Another self indulgent day whilst G did paperwork.
The weather has been fine if cool & overcast for a lot of the day.
I played tennis this morning, came home to get lunch on & washing out then made the mistake of sitting in the conservatory to open the mail.
After a little snooze, I counted & bagged the Christian Aid money - £180from envelopes, £200 from the lunch.
Not at all bad.
Later we went for a walk around the reservoir, the sun even came out.
We've just had dinner - plaice on crushed new potatoes with tender stem broccoli & petit pois, followed by orange mousse.
Tennis again tomorrow.
Does anybody read this????
Tuesday 31 May 2011
Monday 30 May 2011
Rain, rain...
It rained gently, all night & until 5.00pm, then we went for a nice walk, down Moat House lane & round the block, visiting the Alms Houses en route to see if all is well as we have a meeting shortly.
I have had a lazy day, catching up on the w/e papers & making carrot & ginger soup, that's all really.
Yesterday we had a Christian Aid lunch for about thirty - lasagne, ciabatta & salad with a selection of deserts.
A priest from S India took the morning service, he had three priests from Africa with him, who together did some great singing. They all came back for lunch & were most interesting & would love to return.
We made nearly £200 for CA, so all in all it was a success.
I cleared up & then soaked in the bath for an hour before Antiques Roadshow, then Scott & Bailey, a new cops & robbers, set in Manchester. Promising.
Friday was a Thomas day, Saturday, G mowed the lawns & I cooked lasagnes & puds.
We are watching The Lost cities of Egypt - archaeological sites found through spy satellite photography.
Fascinating.
I have had a lazy day, catching up on the w/e papers & making carrot & ginger soup, that's all really.
Yesterday we had a Christian Aid lunch for about thirty - lasagne, ciabatta & salad with a selection of deserts.
A priest from S India took the morning service, he had three priests from Africa with him, who together did some great singing. They all came back for lunch & were most interesting & would love to return.
We made nearly £200 for CA, so all in all it was a success.
I cleared up & then soaked in the bath for an hour before Antiques Roadshow, then Scott & Bailey, a new cops & robbers, set in Manchester. Promising.
Friday was a Thomas day, Saturday, G mowed the lawns & I cooked lasagnes & puds.
We are watching The Lost cities of Egypt - archaeological sites found through spy satellite photography.
Fascinating.
Thursday 26 May 2011
new tooth day.
I raced back from seeing JR last night in order to get home in time to see "The Apprentice" - a record 1 hour 32 min.
I hope that I didn't get caught anywhere.
The apprentices were in Birmingham, selling beauty treatments. They got it entirely wrong - expecting brummies to cough up for hot stone massages or spray tans whilst out shopping!
Jr was in good form, enjoying having a live in carer, especially in suspecting that the locals think that there may be something going on.
He is 87!
I've been to my wonderful dentist this morning to have my first premolar rebuilt - a temporary measure as it will eventually need to be crowned.
I seem to need a repair about once a year - payback for fillings done in childhood & weakened teeth.
Motto: look after your teeth to avoid expense & discomfort in later life.
I do react badly to the numbing stuff & feel really groggy for some hours afterwards.
G painted the conservatory while I was away; we've cleaned & put it back together again this afternoon, which feels good.
Apparently, I miss-named the errant footballer on my last blog so needn't worry about being sued. Thanks to W for pointing that out.
Some brilliant holiday deals on Travelzoo this week, but not the holiday we're looking for, yet.
I hope that I didn't get caught anywhere.
The apprentices were in Birmingham, selling beauty treatments. They got it entirely wrong - expecting brummies to cough up for hot stone massages or spray tans whilst out shopping!
Jr was in good form, enjoying having a live in carer, especially in suspecting that the locals think that there may be something going on.
He is 87!
I've been to my wonderful dentist this morning to have my first premolar rebuilt - a temporary measure as it will eventually need to be crowned.
