Lady GaGa...

Oh my Goodness...yesterday when I was leaving the house to go out, Vin said..that's a very nice top you have on..the only trouble is that it is on inside out!!Well I didn't spot that..
Today we went over to the Walton Sainsbury's to get our weekend things, and when I got there I thought that my Navy Blue trousers were a bit odd! Walked around and did the shopping and when Vin went off to get the cat food, I tried to get a tissue out of my pocket. What's this..pockets wrong way round? Think for a moment and then light dawns..the trousers are the wrong way round. The elasticated bit was at the front.. Very embarassing to say the least. So left Vin with the trolley and went off to the Ladies to change them round. That's better!! No doubt he won't let me forget that in a hurry...
Sainsburys was a bit annoying actually, quite a few spaces on the shelves, especially the salad things..no egg and potato salad for our tea on Sunday. No potato salad for me either but Vin did get what he wanted. He treated himself to a vegetable sushi for his lunch, which he doesn't deserve because he has been horrible over the Peter Kay show. Jane has got three tickets for five rows from the front and only £35 a ticket, and he refuses to go. He says stupidly that he will drive me there and wait somewhere..Crackers..As If..I could go and he would be waiting around. Sometimes he makes me so mad...
Peter Kay was on our North West News last night, because the anchorman is retiring after fifteen years. Gordon Burns is very popular and has done some terrific interviews over the years, including many Prime Ministers. He will be sadly missed on the programme.Tonight is his final programme so I expect there will be a rew surprises.
Another scorching day here today, Jane rang up before and said it was very warm in Manchester. The news said it was 28degrees there.That is a bit warm for this time of the year..What's going on?

Wouldn't mind being here...
Tonight we are having:
Cheese and onion pasties from Waitrose
A few baked tomatoes
Rice puddings from Waitrose too!

Phew!!!

What a scorcher! Way too warm for the end of September. We could have done with some of this warm weather in the what was supposed to be Summer.
We decided to go over to Dobbies today, mainly because Vin wanted to get some plants for the basket by our front door, which is well past its sell by date, and also an empty one by the new fence on our lovely newly painted wall at the back of the house.
I dug my very light jacket out and Vin went back to a short sleeved shirt today. What a change from the other week when it was blowy and cold and we had heaters on, and the electric blanket at night.More of the same for the rest of the week too apparently.


Reminds me of our last holiday to New England..similar weather but cold sometimes with it. Gorgeous blur skies and fantastic tree colours.
We had a bit of a look round, and finally decided on some very pretty primroses that will look lovely against the wall, and a plastic hanging basket full of little pansies in a beautiful blue colour that will go with the front door. I hat plastic pots but this was only £5.99 complete, and complete with the compost also so a good buy. Vin will take the plants out of the plastc pot, and put the whole thing in our nice woven hanging basket.
I have actually got a window open as I type this..last week I had the heater on! can't believe it really.
There was a school outing at Dobbies, nicely behaved children who were there to do and educational trip. Whiole we were having coffee though they were playing on the big wooden adventure climbing and slide apparatus they have outside. Where so they get there energy from? Spent an absolute age running round and round it was quyite surreal watching them. Then as we were getting our things to go, there they were in a lovely little crocodile two by two making their way to the double decker bus waiting outside. We followed the bus for ages too going the same way as us, so wonder where they were going.
Stopped in at Waitrose in Formby on the way back,I wanted to get a salad for tomorrow, and Vin got his fix of Cheese and Onion pasties for tomorrow night. Picked up a lovely pack of pears..the perfectly ripe ones, then Vinspotted some on the reduced section for half price. Excellent, I love a bargain.
Tonight we are having:Broccoli and cheese escalope
Squashed potatoes
Carrots and green beans.

Boring Day...

We got up this morning, and couldn't for the life of us think of anywhere that appealed to us to go. We went through all the local places and didn't fancy anywhere, and the further away places we didn't fancy either, so in the end we didn't go anywhere. Nice day too, it was just one of those days that no-one could summon up enough energy or whatever to go out, so we didn't.
Vin got the cat blankets out in the open and had a go at getting some of the hairs out then put them in the wash.
Vin was expecting a parcel to be delivered anyhow so it didn't matter that we were in. In the event, the tracking of the parcel revealed that it had been delivered, even though we had been in all day, and carried the doorbell round with us all the time. You can track your parcel online, and the records showed that it had been delivered and signed for but the trouble was, that the signature was totally undecipherable, so we have no idea where it has gone actually. Now we have to wait for someone to bring it.All a bit of a mystery really, and Vin is on edge wondering where his parcel is as you would expect.
Phone call from my hearing aid centre, to say that my aids have arrived. That was quick because I only went last Thursday. She arranged an appointment for next Friday morning...so it will be the beginning of the week eyesight and glasses, and the end of the week will be hearing aids. That's two days accounted for anyway.

Heard about our ginger boy yesterday. The landlord from our new neighbours hose was about yesterday, and he said that it had settled in well now. it was a bit scratchy for the first two weeks, but that is understandable, having been shoved unceremoniously into a cat cage, put into two cars, driven through the Mersey Tunnel and taken somewhere strange. Poor little thing, at least it won't have another winter of sometimes being left out in the cold and horrible weather. There were many nights we would worry about it. I hope it's fallen on its paws!!
We caught a bit of a programme last night channel hopping, about people with addictions..strange ones..not the normal ones. This was about two women, one had an addiction to being with puppets, who she treated like her children/friends, and would take them out, and talk to people with them. Very attractive woman too. The other was a woman, who lived in a modern house outside New York..Long Island I think, and she was addicted to cats! She has 23 of them..lovely house, and beautiful cats..but 23 !! too many.The therapist was encouraging her to get some going to other homes, but I don't think so....
Tonight we are having:
pasta with a tomato and mascarpone sauce
mushrooms
Green vegetable medley
A bit of garlic bread and some parmesan cheese.

