Yawn !!

Oh up very early for us this morning. i had an appointment at the renal clinic this morning at 9.30, so to allow time for getting there and the possible traffic that meant we had to leave the house quite early. So it was an alarm and an alarm phone call this morning. The clock worked anyway because vin woke up with that. I don't hear it. \One of the advantages of being deaf I suppose. :) Left the house at aquarter to nine to a really really bright sunlight. In fact it was so bright and in your eyes bright that Vin had to nearly stop the car because he couldn't see in front of him. The car in front had stopped as well and that was a driving instructor!!  So we went really slowly till we got to the bend and the sunshine was the other was. Awful..I have never driven in sunshine like that, very unusual.
We got to Aintree at a quarter past so in plenty of time. vin dropped me off at the front while he went to park the car which can take ages. We have it off to a fine art now.
Went up, registered in and was called in a few minutes, weighed..ok..phew.. sample given blood pressure ok phew, and then wait to see a doc.  Didn't wait very long today and saw a nice Asian lady doc who was really pleasant, I've seen her before and like her. The last chap I saw was horrible, very arrogant, condescending and messed about with my Arranesp injections expecting the District nurses to come and give me them when I have been doing them myself for years!! Stupid man. Well this one was very pleased and said I was doing well, everything stable and go back in six months.
So, we were out really quickly and went off to the M&S like last week. Were in there by about ten thirty!! Had a mooch about, nothing caught our eyes except Vin bought a rather lovely leather notebook in a box for £7.99 which was half price. Beautiful paper with a lovely gold eedge to the paper..
Coffee time. Went into the little cafe part, full of loder generation with coffees and food. Nice life eh!
Got our veggies from there after that, the Vin called in at Maplins on the way back and we were home by a quarter to one. Smashing.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza with cheese and mushrooms
green salad with avocado and baby plum tomatoes
Potato salad for moi and spinach and pasta salad for Vin.

W"ho got My money Today?

Well we have a choice of where we go on a Friday. it's either..Sainsburys..too small and doesn't have everything that we buy. Waitrose..too dear does have everything we buy but more expensive. Do get free coffee there though, Morrisons..to far away..either Maaghull or Ormskirk and a journey, Asda.. A long trip into Southport and a heck of a journey but they are cheap. So...ended up in Tesco. Everything that we buy, very near home only ten minutes,and they do have a Costa..but Vin said very forcefully that we weren't having a coffee out today and we were coming home for coffee time. That's me told.He was determined to have ne of his Tchai lattes!!
So tesco it was. Quite quiet except for the veggie and bread aisles. Why don't people get out of the way when we go shopping? very inconsiderate.
We were only supposed to be getting the basics but there did seem to be a fair number of offers today and by the time we had finished it was £69 worth !!! That did include a ten pound Costa card though.
John's Downton dvd came in the post this morning so we can get his birthday parcel off soones as long as I have finished the letter to go into it.
Tonight we are having:
Fishless fingers
Chips 200 grms
Mushy peas for Vin and green beans for moi
Left over asparagus!

Pressing matters...

Started the day with Vin being pushed out of the bed by one very persistent cat..namely Bobby. She has taken to going on his pillow, and he like a soft thing lets her aalone. So she is nice and comfy and he is squashed to one side. That's the thing about cats..you let them go where they want, and you work round them !

Veery exciting morning..not. Did a big pile of ironing. all of the bedding that was washed on Tuesday. There is a limit as to how long you can leave it on the chair looking at you, so tend to do it within a couple of days. Lovely bedding, Egyptian cotton but it creases terribly in the was so needs a lot of pressing. looks and feels gorgeous on the bed though.
I came upstairs to have a bit of a go on the computer, and Vin came to check on the box that we keep in Jane's room with overflow stock up items and treats in it. There are a few Tassimo bags up there with the discs in and he had a look at one pack with Tchai latte discs in and noticed that they were blown. The bag was full of air, so he opened it up and it stunk!! really stunk!! smelled like bad cheese or sour milk and it appeared that the milk discs had a couple of burst ones. There is a free helpline on the pack so he rang that and got through eventually. the chap said it did happen but it was quite rare, and the milk discs were possibly squashed in transit, because there wasn't anything wrong with the batch. they are sending us another pack. Result.
Tonight we are having:
Something out of the freezer,
Any remaining veggies,
baby potatoes boiled and sauteed.

Out for the Chop!