I seem to need a repair about once a year - payback for fillings done in childhood & weakened teeth.
Motto: look after your teeth to avoid expense & discomfort in later life.
I do react badly to the numbing stuff & feel really groggy for some hours afterwards.
G painted the conservatory while I was away; we've cleaned & put it back together again this afternoon, which feels good.
Apparently, I miss-named the errant footballer on my last blog so needn't worry about being sued. Thanks to W for pointing that out.
Some brilliant holiday deals on Travelzoo this week, but not the holiday we're looking for, yet.
Monday 23 May 2011
Picasso!
I realise that I should add "Ryan Briggs", for fear that you think that I am outing the creep with the super injunction.This is safe now as he has been named in parliament.
The wind continues.
Fortunately we didn't have a four for tennis anyway & it was far too windy to garden.
We settled for decorating.
I emptied the conservatory, realising that we have as much stuff in there as many people have in their entire household.
G filled & sanded, I vacuumed (3 times) then cleaned all of the household silver & brass, cleaned shelves & eventually put all the stuff back where it came from, whilst G painted - "country beige", a lot better than it sounds.
You will need shades to visit, for a few days at least.
G will give it a second coat tomorrow whilst I visit JR.
We had dinner early (back to the fish & veg) then I went to a churtch council meeting to see what was going on.
Not a lot, I found out, less than half of the members were there.
Obama played a blinder in Ireland - kissed the ladies & drank guinness! He's flown to London tonight rather than tomorrow for fear of the ash cloud intervening.
I don't think that it will affect me.
The wind continues.
Fortunately we didn't have a four for tennis anyway & it was far too windy to garden.
We settled for decorating.
I emptied the conservatory, realising that we have as much stuff in there as many people have in their entire household.
G filled & sanded, I vacuumed (3 times) then cleaned all of the household silver & brass, cleaned shelves & eventually put all the stuff back where it came from, whilst G painted - "country beige", a lot better than it sounds.
You will need shades to visit, for a few days at least.
G will give it a second coat tomorrow whilst I visit JR.
We had dinner early (back to the fish & veg) then I went to a churtch council meeting to see what was going on.
Not a lot, I found out, less than half of the members were there.
Obama played a blinder in Ireland - kissed the ladies & drank guinness! He's flown to London tonight rather than tomorrow for fear of the ash cloud intervening.
I don't think that it will affect me.
Sunday 22 May 2011
wind, wind, wind.
Being an engineer, no doubt B read that differently from the way it was intended, i.e. blowing a gale since early this morning, nothing to do with mechanical toys.
I am trying to find a phone number on, without success, I shall just have to resort to the usual method & phone Phil Shaw!
I got up early to check my sermon & organise G with the lunch before taking the services at LM & OW (John, 14).
P,A & family are here, or not at the moment as A has gone to watch the Blues & G has gone to the playground with P, J & T.
I stayed at home to make scotch pancakes for tea, which look really nice, I hear a bicycle bell.
Good, I'm peckish. (off the diet today)
I still have Christian Aid envelopes to collect - that'll be late again.
Cont.
Great tea.
All possible CA envelopes collected so all's well with the world, as they say.
We went to The Cameo suite in Coleshill last night, where we had our wedding reception, to hear Tom Wilson talk about "The Other Tunnel".
She was called "Margaret". Interesting, & quite a feat for a 90 year old by way of memory & presentation.
Jacket potatoes during the interval so we missed out on the Indian take-away.
I am trying to find a phone number on, without success, I shall just have to resort to the usual method & phone Phil Shaw!
I got up early to check my sermon & organise G with the lunch before taking the services at LM & OW (John, 14).
P,A & family are here, or not at the moment as A has gone to watch the Blues & G has gone to the playground with P, J & T.
I stayed at home to make scotch pancakes for tea, which look really nice, I hear a bicycle bell.
Good, I'm peckish. (off the diet today)
I still have Christian Aid envelopes to collect - that'll be late again.