Another beautiful Day!

Absolutely gorgeous today, the sun is shining and we could have done with some of this in the summer. Vin has been outside painting his wall with a second coat of the Sandtex paint. Clotted cream colour, , which is really lovely. It is the colour of clotted cream ice cream, but not garish. Since we see the wall a lot from our kitchen it is quite important what colour it is. We have had it white, and pink and all sorts, but this is the nicest. Good paint too, Vin was saying it is really creamy to apply, and he has no splashes on him at all.
Made appointments for our sight tests at Specsavers..Mondaymorning at 11o'clock and 11.20 o'clock.That suits us fine since we can get our weekly veggies at the same time..well afterwards obviously! It is ages since I have had new glasses, and to be honest you do get tired of the same ones. Now, the thing is to work out which are the best offers? You get 25% off for over sixties, or buy one get one free..but that's only single vision lenses. it's a minefield.
Jane has just rung up, on her way to work. She has done a full day at college and is now off to Ticketmaster to work till ten. Good for her..she is certainly a grafter our Jane.She takes her car into work, which is cheaper than the bus. She says it is £3.70 on the bus, but all she pays in parking is £2 for a day. She was saying she has a little friend in the car park who saves her a space now..Aaah bless her.
Tonight we are having:
Not sure really,
mushrooms and sliced and sauteed potatoes,
Something out of the freezer to go with.

What a Beautiful Day!

It really is lovely today. The trees are very definitely turning and there are a lot on the front garden from the trees outside. We needed to go out to stock up for the weeks veggies, so went into Crosby to the Sainsbury's. On the way Vin called in at a Londis shop because there was a voucher in the paper for a packet of crumpets free. he has those for a change for his breakfast so that was worth a trip. Moor lane was absolutely blocked he said so we turned round and went into Crosby via Little Crosby. Really nice little journey actually, with the trees looking good.
Got our things at Sainsburys..Vin wanted to get some cartridges for his pen so went off to look for them, but caught me up in the store later to say the shop he went to didn't have any. Every colour but the one he wanted..Typical.
On the way back hole we decided to call in at the garden centre, for our coffees for the month. Quite quiet for a change,parked right outside. Had a look round the gifts etc., but they are getting the Christmas stuff out . Did spot a tablecloth that I had looked at previously in a sale for half price, so marked that for later. I was hoping that they would have reduced the Jack and Jill bench but they hadn't. Shame I would have bought that. Nice coffees, didn't sit outside because there were some wasps flying around didn't fancy that.
Got my tablecloth and a set of four napkins to go with to make a set. Good value I thought.
Tonight we are having:
Broccoli and cheese escalope,
Courgette carrot and broccoli,
Baby potatoes squashed.
Mushrooms, sliced and sauteed.

Back to Normal...

Nice to get back to our usual Sunday things. Quite nice today, and the washing out on the line stands a good chance of drying today. The garden is beginning to lose its "greenness" and is looking very definitely autumnal now. I think it is early this year.
The cats are both tired this afternoon, and are asleep on Jane's bed within a foot of each other. That is as good as it gets with our two, they have never been close bosom buddies even though they have lived together for a good number of years. Wonder why some cats get close and others don't. We had two before these, Lucy and Inky, and wherever Lucy was Inky would look for her. She would stand at the bottom of the stairs and cry for her, then come looking. Then you would find them curled up together on a bed somewhere. Never happen with these two! They tolerate each other, and where one is in the garden the other will be nearby, but that's it.
Did our crosswords this afternoon, both reasonable and done in reasonable time. My one has a theme each week, this week it was belgium, countries bordering it, capital, major cities etc. One of the answers was Luxembourgh..come to think of it, nothing much happens there really does it. Can't think of anyone famous from there or anything that country has done..hard pressed to think of anyone famous from Belgium either, apart from Poirot, and chocolates and lace, and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
We saw him once outside Planet Hollywood in Orlando. Thing is he was so small that his bodyguards dwarfed him, and all you could see was the tip of the top of his head. He was tiny!! Not what you expected at all. Maybe they breed small men in Belgium!
Next door neighbour, the new ones have just pegged out some shirts and sheets on their washing line. Thought he was mad, but it is blowing away in the breeze so maybe they will dry after all.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza with our tomato sauce courgette, mushrooms pepper pineapple and a mixture of cheeses.
Egg and potato salad with avocado pear and baby tomatoes
potato salad for moi and a pasta salad for Vin.

Well That made A Change!!

Had to get up earl;ish this morning for a hospital appointment! This was at the eye clinic, and it was for 11O'Clock, so we always leave early because of traffic.
However with it being a Saturday, the traffic was exrtremely light and whereas we normally have a real problem parking in their multi storey car park, there were empty spaces everywhere..all over the place!! Oh how I wish it was like that every time we went there. One receptionist at the desk, passed me to the waiting area where my name was called out very quickly. Had the eye test, and then waited again. Then the same nursee called my name to put drops in the eye and do the glaucoma test. Why didn't they do that in one go??
Wait for about ten minutes for the drops to dilate the pupils and then went in to see the Dr. Very charming English young man who was extremely good looking and pleasant, and I could understand him! Eyes examined and he said that they were pretty much the same, but since my pin point test showed that I could see a few more rows of letters I could probably do with getting my glasses changed.
Well, Vin and I were thinking of getting eye tests anyway so that will be on the cards for next weekish.
Lovely experience all in all, wish it was like that every time!!
Tonight we had:
Chinese. vin had spring rollos which I don't have because they have peppers in them
I had quorn nuggets,
Stir fry vegetables
hoi sin and ginger sauce
1/2 a pack of rice each.