired, he says he cannot get comfortable in bed these days, and he does wriggle a ot. Of course it is all my fault apparently, so I'll keep my mouth shut and not say anything at all in future. 

Christmas not really happening here this year, no trees up and only a few decorations while he is having this trouble. No point wasting the effort to put things up . No idea what we will be having for Christmas dinner this year, probably something ordinary, thing is he isn't eating normally and I'm not bothered what we have at all so maybe something out of the freezer would suffice. 

Weather today is nice actually, quite bright and sunny but cold as you would expect for this time of the year. Saw an item from one of the Australian relatives that it was 39 degrees over there now that is warm! but to be expected since it is their summer.

The cats are both doing well,  our Jessie is somewhere downstairs probably in her basket. She doesn't come to me up here at all never has done really, not like my lovely little Rusty who would come and jump on the computer keyboard and often type reams of letters when she reod on the keys! Jane's Ipsy is snuggling up to her in her bed these days, keeping her warm and close. Miles away from the frightened little cat she first got from the RSPCA. Very different little cat. 

Trouble in Downing Street at the moment and the newspapers are full of that. There was apparently a Christmas Party there on the 118th Dec last year.  There were Christmas jumpers and party games,and some merriment was had by quite a number. Not on really bearing in mind that the country was being told to distance and not have gatherings, and people saying they couldn't visit relatives even in hospital or nursing homes. Also Boris and his wife had their second child yesterday as yet unnamed. No other details given.

Waiting for Daddo!

Barra!

Well we had storm Arwen then along came storm Barra. More of a wet storm than the former which was very high winds blowing down power lines in various parts of the country. We had some winds the other night but all it did here was blow the back door down. Vin went down and fixed that so it was shut again. Today is wet rainy and cold not a dfay for going out. Still a bit blowy too but not stormy more of a heavy gale. 

Just heard on the radio traffic news that there are problems on the M57 because of an overhead gantry. This has caused holdups round Aintree. Hope that is cleared up by Friday when Vin goes for his scan.

Jane has finished a run of four nights, didn;t ring yesterday probably because she is catching up on her sleep, which takes some doing after that lot.   We got a delivery from her of three Yankee Candle advent calendars which are really nice, burn one each night in my lovely little snowman from some years ago which takes tea lights.

Love this one of the two of them Vin and jessie!

 

Finally!

Finally got the items for the parcel together to send to Ann in Australia. The calendars arrived yesterday Saturday so that was great. Finished off the letter and that has printed off nicely.Post tomorrow which actually is the last day for sending to Australia so good timing.

Vin is still suffering and has had many very disturbed nights, he is due for a scan soon and a consultation coming up at the moment waiting for letters  but the post is very scarce really these days.

Janes little cat Ipsy is getting very friendly now with her, complete change from the frightened little scrap she first got.  Might be to do with her wtching what her sister used to do and copying that, who knows what is in a little cats mind?

Storms of recent days have lessened a lot but still disruption in some areas of northern England with some being without electricity for almost two weeks now. A lot of power lines to be cleared apparently which is a hefty job. 

Jessie oblivious to the storms and peaceful on her blanket. The only time she runs off was when mark came last week to do my toe and she scooted upstairs like she had been shot!

Brrrr.

The weather has changed over the last few days here. Started with storm Arwen which swept the country at the end of last week, didn't really hit us here but very strong winds enough to make the lights flicker so Vin got the emergency lantern out just in case but thankfully it wasn't needed and we didn't have any power cuts here. No snow either but it is very frosty this morning. Hope jane got out of her road ok this morning. Don't think the gritters were out last night but I wouldn't hear them anyway. Clouds of steam coming out of next door's boiler so they must be using the heater full on. We had the first fire of the winter yesterday he ws trying some new fuel which proved to be really good lovely and toasty warm, Jessie was huddled by the heater keeping herself warm quite happy with that. Just listening to the traffic report on the radio which is quite bad, a lot of road blockages around and even Blackpool promenade closed because a building was damaged during the storm.Windy there at the best of times!

Vin is waiting for the next appointment from the hospital, hope they hurry with it he needs sorting out because his nights are very disturbed up and down all the time. 

New variant of the virus, this one is called Omicron and is thought to have come from South Africa so flights to and from  there are suspended also other places where there are cases.  We have both had all of the vaccines including the booster so hopefully that will be a good safegaurd.

 Mine!!!

All Over!

It was a feat of organisation for Vin the last few days. He had his Covid test done on Sunday which it appeared was clear so it was all go for Wednesday. Tuesday was an absolutely horrible day for him as he had the prep to deal with. That in itself is awful, and I felt for him . He got so little sleep on Tuesday night he must have been worn out yesterday.  

He went off very early mainly because of the traffic but he said it was very light actually and no hold ups. His appointment was for 9-15 and as always he got there early. Had it done around elevenish i think and rang me up at lunchtime to say he was on his way home, because he had the procedure done with gas and air he was allowed to drive home which was good because it meant that he didn't have to leave his car there. He got home at about twoish which was good fine but really tired. Could hardly keep his eyes open yesterday afternoon. Fairly good night's sleep last night it seems.

Hopefully he can have a bit of normality today getting back to what he usually does.  Weather is quite nice at present, bright skies but cold. 

Jessie did a very good job of ignoring me yesterday! When i went downstairs she miaowed a bit fully expecting to see her Daddy follow me but when he didn't she took herself upstairs to jane's bed  and stayed there till he came home, then miraculously she turned up again. Nice to know she loves me (not) ! Oh well!

 Together Again!