Waiting for...

A parcel which never comes..is a pain. A total pain. I have ordered a GTech carpet sweeper from QVC on the 5th April, and a watch on the 7th April. The watch has been tried and returned because it was too big with no method of making smaller. I am still waiting for the sweeper. I wonder if I am fated not to get one! I have ordered twice before and had a problem. I'll give it a few more days..after all it was over the Easter holidays.
We stayed in today therefore..I suppose it will come tomorrow because we go out to get our weekend things.That would be typical.
VT went out into the garden to do a bit more bless him. He says he is going to do a bit more each day till the garden is straight again.
Finished my book in the bath. I have to say it was one of the most boring books I have read in a long while. The characters were not the best developed, and the dialogue was very strained. Endless "How do you feel?" I would havve slapped her.
I seem to have had a number of odd books lately I could do with a good Patricia Cornwell or a James Pattison. This one was called Healing Flynn..and the Flynn in question was a horrible character with terrible language. Totally unsympathetic.
VT has just come out of the bathroom and said something like "We need more pit cream in the bathroom!!!!!" That can't be right. Bl***y hearing ears and these Bl***y ears. It must be lovely to have good hearing. He is so patient. I wouldn't like to klive with me. He has just said it again and it sounded like Zit cream..No try again..Dick cream..No definitely not ! So he spells it out..Aah.. Cif Cream!! Well they all sound the same to deafa lugs..
Tonight we are having:
A Quorn pudding with mince,
Mashed potato
Carrots.
VT says he is doing a garden makeover, fence painting, garden wall painting.. re grouting and weeding. Good For Him.

Outing..and returns..

Awoke to a dull morning but then it brightened up. Decided to go into Formby to return a bill from Waitrose. They had charged us twice for a bag of salad, which we notice because we are in the National Shopping Monitor and scan evcerything we buy. Therefore we do notice if anything is wrong on the bill. Also the Houmus that we bought had exploded!! well before its sell by date too. So we got our money back on those.
We moved on to Dobbies Garden Centre. It was quite busy actually, I think the warm weather is bringing people out to do their gardening. It is a nice place to wander round though if you are looking for gifts if it really good. We had a lovely cup of free coffee and our own biscuits, and sat in the little coffee area on sojme very comfortable sofas. Could have sat there all day really. But, we moved on to have a browse round. I wanted to get an artificial plant for a pot in the kitchen. Now in place and looks totally real and brightens up a corner. Then got some shortbread and some Easter Simnel slices reduced. They seem to have stopped selling the little pots of fruit cheeses which is a shame, we will have to find another source for those. Some cheese shop somewhere I suppose.
Last night in the end we had
Quorn fillets in an M&S jar of watercress sauce with mushrooms. Very tasty indeed. With that we had green beans ,fresh peas and asparagus. Looked beautiful and was extremely tasty too.
Tonight we are having:
Meatballs in a pasta bake. Done with a carton of fresh tomato sauce.
Bread and butter puddings..left from the meal deal we bought last week.

Back to Normal..

After the Easter weekend. We went over to Ormskirk this morning mainly to go to the Vets for Rusty's tablets. £17 for a few weeks supply. Anything to keep her healthy is worth it. She is definitely chunkier and less hyper, so something is doing her good.
ormskirk was busy actually, it seems that everyone had the same idea tocome out for a blow. And, blowy it was..quite breezy on the hill in the centre. It has now gone wintry but is Spring like at last. The trees are all out in blossom, and looking out of the window here the Apple Blossom trees in the Dentist's plot are in full bloom and look lovely. The plants in the pots are beginning to green up and the daffodils are coming to an end.We had a beautiful show this year. Well done VT.
Bought some night cream in Ormskirk and little else..too early for summer tops and too late for wintry tops. Keep forgetting it is Tuesday today, the bank holiday really throws you out.
Tonight we are having:
Meatballs with pasta..maybe spaghetti maybe pasta shapes.
Mixed veg to go with and a tiny bit of garlic bread.

Easter Monday..

Very quiet today. A typical Easter Monday in fact. The weather outside is sunny at the time of typing, but was quite dull this morning. VT went out for a bit of fresh air, and came back with a few veggies and potatoes. So we have something for tea tonight.I had a bit of a go on here, just checking my favourite sites to see what is going on.
Did have a look at Youtube to see the lady that was on "Britain's Got Talent" on Saturday night. She came on looking very ordinary, and said she wanted to be like Elaine Paige. She got very odd looks from the audience and the judges. Then the music started and she began singing!
What a revelation! Wonderful voice singing "Ihave a dream" from Les Mis. Totally blew everyone away. Good for her. I hope she goes on to win.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il5TBgD9kHI&NR=1
One example of many on the Youtube site.
These programmes do throw up surprises..ordinary people with a talent that is just amazing. I can see us voting for her anyway.
Lovely bath this afternoon with the candles and the book and a really nice bath foam.
Shall now have a nice cup of fresh coffee and a little cake, and a watch of Countdown and Deal or No Deal. We record these and fast forward all the slow bits so it makes them shorter, then read the papers at the same time!
Tonight we are having:
Little baked potatoes, maybe squashed.
Roasted butternut squash and carrots,
Mushroom sauce,
Some sort of Quorn type meal.

