Weather not too bad today, bit wet and fairly cold but still a milder Winter than we have had for a while. here at least, can't speak for those poor sould who live in Somerset on the levels who are flooded out.
Anyway it wasn't bad so we went out over to Dobbies for our free coffees for January, and to have a bit of a mooch round there. For once I didn't see anytthing that I wanted to get, but Vin did spot a nice pair of leather driving gloves that he fancied..in their sale and half price spo he got those.I bought Jane another pair of woollen gloves with the pads for wearing while using her phone etc., they were half price too at £1.75 so have put them away for Christmas. HaHa shopping early!!!
We went for our coffees then..very quiet in the cafe part which is why we like going there,Vin had a flat white and I had an Americano. We tok our own biscuits so a cheap job. ! We spent some time watching a poor little girl who obviously had been told to clear tables and was wandering round with a spray bottle and a cloth in her hand, clearly bored to death! Aaah, at one poibnt she sat down at a table and wiped one bit of it over and over again. She'd been told to clear tables but not been told to do anything else if it was quiet. Oh dear !
Nice morning out, and that's it for January..we've used all of our coffees but could still go to Waitrose!! HaHa.
Tonight we are having:
Pasta bake with mushrooms
Butternut squash to go with,
A bit of garlic bread for Vin.
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
I(n Again..
Well we did go out yesterday so we stopped in today. Did the bedding and other bits and bobs. Vin has rung up the vets abnout little Rusty who is ready for another antibiotic jab, and made an appointment for Thursday at 11 O'Clock so it looks like we will go out tomorrow which is fine.
Not a very nice day today, very grey and overcast and has rained off and on. Currently clear, but wet looking.
I caught up a bit online on some of the sites, seeing what was going on and what people were up to. We had to wait in for deliveries today anyway. One from Aranesp with the injections and the other from Bullens with all my stuff. They are both good firms and come when they say they will, and really reliable. Bullens in particular are excellent. So I'm well stocked up.
Tonight we are having:
Goat's cheese and cranberry escalope
Baby baked potatoes
Choice of vegetables from the fridge
sauce..maybe a bread sauce.
Not a very nice day today, very grey and overcast and has rained off and on. Currently clear, but wet looking.
I caught up a bit online on some of the sites, seeing what was going on and what people were up to. We had to wait in for deliveries today anyway. One from Aranesp with the injections and the other from Bullens with all my stuff. They are both good firms and come when they say they will, and really reliable. Bullens in particular are excellent. So I'm well stocked up.
Tonight we are having:
Goat's cheese and cranberry escalope
Baby baked potatoes
Choice of vegetables from the fridge
sauce..maybe a bread sauce.
Monday, 27 January 2014
Getting To Be a habit !
Nothing bad! Just going out for our coffee on a Monday is getting to be a habit. This is the third week on the run now.. two weeks ago we had to go to Aintree for a blood test, and last week to the renal clinic this week we didn't have to go anywhere but we do have to stop in tomorrow for two deliveries. One for the Aranesp injections and one for the Healthcare delivery from Bullens. So we had to go out today for our veggies.
I said to vin this morning that we would go to Waitrose..I do like the vegetables that they have, and I had it in mind to get a free coffee at the little coffee shop area.
Surprisingly the car park was quietish which it usually isn't, mainly because it is the only free car park in formby. Very blowy though, a cold wind blowing around the bank machine :).
We were intending to just get the vegggies..Haha, some hopes..ended up getting lots of extra things some treats and some things that we saw and had forgotten about. I am terrible for putting things in the basket or trolley that I spot. Vin does it occasionally when he thinks I'm not lookeing !
Busy checkouts and some woman tried to get me out of the way by ramming her trolley into my back..cheeky pushy women in Waitrose!! Vin went and put the things on the car then we went for our free coffees. Very nice too..must be costing them an absolute fortune! Every cup has a little biscuit on the saucer as well God knows what the total cost of those is on their own. Can't see them keeping that up really.Very generous of them though.
