Nice little outing this morning. Started off very dark and overcast this morning but it has cleared up now and is nice and sunny. I went out in my wintry coat with the fur hood but it did get a tad warm as the morning went on. You just can't tell what to wear these days.
We went over to Dobbies mainly to get our free coffees for the month. Vin's car is great, really comfortable and rides like a dream, lovely to go out in.
Had little mooch first and spotted some nice hanging baskets on the way in by the front door so planned to get them later. They were £5 each, but with the garden club discount they work out at £4 so a good buy.
Lovely coffees two large lattes and we take our own biscuits there so no expenditure. Mind we made up for that later :)
People watching today as usual. Funny little kid in a high chair in the cafe part. It was having a really great time chuicking things out of its chair. Every time the mum and gran gave it back again it chucked it out again. Hilarious. Another interesting couple sat by the window. An old gentleman and a young very attrative girl with him. I thought she was his daughter, but Vin said that she was too young, maybe his grand daughter, then he said probably his carer. Wonder which?
Vin went off to get the hanging baskets and I qent to the food hall bit and got some of our biscuits that we like, and some cheese and onion croquettes, and some shortbreads. Then home via Tesco to get some soup for lunch.
Jane rang up this afternoon, she has a flat tyre so Vin told her to ring the AA and get it changed, that's all she needs poor kid.
Tonight we are having:
Something tastyish from the freezer probably. Not sure what yet.
Friday, 29 May 2015
Thursday, 28 May 2015
Oh Dear!
Nice and bright and sunny today, but still very blowy and you can smell the sea outside the house which is not a good sign. Vin is presently in the garden doing a bit of sorting out but not the weedkilling because it is just too blowy and he would waste the gas in the cannister.
Jane has just rung up in a bit of a crisis of confidence because she had her vivas today. This is an exam where thy have to face a panel and they ask you questins about anything that you have done over the past three years. of course there was one question that she said she couldn't answer so she thinks she has failed..we can only wait and see, so fingers crossed.
She was on her way into Ticketmaster to work a shift for one of the boys who wanted the night off, then she was going for a burrito after work to make her happy!
I had a visit from a physiotherapist this morning so we had got up early to get ready. She was very nice, asked a lot of questions and gave me some exercises to do to strengthen my leg muscles, so shall do those while watching t.v. tonight etc.,
Tonight we are having:
Maybe a pasta meal with leftover veggies.
Garlic bread for Vin
Jane has just rung up in a bit of a crisis of confidence because she had her vivas today. This is an exam where thy have to face a panel and they ask you questins about anything that you have done over the past three years. of course there was one question that she said she couldn't answer so she thinks she has failed..we can only wait and see, so fingers crossed.
She was on her way into Ticketmaster to work a shift for one of the boys who wanted the night off, then she was going for a burrito after work to make her happy!
I had a visit from a physiotherapist this morning so we had got up early to get ready. She was very nice, asked a lot of questions and gave me some exercises to do to strengthen my leg muscles, so shall do those while watching t.v. tonight etc.,
Tonight we are having:
Maybe a pasta meal with leftover veggies.
Garlic bread for Vin
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Just a Bit of Shopping!
Off out th9isw morning once i got going! Haha.. Tak3es me a bit to get around but we did get out today. We needed a few things like veggies etc so I had thought that we could go to Waitrose for a change. Seems ages since we went there, probably is actually and they do have some things that we like from there.
Unexpected phone call from a physiotherapist this morning called Loise. She is coming out tomorrow at ten o'clock in the morning so we will see what happens there.
Not too bad this morning but cool, I am still wearing my thicker coat with the fur hood actually, but looking around most people were in anoraks etc too. In fact it is pouring down now and very overcast and blowy too, not a nice May day at all. Really odd weather considering because it is getting on for June now too.
Had a bit of a mooch round Waitrose, Vin had a list and we got most of the things on it, apart from their cheese pasties which he likes, but they seem to have stopped making those unfortunately. he got some other things that would make meals and a few veggies to go with them. They do have some nice biscuits that we have to go with our coffees at home so we got some of those too.
Nice free coffee then, we both had a latte in their cafe which was quite quiet, we thought it would have been busier really, but there didn't seem to be many kids around at all.
Home for a carrot and coriander soup lunch with honey and sunflower bread for Vin, which looked very tasty.
Tonight we are having:
Sojmething that we got today I think.
