Its November

The vicious wind has dropped, we have had weak sun for a couple of days, but it's very cold.

Heating is on the timer, so it cycles on and off. Our bedroom feels very cold, I have put a draught excluder on the door into the passage, there is a good inch gap underneath. I am not paying for heat to be sucked out into the corridor.

DB has had a couple of iffy days, but seems OK this morning. I guess he will be ok on Wednesday, it's coffee morning at Hose. I have promised to take him if he is ok.

Laundry sorted ready to wash overnight, will hang it out if its OK.

Supper tonight, mince, tatties and veg. Oranges in jelly for dessert.

The wind has dropped

 We woke to watery sun. Yesterday was a bit of a disaster. I received a phone call Thursday to say that DB's carer would not be here until after 10am, it was 11am when he turned up. We had eaten breakfast earlier. Thankfully this morning the carer arrived just after 8am, so a rather more normal morning.

I hung a washer load out on the line and then checked the plants. I found 3 more plastic trays, so washed them and allowed them to dry. I manhandled a bag of compost into the conservatory ans laid out some pots. If it's fine tomorrow I will take cuttings from the geraniums and plant them up, the pots will stay on the windows cills and hopefully provide enough geraniums for the summer pots next year. Then I will empty the summer pots, replace the compost and plant them up with bulbs for the spring.

Cornish Pasty for supper tonight, not sure about dessert as yet.

Busy day

Shopping delivered, the plumber came to sort out the cloakroom basin plug, he collected some clips from the old gas pipes and also set the timer for the heating.

S called in to see us this afternoon and check on his car, he will be back tomorrow to sort out the cill on the bottom of the garage door.

DB slept for quite a while this afternoon, then promptly has a dizzy attack. He had recovered in time to have his sausage, mash and beans for supper. Yesterday I made a bread and butter pudding with some fruit tea cakes, an egg and some evaporated milk, we finished it off tonight.

I have changed my Wednesday afternoon off, instead on 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, I will have the 2nd and 4th Wednesday afternoons off. That will allow us to go to the coffee mornings at Hose.

I have been sleeping better, although I think my heart failure may have had an effect. I have my pacemaker that keeps things under control, it may need a slight adjustment. The hospital will contact me if they think it's necessary. My monitor sends the days reading each night at midnight, so they know what's going on.

We had fog this morning, the sun came out later but it was quite cold.

After the storms

Yesterday was another really wild day, strong winds and heavy rain......this morning, still quite a breeze but bright sun, so laundry was out on the whirly. 

DB decided to do his flying swan act last night, the carer and I got him undressed and into bed. I decided to get undressed and I went to bed myself.

He was okish when he got up this morning...........

I am sleeping better, but still get tired easily, so resting as much as I can.

Supper tonight, baked fish, mash and peas, I have some chocolate mousse for dessert

And another

We have had 2 very stormy days and according to the forecast we are due another one. Having searched the bungalow twice I have not found the lamp, so ordered 2 small ones, they arrived yesterday, so one has the batteries in and is charged up. Everything is on the shelf in the TV unit, I can reach them easily. I have been keeping the flasks full, use the water as and when we need a drink and then refill the flask. I need to check the radio is charged up, we have a gadget that will recharge it, or a tablet if the electric goes down.

Right now the sun is shining, but the trees are really swaying in the wind.

DD2 called in yesterday with the 2GGS, a manic half-hour, E made a bee line for the washer, I followed him and as his finger was ready to engage with the switch said NO in a very loud voice, I had to stop myself from laughing, his face was a picture..........he made a quick exit into the sitting room......... S was quite happy to sit and chew on a toy, he is slow teething like his brother.

DD1 and family are back from their holiday, apparently 4 of them got a bug that was going round.......so not a great success. DGD is still waiting to hear when they will be able to move into their new house.

I am hoping the weather clears up a bit so I can sort out the pots for the bulbs and get the ones from the front moved round. Its really time they were in.

Supper tonight, chicken with roast potato's, cauliflower and broccoli. Custard tart for dessert.

That was a day that was

The forecast for today was rain followed by very high winds.........power cuts were on the cards, so..... to be prepared I found our wind up wireless and the recharger for the phone and tablets. Filled all the flasks with hot water. Looked for the battery lamp, could I find it? No....turned the house upside down, not anywhere I searched....... at least we had candles.......

DB had a nausea attack, last night after the carer got him ready for bed, so he was in bed by 8pm. He slept all night and was fine when he woke this morning.

I cooked fish and chips for supper, Bakewell tart for dessert. Carer was late, so we were soon in bed, girding our loins for another storm due to hit tomorrow........what a wonderful life we lead!!

Brrrrrr

My goodness it was cold this morning. We had thought about going to Hose for coffee, I have been feeling rather tired, so we called off especially as I had shopping to do in my 2 hours off this afternoon.

Unfortunately the shopping was disastrous, came home with half wha

t I went for, so Amazon is going to come in for a large order later.

Egg and chips for supper, DB had a cherry bakewell for dessert, I had a mince pie.

The heat has been on for most of the day, I have had to dry laundry inside.

DB had a bad start yesterday, but has been OK today.