Bright and Sunny..

Lovely day today but cold still. We went off to crosby this morning to get our stuff for the week. Vin went off to get a free Wispa bar from Martins courtesy of the Daily Express, very nice of them, and I started round Sainsburys.
Flowers first, I like my flowers, just got a bunch of not very inspiring carnations, but at least the keep well.Then round the veggies, trying today not to get too many, otherwise we have a fridge full by the end of the week. It's a bit like a corner shop for us this one, at least you know where everything is. Got all our things, then came home for coffee.
Parcel arrived with the earrings that I had ordered, our next door neighbour had taken it in for me. Nice too, to go with the collar necklace I had bought from butler and Wilson. Scanned all the shopping, and Vin brought the coal in from his car that we had got from the garden centre.
Thought my Kindle cover would have come today, but it hadn't, tracked my order and it hasn't been dispatched yet. The Kindle itself came extremely quickly, ordered it mid afternoon one day and it was here mid morning the next. really enjoying using it too, I am reading "Before I go To Sleep" which is proving to be an excellent read better than struggling with a small print paperback anyway.I love it actually, and it is really easy to use.
This afternoon Vin packed a "Survival" parcel for jane. he is going to send it via the next day delivery service, because she is in on Wednesday morning so he'kll post it tomorrow. We have sent her..Some cash..i save £1 coins in little tubes so have around £50, there is also an ASDA card with £60 on it for her shopping.
Then some treats..a box of Maltesers,a pouch of new posh coffee, which Vin says she won't appreciate, A cuddly monkey I spotted in M&S..she likes monkeys!and some more of the special Biros that she got me to order for her. nice little parcel altogether.Hope she enjoys it.
Jane has just rung up actually, and said she has got her holidays through, so should be hom,e at easter for a bit which will be nice. Not sure the cats will like that though, they rather like her bed!
Tonight we are having:
Cheese and broccoli escalope,
Little baked potatoes
Mushroom sauce and mixed vegetables.

Quick Note...

Before I go down to watch Upstairs Downstairs. just had our tea..another wonderful Pizza from Vin the great Pizza maker, and enjoyed watching Dancing n Ice. voted for Andy Wyman.. Kirky off Corrie and hope he gets through again but it is getting dodgy now, i do have to say.
Did our crosswords this afternoon, Vin did his in record tome but mine took a bit longer until I could work out the two proverbs. they are always tricky.Cats fast asleep, one upstairs in Jane's room the other down in the room with us. Lovely life.
Tonight we had:
Pizza with our tomato sauce, portobello mushrooms pineapple and courgette
Egg and potato saladwith avocado pear
Potato salad for moi and Waldorf salad for Vin.

Touch of Spring...

Nice day today, the sun is shining and we were awoken quite early with little Rusty jumping on the bed and landing n my hip. Seems to be a very regular routine nowadays, but I don't mind. It's somehow quite comforting, and lovely that a little animal feels an attachment to you.
Sat in bed last night reading my new kindle. Must say I am very impressed with it. very easy to use,print east to read,and page turning uber quick. I am reading "Before I go To Sleep" which is proving to be a good buyabout a woman who loses her memory, and a thriller apparently, although not yet thrilling. Enjoyed a good long read of it, much easier than reading the large print books from the library, they weigh a ton.
Just bought a case for it from Amazonin a nice blue and purple (What else!)so that will protect it from scratching etc. Looking forward to that arriving now.
Vin had received a voucher in his tesco clubcard stuff this month, for £6 off £40, which, as much as we don't like tesco, is a good saving so we went there this morning. Called in at Waitrose for egg and potato salad first, then off over the road to the dreaded tesco. Usually the parking is terrible there, but today for some reason there were loads of spaces. Good Sign. Vin got the money out of the bank that we are sending to jane in her parcel, and off we went shopping. Actually iot wasn't too busy at all, often you can't move in there which is one of the reasons we don't gop. got all our stuff and extras that we don't get anywhere else, got our £6 off the bill and home in plenty of time for our coffee, which pleases Vin no end!!
Tonight we are having:
Fishless fingers with tartare sauce
mushy peas for vin and green beans for moi
Chips! 200 grms between us
baked tomato each.

Ding Dong..Kindle Here...

I ordered my Kindle very mid afternoon yesterday, and this morning mid morning too the doorbell went and there it was! Now that's good service for you, amazing actually. Vin got it up and running, attached to the WI-FI and we downloaded a book that I wanted. "Before I go to Sleep" which I have fancied for ages but the print was too small in the paperback. Vin has downloaded a free bok about Victorian Broadmoor which looks very interestingtoo. Text size nice and readable for me, so that solves the problem.
Very impressed all round.
Stayed in today which was just as well or we would have missed the delivery. Did a clearup in the kitchen, so that's all tiday, and Vin has been getting a parcel ready for Jane with some bits and pieces in it.
Really lovely baths this afternoon but not with the Kindle though! Otherwise nothing much doing today..very quiet and peaceful.
Tonight we are having:
Chicken style drumsticks,
bread sauce and cranberry sauce
Potato croquettes
The remaining pack of mixed veg..green beans carrots and baby broccoli.

Kindle...