Not too sure what yet, but we did get some nice butternut squash,
Unexpected phone call from a physiotherapist this morning called Loise. She is coming out tomorrow at ten o'clock in the morning so we will see what happens there.
Not too bad this morning but cool, I am still wearing my thicker coat with the fur hood actually, but looking around most people were in anoraks etc too. In fact it is pouring down now and very overcast and blowy too, not a nice May day at all. Really odd weather considering because it is getting on for June now too.
Had a bit of a mooch round Waitrose, Vin had a list and we got most of the things on it, apart from their cheese pasties which he likes, but they seem to have stopped making those unfortunately. he got some other things that would make meals and a few veggies to go with them. They do have some nice biscuits that we have to go with our coffees at home so we got some of those too.
Nice free coffee then, we both had a latte in their cafe which was quite quiet, we thought it would have been busier really, but there didn't seem to be many kids around at all.
Home for a carrot and coriander soup lunch with honey and sunflower bread for Vin, which looked very tasty.
Tonight we are having:
Sojmething that we got today I think.
Not too sure what yet, but we did get some nice butternut squash,
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Summer? What Summer?
Well this has been a looong Spring with no real sign of any warm weather any time soon. We did sit outside for our coffees on Saturday and it was really nice, blue skies and warm outside, but it didn't last and by Sunday it was cold again. Vin has been out on the odd occasion to do some weeding etc but kept coming in because it was too cool. Got an email from Australia today which said they were still watering their plants and wearing summer clothes, and, it is supposed to be their winter!!!
Today Vin has gone off to see a financial advisor about his pension pots etc., he has a good idea about what he wants, but is going for advice. I have stopped in. He has just rung up actually to say he is on his way back which is earlier than I thought.
Jane has been busy..very busy with her dissertation which she emailed to us last night. Can't begin to understand what it is about but it reads really well and she has obviously put a hge amount of work into it poor kid. just hope she gets a good mark now. She is now revising for her exam on Thursday..all little steps towards the end result.
I had my appointment with the gastric man on Friday at four o'clock but was delayed by about half an hour or so. Anyway he is a bit concerned about the falls etc and is referring me to a haemotologist about the blood count which he says is too low whatever that means. Vin went in with me which was good because he is a good pair of ears, and asks good questions.
Tonight we are having:
Lasagne for Vin
garlic bread and sweetcorn for him.
Not sure what I will have yet, maybe a baked potato.
Today Vin has gone off to see a financial advisor about his pension pots etc., he has a good idea about what he wants, but is going for advice. I have stopped in. He has just rung up actually to say he is on his way back which is earlier than I thought.
Jane has been busy..very busy with her dissertation which she emailed to us last night. Can't begin to understand what it is about but it reads really well and she has obviously put a hge amount of work into it poor kid. just hope she gets a good mark now. She is now revising for her exam on Thursday..all little steps towards the end result.
I had my appointment with the gastric man on Friday at four o'clock but was delayed by about half an hour or so. Anyway he is a bit concerned about the falls etc and is referring me to a haemotologist about the blood count which he says is too low whatever that means. Vin went in with me which was good because he is a good pair of ears, and asks good questions.
Tonight we are having:
Lasagne for Vin
garlic bread and sweetcorn for him.
Not sure what I will have yet, maybe a baked potato.
Thursday, 21 May 2015
Mixture...
A bit of a mixture today. Vin did quite a bit of ringing up this morning because he wanted to arrange his financialadvice about his pension amounts etc., So he made an appointment for next Tuesday afternoon. he also rang the Specsavers hearing clinic for me to arrange an appointment next friday at one o'clock. That was a rearranged appointment because I had to cancel the last one that was made due to illness. Fingers crossed for this one.
Nice coffee in today, I had a petit dejuner and Vin had a Colombian with a milk pod, both made a lovely coffee.
Then the nice little occupational therapist came dead on time at half past one with a board for the bath/shower. She fitted it on the bath and showed vin how to do it and we tried it out. She showed me how to use it properly so that will be useful I think. Makes it much easier and steadier to get in and out of the shower. looking forward to a really nice shower now with my L'Occitane bath shower gels. Oh luxury.
Weather still cool, and still got heaters on but the sun is shining but no warmth there yet and still not sitting outside. Vin has gone out this afternoon to do a bit of tidying up and tending to his plants. there is an orchid in the house which has been going for a good few years now but is not doing anything at the moment so he is looking at that.Maybe it will regenerate. Fingers crossed.
