Mid-Week Blues!

Sounds like a good title for a song that does. Not that I'm about to write one and make a fortune. 

Wednesday, and Vin has gone off in the drizzle to get the shopping from Tesco. He says he doesn't browse any more but just gets what is needed. This lockdown has certainly changed the way people shop, even if a shop is open there is a reluctance to browse for what you need so it tends to be either online or just a quick nip in and out again avoiding people as you go.  Must admit online shopping is useful.We had two deliveries yesterday, one from Amazon with tho lots of the coffee pods we use a ot of, and the other hermes from QVC which was a pair of pyjamas unfortunately too big. Bought them in a sale but they were a bit of an impulse buy and not the right size so they will have to go back. You do get 60days to return them though so no hurry. 

Weather is quite cool today, very overcast and rainy. The forecasters are saying that we are going to have very hot weather by the end of the week though. Hope it isn't too hot, don't like it sweltering. We  have a quiilt on our bed which has been rolled back when it gets warmer, and pulled back again when it is cooler, this month all we seem to be doing is moving the quilt accordingly!

Doesn't bother our Jessie though, she just sleeps or feeds her way through the day as normal. She didn't like the doorbell yesterday,she runs a mile when she hears that go off, generally upstairs and under Jane's bed is her preferred safe spot. Aaah! Wonder what it is about doorbells, ours is just a ding-dong type one. She certainly doesn't like it though!

Keeping out of the way i am. Might come down in a bit when the coast is clear!

Another Day anoter Dollar as they say!

Indeed another day at the fun factory. Lockdowns still in evidence, this time in Greater Manchester, which covers a large area of the North West. All due to rising numbers of the cases of Covid apparently. Seems to be still around a lot and is also in places like Melbourne Australia which is in severe lockdown measures. 

Monday today so I had a visit from my Podiatry man who is now not coming for two weeks which is better. He is getting a new electric car today I think so it wil be a different car to look out for next time. 

Of course little Jessie disappeared again as she doesm she doesn't like strangers in the house she gets worried. As long as her Daddy is around she is happy though. 

 Little Milly from next door who went missing last week returned after a day away which is good news. She is really timid, like jessie really, and Vin was worried about where she had gone. Who knows? What ever gets into a little cat's brain to go wandering off goodness knows, I suppose they just get out of their territiry a bit and then they are gone. Thankfully she returned though with a cut on her mouth but otherwuse alright. 

Those were  the days before masks etc.,

Fryday!

Apparently it is going to be extremely hot today the weather forecasters are saying. So far it is fairly warm, wonder if that will mean hoardes of people going to the beaches again? Probably. Some bodies seem to have no idea of social distancing at all, and the latest news is that Greater Manchester has been put into local lockdown too.  Fears of a second spike. 

It appears that next door's cat has gone missing, not jack as Vin had been told but Millie the little girl one.  Trouble is that she is far more timid than Jack is and has not really been near Vin at all, whereas jack will go to him quite readily for a play. He also comes to our back door to get a few biscuits that Vin pokes through the cat flap, taking his hand back quickly before he gets it. !

Couldn't seem to get onto the new post slot yesterday so wasn't able to get onto the blog, but today I saw the new post slot so have made it again. Looks like they have altered the layout of the blog site again. Do wish they would leave things alone. So annoying when things change. You have to find your way around again. Got there in the end though. 

Little Jessie meanwhile carries on as normal, she is presently asleep on the footstool in the front room. She likes it in there until the front door bell goes then she runs off like a streak of lightening. usually ends up under Jane's bed where she goes into a little corner at the end where she can barely be reached.  Generally goes to sleep then comes out when she is hungry or needs a Daddy fix!

God knows what they have done with the photo albums.  Nothing is coming up as normal. Grrrrr!

Mondays!

Would be a horrible day to go to work, it is a Monday morning, dark and rainy and very blowy. Quite wintry in fact. More like March or October. Apparently it is going to warm up by the end of the week though. We shall see. 
Mark the podiatry man was due today so we were up earlyish to be ready for him.  He arrived about half past ten nearly getting blown up the garden path. Seems to be getting more blowy as the day goes on too. Not a good day for going out at all.
We watched a newseries on BBC last night called "A Suitable Boy" which has been hyped for quite a while now. It was terrible! we gave up after twenty minutes, and turned it off. ended up watching the repeat series of Downton Abbey and it was far superior. Oh Dear ! i fear the Beeb has bombed with their one. it was so frantic you had no idea what was going n and  there were things going on that you just didn't understand. People throwing red dust about for one thing, goodness knows what that was about. 
Jessie woke her Daddy up early for feeding this morning. They are very insistent when they want to be. She hangs around till he gives up and gets up. She had settled down on the sofa later, and Vin spoiled that because he started vacuuming the carpet n the middle room ready for the podiatrist.  She jumped off and I presume she is under Jane's bed in the corner fast asleep. She will surface later whe3n it is time for feeding again. 

Posing outside. She isn't going out today though. !

Nowt Doin!

Another day at the fun factory, that is speak for not a lot going on at all. new rules for wearing face masks from tomorrow they will be mandatory in all shops and supermarkets, and now they are saying they should be worn to collect takeaways! Not to eat them I assume!
It is a year since Boris Johnson was announced as Prime minister. What a year! Started with all the rows over Brexit, but that all seems to be largely forgotten now, along with the virus taking over from everything else. 
Jessie doesn't care about anything at all, as long as she is fed, watered and has a comfy place to lay her head she is very happy.

And my Daddy of course!

Tesco!

Back to normal this week after going a day or so later last week. He has gone to replenish our stocks f essential items and get some fresh food today. No need to wear masks till Friday yet but not sure whether he has taken one with him. Don't think so. 
Nothing very much going on at the moment, nothing n the local facebook, apart from the night flying helicopters, which Vin says are quite noisy, I don't hear them of course. One advantage of being deaf! Our day is very much same of the same, with the exception of Monday when the podiatry man comes, and Wednesdays when he does the shopping.  The days of nipping out to get a nice quick coffee seem to have disappeared for the time being. Boris Johnson says we will be back to normal by Christmas but not so sure about that really. 
Schools have broken up for the summer holidays which is a bit of a laugh since they have been closed since March!  Back in September apparently. 
Summer holidays not yet going, seems to be a case of staycation as they are calling them now. Traffic back to normal on the roads, quite heavy now. 
Apart from all that life is trundling on.
Jessie is keeping herself to herself, mostly she seems to like the front room, must be a nice quiet spot for her to get some shut eye. 

I like this one, Vin and his little Princess!

Monday Again!

'Twas on a Monday mrning and all that! The podiatry man came to call. Round about a quarter to ten he arrived, complete with new haircut. He had said that he was going to get it done on Saturday after booking it first. I guess the days of just dropping in have gone now. 
He redressed the offending toe with the new dressing which seems to be doing the job which is to soften the skin on the top to allow healing. He will be back next week so that is good.
Quite a nice dry sunny day here today, not boiling just right.    Blue skies and just a bit of breeze.  Jessie did her disappearing act when Mark arrived, i don't think he has seen her yet!
 Very sad day in Australia today, because it was our John's funeral at 10a.m.  their time, so when we got up this morning it would all be over. Hope it all went well and that Ann is ok.  She will miss him so much , at least she has all her lovely family to keep an eye on her. The three girls will anyway and their husbands and children too. 
Jessie must be having a good sleep this morning, she wakes Vin up quite early for feeding, then finds a nice spot to sleep it off. 

A nice little rest to keep you going!