After a lot of looking, and some prevarication i have finally bought a Kindle machine. Bit awkward to buy because my first order charged me delivery, but I cancelled that, and went via another route. You have to buy it by the "add to basket " method then you get the super saver delivery free system.Got there in the end, and it is now ordered.
I have been thinking of getting one for a bit now, mainly because there are some paperbacks that I want to read, but the print is too small for me to read especially at night, and you can alter the text size on these.
looking forward to getting it now.
I stopped in this morning to do all the ironing, mostly bedding, while Vin went out to get a new tube for one of the little lights over the worktops, and get a few things from Tesco which is opposite. he also went to Specsavers to look at glasses but didn't see anything he fancied. Brought one of their magazines back with beautiful people all wearing their glasses. Why don't they have normal people wearing them? Same with the beauty programmes on television, when the advertise wrinkle creams and there isn't a wrinkle in sight, and the models are about twenty.My face is wrinkly and I use that cream!!!
Jane has just rung up, she is off today, and was just making Spag Bog for her tea. She said she had a real craving for a McDonalds chocolate milk shake..she always did like those. Exam week for her, chemistry was easy, but Biology was more difficult, she wasn't sure how she had done on that, Physics tommorow, so that was the revising she was doing today, with a break for her Spag Bog.
Oooh can't wait for my Kindle now!!! Shall order "Before I go To Sleep", I really fancied reading that, but the print was too small.
Tonight we are having:
Toad in the Hole
Mushroom gravy,
Butternut squash and sweet potato.
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Skelington!!
Lovely hair cut Jane!. This is Jane (on the right) in the Biology Lab at her college. The tutor was away and they found the skelington so were messing around with it, then posing for pictures. "Mature Students?" I love the picture though.
We went out this morning to Waitrose to get a few veggies for the rest of the week. Then the plan was to go over the way to the garden centre to get our free coffees from there before february runs out.
Had a very quick look round Waitrose, didn't get a big shop, and just enough veg to do the week. They do have nice veg there even if it is expensive, not too bad nce in a while. The cats would be pleased anyway because we got them some chicken!
Little look round the garden centre, didn't buy plants because it's a bit early, but they have a really good gift shop so I always have a mooch to see if I can spot anything for birthdays etc. Did get two very cute coasters, one of sheep with balloons which says Happy Birthday to Ewe, and the other of a row of sheep with little tiny babies which says Family album. Very sweet. Nice and light for posting to Australia too. if i get the Call the Midwife DVD as well that should make a good set of presents. Ann's birthday isn't till May but it's good to get ready.
Tonight we are having:
gruyere cheese escalope,
Carrots broccoli and cauliflower
mushroom in a cheese sauce
Baby potatoes sliced and sauteed.
Monday, 27 February 2012
What a Day!
Today revolved around my appointment at the Diabetic clinic at 1 O'Clock. Stupid time to have an appointment but can't be helped, at least it wasn't an early start and problems with traffic.
Got to Aintree at around a quarter to One, and waited for the blood tests etc. brand new spanking Diabetic centre, and all very swish, white everywhere and blue touches with blue lights. Huge waiting foyer just for the Diabetic centre, with a very posh receptionists desk.yet you get called to go and get the weight, blood pressure and blood taken in a tiny little room which is not much bigger than a cubby hole!! Where is the sense in that. All readings the same as last year it seems and then went out to wait again for the Dr. There is one Dr., there who keeps coming out of his room, walking round and talking to people, had a little bit of hope that I wouldn't get him when he called someone else into his room. Oh Dear, a bit later he came out again and called my name. Heart sank, I've had him before and he prevaricates a lot and asks irrelevant questions, writes a lot down mostly my list of medications, and has a bit of a look at my feet. Good job we did my nails last night..two coats of beautiful lilac nail polish! Well done Vin..you would have made a great xhiropodist.
Dr. W says that my readings are fine and better than last year,and he will see me again next year! Not if I see him first thinks I.. At least I got my blood test done for the renal clinic as well so didn't have to make a repeat journey to get that done. So one good thing done anyway.
We had taken some sandwiches with us today because of the stupid appointment time, so we went back to the car and drove out of the car park £3.50 parking! for about an hour and a half! And, Vin drove to the M&S car park where we had those..would have been too late if we had waited till we got home.
very drizzly with rain which turned into a bit of a real rainy spell. Quite nice sitting in the car eating sandwiches watching the rain coming down.
