Springing Again!

Beautiful sunny day again today with the sun streaming through the window this morning. Still cold though according to Vin. We stopped in today because I had a delivery expected from Bullens. Sure enough the man came at about elevenish as usual, what a reliable firm they are. Packed them away and more boxes for recycling. vin often says he wonders where it all went before the recycling bins arrived. 
He took some photos outside with his new little camera and loaded them on to the picassa website. lovely Spring flowers.

These are the daffodils in our little front garden. tete-a-tete miniature daffs. beautiful tiny little things with lovely heads.

His hellebore in the back garden which he has been nurturing for long enough It was supposed to flower at Christmas which it nearly did, at least it was in bud and just about to come out. You can get them in many different colours apparently including a really deep marroon colour. I'd like one of those.

Beautiful primroses that were just left over the winter and have come up again in full bloom.  Gorgeous colours and a really lovely way to spice up a blank wall.
Good photos eh!!
Tonight we are having:
Cottage pie (Quorn) one.
gravy with some mushrooms for Vin
Carrots and broccoli

Spring...What Spring??

This morning dawned grey and wet looking. The weather forecasts said yesterday that it would be windy with possible gales this evening, and it started off like that. Cleared up a bit now though.
We decided to go to Waitrose today mainly for a change, loads of parking..must be the weather putting people off going out. very quiet inside, be nice if it was like that all of the time. Got our veggies, they do have nice veggies there I do have to say. You pay for them though! Then had a bit of a mooch and picked up some things we get from there that you can't get anywhere else.  Funny going to Waitrose, they do have a very upper market, very snooty really!
Then we had a break and went for our free coffees. Their new rule is that you have to buy something to eat as well now, but we always get a pack of biscuits so that is countedd..at least they had some proper biscuits today not the horrible lemon ones that we got last time!! I do have to say that the coffees were delicious. We both had Lattes which came in a proper latte glass.So we had a breather and enjoyed the people watch. Interesting couple today..a nice smiley look8ing little japanese woman with a much oldergrey haired gentleman. Wonder what the relationship was there? 
Finished getting the rest of our things then went off home.
Jane rang up this mornuing to say that she was locked in the house! she was clearly late for work too. Apparently it turned out that the new girl in the house had gone off to work herself, and deadlocked the front door, so effectively locking Jane in!! jane still hasn't met her yet. When she gets home from Ticketmaster which is quite late the new girl is in bed so she has been there since Saturday but they haven't seen each other yet. Maybe they will catch up tonight.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza for Vin with a morroccan salad and pasta salad
maybe a baked potato for moi.

Appointment..

Alarms set this morning for an earlyish get up because I had an appointment at Aintree for 11-15. It does take about half an hour to get there so we had to leave by half past ten. 
Got there about eleven so did well..no traffric to speak of so a good journey. Gave my letter in and sat and waited, then Vin caught me up when he had parked the car (on the top floor of the multi storey car park).  Then a nurse said there would be a half hour delay for Mr Skaife's team, so Vin had a ppeek at the corridor where the blood tests are done and there was only one waiting so since i had brought a form for a blood test for the renal clinic in a couple of weeks I nipped along there while I was waiting. jennifer did my blood as usual..we have a bit of a joke about our names..nice girl gets the blood first each time. 
Then sat back in the waiting room and was called pretty soon after that. Met a really nice registrar on Mr Skaife's team, didn't catch her name but she was very thorough, asked the right questions and listened. I LET Vin come in with me this time which is pretty much of a first..thought he would be an extra pair of ears. I quite often have a problem hearing what they are saying so he could listen too and add his bit. Proved to be very useful actually. She did some questioning which was relevant, and then gave me the options. She wanted to use a camera to see what is going on in my middle but some of the procedures are a problem with a renal perspective so it was decided that I should have a C.T. Scan with oral. A letter will come in the post.
Vin went for the car and we went off towards M&S to get a coffee . Wasn't too busy there actually, Vin had an Americano and I had a Latte for a change. Very pleasant, but they could d with making their cafe area bigger it is quite crowded. Should have made it bigger in the first place!  A little look round the food hall afterwards  I wanted to get a loaf and we just got a couple of other things then home. About twenty five miles there and back in his lovely little car. 
Home for lunch. Vin made himself a really really nice looking potato cake with some leftover mash from last night, and had that with some beans.  I had a toasted sandwich.
Tonight we are having:
Fishless fingers 
Chips 200 grms
Mushy peas for Vin and carrot for moi. 