After a lot of looking, and some prevarication i have finally bought a Kindle machine. Bit awkward to buy because my first order charged me delivery, but I cancelled that, and went via another route. You have to buy it by the "add to basket " method then you get the super saver delivery free system.Got there in the end, and it is now ordered.
I have been thinking of getting one for a bit now, mainly because there are some paperbacks that I want to read, but the print is too small for me to read especially at night, and you can alter the text size on these.
looking forward to getting it now.
I stopped in this morning to do all the ironing, mostly bedding, while Vin went out to get a new tube for one of the little lights over the worktops, and get a few things from Tesco which is opposite. he also went to Specsavers to look at glasses but didn't see anything he fancied. Brought one of their magazines back with beautiful people all wearing their glasses. Why don't they have normal people wearing them? Same with the beauty programmes on television, when the advertise wrinkle creams and there isn't a wrinkle in sight, and the models are about twenty.My face is wrinkly and I use that cream!!!
Jane has just rung up, she is off today, and was just making Spag Bog for her tea. She said she had a real craving for a McDonalds chocolate milk shake..she always did like those. Exam week for her, chemistry was easy, but Biology was more difficult, she wasn't sure how she had done on that, Physics tommorow, so that was the revising she was doing today, with a break for her Spag Bog.
Oooh can't wait for my Kindle now!!! Shall order "Before I go To Sleep", I really fancied reading that, but the print was too small.
Tonight we are having:
Toad in the Hole
Mushroom gravy,
Butternut squash and sweet potato.

Skelington!!

Lovely hair cut Jane!. This is Jane (on the right) in the Biology Lab at her college. The tutor was away and they found the skelington so were messing around with it, then posing for pictures. "Mature Students?" I love the picture though.
We went out this morning to Waitrose to get a few veggies for the rest of the week. Then the plan was to go over the way to the garden centre to get our free coffees from there before february runs out.
Had a very quick look round Waitrose, didn't get a big shop, and just enough veg to do the week. They do have nice veg there even if it is expensive, not too bad nce in a while. The cats would be pleased anyway because we got them some chicken!
Little look round the garden centre, didn't buy plants because it's a bit early, but they have a really good gift shop so I always have a mooch to see if I can spot anything for birthdays etc. Did get two very cute coasters, one of sheep with balloons which says Happy Birthday to Ewe, and the other of a row of sheep with little tiny babies which says Family album. Very sweet. Nice and light for posting to Australia too. if i get the Call the Midwife DVD as well that should make a good set of presents. Ann's birthday isn't till May but it's good to get ready.
Tonight we are having:
gruyere cheese escalope,
Carrots broccoli and cauliflower
mushroom in a cheese sauce
Baby potatoes sliced and sauteed.

What a Day!

Today revolved around my appointment at the Diabetic clinic at 1 O'Clock. Stupid time to have an appointment but can't be helped, at least it wasn't an early start and problems with traffic.
Got to Aintree at around a quarter to One, and waited for the blood tests etc. brand new spanking Diabetic centre, and all very swish, white everywhere and blue touches with blue lights. Huge waiting foyer just for the Diabetic centre, with a very posh receptionists desk.yet you get called to go and get the weight, blood pressure and blood taken in a tiny little room which is not much bigger than a cubby hole!! Where is the sense in that. All readings the same as last year it seems and then went out to wait again for the Dr. There is one Dr., there who keeps coming out of his room, walking round and talking to people, had a little bit of hope that I wouldn't get him when he called someone else into his room. Oh Dear, a bit later he came out again and called my name. Heart sank, I've had him before and he prevaricates a lot and asks irrelevant questions, writes a lot down mostly my list of medications, and has a bit of a look at my feet. Good job we did my nails last night..two coats of beautiful lilac nail polish! Well done Vin..you would have made a great xhiropodist.
Dr. W says that my readings are fine and better than last year,and he will see me again next year! Not if I see him first thinks I.. At least I got my blood test done for the renal clinic as well so didn't have to make a repeat journey to get that done. So one good thing done anyway.
We had taken some sandwiches with us today because of the stupid appointment time, so we went back to the car and drove out of the car park £3.50 parking! for about an hour and a half! And, Vin drove to the M&S car park where we had those..would have been too late if we had waited till we got home.
very drizzly with rain which turned into a bit of a real rainy spell. Quite nice sitting in the car eating sandwiches watching the rain coming down.
Oscars last night.."The Artist" won a lot of awards, which is odd because it is a silent film. To be honest I can't see the point of paying a lot of money to see a film which has no sound. Good for me though I suppose. There is one film that I quite fancy seeing, called "The help" which looks very good, must watch out for that. Another one is "Thevery Exotic (Something) Hotel, based on a novel by deborah moggagh called These foolish things. Terrific cast, with Judi dench, penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy,Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and a load of others. looks really good.A lot of films that are on Sky at the moment are comedy which we don't go in for, or horror which largely are rubbish. we like a good drama or a good thriller.l

We did see the end of the series of "Cloudstreet" on Saturday night which we were very impressed with. It is an Australian series which was extremely well done and well worth catching.
Tonight we are having:
The remainder of last night's Pizza which we usually have for lunch on a Monday.
Egg and potato salad, with avocado
The remaining salads that were left from last night.