Well there was a change of plan for today. I had intended to go out with Vin to get some shopping and have a nice coffee out, probbably Costa at Tesco. However when I did my blood sugar this morning it was quite low..and Vin was muttering about not going out with me with it that loow!!! So, change in what we did.
He went off to tesco armed with a shopping list, and instructions to get our Jane a Costa card (which he has bought for her) and a gift card for Tesco for £50 in lieu of an Easter present.
He was back by 12 o'clock..which is actually a lot quicker than we would have been if I had gone with him :) So, a lovely quick trrip, and he got everything on the list too. Got Jane two packs of tassimo vanilla lattes which she will use I'm sure.
Very odd day weatherwise. Extremely blowy last night Vin said it kept him awake, although it didn't bother me. I take my ears out and that's it. Dead to the world as they say. Still blowy this morning and cold too, with patchy rain and sunshine although the sunshine isn't warming anywhere up much!
The daffodils are looking gorgeous this year in our little front garden. The barrel is absolutely full of them, tiny tete-atete ones he got from The Daiy Mail on an offer. Well worth it this year.
Tonight we are having:
Either a cottage pie Quorn or little yorkshire puddings with sausages in them.
Carrots batons,
Gravy
Potatoes if having the toad in the holes.
Start the week with a wet monday. At the time of writing this it is pouring down, and quite grey outside. typical Spring weather really. The clocks went forward on Sunday so we are getting the lighter nights, and it was fairly sunny when we awoke this morning too. Need to get some heavier curtains for the bedroom so the light doesn't wake us up so early. !
We stopped in today, we have our tea for tonight so no need to go anywhere today. Will go somewhere tomorrow for the veggies.
Jane rang up yesterday, she is in her placement this week, and has an interview at Salford on Wednesday afternoon at One o'clock. Good luck for that our Jane. Her friends are beginning to get jobs now, so the pressure is on a bit. Just hope she gets the one she wants.
She is coming home on the Tuesday after Easter just overnight because she is going to have a look round Aintree hospital. I had a CT scan last Friday and the radiographer who did my scaan turned out to be the one she emailed about a look round which is quite a co-incidence. Lovely she was actually very pleasant and friendly.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza for Vin with salad
Chilli noodle salad..
A baked potato for me.
It is really, a sort of day when absolutely nothing happens.! No repair men, no parcels, no callers nobody. We stopped in today and did bits and bobs.
Nice and sunny outside but cold so Vin hasn't been out in the garden much yet, and I don't blame him either. The hanging baskets are still looking good outside the kitchen windows so don't need replacing yet.
I love the colours of the primroses they look so bright and cheery against the white wall and brighten up a dull day no end.
The news is still full of the airplane crash in the French Alps and they are now saying that there were sounds of the Captain banging on the cockpit door to get in and then the plane descending so it is looking like it was the co-pilots fault for whatever reason. Oh dear..not looking good whatever happens.
Nice coffees at home today. I had a less sweet macchiato and Vin had a Chai latte. both lovely. Just like in a coffee shop.
Tonight we are having:
Not altogether sure, maybe pasta,
butternut sqquash
Cheesey sauce.
You really wouldn't believe this ..but after lunch we came upstairs to look at the tracking of our Tassimo order. You can check where it is up toand Vin had noticed that it had left Warrington this morning. We had the site on the screen and the doorbell went!! Unbelievable!!.Vin went down and it was the order..he told the bloke who delivered it who was laughing. Good delivery we only ordered them on Sunday.
Quiet day otherwise, tried out the refurbished washing machine which is working just great, and some of the washing out on the line since it is nice and sunny today.
Vin went off to Tesco this morning to get a few veggies for the rest of the week, came back with a good selection and some Linda McCartney frozen plaits that were very cheap end of line apparently 50p each. Excellent..well done Vin
Had our coffees when he came back, I had an Americano with a milk pod and he had a morning coffee with a milk pod. We now have more tassimo discs than Tesco I think!!