Cont.
Great tea.
All possible CA envelopes collected so all's well with the world, as they say.
We went to The Cameo suite in Coleshill last night, where we had our wedding reception, to hear Tom Wilson talk about "The Other Tunnel".
She was called "Margaret". Interesting, & quite a feat for a 90 year old by way of memory & presentation.
Jacket potatoes during the interval so we missed out on the Indian take-away.
Friday 20 May 2011
The weekend starts here.
I've had a great day with Thomas & Jessie whilst G rested his leg & caught up on paperwork, at home.
We lunched at McD, visited John Lewis's toy dept & food shopped at JS whilst T had a ride in the trolley.
I have a sermon to write for Sunday, if that goes well I should have a good day tomorrow.
Have a good weekend.
We lunched at McD, visited John Lewis's toy dept & food shopped at JS whilst T had a ride in the trolley.
I have a sermon to write for Sunday, if that goes well I should have a good day tomorrow.
Have a good weekend.
Thursday 19 May 2011
Sun, sun, sun.
What a fantastic day - sunny & warm with no wind at all. The garden is pretty neat & tidy & very green, so looks good.My favorite place is sitting in the conservatory, which is warm & bright with great views of the garden.
Yesterday we had a deer,a squirrel & a couple of rabbits as well as a variety of birds whilst we had our elevenses. A real treat.
I did some tidying this morning - two barrow loads of bluebell waste & leaves - then lunch of pan fried asparagus & tomatoes on toast, then off to The George Eliot for G to have a mole removed from his leg - anything to lose weight!
All went well, he came home & slept it off, but must keep it up for a bit.
Did I really write that?
I pottered around Nuneaton in the sunshine for an hour, the first time for about ten years I think.
It was really nice despite an empty M&S, but perhaps I'm merely comparing it to sitting in the dermatology clinic for an hour.
I've since delivered the remainder of the Christian Aid envelopes & collected most of the ones I delivered on Tuesday, which involved at least a mile of walking & a fair bit of chatting.
I was delighted to have lost a pound this morning, taking me down below the next stone, this was before I broke the front half off a premolar whilst eating a bagel. Bother. That's a long time in the dentist' chair & a big bill.
We're staying up to watch "Question Time", with Ken Clarke, one of our heroes, from Wormwood Scrubs. He has been in the news this week, attacked by that prat Milliband for comments about prison sentences for rape.
If it's rubbish, we'll go to bed.
A Thomas day tomorrow, including a visit to the gym, I hope.
Yesterday we had a deer,a squirrel & a couple of rabbits as well as a variety of birds whilst we had our elevenses. A real treat.
I did some tidying this morning - two barrow loads of bluebell waste & leaves - then lunch of pan fried asparagus & tomatoes on toast, then off to The George Eliot for G to have a mole removed from his leg - anything to lose weight!
All went well, he came home & slept it off, but must keep it up for a bit.
Did I really write that?
I pottered around Nuneaton in the sunshine for an hour, the first time for about ten years I think.
It was really nice despite an empty M&S, but perhaps I'm merely comparing it to sitting in the dermatology clinic for an hour.
I've since delivered the remainder of the Christian Aid envelopes & collected most of the ones I delivered on Tuesday, which involved at least a mile of walking & a fair bit of chatting.
I was delighted to have lost a pound this morning, taking me down below the next stone, this was before I broke the front half off a premolar whilst eating a bagel. Bother. That's a long time in the dentist' chair & a big bill.
We're staying up to watch "Question Time", with Ken Clarke, one of our heroes, from Wormwood Scrubs. He has been in the news this week, attacked by that prat Milliband for comments about prison sentences for rape.
If it's rubbish, we'll go to bed.
A Thomas day tomorrow, including a visit to the gym, I hope.
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Apprenticeships.
Distracted by the Apprentices, shopping for a list of ten things for the Savoy Hotel.
