Competitions!!!!

I spend ages doing competitions in magazines and we do our weekend crosswords as well. Been doing them since I finished work and before and only won bits of things except for £1000 once. Then Jane rings up at lunchtime on her way to get her hair cut and says she has won a holiday to venice!!!! Includes flights from London..three nights in a 4* Hotel, a Gondola ride and water taxis to and from the hotel!! Jammy beggar.I have been to venice but Vin hasn't, she will have a great time.
We stayed in today and did bits and bobs of tidying up.
Will go somewhere tomorrow.Do a few more competitions later!!
very quiet today with nothing much happening,a phone call about solar heating which seems to be a popular one these days. Lord knows where we would put solar heating panels on our roof!
next door neighbour called last night to say that the chap that had been looking at the guttering will do the lot for around four hundred pounds and our share will be about a hundred because we still have some of the bits. So the row of three will be nice and tidy then with heavy duty plastic gutters ready for the icicles next year!!


Tonight we are having:
Something from the freezer with some baked potatoes and the mixed veggie pack that we still have.

Off Out..

decided we would go out today so had a mooch over to Ormskirk. One of the reasons for going was to get little Rusty's Thyroid tablets on the way which we did. £30+ for 100 tablets.They will last till around the 15th of April, she better hadn't spit these out!
Car park in Morrisons very quiet which was unexpected,loads of spaces. Walked up to the town centre, quite a blowy wind, and went to Holland and Barratt to get our fishless fingers. luckily they had some so got three packs to put into the freezer.
I wanted a few things from Superdrug and Vin showed me which shaving gel he wanted so got those later. then went nect door to my Bon Marche shop which is closing down, apparently on 10thy March. So sad, a lot of the stock has gone but I found two nice tops which I can use. feel so sorry for the women who work in there, they are really nice and helpful, and always pleasant. Such a shame. I shall really miss that shop. I always found something in there that was nice, and fits me well, going to the Maghull one won't be the same.
Went back to the Morrisons to get a coffee, very cheap and a really good coffee too with decent biscuits. then got a bit of stuff from there to get the car parking back.
Home in reasonable time for lunch with the cats just about waking up to greet us. Such a hard life being a cat!

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My QVC parcel arrived via our next door neighbour, lovely necklace which I have fancied for ages. i have a bracelet to match so a nice set I am really pleased with.Magnetic clasp too so nothing to fiddle with.Gorgeeous.
Tonight we are having:
Mushroom and ale pies,
Squashed potatoes
Mixed vegetables with a mushroom gravy.

Ring..Ring..

Blooming annoying. Twice today the phone has gone. Once while we were having breakfast, and again when we were having lunch. How on earth do they know?
You get to the phone and sometimes you get a siloent tone at the other end. Sometimes you get someone with an Indian accent who asks for someone with a name that sounds a bit like yours and when you say they aren't available they hang up. Sometimes you get a long beep at the other end. The other day I answered one and he..(Indian) says something about computer security.. keeps on about it, and I keep saying I don't want any. Then I finally say "Look..I am not interested in buying anything" and he puts the phone down on me. Very rude.
Still quite cold today, Vin has been doing some work outside because it's green bin week this week and he likesto make use of it. i had the big ironing day with all the bedding to iron, plus a load of clothing. Nice when it is all done though, and the cotton sheets are just gorgeous to get into.

Jane rang up yesterday it's her half term from college this week, and she was doing bits and bobs she says, including having her hair cut. It probably looks like this with her fringe all over her eyes.
She said that she got into work..Ticketmaster..early the other night and they jumped on her becausethey were mad busy. So they said if she could start straight away they would pay her double time.She said it was football tickets for the Cardiff and Liverpool game at wembley. One man bought 36 tickets at £72 EACH !!! Good grief all that money to watch men kicking a ball around a pitch.
She said it was really foggy there and the driving was quite bad. Fog is terrible to drive in, and she didn't leave work till late.
Tonight we are having:
Maybe a pasta bake with butternut squash and a bit of garlic bread.

The Start of Another Week...