Home and a lovely long letter from John and Ann. Will read that later with my afternoon coffee.
Tonight we are having:
pizza with mushrooms and cheese,
Green salad with abvocados and baby plum tomatoes
potato salad for moi and a celery fruit and nut for Vin.
I said to vin this morning that we would go to Waitrose..I do like the vegetables that they have, and I had it in mind to get a free coffee at the little coffee shop area.
Surprisingly the car park was quietish which it usually isn't, mainly because it is the only free car park in formby. Very blowy though, a cold wind blowing around the bank machine :).
We were intending to just get the vegggies..Haha, some hopes..ended up getting lots of extra things some treats and some things that we saw and had forgotten about. I am terrible for putting things in the basket or trolley that I spot. Vin does it occasionally when he thinks I'm not lookeing !
Busy checkouts and some woman tried to get me out of the way by ramming her trolley into my back..cheeky pushy women in Waitrose!! Vin went and put the things on the car then we went for our free coffees. Very nice too..must be costing them an absolute fortune! Every cup has a little biscuit on the saucer as well God knows what the total cost of those is on their own. Can't see them keeping that up really.Very generous of them though.
Home and a lovely long letter from John and Ann. Will read that later with my afternoon coffee.
Tonight we are having:
pizza with mushrooms and cheese,
Green salad with abvocados and baby plum tomatoes
potato salad for moi and a celery fruit and nut for Vin.
Friday, 24 January 2014
Tooth Hurty!!
No not really..except that I had an appointment with the dentist at 2.30 !
Off to Tesco this morning with my money. Very cold wind too today, really blowing up our road.And a sort of very fine drizzly rain that gets you wet in a short time but you don't bother putting an umbrella up.
Went armed with a list but still got other things that were on offer or that I spotted on the way roun d. That's not hard. We had a bank account for the RBS that we wanted to close but it had £16 and a few pence on it so we were looking for something to get for that amount. Surprisingly dofficult actually. Then we saw some cat food for two for £6 and I suggested that we got a Costa Coffee card for £10. Job done..Sorted. I hate this bank..it sends you a statement which always has a shouty message on the statement no matter how much you have in it..and we are never overdrawn..so am glad to get rid of it.
Going in to Tesco past the Costa it looked really busy, and I had planned to go in for a coffee before we came home to save time, so was a bit disappointed, but after we had done our shopping and cleared the checkout, the coffee shop part had emptied and there were loads of spaces. So we had our Costas. We both had Americanos which were lovely and some dinky little shortbreads that melted in your mouth. Then it was home, unpacked and scanned everything and and an early lunch before my appointment.
dentist is only two doors down and we had a nice chat about our families. All the kids going their own way but none of them going into dentistry, seems a shame, no-one to pass the practice on to.
So bits and bobs today.
tonight we are having:
Cheese and onion pasties from Waitrose
Carrots for me and mushrooms for Vin
Rice pudding from waitrose All of which were in the freezer.
Off to Tesco this morning with my money. Very cold wind too today, really blowing up our road.And a sort of very fine drizzly rain that gets you wet in a short time but you don't bother putting an umbrella up.
Went armed with a list but still got other things that were on offer or that I spotted on the way roun d. That's not hard. We had a bank account for the RBS that we wanted to close but it had £16 and a few pence on it so we were looking for something to get for that amount. Surprisingly dofficult actually. Then we saw some cat food for two for £6 and I suggested that we got a Costa Coffee card for £10. Job done..Sorted. I hate this bank..it sends you a statement which always has a shouty message on the statement no matter how much you have in it..and we are never overdrawn..so am glad to get rid of it.