Tonight we are having:
Cottage pie with gravy
Veggies probably carrotsand broccoli for Vin
Mushrooms?
Been off again with a recurrence of the gastric problem. Getting to be a habit these days. Seem to take three steps forward and two back.
I was rreally picking up too after the last one. Ah well..
This morning the man from Hotpoint came to fix the washing machine. He was supposed to come between eight and eleven so Vin got up early bless him, and the man came at around a quarter to eleven. He put in the new drum, a new door seal and a new heater at the back as well, so it has had a complete refurbishment. Vin has been online and saw that a new drum costs around £180 on its own so that would have been quite a bill. Good job we had the insurance.
Nice and sunny today but cold. Vins Hellibores came this morning too so they are going to have to be protected a bit. Pity we don't have enough room for a little greenhouse.
Tonight we are having:
No idea really..maybe a bit of an Amy's kitchen macaroni cheese
Garlic bread for Vin and some sort of veggies.
Out yesterday so in today. We started with the bedding, which is a tiny bit didgy because the washing machine is presenty awaiting a new drum..arriving on Tuesday. Thankfully nothing happened so that worked ok. We now have lovely clean bedding.
Vin made a really nice brioche loa, started in the bread machine then finished off in our bread tin in the oven. Result a beautiful looking loaf with a very brown top which he can use for slicing to make toast. looking forward to seeing what it looks like tomorrow.
Coffees out yesterday so a coffee in today with the Tassimo. I do have to say that was one of the best purchases that we have made. A wonderful bit of kit! i had a Kenco cafe crema and Vin had something with a milk pod..Americano I think.
Jane rang up yesterday, very tired poor kid. She is amazing the way she keeps going, up really early to go to her placement then drives to her job at Ticketmaster, and finishes at nineish. She is presently in a children's hospital and was doing little tiny babies yesterday..torturing them she says. Takes them out of their lovely little warm incubators and puts them on a cold board for x-rays. Aaah. I do hope the jobsd start coming up for her soon. I put £100 in her bank for her yesterday supposed to be for some new shoes because she said her feet were killing her, and there are some special ones by Sketchers that she is after around £50. Then when she rang she said that it would cost £50 for the hire of her graduation gown!! what a price..oh well it will be worth it.
Tonight we are having:
fishless fingers
Mushy peas for Vin and carrots for moi
Chips 200 grms.
Tartare sauce.
Out this morning. Started off very misty/foggy but cleared up beautifully later on with a real touch of Spring in the air.
We had planned to go out to Dobbies this morning since we haven't been in March so were due for our frree coffees!. Had a bit of a mooch round when we got there, vin went off and I had a look for anything suitable for Ann for her birthday. Did find a nice little heart shape with a message on it which isn't too heavy either so that is put away.
It was quite quiet there today and the cafe part was better than last time when it was really busy. We had a pair of lovely Lattes..very nice too, and our own biscuits. Bit of people watching..I was watching a grandad with a little boy. He was really lovely with him, and he was beautifully behaved too, for a little tot. Then a table with young girly mums alongside us. They had coffees and great big meringues with cream in and fruit on the top! Skinny things they were too!
Went and bought the heart, a pack of shortbread biscuits and a pack of pumpkin bread mis. Paid for those then spotted a pack of the same make brioche mix on the reduced counter so bought that aas well. Vin will make that tomorrow.
Two phone calls when we got home..one from Hotpoint to say that they will deliver the new washing machine drum on Tuesday next week. Then followed almost immediately by one from the surgery over the way about the repeat prescription which they didn't have a letter for. the Doc would ring me back before three to ask some questions which she did. No problem with that so the prescription will go over to the chemist over the road.
So quite a lot going on today in the end.
Tonight we are having:
Linda McCartney leek and cheese plaits.
Root mash left from the other day,
Any veggies left from the fridge.