Child alert this week and what a difference it makes too. Much busier everywhere and kids roaming into your trolley. Quite a nice day today so there were plenty out.
We went to crosby to the Sainsburys where you get 1/2 an hour free parking before you hae to pay. if you whizz round it's fine, and we knew roughly what we wanted so were able to just stay within the time.We probably will stop in most of the week tomorrow will be ironing day and maybe we'll go out somewhere on Wednesday. Otherwise not nmuch doing this week.
Seems to be very quiet in the world too at the moment with little in the papers and on the news. mostly the news is about Whitney Houston and her Autopsy etc. The authorities are not giving out mush information except to say they are awaiting toxicology reports which will take around 6-8 weeks. Not like the television version of CSI where the results come up almost instantly. A lot of her songs being played on the radio today, she did have a fantastic voice when she was at her height of fame.
Tonight we are having:
Broccoli and cheese escalope
Baby potatoes sliced and sauteed
Mixed vegetables
mushroom sauce.

Cold and Busy...

Still cold today, but Vin reckons it isn't quite as cold as Friday. Jane rang up on her way to work and said it was looking a little bit foggy there and she hoped it wouldn't ghet worse because she doesn't like driving in the fog. The cats have been in all day apart from a few minutes going out each, but not for long. Not soft those animals.
The news today is full of Whitney Houston who has died yesterday aged 48. Very sad, suppose it will be drugs of some sort, but the results won't be out for about six weeks apparently. Not like CSI on the television where they get immediate results. very sad though.
Did our crosswords this afternoon, mine proved to be quite taxing, and the theme was cakes too so should have been easier to do for me. The other two weren't bad, did them by about half past six when the Dancing on Ice is on. I love that, and am rooting for kirky from Corrie, or Andy Wyman. he is such a lovely bloke and is skating really well. Won't be one of the stars but is very popular. Should be fine for a few weeks anyway. Hope so.
Saturday we had:
Vin had a curry with Quorn and rice and poppadums and I had
A little quiche from Waitrose a couple of baked tomatoes and a few chips.

Tonight we had:
Pizza with bought tomato topping (we have run out)
Portobello mushrooms pineapple and mozzarella cheese,
Egg and potato salad with avocado
Potato salad for moi andd coronatin rice salad for Vin.

Too Late!!

Well we were going to go over to the Walton Sainsburys this morning, but for some reason we got up late. I think the problem was two little furry bodies that were trampling over us very early this morning! I had one on my hip and another in front of me, so just found a nice warm spot and turned over. vin normally gets up a bit earlier to go and get the coffee but he said he was too warm as well. i think the problem is that the bed is just too comfortable, the duvet that we have is Siberian Goose Down and is just gorgeous, then there is the Egyptian Cotton bedding. You simply don't want to move.
I remember the days of my childhood when we had sheets and blankets and eiderdowns on top of the bed in Winter. A freezing cold bed to get into, and you would turn over and all the eiderdown things would slip off. Cold lino floors and frost on the inside of the windows...Aaah the good old days!
So, we went to Waitrose in Formby instead. Quite busy but we parked ok. Just went round and got the things that were on the list, plus some others thatwe spotted, like Vin saw a fruit loaf from the Paul rankin range that he fancied for his breakfasts, and stuff like that. The good thing about going there is that it is so near we can come home for coffee quickly.
Phew, Jane just rang up on her way to work, and was chatting away about her exams and work and her college stuff, and when i turned back to the computer it had gone into the stand by mode. Moved the mouse and got the AOL home page, clicked the get rid of cross and the screen went blank. Where had my post gone?? Oh Shucks! anyway, I got on to the edit posts and lo and behold I could retreive it. I hate it when that happens. It turns out that she isn't coming home for 1/2 term because she can't get her shifts covered so she is stopping there and getting some work done.and is planning to come home for Easter instead. At least she wants to come home which is nice.
Tonight we are having:
Cheese and onion pasties from Waitrose
Some baked tomatoes to go with
Rice pudding from waitrose.

Freezing Rainy and grey...

A real february day today. Really cold, and a bit rainy and looks like it is set in for a while bnow. The cats are barely going out but we had to this morning to get their chicken. So, we just nipped out to tesco up the road. We tend to avoid going there but needs must at times and it is the closest store to us. Weather alerts all over the radio, they must be expecting something bad coming.
tescos was quite busy actually, mind it always is that store, but we parked right outside.
Vin had a list so we got those things we had run out of, bearing in mind we go for our main shop tomorrow. Can't say I think Tescos is particularly cheap, one thing I was looking for was radox bath foam and that was quite dear, we'll get some at the pound shop, it's cheaper there. There's one next to Sainsbury's where we are going tomorrow. I hope Jane is well wrapped up when she goes out tonight, at least it is lighter these nights for her driving.
Tonight we are having:
A use up night..
Baby potatoes sliced and sauteed in fry light.
Butternut squash and sweet potato
cheesey kievs.