Off Out..

Since we stopped in yesterday we went off out today for a change. We had decided to go over to Aintree to have a look round at the retail park. I had thought that Vin wanted to go to Homebase to get some fence paint, but he said on the way that he wasn't going there, because he didn't have his points card! I had a bit of a blip too since I had left my debit card by the computer so didn't have that either.  The intention was to go to M&S anyway for our weekly veggies so I could use their card and no problem there in the end.
Vin had a walk to Halfords..didn't buy anything, while I looked round M&S. I do have to say that I am very disappointed with their clothing. Very expensive for what it is, and thin materials and poor quality finishing. Nothing that really appeals to me. I picked up one top that looked fairly nice but then looked at the price..£29.50 ! for something that really didn't look anything special.
So..Vin found me in the store looking at jewellery!! as usual, and we went for coffee! very nice coffee..we both had Americanos.. and a biscuit.Busy in the cafe as usual, they could do with expanding it..it's way too small. Came out and Vin spent some time looking for slippers for the house. He had a voucher for £5 off £25 which is quite good, but he only saw one pair that he liked so in the end didn't buy anything.. All i bought was a pan and a bag of tealights for the table.
nice ittle mooch round the food section to get our veggies, although it is quite hard to find anything there. Did get what we needed though, and a few extras.
Home for lunch. Vin had a leftover pizza plate with the remaining salads from last night, and I had a little cheese toastie.
Tonight we are having:
Escalope with cheese and leek
baby jersey Royals with a tiny pat of butter and parsley
Mixed veggies with a hollandaise sauce.

 

 

 

 

 

Did Loads Today!!

we have both been busy beavers today.  On Saturday we went over to a garden centre that we often go to, to buy a companion garden bench. One of those that has two separate chairs with a small table attached in the centre. We had a £50 voucher from You Gov who I do surveys for, and a £50 winnings from the Daily Mail crossword competition, and the garden centre were doing a promotion online with a 20% voucher off garden furniture too, so we jumped at the chance and went to get ne before they sold out. Then when Vin went to pay for it we were given %40 off, so we got the bench set for just over £100 instead of £199 !!!. Bargain eh!! We also went to get Rusty's tablets from the Vets which is a roundabout route home, so killed two birds with one stone.
Anyway, Vin is refurbishing the garden a bit, well quite a lot actually, so Saturday he put the bench together. It looks fantastic! really fantastic!.
So, this morning he decided to have a good day in the garden,cleared all the top bit by the shed where their little hut has gone. replanted two of the Spirea plants that were in broken pots, that had bitten the dust in the frost.  We did the bedding today as well because of maybe rain tomorrow, so some of it is actually out on the line.<3 p="">I spent the morningclearing out the clothes in my chest of drawers. I now have two carrier bags full of clothes for the Charity shop, and a smaller pile of cotton things for Vin for his car etc., And, loads of space in my chest for more clothes to go in!!!! I do have to say that the ones I have given away are ones that are now too big for me, so not wearable for me any more. Some good stuff too, hope the charity shops get something for them.
So all in all a good day today I think. jane rang up before just as we were doing the bedding in the front room, she was in Tescos, buying soft foods to eat. She went to the dentist this morning and she has a gum infection so has antibios to take and go back next Tuesday. So she didn't want foods that will hurt her mouth.
I put £100 in her bank for her yesterday, so at least she will be able to pay for it.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza with tomato sauce pizza cheese, mushroom and pepper for Vin
green salad with baby plum tomatoesand avocado
Potato salad for moi and cous cous salad for Vin.

This is the clematis overhanging the fence where our patio is. beautiful at the moment.









 

Busy..Busy..

busy morning this morning. Stared off with a mystery. When Vin went out to get the paper, he came back in with a parcel that had been left on the doorstep. That was ok.,, it was a QVC one, but....it had been opened! with a pair of scissors, then left and put on our doorstep. Wonder who on earth did that, and who it was delivered to. One of lifes little mysteries.!
Had an appointment this morning for a medication review over the way at the surgery. For quite a while my prescriptions have had big rings round the due review date, so couldn't put it off any longer. Saw a "locum" haven't seen him before, and he was one of those fairly difficult to understand ones, and spoke to the computer so I found it hard to hear him. Anyway he was clearly in a hurry, because he was rushing through everything, and I wanted to ask him about the vitamin B12 tablets that I am trying. He said you need to see your dr about those!!!! Huh...I thought he was one!! Then he did a very cursory blood pressure test and stood up ready for me to go before I had finished. Came out of there in not the best moods I can tell you! Don't ever want to see him again!
Vin had been back over to our house to see if there was any post, and to get Rusty sorted, and put my phone on charge. By the time he got back I was out..not that I had been in there long actually..
Went then to the ASDA in Southport. We wanted to go to the Range shop to get the cats a new hut for their shelter, so it was kill two birds with one stone so to speak. had a good look at ASDA and got our usual weekend things plus a few extras that we haven't had for ages.  Then it was off to Dobbies for our coffee that we were ready for and we took our own today..saved some money and didn't use our free ones up.
Phone call at lunchtime from Bullens healthcare to order my supplies for the next month. Lovely helpful girl there too, really tries hard to get just what you want.
Tonight we are having:
fishless fingers with tartare sauce
Mushy peas for Vin and green beans for moi
Chips!! 200grms

A Little Mooch!