Wardrobe???

We didn't go out today..mainly because there wasn't anywhere that appealed to us to go to. We didn't need any shopping so there was no need to go to a supermarket, so we thought we woulod mooch about a bit instead. Nice thing about being retired you can do just what you want to do. To be honest the weather isn't really conducive to going anywhere it is very grey and overcast  and still cool. There were pictures in the paper this morning wondering where Spring is..showing identical pictures of places last year with daffodils everywhere, and this year with none out yet.  We do have some lovely ones in the barrel at the front of the house though, maybe it is a bit sheltered there.These are last year's.

just had a look through my wardrobe a bit ago. Was of the opinin that there are lots of clothes that are now too big. But...they need going through and might take a day or so to get them sorted. You really need to try things on to make sure before you ditch things.I do have sme really nice things that I am loathe to give to the charity shops when they can be used. i was going to start but it really is a bit of a bigger job than I thought.  Another day perhaps.
Had a lovely cappuccino this morning and Vin had one of his own with a coffee disc and some heated milk. our tassimo machine is really proving a terrific buy, Vin was just reading in the paper that they are the biggest brand in the UK selling millions every year.  Not surprised really they do make wonderful coffees.
Wouldn't mind going to Waitrose ne day though, get one of their free ones!
Tonight we are having:
Root vegetable mash,
Something to go with that,
carrots and squash.

In Today...

Didn't go out today, we had sorting out to do. Started with the ironing of the bedding done the other day, so got that underway. Then the kitchen floor which doesn't seem to get so  hairy since the cats have gone. Not that we ever minded really. It's odd just how much you miss the two of them plodding in and out. You still catch yourself looking down to make sure there isn't a cat under your feet.  Miss you all little cats. XXX

Poor little Bobby and Rusty..still find it hard to believe that they both went so quickly really.
Then I had a bit of a go on the puter and Vin sorted out some of the redundant papers he has held on to. Now sitting all soggy and wet on the draining board!!
Tonight we are having:
Mac and Cheese
Mushrooms for Vin
Carrots and butternut squash.
A bit of garlic bread for Vin.

A Simple little Outing...

Got up at usual time today, with the sun shining through the windows. However, not the warmth to go with it, quite blowy and cold outside. 
Bullens rang this morning to take my order which will be delivered next Tuesday. Excellent firm that one, very reliable and really helpful. The next ring will be the 31st of March.
Since it is Tuesday we needed to go somewhere to get a few veggies etc for the week. So off we went to the boring old Tesco. Not very exciting but they do have a Costa which is a bit of a draw.  very quiet when we got there with lots of car spaces..looking good. Went round fairly quickly because we actually are well stocked up Got what we needed including the veggies, and a few extras then paid and went for our coffees. Vin put the bags in the car first. Thing is when we arrived the Costa didn't look too bad but when we went in for our coffees it was busy and we were left with a not very nice table by the entrance. Bit of a shame but hey ho..never mind. :) 
Vin had a Soya Latte and I had a really nice skinny latte medium. Beautiful drink actually.  We sat and watched what was going on..which was two girls who were perched at a table trying to sell flight delay forms. Vin says this is a new thing that is being pushed. All the time we sat there they didn't get one enquiry..and they were so bored they were laughing at people going past. Then on the spot of one o'clock they got up, moved the table back and went into the Costa area to get their lunch!! i just wonder who is paying for that..if they are on comission they won't be earning their lunch!!!
Tonight we are having:
Cottage pie with gravy,
Mixed vegetables.

Monday Morning....

Just another non-manic Monday.. Not a lot doing today. bedding this morning with the washing machine making a very loud noise for some reason. Ah well..as long as it goes.  Vin woke up quite early, went and got our coffees..he has a mug full I have a little tiny one and we have a cow biscuit each :) then we had a bit of a doze till we got up later. Not a nice day so we weren't going anywhere. Stopped in, and he made a beautiful Sourdough loaf in th3e bread machine. At least the dough is made in the machine then proved in the bread tin so you get a really nicely shaped loaf.

He is getting really good in the kitchen these days. Well done Vin XXX
Jane is back on placement today for the week but she didn't ring up yesterday so I am aq bit concerned. Very funny thing just as I was typing this  the phone rang and it was her. She has done her day and is walking home.  Phone was dead yesterday so that was why she didn't phone.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza and salad for Vin
Chilli noodle salad
Poached egg for moi.