Oscars last night.."The Artist" won a lot of awards, which is odd because it is a silent film. To be honest I can't see the point of paying a lot of money to see a film which has no sound. Good for me though I suppose. There is one film that I quite fancy seeing, called "The help" which looks very good, must watch out for that. Another one is "Thevery Exotic (Something) Hotel, based on a novel by deborah moggagh called These foolish things. Terrific cast, with Judi dench, penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy,Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and a load of others. looks really good.A lot of films that are on Sky at the moment are comedy which we don't go in for, or horror which largely are rubbish. we like a good drama or a good thriller.l
We did see the end of the series of "Cloudstreet" on Saturday night which we were very impressed with. It is an Australian series which was extremely well done and well worth catching.
Tonight we are having:
The remainder of last night's Pizza which we usually have for lunch on a Monday.
Egg and potato salad, with avocado
The remaining salads that were left from last night.
Got to Aintree at around a quarter to One, and waited for the blood tests etc. brand new spanking Diabetic centre, and all very swish, white everywhere and blue touches with blue lights. Huge waiting foyer just for the Diabetic centre, with a very posh receptionists desk.yet you get called to go and get the weight, blood pressure and blood taken in a tiny little room which is not much bigger than a cubby hole!! Where is the sense in that. All readings the same as last year it seems and then went out to wait again for the Dr. There is one Dr., there who keeps coming out of his room, walking round and talking to people, had a little bit of hope that I wouldn't get him when he called someone else into his room. Oh Dear, a bit later he came out again and called my name. Heart sank, I've had him before and he prevaricates a lot and asks irrelevant questions, writes a lot down mostly my list of medications, and has a bit of a look at my feet. Good job we did my nails last night..two coats of beautiful lilac nail polish! Well done Vin..you would have made a great xhiropodist.
Dr. W says that my readings are fine and better than last year,and he will see me again next year! Not if I see him first thinks I.. At least I got my blood test done for the renal clinic as well so didn't have to make a repeat journey to get that done. So one good thing done anyway.
We had taken some sandwiches with us today because of the stupid appointment time, so we went back to the car and drove out of the car park £3.50 parking! for about an hour and a half! And, Vin drove to the M&S car park where we had those..would have been too late if we had waited till we got home.
very drizzly with rain which turned into a bit of a real rainy spell. Quite nice sitting in the car eating sandwiches watching the rain coming down.
Oscars last night.."The Artist" won a lot of awards, which is odd because it is a silent film. To be honest I can't see the point of paying a lot of money to see a film which has no sound. Good for me though I suppose. There is one film that I quite fancy seeing, called "The help" which looks very good, must watch out for that. Another one is "Thevery Exotic (Something) Hotel, based on a novel by deborah moggagh called These foolish things. Terrific cast, with Judi dench, penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy,Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and a load of others. looks really good.A lot of films that are on Sky at the moment are comedy which we don't go in for, or horror which largely are rubbish. we like a good drama or a good thriller.l
We did see the end of the series of "Cloudstreet" on Saturday night which we were very impressed with. It is an Australian series which was extremely well done and well worth catching.
Tonight we are having:
The remainder of last night's Pizza which we usually have for lunch on a Monday.
Egg and potato salad, with avocado
The remaining salads that were left from last night.
Friday, 24 February 2012
Spoke Too Soo0n!
very grey and drizzly today when we left the house to do our weekend shop. dried up now though and is quite sunny again. You just don't know what to put on these days.
Went to ASDA in Southport today and had a good look round there. Vin wanted to look at their glasses section but didn't see any he fancied. "Should have gone to Specsavers!" which he does actually. I only went to ASDA for glasses once and wasn't very impressed, thought they were quite flimsy, got much better ones in Specsavers. The last ones I got which I am wearing today are the reactions lenses and they were really quite dark when we came out of ASDA today, funny how the weather changes in a short time.
We got everything we needed quite quickly then had a lovely coffee in their car park. Well we've had one out already this week.
We were listening to a very interesting item on "The Jeremy VineShow" Radio two, about the series of Call the Midwife. He was interviewing a couple of midwives who were delivering babies in the fifties, and they were saying that the series was totally correct, and that was exactly what they used to do.I think I will get the DVD for John and Ann, make a good birthday present.
Jane has just rung up on her way to work, not raining there but cold. She has sent a picture via email of her standing next to a skelington which is all dressed up. She said she dragged herself out of bed to go to her biology lesson and the tutor wasn't there, so they were messing around a bit, and they saw this skelington and dressed it up and all had their pictures taken with it. I'll try and get Vin to put it on the blog sometime.
She has had her hair cut really short which looks great, makes such a difference.
Tonight we are having:
Cheese and onion pasties from Waitrose
Baked tomatoes
Rice pudding from Waitrose..gorgeous.
Went to ASDA in Southport today and had a good look round there. Vin wanted to look at their glasses section but didn't see any he fancied. "Should have gone to Specsavers!" which he does actually. I only went to ASDA for glasses once and wasn't very impressed, thought they were quite flimsy, got much better ones in Specsavers. The last ones I got which I am wearing today are the reactions lenses and they were really quite dark when we came out of ASDA today, funny how the weather changes in a short time.