I love that word mooch! it sort of conjures up connotations of browsing or delving into the unknown regions of the stores. We went over to Taskers in Aintree this morning. it must be years since we have been there. It is a huge shop which sells everything for the home and the garden ( but not animal huts!). Vin wanted to get two plant pots for two spirea plants that are in good condition but are living in cracked pots. The pots went in the bad winters we have had, so needed replacing. he has been looking in the garden centres, particularly the two main ones that we go to for our free coffees, but they are on the expensive side, I thought that they had some reasonable ones because we used to go there years ago when we first had the garden paved over.
Fairly quiet with not a huge number of cars in the car park and not a hge number of people there either. We had a really good look at the plant pots, i didn't want plastic ones, i hate them, and actually they are quite dear for what they are anyway. We saw some that looked ok but Vin was a bit worried that they wouldn't be big enough. he had measured the old ones and decided that if he chopped off some of the roots they would be fine. We had a little bit of a mooch in the store which is really big and spread out, then went to their coffee shop for an Americano and a biscuit. very nice area too.  Went back to get the pots which are really nice actually, and a fairly reasonable £16.99. So, job done!
The garden is looking nice at the moment. He has worked well on it. I have just spent ages trying to find the pictures but can't get them anywhere. Given up now.
try again when I have a bit more time.
Tonight we are having:
Cheesey kievs maybe..
Jersey Royals sliced and sauteed,
mixed veggies
Maybe a mushroom sauce.

getting to be a habit!

It is indeed, getting to be a habit, this nice sunny weather. No wonder the British have a reputation for their obsession with the weather. You have a six month long Winter it seems followed by a cold and wet May then some sun! What a surprise.
Vin was out in the garden this morning and doing some tidying up ready for the green bin on Thursday. He says if they are going to charge for the green bins he will make use of it while he can!  We did bits of clearing up in the extension this morning too, some tidying up there was needed and some vacuuming. The new vacuum is a bit had going I do have to say but very good at picking up the cat hairs of which there are plenty at the moment. Bobby is shedding hair like nobodies business and leaving great clumps of it all over the places she has been. Ah well if you take a cat on you know what to expect.
Actually the Vet has just rung up because Vin rang and ordered some more of Rusty's thyroid tablets, he mentioned that she hadn't had a blood test to check her levels for a while and was asking how she was. I said that she was doing ok, and he then said that they didn't have to do a bolld test, that it was recommended but but not essential, and might distress her more than necessary, bearing in mind she is an older cat. So he can collect her tablets whenever we are passing. She hates going in the caar anyway so that is a good thing. Reprieve Rusty.
Nice of him to call personally though.
Tonight we are having:
Pasta with a pour over spinach and ricotta sauce
Mushrooms
Garlic bread for Vin
A few carrots to go with.

Wow It's actually warm!!

Well it is quite warm today, nice and sunny with a blue sky and no cooling breeze as there has been in recent weeks.
Day started well with my lovely littlee purple pendant arriving from QVC.will go nicely with a pair of purple earrings that as yet don't have a partner..now they do, so the set is complete.  Went out to Tesco's this morning to get our weekly veggies, mainly because we were late getting up this morning, not that it matters! the cats are the trouble, with the light mornings they wake up early and wander ibnto our room and settle on us which wwakes us up so you turn over and then go back to sleep, consequently you oversleep.
Tescos was very quiet which is always a bonus, so we got round quite quickly, and got a good selection of stuff. Then I suggested we went for a coffee in their Costa which was really quiet, and very pleasant. vin had a soya latte and I had an Americano which was a medium, more like a soup bowl than a cup. too big for moi really so he had some of it on his latte.  A good chat then home for lunch.
Vin said that our nighbours the other way, not the overstuffed garden way are having agarden party on the 23rd of August!!!!  Well, that is a surprise, bearing in mind the size of our gardens. Interesting. It happens to be our wedding anniversary too..don't think we will be invited though somehow!
Tonight we are having:
Lemon and black pepper escalopes
baby Jersey Royals..oooh yummy
Broccoli, carrot and baby corn
Cranberry sauce and bread sauce.

Oh What a Beautiful morning!!

Well it is. the sun is shining and the sky is blue. Vin has been in the garden doing the hanging basket for the front of the house. he had some plants leftover so he put them into spare plant pots. Give a bit of colour in amongst the greenery. he ran out of compost so nipped over to the garden centre to get some and then we had a really pleasant coffee outside on the patio. very nice, the cats came out and joined us so we were all out there.

Somewhere in here there is a tired little cat who has been running round the garden all morning chasing Vin. She follows him everywhere, he went to take the wheelbarrow round to the front garden this morning and she followed him, so he had to post her back through the front door.
Didn't go out today stopped in and enjoyed the outside a bit. vin is very good a tidying up all of the plants and sorting them out. We have a lot of greenery out there so need to put some colour in for the summer sun.
Tonight we are having:
leftover pizza from last night
green salad with avocado and baby yello and red plum tomatoes
Potato salad for moi and celery and nut salad for Vin.