Going in to Tesco past the Costa it looked really busy, and I had planned to go in for a coffee before we came home to save time, so was a bit disappointed, but after we had done our shopping and cleared the checkout, the coffee shop part had emptied and there were loads of spaces. So we had our Costas. We both had Americanos which were lovely and some dinky little shortbreads that melted in your mouth. Then it was home, unpacked and scanned everything and and an early lunch before my appointment.
dentist is only two doors down and we had a nice chat about our families. All the kids going their own way but none of them going into dentistry, seems a shame, no-one to pass the practice on to.
So bits and bobs today.
tonight we are having:
Cheese and onion pasties from Waitrose
Carrots for me and mushrooms for Vin
Rice pudding from waitrose All of which were in the freezer.
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Brrr !
Well we were going t go out this morning, Vin wanted to go over to Dobbies to get some logs for the fire, but it was very blowy whjen we woke up. Then as we had our breakfast there was a massive hailstorm so we decided to stop in instead.
Wehad planned to get our free coffees for the month from there, but we had our tassimo ones instead. That machine is truly wonderful..definitely not one of those gadgets that are bought and destined to stay at the back of the cupboard after a few uses. Vin had a Chai Latte today and I had an Americano.The coffee is brilliant and as good as anything you would get in a coffee shop. if I won a lot of money on the Lottery I would have a little coffee bar built in my big new house :) Dream on Jennifer!
No post today apart from one letter for me with a Podiatry appointment for the 4th of february at Netherton health centre. The last time I went there was some years ago and I had to go for a blood test, it was so icy you could barely stand up let alone walk. terrible, it was that long Winter of snows and ice. We have been very lucky this year so far, it's really been very mild. I bought a new hooded parka with fur round the hood for the Winter in the Autumn and have obnly worn it once. Maybe february will be colder.otherwise it will be going away for the Summer without having been used !
So pleased that Corrie won the best drama serial last night at the television awards, and Julie Hesmondhalg (sp) won for best dramatic performance. Her portrayal of Hayley's struggle with cancer has been wonderful, and her and Roy are such good actors. She is a lovely person, and I hope she does well in her future career. They are brilliant actors. Don't like any of the other soaps but have always watched Corrie, been a watcher since the days of Ena Sharples !! That's dating me !
Tonight we are having:
Lamb style grills,
baby new potatoesCarrots, broccoli and squash
Mushroom gravy.
Wehad planned to get our free coffees for the month from there, but we had our tassimo ones instead. That machine is truly wonderful..definitely not one of those gadgets that are bought and destined to stay at the back of the cupboard after a few uses. Vin had a Chai Latte today and I had an Americano.The coffee is brilliant and as good as anything you would get in a coffee shop. if I won a lot of money on the Lottery I would have a little coffee bar built in my big new house :) Dream on Jennifer!
No post today apart from one letter for me with a Podiatry appointment for the 4th of february at Netherton health centre. The last time I went there was some years ago and I had to go for a blood test, it was so icy you could barely stand up let alone walk. terrible, it was that long Winter of snows and ice. We have been very lucky this year so far, it's really been very mild. I bought a new hooded parka with fur round the hood for the Winter in the Autumn and have obnly worn it once. Maybe february will be colder.otherwise it will be going away for the Summer without having been used !
So pleased that Corrie won the best drama serial last night at the television awards, and Julie Hesmondhalg (sp) won for best dramatic performance. Her portrayal of Hayley's struggle with cancer has been wonderful, and her and Roy are such good actors. She is a lovely person, and I hope she does well in her future career. They are brilliant actors. Don't like any of the other soaps but have always watched Corrie, been a watcher since the days of Ena Sharples !! That's dating me !
Tonight we are having:
Lamb style grills,
baby new potatoesCarrots, broccoli and squash
Mushroom gravy.
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
January Blues?
Sort of that january feeling today. We got up and didn't really have anywhere to go..didn't needdd any shopping and didn't have anything in particular to look for so the plan to go out was scrapped. It was a bit of a grey day anyway, so wasn't conducive to going out.