We got everything we needed quite quickly then had a lovely coffee in their car park. Well we've had one out already this week.
We were listening to a very interesting item on "The Jeremy VineShow" Radio two, about the series of Call the Midwife. He was interviewing a couple of midwives who were delivering babies in the fifties, and they were saying that the series was totally correct, and that was exactly what they used to do.I think I will get the DVD for John and Ann, make a good birthday present.
Jane has just rung up on her way to work, not raining there but cold. She has sent a picture via email of her standing next to a skelington which is all dressed up. She said she dragged herself out of bed to go to her biology lesson and the tutor wasn't there, so they were messing around a bit, and they saw this skelington and dressed it up and all had their pictures taken with it. I'll try and get Vin to put it on the blog sometime.
She has had her hair cut really short which looks great, makes such a difference.
Tonight we are having:
Cheese and onion pasties from Waitrose
Baked tomatoes
Rice pudding from Waitrose..gorgeous.
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Beautiful day!
Lovely sunny spring like day today, no sign of grey skies and no rain in sight either.
We went over to the Aintree industrial site, because Vin wanted to get a new memory bit for his Netbook. he is now the owner of a 2GB memory card which he says makes the netbook much quicker. It is a really good little machine, and he uses it for the Internet and for the crosswords at the weekend. Really useful little thing..shame it's black! i wanted to order a blue one, but he stubbornly stuck to black. Ah well, he should be grateful it isn't pink!
Since we were in the same area, we went into the M&S, and I had a look round while he walked to Halfords. Didn't see anything I fancied and the clothes are quite expensive. The only top I quite likedd the look of was £29.50 and it didn't look worth that.I'll stick to Bon Marche thanks.
Went and had a coffee in their cafe which is way too small and could do with being twice as big. We had a job getting a table but did eventually. Place seemed to be full of young mums with babies in buggies, or grandparents with babies in buggies. very noisy today, but the coffee was nice.
Had a very quick look round the food area but didn't buy anything there either. First time in a long time I have come out af an M&S without buying anything, They must be slipping.
Jane has just rung up, and said she had been to the Dr's and she has tonsillitis so had some antibiotics. She was on her way to work, but didn't feel like going in.She can't afford the time off though.
Tonight we are having:
Remaining potatoes left over from a bag, maybe peeled and mashed,
Mushroom and ale pie and gravy, Mixed vegetables.
We went over to the Aintree industrial site, because Vin wanted to get a new memory bit for his Netbook. he is now the owner of a 2GB memory card which he says makes the netbook much quicker. It is a really good little machine, and he uses it for the Internet and for the crosswords at the weekend. Really useful little thing..shame it's black! i wanted to order a blue one, but he stubbornly stuck to black. Ah well, he should be grateful it isn't pink!
Since we were in the same area, we went into the M&S, and I had a look round while he walked to Halfords. Didn't see anything I fancied and the clothes are quite expensive. The only top I quite likedd the look of was £29.50 and it didn't look worth that.I'll stick to Bon Marche thanks.
Went and had a coffee in their cafe which is way too small and could do with being twice as big. We had a job getting a table but did eventually. Place seemed to be full of young mums with babies in buggies, or grandparents with babies in buggies. very noisy today, but the coffee was nice.
Had a very quick look round the food area but didn't buy anything there either. First time in a long time I have come out af an M&S without buying anything, They must be slipping.
Jane has just rung up, and said she had been to the Dr's and she has tonsillitis so had some antibiotics. She was on her way to work, but didn't feel like going in.She can't afford the time off though.
Tonight we are having:
Remaining potatoes left over from a bag, maybe peeled and mashed,
Mushroom and ale pie and gravy, Mixed vegetables.
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Spoke too soon...
The day started out quite bright and sunny, but it didn't last and it is now grey and raining. The girl on the weather forecast last night said it would be raining today, and we were saying they must be wrong..but no..it isn't nicve right now.
We did the top of the cooker this morning, really scrubs up well, and is now sparkling white. I lovemy gas cooker.
!
Vin has spent the day sorting out some old and new papers, getting rid of waste ones and the last I saw of him he was sitting n the floor surrounded with little piles of papers. Organised in a way I suppose.
I've been playing on the computer a bit today,I was looking at the DVD of Call The Midwife, thinking I'll buy it for Ann's birthday in May. Sounds a while off but I like to get a few things beforehand. Think that they wud enjoy that it was such a lovely series. I see from the papers that they have comissioned a second series which is good news.
Bobby and Rusty haven't moved much today, I'm sure they go into hibernation mode in the Winter. Mind, Rusty has been up since the dark hours perched on my hip and wobbling there merrily. I tend to need to turn over after a bit, so gently tip her off in Vin's direction,but then when I've turned back she bounds back again. She is a very light cat though so she doesn't feel heavy on your side, and she is a little sweetheart.