I think that I may have struggled on this one - apparently "a cloche" is a food cover as well as a small greenhouse. I guessed that the hotel didn't want a small greenhouse anyway.
At least I could pronounce it!
Gavin's fired!
A quick run-down of my day - this is to show you that I can remember what I did, to make those of you with really interesting days feel superior & those with less interesting days feel less bad.
Right then, firstly, I finished reading my book - "Five quarters of an orange" by Joanne Harris. A brilliant tale about a French village during the war. After breakfast I dressed for tennis then jogged around Hollylands & Back Lane delivering Christian Aid envelopes en route to the tennis club
I took G out to lunch in Solihull (double cheeseburger, fries & coffee) before he went to the bank for a meeting with his adviser, whilst I food shopped.
Unfortunately, his advisor went to Coleshill for the meeting - she's useless.
Shopping done, we went to Bromsgrove to get lotus bits, then home to tea.
M&S has 3 for 2 on Italian foods, JS has 3 for£10 on tempranillo, originally £10.49 plus 10% off for 6 bottles.
I'm cooking a pasta dish for a Charity meal on 29 May,sourcing is going well.
I think that I may have struggled on this one - apparently "a cloche" is a food cover as well as a small greenhouse. I guessed that the hotel didn't want a small greenhouse anyway.
At least I could pronounce it!
Gavin's fired!
A quick run-down of my day - this is to show you that I can remember what I did, to make those of you with really interesting days feel superior & those with less interesting days feel less bad.
Right then, firstly, I finished reading my book - "Five quarters of an orange" by Joanne Harris. A brilliant tale about a French village during the war. After breakfast I dressed for tennis then jogged around Hollylands & Back Lane delivering Christian Aid envelopes en route to the tennis club
I took G out to lunch in Solihull (double cheeseburger, fries & coffee) before he went to the bank for a meeting with his adviser, whilst I food shopped.
Unfortunately, his advisor went to Coleshill for the meeting - she's useless.
Shopping done, we went to Bromsgrove to get lotus bits, then home to tea.
M&S has 3 for 2 on Italian foods, JS has 3 for£10 on tempranillo, originally £10.49 plus 10% off for 6 bottles.
I'm cooking a pasta dish for a Charity meal on 29 May,sourcing is going well.
Monday 16 May 2011
Good e.vening Vietnam
We are watching "Gordon's great escape" - Ramsey that is, not Brown.
He is in Vietnam, where any animal is eaten, butchered just prior to cooking & every bit of the animal is eaten.
Yuk!
G is re-living the experience, but he didn't swallow a snakes heart in alcohol, still beating, promised to make you a "five a night" man. (info given, not a judgement)
We went to the gym this morning & then on to pick up Thomas. G finished the wooden edging jobs around the loft hatch & mowed the lawns whilst I cleared up after him & played Granny.
We had M&S C on U meals for dinner as they were 3 for 2 when I went to buy one for a solitary dinner on Friday.
They were good, anyway.
Tennis tomorrow morning then perhaps some gardening, if the weather stays good.
Must catch up with aj.
He is in Vietnam, where any animal is eaten, butchered just prior to cooking & every bit of the animal is eaten.
Yuk!
G is re-living the experience, but he didn't swallow a snakes heart in alcohol, still beating, promised to make you a "five a night" man. (info given, not a judgement)
We went to the gym this morning & then on to pick up Thomas. G finished the wooden edging jobs around the loft hatch & mowed the lawns whilst I cleared up after him & played Granny.
We had M&S C on U meals for dinner as they were 3 for 2 when I went to buy one for a solitary dinner on Friday.
They were good, anyway.
Tennis tomorrow morning then perhaps some gardening, if the weather stays good.
Must catch up with aj.
Sunday 15 May 2011
Easter 4
I've had a sleep problem - I keep falling asleep before I've logged on.
I think that I may have had a snooze earlier on today, so I am still awake at 9.40pm.
We have had a quiet weekend.
