We had sort of planned to go out today mainly because it is Tuesday and we usually go for veggies etc for the week. However there was a delivery from Bullens expected with my supplies and we didn't know what time exactly they were coming so had to wait in for those.
In the event whereas they normally come around eleven this one didn't arrive till very nearly twelvish so there wasn't time left to go anywhere. Vin volunteered to go quickly to Tesco to get a few veggies so off he went. He was back withion the hour, and he had a bit of a mooch as well. Saw the television we had our eyes on there for the same price as Srgos but the trouble is we don't have vouchers for Tesco just the Argos ones. Out of stock there so unless we go for another make we will have to wait. Probably go out tomorrow somewhere, maybe over to the Argos in Kew if they have a suitable television in stock.
Tonight we are having:
Cottage pie with gravy
mushrooms for Vin
Carrots, lovely really sweet ones from tesco.
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Monday, 9 February 2015
Better Today...
Bit off colour again at the weekend, but recovered today. Had an appointment for my tootsies at thornton clinic this afternoon at ten to four. Tiny bit late which I don't like but it was my fault i take too long getting ready :) Vin just about got me there on time with his lovely car. Gorgeous car that is, terrific to ride in and lovely and warm. I love it.
The chiropodist did my toe, put another dressing on it and made an appointment for next tuesday for twenty past two at netherton. We were out by a quarter past four all done and dusted!
Nothing doing much today except that the tele in the kitchen has given up the ghost..kaput.. no picture nothing. So it looks like we are going to have to get a replacement. We do have some bvouchers from Argos to use so it won't cost anythin g as it happens, just a matter of choosing the right one. In fact we have been considering getting another one for in there anyway so it has forced our hand so to speak.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza for Vin with salad and a noodle salad
Baked potato for moi
The chiropodist did my toe, put another dressing on it and made an appointment for next tuesday for twenty past two at netherton. We were out by a quarter past four all done and dusted!
Nothing doing much today except that the tele in the kitchen has given up the ghost..kaput.. no picture nothing. So it looks like we are going to have to get a replacement. We do have some bvouchers from Argos to use so it won't cost anythin g as it happens, just a matter of choosing the right one. In fact we have been considering getting another one for in there anyway so it has forced our hand so to speak.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza for Vin with salad and a noodle salad
Baked potato for moi
Friday, 6 February 2015
In Today!!
We didn't go out today mainly because we have been out quite a lot this week already.
Not a lot doing today really, very quiet here. One phone call from the GP over the way to arrange a diabetic visit with the nursie over there. But I said that I hadn't had a blood test done so she rang back with appointments for blood test and then a follow up with the nursie a week later. One on the 17th of Feb and one on the 24th Feb.So that is the next two Tuesdays sorted!
Vin has been doing a lot of sorting out today, mainly with some batteries the rechargeable ones which have been checked.Apparently they do have a shelf life and wear out eventually. he now has a box of batteries due for recycling.
Cold today, frosty this morning, Jane said her car was very icy this morning and her icer spray wouldn't work. She was chatting for ages after lunch mostly about her Uni work and job decisions. Very hard choices there.
Tonight we are having:
Sausage rolls Linda McCartney ones
Fried potatoes for Vin and a potato croquette for moi
Something tomatoey
Not a lot doing today really, very quiet here. One phone call from the GP over the way to arrange a diabetic visit with the nursie over there. But I said that I hadn't had a blood test done so she rang back with appointments for blood test and then a follow up with the nursie a week later. One on the 17th of Feb and one on the 24th Feb.So that is the next two Tuesdays sorted!
Vin has been doing a lot of sorting out today, mainly with some batteries the rechargeable ones which have been checked.Apparently they do have a shelf life and wear out eventually. he now has a box of batteries due for recycling.
Cold today, frosty this morning, Jane said her car was very icy this morning and her icer spray wouldn't work. She was chatting for ages after lunch mostly about her Uni work and job decisions. Very hard choices there.
Tonight we are having:
Sausage rolls Linda McCartney ones
Fried potatoes for Vin and a potato croquette for moi
Something tomatoey
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Two In A Week !
Yep two in a week! This came about because I got a delivery the other day from Bon Marche of things that I had ordered. Vin's shirt was great, firred him beautifully, but the pair of trousers that I had ordered as a size 16 came with the right label but the label inside said size 12!! now I have lost weight but not that much!!! So that meant a trip back to their store in Maghull to take them back. No real hardship because there is a very tempting Costa there and a few places Vin goes in to.