Nights are drawing out a lot these days, it's getting towards around 6ish befor it starts getting really dark now. Much better for people coming home from work.
Tonight we are having:
A freezer job. Something from the many things that we have in the stock.
Mixed veggies that I bought on Monday.
second thoughts, might have a pasta dish just a simple asta vake with the same veggies.
And, a bit of garlic bread.
We did the top of the cooker this morning, really scrubs up well, and is now sparkling white. I lovemy gas cooker.
!
Vin has spent the day sorting out some old and new papers, getting rid of waste ones and the last I saw of him he was sitting n the floor surrounded with little piles of papers. Organised in a way I suppose.
I've been playing on the computer a bit today,I was looking at the DVD of Call The Midwife, thinking I'll buy it for Ann's birthday in May. Sounds a while off but I like to get a few things beforehand. Think that they wud enjoy that it was such a lovely series. I see from the papers that they have comissioned a second series which is good news.
Bobby and Rusty haven't moved much today, I'm sure they go into hibernation mode in the Winter. Mind, Rusty has been up since the dark hours perched on my hip and wobbling there merrily. I tend to need to turn over after a bit, so gently tip her off in Vin's direction,but then when I've turned back she bounds back again. She is a very light cat though so she doesn't feel heavy on your side, and she is a little sweetheart.
Nights are drawing out a lot these days, it's getting towards around 6ish befor it starts getting really dark now. Much better for people coming home from work.
Tonight we are having:
A freezer job. Something from the many things that we have in the stock.
Mixed veggies that I bought on Monday.
second thoughts, might have a pasta dish just a simple asta vake with the same veggies.
And, a bit of garlic bread.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Is It Springing? & Pancake Day..
Woke up fairly early this morning with the usual catty alarm clocks. Decided to go and get a few more logs from Dobbies, which should see us through the rest of the Winter, if we hopefully don't get any more snow or frost. Gorgeous logs..£9 a bag, but they are kiln dried and really burn beautifully. Vin puts one on the fire and the flames lick up round it like one of the gas fires that you see, but so much nicer.
So we went to Dobbies this morning , there are touches of Spring around, the primroses are in full flower, and the crocuses were very much in evidence at the garden centre. lots of snowdrops around but not really daffodils yet, maybe a couple of weeks.
had a bit of a look round but didn't see anything that I fancied apart frrom a jar of irish goat's cheese in herbs and oil, which will go on our pizza on Sunday. So they didn't make much mney on us today, in fact I had taken a necklace back that was too tight and a bit uncomfortable to wear, so got my money back on that.
Lovely and sunny on the way back, but cold still in the shade.
I have now got a little furry purry on my knee! She stands on my knees and stares at the screen. Maybe she is following the mouse!! So I am trying quite hard to type round her...not easy.
She is jumping up and down a lot today, unlike Bobby who could sleep for cat England! She has had her thyroid tablet too, Vin gave it to her before, he has a knack of giving them to her, and can tell when she has swallowed it or not. Today's one she spat out once then it went down properly. They don't get wasted, if she spits it out it gets put back in at £30+for 100,they are quite expensive. Should be a NHS for cats!
Tonight we are having:
A small quiche with sstilton and cranberry with
a tin of something tomatoey and a potato croquette.
not sure whether we will have a pancake, we don't tend to do puddings except the rice pud on Friday.
So we went to Dobbies this morning , there are touches of Spring around, the primroses are in full flower, and the crocuses were very much in evidence at the garden centre. lots of snowdrops around but not really daffodils yet, maybe a couple of weeks.
had a bit of a look round but didn't see anything that I fancied apart frrom a jar of irish goat's cheese in herbs and oil, which will go on our pizza on Sunday. So they didn't make much mney on us today, in fact I had taken a necklace back that was too tight and a bit uncomfortable to wear, so got my money back on that.
Lovely and sunny on the way back, but cold still in the shade.
I have now got a little furry purry on my knee! She stands on my knees and stares at the screen. Maybe she is following the mouse!! So I am trying quite hard to type round her...not easy.
She is jumping up and down a lot today, unlike Bobby who could sleep for cat England! She has had her thyroid tablet too, Vin gave it to her before, he has a knack of giving them to her, and can tell when she has swallowed it or not. Today's one she spat out once then it went down properly. They don't get wasted, if she spits it out it gets put back in at £30+for 100,they are quite expensive. Should be a NHS for cats!
Tonight we are having:
A small quiche with sstilton and cranberry with
a tin of something tomatoey and a potato croquette.
not sure whether we will have a pancake, we don't tend to do puddings except the rice pud on Friday.
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