G sorted out his "too big" clothes on Friday.
I took them to the Charity Shop on Saturday, (coming out empty handed), in between writing a sermon for today & preparing a scrummy meal for the evening, when Jan & Chris came for dinner & to see some of G's photos (caramelised scallops & salad, chicken with mushrooms & brandy, asparagus, mange tout & saute potatoes, followed by lemon pudding & ice cream,St Agur & oatcakes).
G mowed the lawns & caught up on paperwork.
Today G worked on the MG & the lotus, I took the service at NW & gardened after lunch.
Pushing the MG in & out was quite a challenge, but it looks alright after a bit of care & attention.
Anyone want to buy them?
I moved a barrow load of dead bluebells from the rockery & flower beds; still plenty to do.
By 6.00pm I was weary & settled for reading the paper for a while, before dinner.
Christian Aid week this week. I hope it stays fine - a hot day forecast for tomorrow anyway.
A Thomas day tomorrow following a visit to the gym.
Does anyone ever read this?
Please feel free to comment.
I think that I may have had a snooze earlier on today, so I am still awake at 9.40pm.
We have had a quiet weekend.
G sorted out his "too big" clothes on Friday.
I took them to the Charity Shop on Saturday, (coming out empty handed), in between writing a sermon for today & preparing a scrummy meal for the evening, when Jan & Chris came for dinner & to see some of G's photos (caramelised scallops & salad, chicken with mushrooms & brandy, asparagus, mange tout & saute potatoes, followed by lemon pudding & ice cream,St Agur & oatcakes).
G mowed the lawns & caught up on paperwork.
Today G worked on the MG & the lotus, I took the service at NW & gardened after lunch.
Pushing the MG in & out was quite a challenge, but it looks alright after a bit of care & attention.
Anyone want to buy them?
I moved a barrow load of dead bluebells from the rockery & flower beds; still plenty to do.
By 6.00pm I was weary & settled for reading the paper for a while, before dinner.
Christian Aid week this week. I hope it stays fine - a hot day forecast for tomorrow anyway.
A Thomas day tomorrow following a visit to the gym.
Does anyone ever read this?
Please feel free to comment.
Thursday 12 May 2011
Blogging again.
OK, so it works again, here we go.
We have been busy. I have to admit that I have done nothing this morning, apart from phone aj & catch up on e-mails whilst watching TV.
Dreadful.
The fat slags on Jeremy Kyle & a woman with xx boobs on This Morning.
Discuss.
We arrived home last night after going to Malcolm's funeral in Lyme Regis & staying over at the coast before taking the scenic route home, stopping at some pretty market towns, seeing B&E to leave a birthday present for T, then home with fish & chips.
We had a good italian meal while away, lovely farm cooked food at the wake & now are in a W position - fighting to get back to where we were.
A Thomas day tomorrow, which always includes the gym first thing.
That may help.
Anyone need a granny, or shall I start painting the windows/look for a last minute holiday?
We have been busy. I have to admit that I have done nothing this morning, apart from phone aj & catch up on e-mails whilst watching TV.
Dreadful.
The fat slags on Jeremy Kyle & a woman with xx boobs on This Morning.
Discuss.
We arrived home last night after going to Malcolm's funeral in Lyme Regis & staying over at the coast before taking the scenic route home, stopping at some pretty market towns, seeing B&E to leave a birthday present for T, then home with fish & chips.
We had a good italian meal while away, lovely farm cooked food at the wake & now are in a W position - fighting to get back to where we were.
A Thomas day tomorrow, which always includes the gym first thing.
That may help.
Anyone need a granny, or shall I start painting the windows/look for a last minute holiday?
A week on.......
Blogger wouldn't let me in for some reason, in fact, it has just destroyed this blog.
I'll see if this publishes before going further.
I'll see if this publishes before going further.
Thursday 5 May 2011
Tinitus!
Still no ring, in the ears or anywhere else.