In the end Vin decided to go to Formby to get a hair cut. He has very thick hair and when it grows and needs cutting it starts to look fluffy and a bit unruly, so off he went. He has one particular one he goes to mostly but he rang up later to say that there was a sign on the door to say the shop was closed due to staff illness, so he went off to his second choice. Then Homebase for a mooch, nothing doing there but he did get some free firewood on the way back.
I stopped here and just about heard the doorbell. the postman with two parcels. One was an Amazon packet and I thought there was a mistake but it was from my lovely friend James from the Delia site with three packs of ferrero rocher chocs inside. isn't that lovely. he is a gorgeous boy would be proud to have him as a son. the second packet was from my personal online store QVC :) :) who else. it was a necklace I had ordered ages ago and it had been out of stock so I'd forgotten about it. Gorgeous glass beads really nice heavy necklace and very classy. nice surprises both of them. I do love a Ferrero !
Tonight we are having:
A pasta dish with a cheese sauce and mushrooms
Butternut squash to go with,
A bit of garlic bread for Vin.
In the end Vin decided to go to Formby to get a hair cut. He has very thick hair and when it grows and needs cutting it starts to look fluffy and a bit unruly, so off he went. He has one particular one he goes to mostly but he rang up later to say that there was a sign on the door to say the shop was closed due to staff illness, so he went off to his second choice. Then Homebase for a mooch, nothing doing there but he did get some free firewood on the way back.
I stopped here and just about heard the doorbell. the postman with two parcels. One was an Amazon packet and I thought there was a mistake but it was from my lovely friend James from the Delia site with three packs of ferrero rocher chocs inside. isn't that lovely. he is a gorgeous boy would be proud to have him as a son. the second packet was from my personal online store QVC :) :) who else. it was a necklace I had ordered ages ago and it had been out of stock so I'd forgotten about it. Gorgeous glass beads really nice heavy necklace and very classy. nice surprises both of them. I do love a Ferrero !
Tonight we are having:
A pasta dish with a cheese sauce and mushrooms
Butternut squash to go with,
A bit of garlic bread for Vin.
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
In and Out..
Out most of the day yesterday so it was in today. Doesn't do to go out every day, anyway we were up late this morning because of getting up early yesterday!! Not early risers that's the problem.
Not really a day you want to go out today anyway, it's very grey and overcast and really raining quite hard now. The cats go out and hurriedly run back in again with wet furry bodies. horrible to stroke. poor little things, they are waiting for the sunshine again to get some fresh air.
I wanted to finish off a letter I was doing to go in John's birthday parcel this morning so that's mainly what I did. Vin got the washing on, which is going in the tumble drier. Wonder how they managed years ago? i have a memory of clothes maidens round the fire on a Monday with steaming washing drying on them. gosh they must have had a hard life really compared to us nowadays. Our first washing machine was a small Hoover with a mangle on the top, that was in the early seventies and that was hard enough. We had a spin drier that used to move across the kitchen when it was going :) We don't know we are born these days really.
Tonight we are having:
Escalope with gruyere cheese
A selection of veggies from M&S
Baby potatoes boiled and baked
Hollandaise sauce.
Not really a day you want to go out today anyway, it's very grey and overcast and really raining quite hard now. The cats go out and hurriedly run back in again with wet furry bodies. horrible to stroke. poor little things, they are waiting for the sunshine again to get some fresh air.
I wanted to finish off a letter I was doing to go in John's birthday parcel this morning so that's mainly what I did. Vin got the washing on, which is going in the tumble drier. Wonder how they managed years ago? i have a memory of clothes maidens round the fire on a Monday with steaming washing drying on them. gosh they must have had a hard life really compared to us nowadays. Our first washing machine was a small Hoover with a mangle on the top, that was in the early seventies and that was hard enough. We had a spin drier that used to move across the kitchen when it was going :) We don't know we are born these days really.
Tonight we are having:
Escalope with gruyere cheese
A selection of veggies from M&S
Baby potatoes boiled and baked
Hollandaise sauce.
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