Up earlyish this morning because I had made an appointment to get my hair done at 10.30. So it was up and at em today. i go to the same place where I have been going for a long time now. Only go about three times a year when my hair gets too straggly or long. Have a bob which I've had for eons, but the last time I went the girl cut it in a layered way so it grew out very straggly, and Vin trimmed it all round for me.
Got there dead on time..and she was waiting for me at the door. I was the only one in there actually, must be the quiet period before the weekend and after Christmas. Very nice too, I like places that are quiet. She has done an excellent job today, and it looks really nice, just what I wanted. That will last me for ages. We had a conversation about, Christmas, the heat in Australia and jane. Only about 1/2 an hour and out finished.
Vin was waiting for me outside, and he had been over the road to the library to look at the local history books. We went from there to the garden centre over the way in Ladygreen for our january coffees hoping it wouldn't be busy..and..it wasn't. lovely and quiet .Must admit it is so nice to be able to go out without having to go via the bathroom all the time!  We had a bit of a browse first because it was earlyish, I was looking for something else to put in John's birthday parcel, and did spot a book about a dog digest with all bits and bobs about doggy tales.  So, with that and the goons cd and the Downton christmas dvd there is enough. All I have to do is finish the letter.
Lovely cup of coffee if a tad small, and we took our own biscuits so it was a free do!!
CD arrived this morning just waiting for the dvd now.
Tonight we are having:
Pasta with a tomato and mascarpone sauce
Mushrooms
Asparagus and any veg in the fridge.
A bit of garlic bread for Vin.

In Today..

Didn't go out today because we went out yesterday and got our veggies for the week thenm. it was a stop in day today. Did the bedding so got that out of the way, All in the tumble drier in bits and pieces, and getting there. front brasses done, every time I have been past them this week they have been looking at me and all tarnished so finally did them today.  Vin has been clearing out his wardrobe this morning and trying a few things on. Funny thing was he found a pair of swimming trunks that the elastic had gone on..all sorts of stripes. Hilarious. !
Got a lovely letter from John and Ann today as well their printer is working again, so it followed the card she sent the other day as a thankyou for the Christmas presents. Aaah. It is really hot there, completely different from here. temperatures in the high thirties and low forties. Phew..wouldn't like that at all. Much prefer the colder weather.
Tonight we are having:
Escalope with a mushroom sauce
baby potatoes baked
Mixed veggies.

One of Those Good Days !!

It was a good morning this morning. started with getting moving quite early, mainly because I had to go and get a blood test at Aintree pror to my renal appointment next Monday. So we went out reasonably but not too early. Got to Aintree and parked in front..you can park there for twenty minutes and Vin came up with me to see how busy it was. first good thing..there were only two people in front of me in the queue so he waited. Got in quite quickly then and the chap taking the blood got it first time which was good.  The nursey over the way last week took three goes!! W"hebn I came out he was still there so we went straight out to the car.
Off to M&S at Aintree which is about ten minutes away and is more or less on our way home.Parked right outside there too I wanted to change a watch that I had bought online because I couldn't see the hands on it, and had a look at the watches. I had a really good look at all sides of the display but didn't see anything that jumped out at me. Then Vin spotted one right on the bottom row with a lovely pink leather strap..perfect. Matches my handbag too !! With my order online I got a card for a free card from M&S too so we got a nice birthday card for John, £2.75. i told Vin to get an expensive one !! great.  Then we went for our coffee (of course) upstairs. looked really busy, but just as I was walking past a table a woman was leaving, so grabbed that. Great !! lovely coffee, mine an Americano Vin's a flat white.
Downstairs to get our veggies for the week, saves us going out tomorrow. really nice veggies and some other things that were on offer. They do a shortbread that we really like and they were ona two packs for two pounds  Great !  lots of decent offers today, must be trying to win the shoppers back after Christmas.
Home then, Little Rusty wwaiting. She is a bit under the weather these days, has a bit of a cold we think and a soreish looking eye yesterday too but vin keeps bathing it for her. Bit better today we think.
Tonight we are having:
pizza with cheese and mushrooms
Potato salad for moi and a spanish potato salad for Vin
green salad with avocados and baby plum tomatoes.

It's Friday Again!

They seem to come round with monotonous regularity these fridays. In our house if it is a Friday it's usually out somewhere to get the things for the weekend. Bearing in mind that we have all of the major stores withina ten minute drive, except ASDA which is more of a big trek, it often depends n who has given us the best vouchers, or coupons off. At the mjoment none of them are doing too well on that score, but we had some for tesco so we went there today. Since they have a nice Costa coffee shop instore that is a pull.
It was actually quiet today, car parked easily, and ythe coffee shop not too busy,. Vin had a tesco gift card from the Daily mail rewards club so he bought a Costa card from tesco ( they don't do the Costa ones any more for some reason)
Pause here because the site closed down and my post hadn't been fully saved. Grrr.
Anyway We did our shopping, got a few things for the cupboard..I reckon we could live for a month without going out if we get the predicted freeezing weather!!
Then he put the shopping in the car and we went into the Costa. Both had Americano's today, and a dinky little bag of shortbread biscuits. lovely. Home for lunch later. jane rang up after lunch to say she had been to the hospital to do her assignment..Well done jane.
Tonight we are having:
Cheese and onion pasties from Waitrose
green beans for moi and mushrooms for Vin,
Rice pudding from Waitrose.