Easter Sunday..

A beautiful day it is too. Quite sunny and warm. No eggs for us though, they don't fit into the healthy eating plan, such as it is! I did sneak up a tiny snack size Toblerone bar to have while VT was having his cup of tea.
VT was outside this afternoon and has started on his outdoor work. He says he has scraped down some of the back wall ready for a coat of paint, and has done a bit of weeding. He aqlso brushed the furry babies, and said he got handfuls off little Rusty.
We made a bread mix loaf this morning, a white Hovis one they turn out very well actually. Then we did a few roast vegetables and a Pizza dough which is our speciality. Our pizzas on a Sunday are the best...
The crosswords proved to be a bit tricky today, I couldn't get one of the proverbs on mine till the very end and VT's one was a Jumbo one which had a lot of Easter references. Quite enjoyable actually, but some tricky clues. We got them all done in the end.
Tonight we are having:
The usual Pizza with our pizza dough base,
Salad with avocado and baby plum tomatoes
Potato salad and pasta salad both from Waitrose.

Easter Weekend...

Good friday yesterday, and I forgot to do this, so am catching up today.
We went into Formby to get the weekend stuff and ended up in Waitrose which was surprisingly busy. The man in the next aisle was heard to ask whether Tescaw had closed. We were due to get only a few things but nevertheless I ended up with £59 worth of things. It seems everything in Waitrose is just expensive to start with.
had a nice tea last night. I got a pack of Quorn Bolognese Ravioli which was reduced and it was very tasty actually. With a carton of tomato and basil pasta sauce (reduced) and a pack of vegetables I did in the microwave. Very tasty tea turned out like a bistro meal in the end.
We always have decent crockery, candles and eat at the table so it is a nice meal.
Saturday doing the bedding which I have washed in the machine in error twice! so that will be good and clean anyway. Read the papers this afternoon while watching a programme about two choirs which you don't have to concentrate on. Not much in the papers today actually nothing much happening in the country it seems.
VT went out this morning to get some fuel and to get Rusty's tablets, but the vets was closed so we will have to go next week.
he is presently in the garden burning the weeds which grow in between the flags. he uses a weed gun on them but it has to be done when it isn't windy or the flame blows away.
He got the first Christmas catalogue yesterday!!! in a paper. Studio cards in April..pushing it really.
Got a letter from Horlicks this morning, we had sent back a pack of Horlick which I had opened and it tasted revolting. So he rang them up and they sent an envelope for us to send it back and vouchers for £5 which was ok. Anyway it was the machine that is used to seal the jars that had overheated and burned the top so tainted the powder. At least we got a reply.Didn't put me off the product at all.
Tonight we are having:
Filo Spinach and Ricotta parcels Tesco's £9 meal Jane had bought us sor a treat.
Mixed vegetable medley to go with.
Maybe a couple of potato croquettes.
Pudding..bread and butter pudding (Tesco aagain)
Blob of creme fraiche.

The Royal Visit..

Well we have had a Royal Visit. Number one daughter Jane came to visit. First time in three and a half years!!! She was in Liverpool for a job interview, and decided to stay on the train and came to us. It was lovely to see her though. She hasn't changed a bit..eats and sleeps and does what she wants. it must have been funny for her really because we have changed quite a lot..done decorating etc., but she didn't complain.
We had to take her to Tescaw because she said we didn't have any "Jane" food, and she bought all sorts of goodies.She treated us to their meal for £9 so we will have that on Saturday, and she ate the chips last night. Wasn't impressed with them really much prefer the McCain ones! She slept in her bed last night for the first time in about four years! like being let out of prison!!
Poor little Rusty is scared out of her mind..she doesn't know what is going on at all, and she disappeared out of the back door this morning and has only just come back in.
We took Jane back to the coach station this morning, the coaches run every hour, and she got the twelve o'clock one.
Tonight we are having:
Pasta?? maybe..not really sure.
Or..quorn fillets in white wine and mushroom sauce with pasta and green beans.
And a tiny bit of garlic bread.