I did a good session with the puny metal detector & have a splinter in my middle finger from scratching at the designated spots, with no success. A real practitioner is coming tomorrow evening to have a look, to help, I would ask you all to pray to St Anthony of Padua , he who helps to find lost things.
We walked to the Polling Station this morning, collecting the local litter on the way.
No to AV! Any system will have faults, but at least we presently get a local MP who achieved the largest number of votes.
The rest of the day has gone somewhere, punctuated by watering the garden, a salad sandwich & a nice fillet of plaice with stir fried vegetables.
I have spoken to my Christian Aid collectors & have every hope that the collection will go well the week after next.
I did a good session with the puny metal detector & have a splinter in my middle finger from scratching at the designated spots, with no success. A real practitioner is coming tomorrow evening to have a look, to help, I would ask you all to pray to St Anthony of Padua , he who helps to find lost things.
We walked to the Polling Station this morning, collecting the local litter on the way.
No to AV! Any system will have faults, but at least we presently get a local MP who achieved the largest number of votes.
The rest of the day has gone somewhere, punctuated by watering the garden, a salad sandwich & a nice fillet of plaice with stir fried vegetables.
I have spoken to my Christian Aid collectors & have every hope that the collection will go well the week after next.
Wednesday 4 May 2011
whew, still scorching.
The weather is still amazing, I feel that I should be gardening but there is only the corner behind the yew bushes left to do at the moment & you need to have something left to feel guilty about.
I think that we should be painting the house - that should keep the stress levels up.
Yesterday we had a lazy day - a trip to the gym, lunch in McDonalds (only a cheeseburger & coffee - 295 cals, 12g fat), food shopping in M&S whilst G did important things & then home via Coleshill, where I checked that my ring had not been handed in in Co-op or the Charity shop.
Home for tea in the garden, washing drying on the line & a little light housework.
Shopping highlight was a beautiful blue cashmere cardigan in M&S for £12.
G is off to the gym shortly, for an assessment, I really feel moved to stay at home & enjoy the peace & sunshine, even if I sand down a window sill or two.
We visited JR on Monday. He has recovered very largely but his memory is poor.
We were there for his carer swap, which was useful. He now has a Rumanian girl, cheerful & a good cook, apparently, although she eats very little, owing to a gastric band.
I should like to paint the conservatory a warmer colour but there is filling to be done first.
I have searched everywhere for my wedding ring & am awaiting help from a metal detector, owned by a friend of a friend. I did a fingertip search of a bit of the field opposite yesterday but it is rough, with a lot of thistles, which makes it difficult.
There is a Saint to pray to for things lost - I'll have to google it.
The swallows are back in the stables so summer is officially here.
I think that we should be painting the house - that should keep the stress levels up.
Yesterday we had a lazy day - a trip to the gym, lunch in McDonalds (only a cheeseburger & coffee - 295 cals, 12g fat), food shopping in M&S whilst G did important things & then home via Coleshill, where I checked that my ring had not been handed in in Co-op or the Charity shop.
Home for tea in the garden, washing drying on the line & a little light housework.
Shopping highlight was a beautiful blue cashmere cardigan in M&S for £12.
G is off to the gym shortly, for an assessment, I really feel moved to stay at home & enjoy the peace & sunshine, even if I sand down a window sill or two.
We visited JR on Monday. He has recovered very largely but his memory is poor.
We were there for his carer swap, which was useful. He now has a Rumanian girl, cheerful & a good cook, apparently, although she eats very little, owing to a gastric band.
I should like to paint the conservatory a warmer colour but there is filling to be done first.
I have searched everywhere for my wedding ring & am awaiting help from a metal detector, owned by a friend of a friend. I did a fingertip search of a bit of the field opposite yesterday but it is rough, with a lot of thistles, which makes it difficult.
There is a Saint to pray to for things lost - I'll have to google it.
The swallows are back in the stables so summer is officially here.
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