Tonight we are having:
No idea whatsoever, apart from veggies in the fridge and mashed potato.
Nice coffee in today, I had a petit dejuner and Vin had a Colombian with a milk pod, both made a lovely coffee.
Then the nice little occupational therapist came dead on time at half past one with a board for the bath/shower. She fitted it on the bath and showed vin how to do it and we tried it out. She showed me how to use it properly so that will be useful I think. Makes it much easier and steadier to get in and out of the shower. looking forward to a really nice shower now with my L'Occitane bath shower gels. Oh luxury.
Weather still cool, and still got heaters on but the sun is shining but no warmth there yet and still not sitting outside. Vin has gone out this afternoon to do a bit of tidying up and tending to his plants. there is an orchid in the house which has been going for a good few years now but is not doing anything at the moment so he is looking at that.Maybe it will regenerate. Fingers crossed.
Tonight we are having:
No idea whatsoever, apart from veggies in the fridge and mashed potato.
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Outing!!
Still cold today, sitting here with the heater on and it is the 20th of Maay. Supposed to warm up over the Bank Holiday weekend which is next Monday, but will have to wait and see. Very blowy today but sunny too which is a shame. Still not sat outside yet and the bench is still covered. Vin sat outside yesterday but came back in for his coat!!
An outing today. We went along for a Costa for a change. Tesco proved to be very quiet,and the Costa remarkably so. We found our usual seat vacant so that was good. Vin went and got the coffees and came back with a Soya milk Mocha Latte for him and a Ski9nny latte for moi which were lovely. His mocha looked really good I do have to say,quite dark in colour and the froth was very tasty!!
people watched for a bit, all sorts in there from the very elderly to the quite young and women in pairs and people on their own having their lunch. One man to the left table from us had food, a cup of something and a bottle of water. sat for an age on his phone playing with it..wonder what he was doing?
Vin left me with the residue of my latte while he went off to get a couple of things that we wanted. he got me a paper to read while I waited. "The Star".. OMG you must need a reading age of about five to read that!! Turn to page three and you get a blown up booby girl with h8ige silicone breaasts. Thought they had gone out. Seemingly not! I can see just who that paper is aimed at.
Then home..bit of a mooch on here then a soup lunch. Wonder what our Jane is getting up to she hasn't rung up for an age..must still be working on her assignments, you do begin to worry after a couple of days though.
Ton9ight we are having:
Amy's kitchen mac/cheese
A bit of garlic bread for Vin and some butternut squash.
An outing today. We went along for a Costa for a change. Tesco proved to be very quiet,and the Costa remarkably so. We found our usual seat vacant so that was good. Vin went and got the coffees and came back with a Soya milk Mocha Latte for him and a Ski9nny latte for moi which were lovely. His mocha looked really good I do have to say,quite dark in colour and the froth was very tasty!!
people watched for a bit, all sorts in there from the very elderly to the quite young and women in pairs and people on their own having their lunch. One man to the left table from us had food, a cup of something and a bottle of water. sat for an age on his phone playing with it..wonder what he was doing?
Vin left me with the residue of my latte while he went off to get a couple of things that we wanted. he got me a paper to read while I waited. "The Star".. OMG you must need a reading age of about five to read that!! Turn to page three and you get a blown up booby girl with h8ige silicone breaasts. Thought they had gone out. Seemingly not! I can see just who that paper is aimed at.
Then home..bit of a mooch on here then a soup lunch. Wonder what our Jane is getting up to she hasn't rung up for an age..must still be working on her assignments, you do begin to worry after a couple of days though.
Ton9ight we are having:
Amy's kitchen mac/cheese
A bit of garlic bread for Vin and some butternut squash.
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
Remembering Bobby...
Vin had a busy day today. Delivery from Aranesp early on. Brought me breakfast in bed this morning a nice bowl of frosties, then he did some ironing. off to Crosby to get his car M.O.T.d at twelve o'clock. Apparently there was a delay at the garage, and he rang up twice to say he was coming home for his coffee. Had a
lovely cappucinno each at home he finished off the ironing then went back to get his car on the bus. Home with his car all done and dusted and ready for another year.
Tonight we are having:
Toad in the hole with mashed potato and a bit of butternut squash and broccoli for Vin.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)