So, ioff we went to Maghull. very bright sunshine with a low sun too which is quite dazling, but no wind to speak of today so not as bitterly cold. Quite pleasant actually.
Loads of parking in the centre square and the parking machines broken so free which is always a bonus. Took my things back to the BM and changed them with apologies from them for the mistake (which wasn't theirs!) and bought something else instead.
Then to our coffees, I had a skinny latte and Vin had a Soy milk latte. Lovely break and aq people watch.
Tonight we are having:
Not sure, something from the f5reezer
Veggies left over.
Potatoes.
So, ioff we went to Maghull. very bright sunshine with a low sun too which is quite dazling, but no wind to speak of today so not as bitterly cold. Quite pleasant actually.
Loads of parking in the centre square and the parking machines broken so free which is always a bonus. Took my things back to the BM and changed them with apologies from them for the mistake (which wasn't theirs!) and bought something else instead.
Then to our coffees, I had a skinny latte and Vin had a Soy milk latte. Lovely break and aq people watch.
Tonight we are having:
Not sure, something from the f5reezer
Veggies left over.
Potatoes.
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Tootsies!
Up earlyish this morning because I had an appointment at the Thornton clinic with the chiropody service. The plan was to go over there first, then off to Ormskirk to get some fishless fingers from Holland and Barratt. But, Vin rang up after they had opened and they didn't have any in stock, so there really wasn't any point going there.
trouble was, there wasn't anywhere else we could fancy going, and we didn't need any shopping, so we decided to come home instead afterwards.
Got to the clinic on time, it is nly about ten or so minutes away, gave my name in, waited about five minutes then went in. You have a pair of nail clippers that you have to take with you, and you get told off if you forget them!!but I remembered mine. very nice girl, I think her name was Olivia, and she made a good job of doing my toenails. I did however have a small sore on my big toe so have to go back next monday at ten to four. Just for checking.
Home via the garden centre over the way, the Ladygreen one. Pity we didn't still have the free coffee coupons for there because it was early so really quiet. Also very cold, the people in there were wearing gloves!! Vin was looking for some tealights and I was just browsing, but did get a box of the biscuits that I like, and he did get the tealights he wanted. Then home, given the lack of anywhere exciting to go, plus the fact that it is very cold today.
Nice coffee at home today with the machine. Vin had a Colombian with a milk pod and I hadan Intenso with a milk pod. Very nice too.
Just mooched for the rest of the day. One delivery, from the postman, of the parcel from Bon marche. A shirt for Vin which was in the sale and really very good too, only nine pounds, and a pair of trousers for me which were ordered as a size 16 but had the wrong label on them and were a size 12 !! I have lost weight but not that much!!! so I guess they will be going back to the Maghull shop and that will mean another Costa coffee at the shop there!! Aaah what a shame.
Baking potatoes today this afternoon, 59p for four from home and bargain, and we bake them till they are done then let them cool and freeze them like the McCain ones which are double the price. Good eh!
Tonight we are having:
Macaroni cheese with a cheese sauce
butternut squash and sweet potato mix
A bit of garlic bread for Vin.
trouble was, there wasn't anywhere else we could fancy going, and we didn't need any shopping, so we decided to come home instead afterwards.
Got to the clinic on time, it is nly about ten or so minutes away, gave my name in, waited about five minutes then went in. You have a pair of nail clippers that you have to take with you, and you get told off if you forget them!!but I remembered mine. very nice girl, I think her name was Olivia, and she made a good job of doing my toenails. I did however have a small sore on my big toe so have to go back next monday at ten to four. Just for checking.
Home via the garden centre over the way, the Ladygreen one. Pity we didn't still have the free coffee coupons for there because it was early so really quiet. Also very cold, the people in there were wearing gloves!! Vin was looking for some tealights and I was just browsing, but did get a box of the biscuits that I like, and he did get the tealights he wanted. Then home, given the lack of anywhere exciting to go, plus the fact that it is very cold today.
Nice coffee at home today with the machine. Vin had a Colombian with a milk pod and I hadan Intenso with a milk pod. Very nice too.
Just mooched for the rest of the day. One delivery, from the postman, of the parcel from Bon marche. A shirt for Vin which was in the sale and really very good too, only nine pounds, and a pair of trousers for me which were ordered as a size 16 but had the wrong label on them and were a size 12 !! I have lost weight but not that much!!! so I guess they will be going back to the Maghull shop and that will mean another Costa coffee at the shop there!! Aaah what a shame.
Baking potatoes today this afternoon, 59p for four from home and bargain, and we bake them till they are done then let them cool and freeze them like the McCain ones which are double the price. Good eh!
Tonight we are having:
Macaroni cheese with a cheese sauce
butternut squash and sweet potato mix
A bit of garlic bread for Vin.
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Short and Sweet..
Yep, short and sweet today, mainly because i have run out of time. We went off to Tesco this morning because we had a bit of shopping to do for the week, veggies and stuff, and I had a fancy for a coffee at the Costa :)
Phone call before we went from Bullen's healthcare about my supplies. They are very good about ringing when they say they will and the delivery will be next Tuesday. They usually deliver early so that's not a problem.
Quick whizz round Tescos and got everything on Vin's list,we had run out of some things so stocked up a bit. Then he went and put them in the car, and I waited in the Costa which was really quiet. Lovely. I like it that way. Most of the people in there were older ones..probably with money :)
Vin had a Cafe Mocha which looked absolutely gorgeous with a beautiful heart on the top of it, and I had a rather boring but nice Americano. I think I will have what he had next time !! We sat for about half an hour chatting and people watching. Very pleasant.
Home to lunch a bit later of carrot and coriander soup and toast, then I had a really nice long scented L'occitane bath with my book and scented candles and came to do this. So, got to hurry now it's time for Countdown and coffee:) :)
Tonight we are having:
Cottage pie with mixed veg and gravy.
Phone call before we went from Bullen's healthcare about my supplies. They are very good about ringing when they say they will and the delivery will be next Tuesday. They usually deliver early so that's not a problem.
Quick whizz round Tescos and got everything on Vin's list,we had run out of some things so stocked up a bit. Then he went and put them in the car, and I waited in the Costa which was really quiet. Lovely. I like it that way. Most of the people in there were older ones..probably with money :)
Vin had a Cafe Mocha which looked absolutely gorgeous with a beautiful heart on the top of it, and I had a rather boring but nice Americano. I think I will have what he had next time !! We sat for about half an hour chatting and people watching. Very pleasant.
Home to lunch a bit later of carrot and coriander soup and toast, then I had a really nice long scented L'occitane bath with my book and scented candles and came to do this. So, got to hurry now it's time for Countdown and coffee:) :)
Tonight we are having:
Cottage pie with mixed veg and gravy.
Monday, 2 February 2015
Bread or Brick!!
Bit of a doing day today. After breakfast Vin did my hair colour, just a touch up roots one. Doesn't need all over yet! he is really good at it actually and gets the coverage over the centre where my hair is losing the colour a bit. So that took a bit of the morning.
Then we decided to make a Gluten free bread mix that I had ordered from Lakeland. It is an Australian one which has very good reviews online with the firm and we made it up according to the instructions. Bit difficult because of the size of the bread tins given etc., and we were making half of the quantity given because it looked like it made a very large loaf. Anyway it was a Laucke mix and I can't say I am very impressed at all!!!.It didn't rise like it said it would, and we left it longer than it said too. neither did it rise when it went into the oven and when it was done and turned out it looks like one of those old fashioned cell phones that you used to hold up to your ears! Feels quite light but just no size to it. Don't know what it will cut like. Maybe it will toast ok or maybe it wil be an expensive mistake. Grrr.
No deliveries today and no post really to speak of either. Quite a quiet Monday. Next door is having their drains done, and have had a van outside most of the morning with Drains and Toilets blocked written on the side ! At least the van that came to do ours had a discreet signage!
Tonight we are havaing:
Pizza for Vin with salad and a pasta salad.
Poached egg on a piece of toast for moi
Then we decided to make a Gluten free bread mix that I had ordered from Lakeland. It is an Australian one which has very good reviews online with the firm and we made it up according to the instructions. Bit difficult because of the size of the bread tins given etc., and we were making half of the quantity given because it looked like it made a very large loaf. Anyway it was a Laucke mix and I can't say I am very impressed at all!!!.It didn't rise like it said it would, and we left it longer than it said too. neither did it rise when it went into the oven and when it was done and turned out it looks like one of those old fashioned cell phones that you used to hold up to your ears! Feels quite light but just no size to it. Don't know what it will cut like. Maybe it will toast ok or maybe it wil be an expensive mistake. Grrr.
No deliveries today and no post really to speak of either. Quite a quiet Monday. Next door is having their drains done, and have had a van outside most of the morning with Drains and Toilets blocked written on the side ! At least the van that came to do ours had a discreet signage!
Tonight we are havaing:
Pizza for Vin with salad and a pasta salad.
Poached egg on a piece of toast for moi
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